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Costa hotels close PREHISTORIC FIRSTS en masse after FOUND IN ANTEQUERA disastrous summer season Experts from Seville and Southampton Many have no date for universities have unearthed human reopening - “The virus and remains in a new dolmen P13 tourism are incompatible”

Some of the Costa del Sol’s iconic hotels have closed for the winter season for the first time ever. Ho- teliers estimate that only 20 per cent of hotels will stay open dur- ing the low season and most don’t know when they will reopen. P6

An archaeologist works on the site near the ‘Lovers’ Rock’. ANTONIO J. GUERRERO

Struggling expat Two injured in Malaga province sees 19 bar owners call for crash with drug- more support from packed car in Covid-related deaths in local council P8 Estepona P10 a week as cases soar

The Andalusian president has not ruled out new restrictions and advises against non-essential family gatherings

Six new coronavirus-related deaths that he had not ruled out new re- were reported on Thursday in the strictions if the number of cases province of Malaga, making 19 fa- continues to soar, although he said talities so far this week. The num- that the infection rate in this re- ber of cases in the area grew by gion is half that of Spain as a whole, 350 on Thursday. The Andalusian where more than 10,000 new cases president, Juanma Moreno, said were reported on Thursday. P4&18 2 September 18th to 24th 2020 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Experts blame mafia groups for the increase in illegal property occupation

The mafias break into the abandoned when in fact it is to delay and prolong the legal nections and locksmiths to ures to try to protect their prop- properties, damage them owned by a private individual. proceedings. change the locks so the owners erty during their absence. He also says there are manu- “There are real ‘underground’ can’t get in. They ‘sell’ the squat- In theory, if squatters move to make them look als on the internet with advice estate agencies,” says Luis ters the keys, usually for around in to somebody’s home the evic- abandoned and then ‘sell’ not only on how to choose and Quiñones, a lawyer and founder 1,000 to 1,500 euros. tion process should be rapid, them to people who need break into a property, but what of the Recupro (Recuperación Under the existing law in but lawyer Javier Morales, who a roof over their head to say to the police or the court Profesional de Propiedades) com- Spain, if squatters move into your often acts for people in this “and even what type of lawyer pany, which helps people to get property it is often difficult to get situation, admits that this is not F. TORRES/I. LILLO to choose to act on your behalf”. their homes back from squatters. them out, which is why many always the case because the po- These documents also explain The mafias look out for empty people, especially those abroad lice cannot identify the person MALAGA. The problem of ‘squat- what tactics to use if the situa- properties, find people to move who have a second home here, or people who have taken it over. ters’, people who break into tion ends up in court. At the very in to them, electricians and are investing in reinforced doors, The backlog of work at the courts someone else’s property and re- least, the squatters can use them plumbers to carry out illegal con- alarms and other security meas- doesn’t help. An eviction should fuse to leave, appears to be get- be carried out in a matter of ting worse. According to the Min- days, but it can take weeks or istry of the Interior, last year 350 even months, even if everything cases of this type were reported is straightfoward. to the police, and in the first six months of this year there were Recovery firms 170 cases in Malaga province So, what can people do if ‘oku- and 1,183 in Andalucía as a pas’, as they are called in Span- whole. However, these figures ish, move into their home? Or only show part of the picture, how do they prevent them do- because they are the cases re- ing so? One option is to turn to ported to the Guardia Civil or what has also become a grow- National Police and do not in- ing business as a result of the clude those which are resolved increase in squatting, and use through direct negotiation or in- a ‘desokupación’ company. termediaries, private court cases There are half a dozen of these or those handled by the regional specialist firms in Malaga prov- police. ince, all working completely le- In many cases, squatting has gally and with a double strategy: become a business, and a grow- to control entry to the property, ing one at that: those who use with a security guard and sup- this method of obtaining a roof port staff, so that if someone is over their head are sometimes occupying it illegally they can’t advised by mafia groups who get back in when they have gone find and even break into the out anywhere, and to negotiate property for them. with the squatters so they move José María Páez, a judge in out quickly and as peacefully as Malaga, says these mafia groups possible. It costs around 2,000 often cheat people who are in to 3,000 euros to contract a serv- real need of somewhere to live, ice of this type, depending on by telling them a property be- the danger level and how many longs to a bank or has been Recovery firms are seeing a surge in business across Malaga province during this period. FERNANDO TORRES people are needed. These firms Government introduces new measures that will make it easier for property owners to evict squatters quickly

CRISTINA VALLEJO ing on whether the owner is a per- reasonably justifies the unlawful son or a company. situation being brought to an end. MADRID. Malaga lawyer Luis Breaking into and occupying a The measure must be ‘proportion- Quiñones says the law needs to be property which is somebody’s ate’ and does not apply if the oc- changed. “In other countries, squat- home or holiday residence is con- cupants of the property have been ters would be arrested,” he says, sidered more serious than that of given permission by the owners to “but not in Spain”. a vacant property, because it vio- be there. It seems the Spanish govern- lates the owner’s privacy. In the case of empty properties, ment now sees the need for a In this case, courts will be able a swift eviction order may be Police are called to investigate an illegal squat. SUR change and announced this week to order that squatters be evicted granted if they are owned by an in- that it is introducing measures as a precautionary measure be- dividual or non-profit-making com- ters as long as a further set of con- being used and there are no plans to help owners to evict people fore the legal proceedings have pany of public interest, and it can ditions are also fulfilled. to use it will also apply. who are occupying their property been completed, where there are be shown that the squatters are If a vacant property is owned by Another change is that swift evic- illegally. “solid indications” that somebody contravening the property owner’s a company, an eviction order may tions may be granted before the The new measures will apply to has broken into the property and rights. Where the property is not be applied for when it is found that end of legal proceedings even if main residences, holiday homes is occupying it illegally, that there used or expected to be used, not there is an effective risk of the prop- the squatters are classified as be- and vacant properties, although is evidence that the owner’s rights for sale or being reformed, the erty being damaged. However, the ing in an especially vulnerable for the latter they differ depend- are being affected and that this owner may apply to evict the squat- condition that the property is not situation. September 18th to 24th 2020 NEWS 3 SUR IN ENGLISH do not usually intervene if chil- tion was resolved differently. A dren are involved. “I used a private company and in young couple with a baby moved Companies such as Desokupa into an apartment his family Exprés, Evictions Staff and Recu- owned in Malaga city during the pro have now been joined by oth- two days the squatters had gone” lockdown. They said they had ers such as Antiokupas Group, been told it was owned by a bank which was recently set up in Mar- and they could rent it cheaply. bella in response to the increase We talked to three They paid 1,500 euros for the in properties being illegally oc- keys. Manuel reported them to cupied by squatters. In just one property owners who the police but didn’t hold out month they have successfully re- have experienced a much hope of success in evict- solved around a dozen cases in problem with squatters, ing them. The locks had been Malaga and Seville. changed, they had the keys and These companies work with to see how they resolved they also had a tiny baby, which lawyers to make sure they act the situation complicates matters. However, legally at all times, and must he was in for a pleasant surprise. have permission from commu- IGNACIO LILLO “The police didn’t give up,” he nities of owners for a security says, and finally the couple agreed guard to control who enters the MALAGA. Ana (not her real name) to go but asked for a day to remove building or urbanisation. Once received a phone call from a their belongings from the prop- the squatters have been per- neighbour in Mijas Costa, where erty. They did so, and handed over suaded to leave, they change the she has a holiday home. “I see the keys with good grace. “There locks and often install an alarm. you’re here!” he said. No, Ana was quite a bit of damage to the Evictions Staff, which says its said. “Well, somebody is. There’s apartment,” says Manuel, “but business has increased by 50 a family in your apartment,” was they said the people who had given per cent recently, explains that the answer. them the keys must have done professional squatters often Ana, who lives in Madrid, came that because that’s how it was blackmail owners by demand- to Mijas Costa to see what was when they moved in.” ing money to leave. “We get going on. She spoke to the fam- Another owner, Pedro, had a them out but we know that the ily, explaining that the apartment lucky escape. Advised by a neigh- next day they’ll just move in was hers and that they had to The state an apartment was left in after an eviction. SUR bour that someone had tried to somewhere else. They make a leave. They said they would - if break in, he drove down to good living out of it,” he says. she gave them 5,000 euros. done anything.” Malaga from Madrid and found Desokupa Exprés says squat- “I was furious. You feel totally After consulting a lawyer, Ana “I told them the the lock had been forced but no- ters should never be given helpless,” she says now. She also realised the eviction process body had entered. He installed money, because that just encour- had to pay for the electricity and would take a long time and she apartment was mine and a security door and an alarm, ages them. It has also seen a big water the squatters had used dur- turned to a private company that they had to leave. They and says it has given him peace increase in business in recent ing the six months it took to get deals with these situations. “It said they would, if I gave of mind. “I’m not surprised it months, especially in Malaga them out. “At least they didn’t was amazing. In two days they them 5,000 euros” happened,” he says.. “A lot of peo- city, Marbella, Torremolinos and have children, though. I knew had gone!” she says. ple have lost their jobs in this cri- Benalmádena. that if they did I couldn’t have Manuel Jiménez Caro’s situa- sis and times are hard”. 4 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH Junta advises against non-essential gatherings, even with relatives, as case figures soar in Andalucía

The regional president pected. He stressed though that tensive care units. In all Anda- Juanma Moreno has not the infection rate in Andalucía lusian provinces on Thursday is half of that of Spain as a whole. 940 Covid patients were in hos- ruled out new Moreno advised against non- pital, 120 in intensive care. restrictions if the case essential gatherings, even those While some of this week’s case figures continue to rise with relatives “whenever possi- figures have reached all-time during the rest of ble”. Infection was easier at gath- highs, the pressure on the hos- erings where people drop their pitals is lower than it was in September guard, he said. March and April when as many The region of Andalucía as 2,708 people with Covid were M. D. TORTOSA / A. ESCALERA chalked up 25 new Covid-related in hospital at one time. Never- fatalities in the figures released theless on Tuesday the Junta ac- MALAGA. The president of the on Thursday with a new daily tivated its emergency plan to Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Mo- case figure of 1,389 for the re- have 3,000 beds ready for Covid reno, said on Thursday that he gion (positive PCR lab tests). patients if necessary would consider bringing in fur- Thursday’s figures showed six ther Covid-19 restrictions in the new deaths in the province of Cases in schools region if the case figures and Malaga in 24 hours, taking the While many secondary school hospitalisations continue to soar week’s total up to 19, twice as Juanma Moreno during a visit to Osuna on Thursday. EFE children do not go back until for the rest of September. many as the three registered on Monday, this week classes at sev- He expressed his “concern” Wednesday. All those three were diagnoses were reported on 12,125. eral primary schools in towns over the evolution of the pan- residents in the Vitalia care home Thursday, 44 more than the 306 On Thursday there were 225 including Nerja, Alcaucín and demic with the feared second in the Teatinos district of the city. of the previous day. This takes Covid patients in hospitals in Coin had been sent home to wave coming earlier than ex- In Malaga province 350 new the ongoing total in Malaga to the province of Malaga, 33 in in- quarantine for two weeks.

Opening the new hospital in Estepona is included in the billion-euro package of infrastructure projects announced this week

hospital will have around 1,000 beds, 214 consulting rooms, 46 operating theatres, a critical care unit and accident and emergency department, among other serv- ices. It will be built on an area of 85,000 square metres.

Billion-euro plan The third hospital has been de- clared a scheme of strategic in- terest and included in a one-bil- lion-euro package of infrastruc- ture projects across the region, based on a public-private alli- The new hospital will be built on the car park of the current Hospital Civil in the city. FIRMA ance model, announced this week. Other healthcare projects in- cluded in the package include Regional authority to seek private funding equipping and opening the new hospital in Estepona, where con- struction was completed earlier for 400-million-euro new hospital in Malaga this year. More details of the package, de- signed to revive the region after The Junta de Andalucía is vate financing model. The Junta granted or what the authority will Materno hospitals), and the the Covid health crisis, were given to use private funding to de Andalucía plans to tender a offer the firm that puts up the Virgen de la Victoria (Clínico). by the vice-president of the Junta, 400-million-euro contract for the funds for the hospital. One op- New facilities have been called Juan Marín, earlier this week. pay for the city’s much- plans and the construction of the tion could be to pay the funds for for some time to guarantee As well as the Malaga and Este- needed “third” hospital new hospital to be located on land back in instalments; another healthcare for the population of pona hospitals, among the other which will be managed currently used as a car park for could be to allow the firm to run Malaga and the surrounding projects in the province of Malaga by the health authority the Hospital Civil in the city. The hospital services (such as kitchen, catchment area for the coming to benefit are the dry port in An- authority will resort to private laundry, cafeteria, maintenance, decades. tequera, improved access to the M. D. TORTOSA / Á. ESCALERA funding for the construction of car park, etc.). By using private funding the PTA technology park, the new the building, but the hospital will This project is known as authority’s aim is to speed up the sewage works north of the city, MALAGA. The much-needed new be run by the regional Health Malaga’s third hospital, the first construction process with the new schools in Malaga, Mijas and Andalusian Health Service (SAS) Ministry. two being the Hospital Regional hope of opening the facility be- Benalmádena, and the expan- hospital for Malaga will be deliv- Details have not been given re- complex (formed by the General fore the end of 2027. sion and improvement of others ered using a mixed public-pri- garding how the contract will be - formerly Carlos Haya, Civil and According to the authority the around the province. September 18th to 24th 2020 5 SUR IN ENGLISH 6 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

wards reducing the gap between summer and winter seasons, the Costa hotels close en masse with no percentage was the other way round, with only 20% closed. This year the hotels have not reopening date on the horizon ventured a date for their reopen- ing; as with everything, the pan- demic will decide. “The virus and tourism are in- Hoteliers predict that compatible,” said Callejón Suñé. only 20 per cent of the For many this summer season has been little more than one Costa’s establishments month long. The Alay hotel in will be open this winter, Benalmádena reopened on 1 July as many local icons close and closed on 1 September, but for the season for the commercial director Álvaro Reyes pointed out that August first time ever was more like November. “There’s no demand. That’s PILAR MARTÍNEZ the reality. We’ve never closed in winter. We hope to be able to reopen on 1 March,” he said. The Med Playa group has also confirmed the closure of its Costa del Sol flagship, the Pez Espada. MALAGA. The first half of Septem- “There’s no reopening date,” ber has seen a massive closure said a spokesperson. of hotels on the Costa del Sol, Meanwhile the last guests with no one daring to suggest a checked out of the Meliá Costa reopening date. del Sol on Monday. The area’s tourism industry “The forecasts were bleak. has been hit from all sides dur- Since 1976 we have never ing the pandemic: demand for closed, but this situation is un- hotel accommodation plum- Covering up for the season at the Meliá Costa del Sol and the iconic Pez Espada. SALVADOR SALAS heard of,” said director Carlos meted when quarantine restric- Franco, who hopes to open “at tions were imposed by key coun- pandemic, has kept away na- of the Costa’s hotel rooms were tion, Aehcos. the first opportunity”. tries such as the UK; and the fi- tional visitors. full, and with higher-spending The hotels that have already Similarly, the CEO of the local nancial situation of Spanish This year’s disaster comes just tourists. This year the month’s closed their doors this month in- MS hotel chain, Miguel Sánchez, families, with thousands of work- as tourism figures for the month occupancy is expected to be no clude numerous Costa icons that has also closed the two estab- ers still on furlough schemes and of September were picking up. more than 23%, according to the have never before closed during lishments of his four on the Costa companies failing to survive the During this month last year 72% Costa del Sol hoteliers’ associa- the low season: the Pez Espada, that he reopened after the lock- the Alay, the Meliá Costa del Sol down. The MS Amaragua closed and the MS Amaragua are among on Thursday last week and the them. Pepita apartments in Aehcos president Luis Callejón Benalmádena on Friday. Suñé has described the situation “Nothing’s moving and we as critical, and said that around have to think about saving busi- 80% of the Costa’s hotels are nesses and jobs,” said Sánchez, likely to remain closed this win- who predicted that after this ter season. In recent years, as weekend few hotels on the Costa the industry made progress to- del Sol will be still open.

Junta to offer 25 per cent discount on local hotel stays

Residents of Andalucía dalucía and on stays of a mini- are eligible for the mum of three nights in a hotel, booked through a travel agency. discount if stays are of This incentive will be valid for three nights or more and a maximum of three trips dur- are booked through a ing this period (October 2020 to travel agency May 2021), up to a maximum of 300 euros for each trip, says JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA Marín. The regional head of tourism SEVILLE. The Andalusian regional gave the example of an Andalu- government plans to grant a 25 sian family who travelled for four per cent discount on travel made or five days in the region: “If the within the region between 1 Oc- bill for the trip amounts to 1,200 tober and 31 May next year in a euros, they would receive a di- bid to reactivate tourism, a sec- rect subsidy of 300 euros,” he tor that has been badly hit by said. the coronavirus pandemic. This measure to support tour- This scheme was announced ism was discussed at a meeting on Wednesday by Junta vice- held on Wednesday in Seville president and minister for Tour- between Marín and the Andalu- ism, Juan Marín, who indicated sian Federation of Travel Agen- that the discount would be ap- cies, which will work closely with plied at check-in and that it the Regional Government to pro- would apply to residents of An- mote this initiative. September 18th to 24th 2020 NEWS 7 SUR IN ENGLISH Belgian woman freed from kidnapper 112 REPORTS MALAGA boyfriend in Mijas after call to her brother British fugitive stopped at Malaga airport

A distress call to her tion and ill-treatment. the local Guardia Civil patrol in When they knocked on the SUR. A 40-year-old British home country triggered The apparent victim of these Mijas was mobilised. door, they presumed kidnapper man was arrested by National crimes was located by the While the woman didn’t know opened the door. Inside, in a Police at Malaga Airport last an international operation Guardia Civil following a joint the exact location of this farm- room, was the girl. When she Friday in connection with a which managed to locate operation with Belgian police house, she told her brother that was found, her body was cov- European Arrest and Surren- the victim in a remote which was triggered last she was inland from Las Lagu- ered in bruises. Her left eye was der Order issued by authori- farmhouse Wednesday when the woman nas, around five or six kilome- swollen, and she had cuts on her ties in the UK. took advantage of a brief mo- tres in a straight line from the arms and face, according to The individual, with initials F. TORRES / J. CANO ment of freedom to call her coast. sources consulted. D. J. H., was born in Glasgow brother in her home country, The Guardia Civil acted Although she was not hand- and was wanted for alleged MALAGA. A 28-year-old Belgian appealing for help. quickly, having been informed cuffed, it would appear that she crimes of arms and drug traf- man, accused of kidnapping his She told him that she was be- that the suspect had been con- was unable to leave because her ficking and membership of a girlfriend and holding her cap- ing held in a remote building suming “a lot” of drugs and boyfriend had threatened her criminal group. tive in a remote farmhouse in against her will, according to could be suffering from some with further violence. He faces between 14 years Mijas, was on Tuesday sent to sources close to the case. kind of mental pathology. Offi- The man was immediately and a life sentence behind bars. prison without bail, pending The brother then called the cers combed the area and even- taken into custody while the trial. police in Belgium who then tually tracked the distress call woman confirmed in a state- ESTEPONA He is under investigation for made contact with their coun- to a farmhouse in an isolated ment that she had been held in Police stop woman alleged offences of illegal deten- terparts in Spain. As a result, area of Mijas. the property against her will. committing suicide

J. M. MARTÍN. Three National Po- Sentence reduced lice officers, later joined by two others, stopped a woman from for man guilty of taking her own life on a beach sexual assault of in Estepona on Tuesday morn- ing. The incident took place at unconscious around 10.45am, when 091 re- woman on beach ceived a call that a woman was more than 100 metres from the shore and clearly drowning. Of- ficers took her from the water EUGENIO CABEZAS and stayed with the woman, who was suffering from mild MIJAS. The man found guilty of hypothermia, until paramed- sexually abusing a woman on ics arrived. a sunbed on Burriana beach in Nerja while she was uncon- VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA scious has had his sentence Arms sales point reduced to two years by the Andalusian High Court. discovered in a brothel The individual from Cordoba acknowledged that he and an- E. CABEZAS. National Police have other man had spent the eve- uncovered an arms sales point ning with the woman at a local in a brothel in Vélez-Málaga and flamenco venue where they have arrested two people, the drank a lot of alcohol but the head of the establishment and pair denied carrying out any a client, for their alleged involve- sexual acts on her. ment in the crimes of arms and However, several witnesses, drug trafficking. Searches car- including minors, alerted the Local Police use Instagram to find then ried out in the club and in the Local Police, after allegedly homes of the detainees located seeing one of the men, Javier report organisers of an illegal rave in Álora five firearms, one of which was A., “lying down on the body of modified for use with a silencer, the victim, with his penis erect ammunition, a high-end vehi- while being encouraged by Videos of groups of cle, 6,900 euros in cash and 390 Jorge Luis M. to insert his young people dancing, grammes of hashish. member who waited his turn to do the same”. without wearing masks FUENGIROLA The officer who attended the or social distancing, were Man held for sending scene said that he “saw the girl shared on the popular asleep on the lounger” but that drugs in the post “at a distance of 15 metres it’s social network not possible to know if pene- F. T. / J. C. EFE. A 49-year-old man has tration occurred”. Doctors also been arrested by the National said that there were no signs MALAGA. The so-called ‘cyber pa- Police in Fuengirola for alleg- of injuries on the victim while trol’ of the Local Police in Malaga edly sending drugs to the US forensics found no traces of were able to track down an ille- by post. The suspect, who has semen on her underwear. gal rave taking place in Álora af- been arrested for his alleged Javier A. was originally given ter footage of the event was involvement in a drug traffick- a three-year sentence by the shared on Instagram. ing crime, was hiding sub- Provincial Court but it has now In the videos, several groups Dozens of people danced in close proximity without masks. SUR stances in packages labelled been reduced. Meanwhile, the of young people are seen danc- as containing key rings or fine of 4,320 euros for Jorge ing while gathered around a DJ, lice were able to identity who This information has been greeting cards. Some 1,817 Luis M.’s failure to prevent the none of whom were observing they consider to be the organis- passed on to the Junta de Anda- grammes of cocaine and 202 crime against sexual freedom social distancing or wearing a ers and the promoters of the lucía regional authority with the small packages containing LSD has been ratified, as well as face mask. event, as well as the owner of organisers now facing hefty have been seized. 15,000 euros in compensation. Through investigations, po- the property in Álora. fines. 8 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

TV studio tower to Expat bar owners complain of lack of be shortened to support from Fuengirola town hall avoid interfering with airport

FUENGIROLA MALAGA

Bar owners in the resort’s F. JIMÉNEZ. Andalusian televi- port claim that business sion and radio broadcaster has almost come to a RTVA is finalising plans to re- duce the height of the aerial The bridge is still closed. M. F. standstill due to an tower at its Canal Sur TV stu- absence of tourists and no dio in Malaga. The move comes Cyclists indignant help from the council after the civil aviation author- ity ruled last year that the tower over Guadalhorce TONY BRYANT was among structures block- ing space required by aircraft estuary bridge FUENGIROLA. A group of expats manoeuvring to approach prohibition signs who own businesses in the port Malaga Airport’s second run- in Fuengirola held a meeting on way from the south. Wednesday to discuss the cur- Other structures in the area rent crisis they are facing regard- deemed last year to be too high MALAGA ing the fall in trade caused by the to allow full use of the second Covid-19 pandemic. The group, runway included billboards F. J. / I. L. Cyclists in Malaga have which has set up a Facebook pro- and the abandoned shell of a been up in arms this week af- test page, is appealing to the town privately owned building. ter the city council put up no- hall to help with the problem, cycling signs at each end of the which, they say, is affecting more Bar owners come together to discuss lack of town hall support. T. BRYANT still-unopened wooden bridge than 20 bars in the area. Town hall initiates linking the west side of the city The worried owners were up- with the Guadalhorce delta na- set by comments made by Fuen- all fallen on deaf ears, but they scheme to help ture reserve. girola Mayor Ana Mula last week, The owners are appealing do not realise that this is our live- vulnerable people The controversy was height- when she described the port as to the mayor to offer help lihood,” he said. ened after both the regional and “lively”. In a post on her Facebook rather than enforcing laws Another business owner, who pay their rent provincial authorities said they page, the mayor also said, “Like they say are making it has had a bar in the port for more had no objection to the bridge, any area of Fuengirola, we cater than 25 years but did not want to which forms part of the prov- to the needs of the neighbours impossible to survive give his name, said that the situa- BENALMÁDENA ince-wide Senda Litoral coastal who work in it on a daily basis.” tion is “devastating”. path, being used by cyclists. However, the comments were “We have had a terrible sum- T. B. Benalmádena town hall While the city hall said it strongly contested by the bar ground music and to show foot- mer and we have all struggled over has launched a new grant would study whether the bridge owners. They claimed that in- ball on our TVs. If we don’t have the past few months. The town scheme in order to help peo- could be shared with cyclists, it stead of support, the town hall is the licence, the police fine us, hall’s refusal to support us is mak- ple in vulnerable situations. pointed out that the crossing enforcing laws that are making even though many of us have not ing it even more difficult for us to The project will focus on vic- was essentially a footbridge. it impossible for them to survive. even been able to pay our rent.” make a living. Several bars have tims of gender-based violence, The Ruedas Redondas cyclists Tolga Erguda, owner of the The group, which included Brit- already shut up shop because they the unemployed, tenants who association has since suggested White Rose pub, told SUR in Eng- ish, Dutch, German and Turkish simply don’t have the money to have been evicted and the that a speed limit be set at lish that he felt as though the town expats, also claimed that the town survive. The mayor’s comments homeless. 10km/h. The bridge would not hall had “let them all down”. hall had not done enough to pro- were an insult,” he said. The assistance includes help only save cyclists from cross- “When we first reopened after mote the port. Tolga said they had A spokesperson for the town with rental payments, commu- ing the river using the more the lockdown, the town hall prom- asked for signposts to be installed hall told SUR in English: “All bars nity fees and basic utility bills. dangerous road bridge, but also ised they would do everything to direct visitors to the port, but he in the port are subject to the same The grants must be re- make it easier for people from possible to help us. We are suf- claimed that, even though the rules. If anyone has a proposal or quested through the Social Guadalmar and even Torremo- fering from the loss of tourism, proposal was accepted, the signs complaint, they should make an Services department (618 679 linos to cycle into the city. but the council is now insisting have never materialised. appointment to discuss it with 735). The application dead- No date has been given for that we pay a fee to play back- “Nothing has been done. It has the town hall.” line is 30 November. the opening of the bridge. September 18th to 24th 2020 9 SUR IN ENGLISH 10 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

All the options on the table HERE AND THERE for future growth in Marbella ‘meet environmental goals’

The council has proposes building in the empty presented its initial land between already devel- oped areas in order to achieve strategic document a more compact town. The un- before writing the long- developed land in the current awaited new PGOU, with PGOU would remain that way. four routes to expansion The other three alternatives are more ambitious. Alterna- HÉCTOR BARBOTTA tive 2.1 extends urbanisable land to the edge of the AP-7 toll MARBELLA. Each of the four op- road; 2.2 goes further and pro- tions under consideration for poses greater growth with the the future growth of Marbella, expansion of the main town to contained in an initial scoping the east of the La Torrecilla, La document for the town’s new Cañada and Los Monteros ar- master town plan (PGOU), meet eas. Alternative 2.3 is more radi- the government’s green agenda. cal, as it frees up as much land The council has said that for development as possible. The vehicle, filled with packages of hashish, was seized following the accident. SUR even the most ambitious plan The Initial Strategic Docu- for urban growth is within Ma- ment for the new PGOU indi- ESTEPONA drid’s Agenda Urbana Española cates that Alternative 1 and Al- road map to make towns and ternatives 2.1 and 2.2 all show cities “more human” by 2030. a high level of environmental Pregnant woman and cyclist injured in crash as Under the councillors’ plans, integration, as explained in the current Marbella PGOU Monday’s council session by 4x4 full of drugs tried to flee from police planning blueprint, which dates the councillor for Land Use and back to 1986 and urgently Housing, Kika Caracuel. needs replacing, could be de- She added that doing noth- J. CANO. A pregnant woman and drivers decided to flee. other sources suggest that he was veloped in one of four ways. ing, the so-called ‘alternative a cyclist were injured early on During the chase, one of the ve- injured by a package that was sent The main strategy under zero’, and sticking to the old Thursday morning after a 4x4 ve- hicles crashed into a car near flying during the accident. consideration is called Alter- 1986 PGOU, would have the hicle loaded with drugs was in- Costalita on the eastern edge of Officers managed to arrest the native 1; it takes as its starting most negative environmental volved in a crash during a police the municipality, driven by a driver involved in the crash and point the current PGOU and impact. chase in Estepona. young woman in her thirties who intercept the vehicle, which SUR National Police had been moni- suffered injuries. has been able to confirm was toring two suspicious vehicles in A nearby cyclist was also in- loaded with hashish. the town but upon discovering jured. While it was initially The second 4x4 vehicle was that they were being followed, the thought that he was hit by the car, able to get away.

ESTEPONA MARBELLA Project to renew Marbella theatre to seafront promenade to reopen on 27 September start within a month J. M. M. The Ciudad de Marbella J. M. M. Work to revamp the Este- theatre will reopen on 27 Septem- pona promenade will begin in ber with a series of anti-Covid less than a month, the town hall measures in place. The capacity announced on Monday, after has been reduced, access will be awarding the 1.7-million-euro by two different entrances to avoid contract for the first phase to crowding and an interpersonal dis- Prodesur Construcción y Proyec- tance of 1.5 metres must be ob- tos, S.L. served at all times. Temperature The first phase, which applies checks will be conducted on entry to the stretch of seafront be- and the use of a mask is obligatory. The ceremony on Tuesday. J. M. M. tween the Avenida Andalucía The theatre will reopen with some and Avenida Juan Carlos I new plays as well as cancelled per- ESTEPONA roundabouts, will see all exist- formances from March. Cancelada-Bel-Air bridge ing pavement and installations works under way replaced. MARBELLA The street furniture (benches, Environmentalists and pergolas, fountains and litter J. M. MARTÍN. The first stone of a bins) will also be changed and divers to clean shipwreck bridge and pedestrian walkway the old lights will be replaced by that will connect two areas on the more environmentally friendly J. RHODES. Beach cleanup organi- outskirts of Estepona, Cancelada LED lights, which will result in sation, Mi Moana, along with div- and Bel-Air, was laid on Tuesday. “significant” savings for the ing company, Diving with Nic, will The bridge will avoid the need for council. be clearing wet wipes and other residents to use the A-7 motor- What’s more, Plaza García waste from a 17th-century ship- way to move from one to the other. Caparrós (popularly known as wreck off the coast of San Pedro The event was presided over Plaza de las Gaviotas) will also this Saturday morning. Mi Moana by the mayor, José María García be completely renovated with founder, Natasha Wegloop, said, Urbano, who pointed out that this the substitution and moderni- “There is a sewer pipe near to the is “the most important road in- sation of the water and drain- shipwreck which is full of wet frastructure built in the Cancelada age networks that run along the wipes.” The meeting point is La area”, highlighting that it will whole paseo. Pesquera restaurant in San Pe- benefit more than 4,000 residents The works should take four dro at 10am. For further infor- living in this part of the town. months to complete. mation go to: www.mimoana.com September 18th to 24th 2020 11 SUR IN ENGLISH 12 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

SOHA wants homes built more than 12 HERE AND THERE years ago to be accepted without review NERJA NERJA Local businessman plans Town hall will pay fine The Axarquía campaign world’s longest zip wire in illegal dump case group thanked regional E. C. Nerja businessman, Jona- E. C. Nerja town hall’s legal serv- government for officially than Méndez, has approached a ices department has said that the recognising the existence company in Catalonia with the council would meet any fine of irregular properties but idea of constructing the world’s handed to mayor José Alberto Ar- raised several concerns longest zip wire along the town’s mijo and urban and housing Chillar river. Méndez, who owns councillor, Nieves Atencia, in the AGUSTÍN PELÁEZ a firm called Meynber, has asked Rio de la Miel illegal dump case. Zip-trans Systems S.L. to provide A judge has put forward an ini- TORRE DEL MAR. Save Our Homes a report on the technical and en- tial sum of 10.8 million euros in Axarquía (SOHA) presented on vironmental viability of install- civil responsibility for the envi- Wednesday the organisation’s ing a 700-metre-high and 3.1- ronmental damage caused to the proposed changes to a draft re- km-long zip wire. Méndez has es- site, which Armijo and Atencia gional planning law - the Ley de timated that the project would could be fined for their involve- Impulso para la Sostenibilidad cost “around 500,000 euros”. ment, if found guilty. del Territorio de Andalucía Mario Blancke and Philip Smalley at Wednesday’s meeting. SUR (LISTA). If passed, this law will replace the existing urban devel- Blancke. To go back 20 years, he of way, allowing more homes to opment law, Ley de Ordenación pointed out, could see up to apply for the AFO status. Urbanística de Andalucía (LOUA). 600,000 official documents of SOHA also called on the Axar- Included in SOHA’s proposals 300,000 Andalusian homes po- quía’s town halls to agree on fixed is a reduction in the time after con- tentially reviewed, which would fees to obtain AFO status. Blancke struction, from the proposed 20 hold up the process for many and said that there is currently a big years down to 12, beyond which lengthen uncertainty. Getting AFO difference between town halls. licences would not automatically status allows irregular homes to SOHA president, Philip Smal- undergo detailed examination be- connect to mains supplies and ley, thanked the regional govern- fore irregular homes could be ab- protects from demolition. ment, the Junta de Andalucía, for sorbed into local town plans with The other SOHA proposal high- including in the draft law the ex- official status, the so-called AFO lighted was for land on which in- istence of irregular houses for the (Asimilado Fuera de Ordenacíon). dividual, scattered houses have first time. He pointed out that ir- This would benefit hundreds of been built to be classified as ur- regular homes are very different homes built before 2008, said ban instead of rural, and so end- from illegal homes, as owners SOHA spokesperson, Mario ing disputes over historic rights paid fees for licences in good faith.

Club members and politicians announce the challenge on Tuesday. SUR

PERIANA Boy with Cerebral Palsy to ascend La Maroma with adapted wheelchair

E. C. Two local sports clubs will members of the Torre del Mar be helping a 12-year-old boy beach running club and Peri- with cerebral palsy to reach the ana’s Perianda club who will as- top of La Maroma mountain on sist him and his wheelchair. Sunday. Periana town hall and the Being able to enjoy the views Mancomunidad de Municipios and nature at the top of Malaga de la Axarquía, which oversees province’s highest mountain the area’s town halls, are also (2,066 metres) is the dream of collaborating in Álvaro’s Periana resident Álvaro Molina. challenge. Álvaro will be using a Joëlette Álvaro hopes his ascent will one-wheeled adapted wheel- pave the way for a project to help chair for the ascent and will be people with reduced mobility to joined by his parents as well as enjoy mountains and nature.

PERIANA Authorities ignoring fly plague, say neighbours

A. P. Residents in the hamlets of La Muela and Vilo, which belong to Periana, have denounced a “plague of flies” and said that the local authorities aren’t do- ing enough to prevent the prob- lem. Mayor, Rafael Torrubia, said he believes the problem is due to farmers using fewer chemi- cal products in fertilizer on their land. Residents have said that the problem started two years ago and that traditional fly traps and insecticides don’t work. A resident’s photo of the flies. SUR September 18th to 24th 2020 NEWS 13 SUR IN ENGLISH

so far and stones which had been cut by hand, on the north Human remains found at what may side of the rock. “We have found flint tools and a betyl, which is a kind of sacred be the first dolmen of Antequera stone, at the entrance to the bur- ial chamber and some ceramic elements from the end of the Neolithic period,” said García A team from Seville and Sanjuan. Southampton universities These discoveries suggest that this dolmen is similar in age or is excavating a megalithic possibly even older than that of site at the foot of Lovers’ Menga, and that could be why Rock and they believe it the later structure was built fac- could be even older than ing the Peña de los Enamora- dos. the Menga dolmen As the Menga dolmen is so magnificent, said García San- ANTONIO J. GUERRERO juán, experts have always won- dered where those who built it ANTEQUERA. The famous dol- obtained “the knowledge, the mens of Menga, Viera and El technique and the engineering” Romeral are no longer alone. to make something so spectacu- Another prehistoric structure lar. “It could be that the mega- has been discovered, and is cur- lithic tradition actually began rently being excavated at the here, at Lovers’ Rock, and cul- foot of the Peña de los Enamo- minated in the construction of rados or Lovers’ Rock just out- the Menga dolmen,” he ex- side the town of Antequera. plained. The project is being carried The age of the site currently out by archaeologists from being excavated will not be con- Seville and Southampton uni- Archaeologists working on the site below Lovers’ Rock in Antequera. ANTONIO J. GUERRERO firmed until carbon dating tests versities and coordinated by are complete, which could take Leonardo García Sanjuan, who thought to have been built ings were carried out in 2009 tion in years to come. He be- two or three years. is a professor of Prehistory at around 6,000 years ago. And it and 2013, but excavation has lieves it will reveal important The rock itself (which resem- the University of Seville. may have been bigger and used only just begun. information and that there are bles the head of a resting man) Radiocarbon and lumines- for more purposes, as well as a García Sanjuan said Lovers’ many remains beneath the is listed as part of the Dolmens cence tests have indicated that burial ground, including a pos- Rock is a hugely important ar- ground in the area around the of Antequera complex which was this site is possibly older than sible settlement. The site was chaeological complex, which will rock. The present excavations classified as a World Heritage the Menga dolmen, which is discovered in 2005 and sound- need a great deal of investiga- have revealed two human skulls Site in 2016. 14 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 GIBRALTAR SUR IN ENGLISH Government says “not an inch” of IN BRIEF sovereignty will be ceded as part of Brexit

In a statement issued this ing they should “absolutely ignore” ways denied. the negotiations. We are tough, we week, the chief minister such reports and trust the govern- In a statement issued on Mon- are the hawks. We will not allow ment to deliver on its promises, day, Picardo said with regard to them to get anything past us”. said people should even in the midst of a pandemic. any change in sovereignty that Some people in Gibraltar have “absolutely ignore” The press and social media often “we’re also in the thick of the ne- expressed concern that the gov- speculation over feature claims that Gibraltar gotiations before the end of the ernment is getting too close to its sovereignty in the media will be “handed back” to year on Brexit, and as I said Spanish counterpart in the discus- Spain as part of the Brexit on National Day, this is an sions over the post-Brexit future DEBBIE BARTLETT negotiations, or that the Gi- area where the Govern- both sides of the border, and that braltar government will ment of Gibraltar, led by this could lead to concessions over GIBRALTAR. The chief minister of want to do a deal with Spain me, will give not an sovereignty. The government re- Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo, has because Gibraltarians inch....We will never agree futes this, and insists that it is work- warned people against taking any voted 96 per cent Remain Fabian Picardo to anything that dilutes ing to achieve “shared prosperity” notice of speculation about the fu- in the EU, something the British sovereignty, juris- which will benefit both Gibraltar The original building. SUR ture of the Rock in the media, say- authorities on the Rock have al- diction or control over Gibraltar in and the nearest area of Spain. HISTORY Parliament House is to be restored

D.B. Parliament House in Main Street, which was built in 1817, is to be restored to its former glory, including taking back the commercial premises on the ground floor and returning them to their original use. The build- ing began as the Exchange and Commercial Library, then housed the Gibraltar Legisla- tive Council from 1950, then the House of Assembly after the 1969 Constitution and became the seat of Parliament follow- ing the 2006 Constitution.

SPORT San Roque Golf to sponsor Gibraltar team

D.B. San Roque Golf Club has agreed to sponsor a 3-person team of disability golfers from Gibraltar at the 2021 edition of the Cairns Cup, a biannual competition organised by Brit- ish Inclusive Golf for golfers with a range of disabilities from Europe and the USA. San Roque Golf Club will also be sponsoring one of the holes at the event, and the organisers have also made it an offer in principle to host the Cairns Cup in 2029.

NAVAL NEWS HMS Argyll makes logistics visit

D.B. The RN’s longest serving Type 23 frigate, HMS Argyll, made a routine logistics call into Gibraltar on Thursday morning. She has been de- ployed in the Gulf for the past six months, working alongside her sister ship HMS Montrose to provide reassurance for merchant shipping in poten- tially dangerous waters. She has also taken part in exercises with Japanese, Saudi and Paki- stani navies, and is now on her way home to Plymouth. September 18th to 24th 2020 15 SUR IN ENGLISH 16 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 BUSINESS AND FINANCE SUR IN ENGLISH

THE EURO ZONE Unions and bosses disagree with MARK NAYLER ministers over furloughing plans One thing is certain The government has been accused of “slight of hand” in its draft agreement to extend ERTEs beyond 30 n a gloomy press confer- current situation, both epide- September I ence on Wednesday, the miologically and economi- Bank of Spain lowered the cally speaking. Although this LUCÍA PALACIOS already-low expectations doesn’t exactly render such about the pace of Spain’s eco- projections redundant or fu- MADRID. Negotiations aimed at nomic recovery from Covid, tile, it should remind us that getting the ERTE furloughing on the back of a disappointing they’re no more than rough scheme extended to the end of third quarter. The predictions guidelines, capable only of January 2021 from the end of Sep- for post-Covid GDP contrac- giving an approximate idea of tember were stalled this week. tion, unemployment and debt how Covid and the resulting Ministers met with union and levels were bad enough in the confinement measures will company leaders in Palma de Mal- first place, but the latest don’t affect Spain in the medium- lorca earlier this month but there see Spain returning to eco- to-long term. is still no agreement and, unusu- nomic “normality” before The Bank admitted as ally, workers and bosses find 2023. Even if that happens, it much itself, when it said in a themselves on the same side Business and workers leaders with ministers in Palma earlier this month. EFE will be a return to a state of af- release this week that its fore- against the government. Some in- fairs that was already in need casts are “highly dependent volved are even accusing minis- ment’s draft agreement will government would cave in and of substantial improvement, on epidemiological develop- ters of manipulating them. achieve this. not erode future social security especially where unemploy- ments, in respect of which Business representatives ac- The large UGT union has ac- rights on ERTEs in force up to end ment rates were concerned. there remains a high degree cuse the government of deliber- cused Madrid of “slight of hand”, of January. To arrive at its latest fore- of uncertainty”. In other ately exaggerating the cost of the adding clauses that weren’t dis- Unions also want the obligation casts, the Bank imagined two words, there’s a possible Sce- ERTE scheme, and the numbers cussed earlier. The union doesn’t for firms to keep a worker at least different scenarios playing nario Three, which the Bank taking part so far, in order to jus- want people’s rights to future so- six months after bringing them out. In Scenario One (which is hasn’t modelled for and im- tify its view that it needs to be less cial security cash, if made unem- back from furloughing to stay, already happening), localised plied that it can’t model for at generous from now on. Neither ployed, to start to be eroded after which businesses don’t. Ministers outbreaks would lead to re- this time. Which is somewhat bosses nor unions are in favour 180 days receiving ERTE bene- said on Thursday that the restric- gional, minimal restrictions odd, given that the dreaded of a blanket exclusion or inclu- fits. “They could have told us in tion could stay and were working of movement or confinement third possibility doesn’t need sion of certain sectors or types of Palma and we wouldn’t have on a revised draft to present to measures, which would to be imagined: it was our re- company, but want a more versa- posed for such a happy photo,” unions and business leaders, de- mainly affect the hospitality ality back in March and April tile tool for hardest-hit workers; the UGT said. spite little sign of any complete sector. But in Scenario Two and it’s called “total lock- they don’t believe the govern- On Thursday, it appeared the agreement on its contents soon. (which remains unlikely), a down”. more widespread spike in Despite their provisional cases might lead to a “wider nature, the latest GDP fore- lockdown”, affecting several casts do show one thing very opening of its stores worldwide. sectors and inflicting greater clearly: that to avoid further Inditex profits rebound after Inditex said that at the height of damage on the economy. economic damage, Spain’s So- the pandemic 87% of shops were In the first case, the Bank cialist-led government must Covid closures, but sales are shut. It added that 98 per cent of predicts Spain’s GDP con- do all it can to avoid a second stores globally are now trading tracting 10.5% this year, a fig- nationwide quarantine. De- still well down year-on-year again, albeit with restrictions in ure which rises to 12.6% in spite temporarily slowing the some areas. Scenario Two. Both are worse spread of a virus, country- Turnover is still a lot less, with than its previous forecast, re- wide-lockdowns, as we’ve The owner of Zara says it pandemic. The Spanish firm, which a 37% drop in sales from Febru- leased in May, of a contraction seen here and elsewhere, are has reached one million owns Zara, Bershka and Massimo ary to July compared to a year between 9% and 11.6% in extremely damaging - not Dutti, among other brands, saw earlier, at just over eight billion 2020 - which was itself a only economically and so- online orders in a single profits of 214 million euros from euros. downward revision of an ear- cially, but also to people’s day for the first time May to July, reversing the 409-mil- Internet sales have continued lier projection of 6%. mental and physical wellbe- lion loss in the previous three to grow. From February to July, That the Bank of Spain is ing. Spain can’t afford - in any JOSÉ MARÍA CAMARERO months. Its shares surged 7.5% on there was a 74% increase in sales already on its third Covid-re- sense of that word - another the Madrid stock market on via the web, and, for the first time, lated forecast of the year one. That’s the only certainty MADRID. The huge Inditex cloth- Wednesday with the news. Inditex reached one million on- highlights the huge amount of we can take from a very un- ing group has started making a The turnaround in the group’s line orders in a single day during uncertainty inherent in the certain set of statistics. profit again after the worst of the fortunes coincided with the re- the crisis. September 18th to 24th 2020 NEWS 17 SUR IN ENGLISH Hunt for wild big cat still on, as official sighting is confirmed

Granada villagers have and Agrón, some 20 kilometres been terrified and national southwest of Granada. Residents have been told to stay media excited, but in their homes while searchers, Seprona said on Thursday accompanied by specialist Se- it isn’t a panther and prona officers and officials from ‘nothing can be ruled out’ the regional government have been searching by land and air. SUR One neighbour said they had seen it again on Tuesday, while GRANADA. Several villages outside others heard it. A cyclist report- Granada have been struck with edly photographed it in a ravine, panic for most of the past week near initial sightings, although over repeated sightings of a black the exact location and circum- panther in the local area. stances of the published photo- Since last Saturday, 12 Septem- graph weren’t revealed. A Guardia Civil officer on the hunt earlier this week. Inset, an alleged image of the suspect animal. IDEAL / ATLAS ber, Guardia Civil officers have On Thursday, after several been looking for a wild animal, tense days, false alarms and a lot had finally been able to catch sight have spotted isn’t a panther, but animal.” The suspicion remained possibly a huge feline, spotted of excited national media cover- of the animal and were continu- we can’t rule anything out until that if not a panther, it was an- roaming in the countryside be- age, there was a breakthrough. ing the search. we capture it. All we can say is other sort of big cat. Officers have tween Ventas de Huelma, Escúzar The Guardia Civil said that they “What our Seprona agents that the search is still on for a wild laid a trap with a cage.

Girl held for hitting mum over internet ban

Police had to be called cers arrived and the mother an- out to the home twice as swered the door, visibly shaken. She said she had had a huge the 15-year-old would not row with her daughter over her accept having the router compulsive use of the internet. turned off at midnight The addiction was such that she had imposed a midnight curfew JUAN CANO on use of the small screen. The woman said that the teenage girl MALAGA. Coronavirus has kept had objected and broken one of children away from peers and the bedroom doors in disgust pushed them in front of screens, before going out. causing some to suffer from an The girl returned to be calmed overdose of them. by officers, telling them that she A 15-year-old has been ar- couldn’t be told what to do. rested in Malaga city for hitting The police left only to be her mother for turning off her called again at 4.30am by the router. mother who said this time she Local Police were called over had been physically assaulted. a heated argument between a After forcing the girl out of her woman and her daughter. Offi- room, police arrested her.

Weather warning spoke about a Dana low-pressure air pocket, in the end the rain is issued for rain and coming as “a low pressure with storms along Costa tropical features” in the last stages of its existence before burning del Sol for today out, according to José María Sán- chez-Laulhém, the Malaga area director for Aemet, the Spanish SUR meteorological office. According to his forecast, the MALAGA. As the first drops of rain front will leave widespread rain, in many weeks landed on the at times very heavy with hail- Costa del Sol on Thursday after- stones and lightning. noon, a yellow weather warning The average monthly rainfall was issued for heavy storms to- for September in Malaga prov- day, Friday, 18 September. ince is 20mm. Sánchez-Laulhé The warning was for the Costa expects some 15mm along the and Guadalhorce valley and was Costa and 30mm on the Serranía expected to be in force until 3pm. de Ronda, where it will rain the Although initially forecasters hardest. 18 NEWS September 18th to 24th 2020 SPAIN SUR IN ENGLISH

Partido Popular was stored up on PP leaders by High Covid rate in Madrid the party’s former treasurer, Luis party alleged Bárcenas. Bárcenas had been corruption back in implicated in other high-profile pushes Spain over 11,000 party-funding inquiries, such as the political the notorious Gürtel case. cases in a single day spotlight again In a new twist in Operation Kitchen, former Interior Minis- ter Jorge Fernández Díaz and ex- MADRID Defence Minister and Party Sec- The vice-president of the control measures would come retary María Dolores de Cospe- regional government has into force in some parts of Ma- dal could be investigated and pre- drid from today, Friday, accord- SUR. The corruption spotlight has viously secret court papers have called on national ing to ongoing speculation among swung back on to the conserva- been released. government to do more local officials and media. tive Partido Popular (PP) over de- Current PP leader Pablo Casado to help, saying they Ignacio Aguado, the vice-presi- velopments in another long-run- has said he was a mere local MP cannot do it alone dent of Madrid region, which in- ning investigation, called ‘Oper- at the time of any scandal. But he cludes the city and surrounding ación Kitchen’. An English code was close to Cospedal, giving op- SUR towns and countryside, asked na- word was chosen for the inquiry posing MPs fresh ammunition tional government on Thursday, into alleged spying using the po- against him in Congreso, and this MADRID. Official national govern- “to get fully involved in the control Torra in Madrid. REUTERS lice in 2013 to find out and steal week plans for a parliamentary ment data on Thursday afternoon of the epidemic in Madrid”, with- what compromising information inquiry were advancing. reconfirmed the upward trend in out going into details of what his new cases of Covid-19 in Spain, regional ministers would propose. Supreme Court laying to rest further hope that It had been suggested that there the constant increases were a would be localised partial lock- decides whether to short-term blip. downs, not on whole districts, but ban defiant Catalan Of the 11,291 new cases added rather on smaller, health-centre in the previous 24 hours to the catchment areas, known as ‘zonas regional president rolling national count, the gov- básicas de salud’. In these areas, from public office ernment was focussing on two free movement could be restricted causes: Madrid overall and local- and social contact limited. ised outbreaks elsewhere. “It is absolutely impossible to Just as it had been all this week, finish off an epidemic with these MADRID the capital region made up over characteristics from the regional a third of the daily total, despite government alone,” said Aguado SUR. Supreme Court judges in being home to just 15 per cent of in his online appearance. Madrid were debating this the national population. On Wednesday, the deputy re- week whether to uphold a Cata- All signs were that much stiffer gional minister for Health in Ma- lan court’s verdict to ban Quim drid, Antonio Zapatero, had men- Torra, regional president, from tioned measures “along the lines public office for not having of selective confinement” in the taken down a politically moti- In reply, the national worst affected areas, which in- vated sign during an election government said it was clude poorer areas to the south- campaign. waiting to hear what the east of the city. A defiant Torra sat in the regional government was In reply, the national govern- public gallery on Thursday ment said it was waiting to hear while his lawyer defended him. proposing what the regional government Despite splits in his coalition was proposing and would give its government and the independ- full support. ence movement taking a back- seat during the pandemic, he said in a press conference af- The monastery at Valle de los Caídos in the Madrid mountains. REUTERS terwards that he has ruled out calling regional elections if he is banned from office. New law to get them the foundation dedicated Torra explained that he to General Franco. wouldn’t subject Catalonia to even tougher on Government vice-president the upset of regional elections remnants of Carmen Calvo said it would be in the middle of a pandemic, a law to help “everyone find ignoring pressure from coali- Franco’s regime themselves”, so that Spain would tion partners and nationalist never again, “be deprived of its rivals, ERC. freedoms”. He sought to shift the blame MADRID In reply to the Socialist-led for adding stress at a difficult cabinet’s plans, right-of-centre time to Catalan politics onto RAMÓN GORRIARÁN. The Cabi- parties have reacted negatively. the Supreme Court and urged net approved on Tuesday plans The conservative PP said it was them to overturn the earlier for a new law to redress the re- “scary” and designed to distract decision by Catalonia’s top maining effects of the Franco from the real problems of the court . dictatorship on Spanish life and country. But the PP hasn’t said The judges are expected to replace existing ‘Memoria which way its MPs will vote on rule on the appeal in the next Histórica’ (Historical Memory) the law. Far-right Vox said it few days. Torra said that any legislation, in force since 2007. would vote against it. disqualification from office The new ‘Memoria Demo- The new law will also allow would be “disproportionate crática’ (Democratic Memory) for victims of the previous re- and absurd” and his lawyer rules will, among other wide- gime buried in common graves told them that an appeal would ranging measures, convert the to be reburied with public funds; be made to EU judges. infamous Spanish Civil War the creation of a database of vic- Speaking to journalists af- monumental cemetery at Valle tims; a pardon for those impris- terwards, Torra said, “I have de los Caídos into a civil ceme- oned or executed over political come to Madrid to look into the tery and monks will stop over- offences from 1936 to 1978; eyes of a court that wants to seeing it. Last year General cancelling noble titles awarded unseat another Catalan presi- Franco’s body was removed from during the dictatorship and the dent. I have come to Madrid to there to a private cemetery. possibility of descendants of the explain to them that they have The law will also ban chari- International Brigades, foreign no right nor reason and we are table associations that defend volunteers who fought Franco, not scared of them.” totalitarian regimes, among receiving Spanish citizenship. September 18th to 24th 2020 19 SUR IN ENGLISH 20 September 18th to 24th 2020 COMMENT SUR IN ENGLISH

LETTERS THE MUSIC MAKER TO THE EDITOR PETER EDGERTON www.e-peter.com Travel and Covid Phone not a friend

I’ve just read the letter (Comment, September 11th) from a lady complaining about the situation of travelling during Co- vid. Just think for one moment; the less we travel, the less verton 1 Salford City 0, share prices (I don’t care, I’m not instant an email arrives? Surely the Covid-19 spreads. I have not seen my parents, who are E 32 mins - this was very a gambler) and random bits of it can wait, like letters used to - in the UK and are in their 90s and 80s, since last year. No bad news indeed. Not be- news about things I’ve no inter- laying forlornly on the doormat way would I fly to the UK and put them at risk at the present cause the rivals of my childhood est in (I don’t care - they’re things in your hall from 11am when time. We make do with Skype and emails until we can see football favourites - Liverpool - I’ve no interest in). they were delivered until six in each other again. People have to be sensible and have pa- were winning, and not because - Amid this incessant onslaught the evening when you got home tience and wait. We don’t want to make this worse. that rarest of beasts these days of old tosh, the most disturbing from work, at which point you’d SUSAN CORTES - a giant-killing FA cup result messages are the ones that de- leave them on the hall table for now looked even more unlikely. mand to know my location, of- a couple of hours while you did No, this was bad news because ten under risible pretexts. “Please something more useful like eat ple can make even long-dis- this latest score had come turn on your location - without beans on toast and have a bath, Death of 902 tance calls within Spain at no through on my mobile phone it you will be unable to use some possibly both at the same time. Interesting to see the govern- charge: not so with 902 calls. completely unbidden. Just as the application or other you haven’t It was very good of my friend ment intend abolishing 902 The cost of a five-minute dubious fortunes of Blackpool, even got/remember the capital to give me this contraption and telephone numbers which call to a 902 number from a Rochdale and somebody else I city of Portugal/go to the pub to- it’s going to appear rather un- they say impose unnecessary fixed line with Movistar is 0.56 can’t remember had been thrust night.” Somebody somewhere is grateful of me, but I’m going to expense particularly for euros; from a mobile it is from upon me at the weekend. quite desperate to know my lo- have to take action. That means poorer families. 2.82 euros. Such calls to serv- I never asked for any of this. cation at all times - it’s like be- disenabling the internet, no About 20 years ago I looked ice departments etc. are of- All I did was activate a swanky ing married but without the good sounds except for that of a ring- into the reason for 902 num- ten considerably longer than phone a friend (who loathes foot- bits. ing telephone and certainly no bers. I was told using that pre- five minutes. ball, incidentally) sent to me. And then there are all the location settings. I’ll continue to fix makes it easier for the sub- I have been “complaining” Since then, I’ve been besieged whistles, pings, buzzes and toots take it out of the house only when scriber to switch the location for years that making call to by a constant barrage of unso- that invade my space constantly. necessary and, with any luck, of where the call is answered. 902 102 112 to give details of licited information of every stripe I’m not sure which corresponds my sanity will return forthwith. So maybe, out of office hours a crime or a loss, to the Po- imaginable, including weather to what but one of them is for That match finished Everton the call goes to an address lice should be free. Hopefully forecasts for Malaga (I don’t care, emails, I’m sure. Why on earth 3 Salford City 0, by the way. other than the business ad- the government will put an I’m not a farmer), stocks and would I want to know the very Where did all the romance go? dress. Whilst such calls are end to this “insult to injury” not charged at premium rates, and provide a free 900 num- PACHI they are significantly more ber. expensive than local calls. And now of course many peo- JOHN CARRINGTON REALLY OLD HUMAN REMAINS FOUND BY Just off out to hunt a ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN mammoth, or maybe a We accept letters by email [email protected] - or ordinary post. buffalo or two... They must include identification and a telephone number and be exclusive to ANTEQUERA’S FIRST SUR in English. We do not publish anonymous letters. Opinions expressed by DOLMEN contributors to this and other pages of SUR in English do not necessarily re- flect those of the publishers. No part of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the publishers. Don’t forget to wear your face mask - it’s dangerous out there! Published by: PRENSA MALAGUEÑA S. A. Director General: ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ

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THE BOTTOM LINE and the UK’s quarantine on travellers com- government has been stabbing in the dark, PILAR MARTÍNEZ ing from Spain, have taken the sector to the the consequences of which will be seen later limit. on. There is no activity from tour operators, The winter closure is just the first step in The devastating effects of no bookings from the clients who always an unprecedented crisis which will get worse come in winter, because most of them are as companies fail to cope with the debts in- retired Europeans and are now too scared curred during three months of enforced clo- a Costa with no tourists to leave their homes, and little in the way of sure and a disastrous peak season with oc- leisure options to tempt brave souls who cupancy levels lower than the quietest would like to travel. In addition, there are months of the year. continual last-minute cancellations and Some have no idea when they will reopen, hen a hotel opens, the area est resorts have been spared the Covid-19 events and conferences are being called off. because they don’t know whether in 2021 W around it is almost spontane- crisis. The sector sees no sign of the deci- The Costa has entered a tunnel which, at there will be Holy Week celebrations or not, ously revitalised. Likewise, when sion to stop tourists coming ‘sine die’ being the moment, appears to have no end. Ex- whether there will be a peak season or not, one closes, even for a few months, it has a reversed. The times in which we are living perts say the authorities should have an- or whether the Malaga Fair will take place devastating effect on local shops, bars and make it more inviting to save companies ticipated this situation and carried out mas- again or not. restaurants. That’s why the spine-chilling and jobs than to take risks. sive testing before departure and upon ar- The virus is incompatible with tourism, forecast that 80 per cent of hotels will close And how have we come to be in this situa- rival as the only way of selling safety after even though the sector has invested in look- for the winter is likely to have a major im- tion? Well, the general answer is that there the borders reopened, not when peak tour- ing after visitors and its employees. The zero pact on the economy of the province. is no demand. Occupancy levels are at a ist season is over for most Spanish destina- contagion figures in hotels speak for them- The knock-on effect of tourism has yet to minimum, even though prices are starting tions; they are only trying to save this situa- selves. Now the administrations and busi- be seen and its consequences will be meas- to touch rock-bottom. Recommendations tion now with rapid testing at airports in the nesses will need to work hard together to ured in loss of wealth and employment. Not by countries such as Germany, Holland, Bel- Canary Islands. get over this. They need to start now, and to even the hotels that stayed open or the busi- gium and Denmark not to travel to Spain, The sector has felt abandoned and the do it with determination and purpose. September 18th to 24th 2020 21 SUR IN ENGLISH 22 September 18th to 24th 2020 LIFESTYLE SUR IN ENGLISH ALEKK M. SAANDERS THE WORLD ON YOUR DOORSTEP French connections

France. Get a feel of the culture, cuisine and language of Spain’s northern neighbours without going far from Andalucía

This latest instalment of the Málaga) - a French international series The World On Your Door- school - opened its doors on 15 step seeks out French connec- September 1968 through the tions here in Spain. merger of three smaller schools located on the Costa del Sol. The atmopshere Bridges and lavender The former president of France, Charles de Gaulle, was Seville’s Triana bridge, the work of French engineers. Not too far across the border, a visitor to the Costa del Sol. In Barcelona can substitute Paris 1970 the famous French gen- first super-economy hotel with help of the Arc de Triomf eral stayed at the out-of-the- chain with 15 hotels in the in the Parc de la Ciutadella. In way Refugio de Juanar - an old country. In Spain, Ibis Budget fact it was in Barcelona that the aristocratic hunting lodge lo- tested the installation of solar French architect Gustave Eif- cated 10 km from Ojén. They thermal collectors capable of fel designed his famous tower, say he really found tranquil- yielding power on rainy days now the symbol of Paris. lity among the forests of pine, and during the night. Closer to home, though, the chestnut, unique fir trees and Something to buy Andalusian capital Seville even a variety of wild orchids. Art, groceries and leather boasts a metal arch bridge con- There, 79-year-old De Gaulle structed by two French engi- managed to finish his mem- The Centre Pompidou in neers. Fernando Bernadet and oirs. At Juanar he got up at 5 Malaga, which opened in 2015, Gustavo Steinacher created the o’clock and started writing. At provided tourists with the Puente de Isabel II, also known a quarter to eight he ate his chance, not only to admire con- as the Puente de Triana. Walk- breakfast and then was writ- temporary art, but also to buy a Paris Plage, Malaga Leather bags made in Ubrique. ing on it feels a bit like being in ing again until lunchtime. In French gift. The first branch of Paris because indeed the de- the afternoon, he went hiking. the Paris-based art museum sign is similar to that of the Every day he took a walk of outside of France offers not only Paris bridges over the River 2.8km to the viewpoint over a walk through art from the Seine - Pont Saint-Michel and the Costa del Sol. Whisky was a 20th and 21st centuries but also Pont du Carrousel. daily must for the general as some art that you can buy at af- In Malaga, you can even walk well. fordable prices in the museum on namesake of Paris’s shop. There are lots of differ- Gastronomy Champs-Élysées - or Calle de Eating French ent gifts for children as well. los Campos Elíseos. It leads If you’re looking for furni- from Paseo de Reding to a spot Black truffles are most fa- ture by French designers, go with the fantastic view over the mously associated with French no further than Habitat, in La bay. Superb views of the neigh- haute cuisine. Truffle hunting Cañada, Marbella. The inter- bouring bullring are offered by in the Perigord region brings national chain is actually of the Hotel Eliseos. a bounty of the black diamonds British origin as it was created The view enjoyed by De Gaulle in Ojén. The region of Provence in to markets. However, the by Sir Terence Conran in 1964. France is associated with its world’s most prized foodstuff However, since September lavender fields. However, just also grows nestled in the roots Last year, Malaga gained a purest Andalusian style. Until 2011 it has been owned by a one hour from Madrid you can of hazelnut and oak trees in the piece of Paris, by the sea. the end of the 20th century, it French group. The brand spe- find Spain’s own sea of purple arid and thinly populated hills French couple Isabelle and Cris- was the former residence of the cialises in the sale of furniture around a little town called Bri- of east-central Spain - Teruel, tian Pischis moved to Malaga British Consul. The hotel has and contemporary decorative huega, which has its own Lav- Soria, Huesca, Navarra, Ger- from Paris where they had their five themed rooms: La Lidia, accessories. ender Festival. ona. These Spanish truffles are bistro Le P’tit Canon not far dedicated to the world of bull- Carrefour is well known on sold at the central market of from the Arc de Triomphe. fighting; Autour du Monde rec- the Costa del Sol. For 60 years The experience Language and De Gaulle Malaga - Mercado Central de There they cooked dishes typi- reates the atmosphere of the this French multinational cor- Atarazanas. cal of all regions of France. In world of travel; Belle Époque! poration has been innovating The Alliance Française de French truffles of the sweet Malaga Isabelle and Cristian is decorated with Art Nouveau and revolutionising shopping Málaga is the only examining kind, softly melted dark choco- chose Pedregalejo, where they furniture; and the room with in the world. Spain is the third centre in the city of the inter- late ganache lavishly dusted created the beach restaurant the name La Mer has not only most important international nationally recognised official with cocoa powder, have also París Plage, reminiscent of any marine decoration but from its market for Carrefour after diplomas in French. Moreover, been made in Spain for centu- cafe in the French capital. On terrace guests can see the France and Brazil. it supports schools in Malaga ries. Goyo Marbella - a pastry the menu you can find bœuf Mediterranean. French-designed leather province promoting multilin- and delicatessen shop - offers bourguignon, a stew of beef In Malaga there are two Ibis goods are manufactured by the gualism. The Alliance Française a selection of truffles with 16 with pearl onions, mushrooms Budget hotels, next to the river Ubrique leather artisans. The - La Alianza Francesa - was cre- flavours. and bacon; and a special des- Guadalmedina in the very cen- town is situated among moun- ated in 1883 in Paris, around The French macaroon is a sert, Far Breton, a French prune tre of the city and close to the tains close to the border be- personalities such as Jules meringue-based sweet delicacy, flan. airport. This is a low cost ho- tween Cadiz and Malaga prov- Verne, Louis Pasteur, Ferdinand loved by locals. Locally made tel brand from France, special- inces. It is known that bags, Somewhere to stay de Lesseps. It currently has versions can be easily found in French themes and chains ised in essential comfort at a belts and other leather acces- 1,040 centres in 136 countries numerous Costa del Sol cake budget price. The first Ibis sories designed for Chanel, on five continents. shops, and the supermarket La Francesa Suites boutique Budget opened in Tangier in Dior, Givenchy, Cartier or The Lycée Français de Mercadona prepares its own hotel in Malaga occupies a 2011. Two years later, the Comme des Garçons are really Málaga (Liceo Francés de version filled with ice-cream magnificent house built in the French brand became Spain’s made in Andalucía. September 18th to 24th 2020 LIFESTYLE 23 SUR IN ENGLISH The Phoenix Singers: an amateur choir with a difference

The group’s founder Arts Society). After four years with Kevin Turner expresses TAPAS, Kevin left the group to form a new choir because he had his passion for music visions of creating something using classical phrasing completely different: he believes within modern musical he has achieved this with The arrangements Phoenix Singers. Kevin adapts and arranges all TONY BRYANT of the music to produce innova- tive four-part harmonies. Kevin ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE. The Phoe- expresses his professionalism nix Singers, the Costa del Sol’s and passion for music through most recently formed choir, is his choir, using classical phras- currently holding auditions for a ing within modern musical ar- series of live shows to raise funds rangements. Under his direction for local charitable organisations. and guidance, the choir learns, The Phoenix Singers are currently rehearsing a special Christmas show and are appealing for new members. SUR The choir is based in the Coín practices and performs songs that area and was formed last year by encompass many different genres in English. style. Although we take it seri- everything we do is to raise jazz enthusiast Kevin Turner. and languages. Anyone can join the group. ously, we all have great fun,” he money for local charities. We are Born in Windsor, Kevin stud- “The choir is mainly British, Kevin welcomes all people that says. affiliated with ARCH, but we also ied music at college and then but we sing in a multitude of lan- have a love of singing, regardless The choir have been busy re- select a chosen charity. Along with opened his own music school of- guages. For example, we sing in of previous experience, race, age, hearsing its Christmas show, al- my music, my passion is helping fering private tuition. He moved English, Spanish, Italian, Ger- religion or gender. though Kevin is waiting for con- animals, Kevin says. to the Costa del Sol in 2008, and man, Dutch and even Latin. I am “You do not have to have had firmation that this will go ahead. The choir meet every Tuesday was soon looking for a musical a task master, but the choir are experience. I believe everyone The new show is scheduled to at El Chuletón Restaurant in Al- project to keep himself occupied. very talented and they are quick can sing. Everything is done with take place in Mijas the second haurín El Grande. The 57-year-old musical direc- learners. I try to make it easy for harmonies, so I offer lessons week in December and will be tor and his choreographer wife them, but they are a great bunch twice a week. I am a huge jazz used to raise funds for the groups Suzanne became members of TA- of people and they are very hard fanatic and so I arrange many chosen charity. i For more information, contact: PAS (The Andalucía Performing working,” Kevin explains to Sur of the songs in a big band, jazzy “We are a non-profit group and [email protected] 24 LIFESTYLE September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

DENISE BUSH

GARDENING READERS’ PHOTOS Long-lived Stephania

Stephania is a genus of around to 50 kilos. Stephania are said spirally. The leaf stem is at- 45 species found mainly in to be able to live for over 100 tached near to the centre of Asia and Australasia. It is a years although they are not each leaf. herbaceous perennial vine in the easiest plants to care for. Once Stephania reaches the menispermaceae family From the caudex grow deli- around 1.5 metres, it may pro- (moonseed family). cate vines up to four duce greengreenish-yellow,is This unusual-looking plant metres long.ng. The dioecidioeciousou flowers genus has a distinctive, woody, light-greeneen (som(somee are male caudex (a thickened stem leaves are anandd have six structure from which new shield-- to 10 se- MIGUEL FRANCISCO growth sprouts) which in ma- shaped andd ppals and ture specimens can weigh up arrangedd ssome are female Stunning colours with three to This photo was sent in by Miguel Francisco who says, “From my ffive se- terrace this hibiscus exhibits all its beauty.” ppals) but theyth are ususuallyu hid- den uunder the lush folfoliage.i In their natural habitat they are found grow- ing in evergreen scrub and bamboo forests and need a dry, warm and frost-free cli- mate. Although they need bright light Stephania should be kept out of direct sunlight, preferably in dappled shade. Stephania is not drought resistant and care must be taken when watering as the LES CARROLL caudex will rot in soggy soil. It goes dormant in winter and A rescued Bougainvillea is best not watered at all dur- ing the colder months. Propagation is by seed; af- An explosion of colour greets people who visit Leslie Carroll in Al- ter flowering the fruits caucín. This Bougainvillea was rescued and has certainly repaid the (drupes like the olive) can be kindness ten-fold with this bright display. harvested and the flesh re- moved before planting the fresh seed. PHOTOS Stephania tetandra is one of the 50 fundamental herbs Calling all gardeners your photos to english@di- used in traditional Chinese ariosur.es or send them to medicine and is used to treat We know many of our read- SUR in English, Avda Dr Ma- high blood pressure among ers have lovely gardens, or rañón 48, 29009 Málaga, other ailments. enjoy growing plants on with a caption and a few The genus name comes their terraces or balconies words of explanation. Alter- from the Greek ‘stephana’ and some like to take photos natively, you can send them meaning ‘crown’ and refers of plants they see when out to us via Facebook (sureng- to the crown-like arrange- and about. Why not share lish) or Twitter S. suberosa with its large caudex; close up of leaves inset. WIKIMEDIA ment of the anthers. them with others? Email (@SUR_English). September 18th to 24th 2020 LIFESTYLE 25 SUR IN ENGLISH

SOCIETY SCENE Elisa Cook shows her work in Puerto Banús

Pearly fun in aid of Age Care An exhibition by the Barcelona-born artist has been at the Leyton Art Gallery this week MIJAS Well-known entertainer Alexan- dra Avery and her supporters re- JUNE RENDLE cently put on a charity show that raised more than a thousand euros for Age Care Association. riends, clients and all States, France, Spain, China, The event was held at La Sierra F art lovers enjoyed a Austria and Germany. In addi- restaurant in Cerrado del Águila special viewing of some tion, her works have been ex- golf, where more than 120 peo- of Elisa Cook’s paintings on hibited at the United Nations ple enjoyed Alexandra’s Pearly Thursday last week. and in the Nantong Museum King and Queen show. Taking part The event took place in the in China. One of her paintings in the performance were 18 en- Leyton Art Gallery, next to the is in the Museum of Contem- tertainers aged between 16 and Goya Cinema in Puerto Banús. porary Art of Mataró in a 86, who had been rehearsing for With more than 600 square building built by Gaudi, next just two weeks. metres of space it is a delight to works from Miró, Picasso, The funds raised, 1,030 euros, to see paintings and sculp- Leger and Moore. were presented to Age Care vice- tures in many mediums in a Elisa’s paintings (www.eli- president Tom Tarr. large and beautifully lit area. sacook.com), in oil and acrylic Alexandra Avery is known on Elisa was born in Barce- with occasional touches of the Costa del Sol for putting on lona and studied higher edu- gold leaf, have developed dif- the Mania shows and Old Tyme cation in Geneva where she ferent styles over the years. Music Halls at the Salon Varietés obtained three university de- They are generally abstract theatre in Fuengirola. Part of the Pearly King and Queen performance. SUR grees. She lived until recently land and seascapes, and all in Geneva and currently re- transmit serenity with a defi- sides in Marbella. nite clear sense of light. ESTEPONA SOTOGRANDE As an internationally ac- It was a delightful evening, New ICE season Costa chaplain claimed painter she has ex- and Puerto Banús is now hibited in different cities in even more ‘the place to be’ off the ground relicensed several countries including with this haven of beauty and Switzerland, the United tranquility. ICE, the International Club The Revd Adrian Low has re- of Estepona, opened its doors cently been relicensed as Chap- for a new season last week lain of Costa del Sol West Angli- after a six-month break due can Chaplaincy. The service was to the Covid pandemic. conducted by the Area Dean, The ICE clubhouse, in Ur- Revd Nigel Stimpson, Chaplain banización Bahía Dorada, of Costa del Sol East, who was hosts a range of organised acting on behalf of the Bishop Adrian Low and Nigel Stimpson. classes and activities as well of Europe Robert Innes. as special events. The ceremony took place at days and Anglican services on The bar is open to mem- the church of Nuestra Sra. de la all other Sundays at 12 noon. bers and guests on Sundays Merced in Sotogrande and was Revd Adrian takes Anglican and Thursdays. the first Anglican service to be Eucharist services each week at For more information held there since lockdown in the Parroquia de la Virgin Rocío about the club visit March. chapel in San Pedro at 10am. www.theiceclub.es, email Worship will now resume in Full details of services and [email protected] or tele- Sotogrande, with Methodist serv- other events can be found at phone 952 802 549. ices on the first and third Sun- www.costachurch.com Elisa Cook. SUR 26 LIFESTYLE September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH ALEKK M. SAANDERS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? LANGUAGE FOOTNOTE

E18 SEPTEMBER 53 AD Emperador Emperor Imperio Empire Senador Senator The birth of Rome’s ‘Spanish’ emperor Nacimiento Birth Moderno Modern Colonia Colony Comandante Commander Trajan, the best of His mother - Marcia - came Sucesor Successor ancient Rome’s ‘Five from a noble and politically in- Asesinar Assassinate fluential family, thought to be de- Continente Continent Good Emperors’ was scended from the King of Rome, Prosperidad Prosperity born in what we now Ancus Marcius. In the north of Paz Peace call Andalucía Italy, Marcia owned clay-bearing Filantrópico Philanthropic estates called the Figlinae Mar- Bienestar Welfare cianae. She married Trajan’s fa- Huérfano Orphan n history he is known as Tra- ther - a military commander - Soldado Soldier I jan, though his birth name and they moved to the Iberian Ejército Army was Marcus Ulpius Trajanus. Peninsula, living for a time in Construcción Construction Trajan was born in the Roman Italica. There is little documen- Estatua Statue province of Hispania Baetica on tation of Trajan’s early life. It is 18 September 53 AD. His birth- thought that the future emperor A replica of the statue of Trajan stands in the ruins of Baelo Claudio. SUR place of Italica, north of modern- grew up in military headquar- day Santiponce and northwest ters where his father served. by the Roman Senate when potamia, or modern-day Iraq. lonia outside of Tarifa, the court- of Seville, was founded as a Ro- Trajan became an army com- Domitian was assassinated. This, Trajan is known for imple- house was presided over by a man military colony of Italic set- mander like his father. Before he incidentally, also happened on menting the first social welfare statue of the emperor Trajan tlers in 206BC. According to an- was emperor, he had been a sena- 18 September, but in the year 96. programme in history to help more than three metres high. other version, however, Trajan tor, and even governor of Germa- Trajan ruled from 98 to 117. thousands of orphans and poor On his way to Rome, Trajan fell was from Pedraza in today’s Ex- nia Superior (Upper Germania), He spent most of his life on mili- people. Unsurprisingly, he was ill or was poisoned upon reach- tremadura. In any case he was an imperial province of the Ro- tary campaigns. The Senate of- named as the second of the Five ing Selinus in Cilicia, in late 117. the first Roman emperor born man Empire. ficially declared him ‘best ruler’ Good Emperors who presided He was deified by the Senate. His outside Italy. This experience helped him - optimus princeps. By the time over an era of peace and pros- ashes were laid to rest under Tra- Trajan’s father, who was also gain the support of both the em- of his death, the Roman Empire perity in the Mediterranean jan’s Column in Rome. called Marcus Ulpius Trajanus, peror Nerva and generals of the extended over three continents world. belonged to the gens Ulpia fam- Roman army. Later Nerva named - from Scotland down to North- Back in Andalucía, in the an- ily, who originally came from the him as his successor. Nerva him- ern Africa and swept east across cient Roman town of Baelo Clau- i Bilingual crossword inside Umbrian city of Tuder. self had been declared emperor the Mediterranean as far as Meso- dia, located near the beach of Bo- back page

JOSELE The association Horizonte-Proyecto Hombre, Successful which helps people suffering addictions, charity held its annual charity market on Sunday in La Alameda park in Marbella with strict Covid market health and safety measures in place. September 18th to 24th 2020 Sponsored 27 SUR IN ENGLISH by WHAT TO DO

EXHIBITIONS the Silence. Silent Film in Russia) and the shared affinities and passions of MALAGA. Closed Mondays. C/Afligi- Andrèi Tarkovsky. Maestro del Espa- the two friends. dos. Art Marbella cio (Mast of Space). Andrèi Tarkovsky Félix Revello de Toro is a distin- MARBELLA. From 24 September until was one of the most influential Rus- Carmen Thyssen Museum guished Malaga artist. Around 117 of 3 October. Palacio de Ferias y Congre- sian artists of the 20th century and MALAGA. C/ Compañía, 10. 9.30 - his works are on display in the sos. forerunner of innovative techniques 2.30pm. 7 - 9pm Tuesday to Friday. museum which regularly holds work- Art Marbella will be holding its sixth in the cinema of the time. In conjunc- 9.30am - 9pm Saturday and Sunday. shops and art classes for children and international modern and contempo- tion with this exhibition is a series of Masks. Metamorphosis of Modern adults. More information rary art fair. This year it will be co- silent movies, with some of the most Identity. Until 10 January 2021. The call:952062069 or email: museorev- ordinating with Marbella Design for iconic Russian, Italian and American new season’s exhibition running con- [email protected] the first time. films available until 4 April 2021. sists of over 100 works by national and international artists. Ángeles Caídas Centre Pompidou MALAGA. Until 20 September, MALAGA. Muelle Uno. Charo Carrera Archivo Municipal, Alameda Principal, Nicolás de Staël. Until 29 November. MALAGA. Until 22 October. Sala 23. Born in St Petersburg in 1914 but Alfajar, C/Císter. Artists Paco Aguilar, Pilar Bandres, exiled in France, Staël exhibited for El Legado de Egeria (The Legacy of David Burbano, Carmen Campos, the first time in 1944. His abstract Egeria) is an exhibition by artist Charo Pablo Caro Revidiego, Juanjo Fuen- works reflect an austere and sombre Carrera. Egeria (Etheria or Aetheria) tes, Isabel Garnelo, María Gkaliata, Alejandra Mallén, Las Lagunas time, but gradually incorporate more was a Hispanic aristocrat whose let- Julia Holtman, Mister Kaikus, Ismael light and colour towards 1952 when ters to friends telling of her trips Kachtihi, Roy Laguna, Marta O Nils- Francisco Martín Molina he adopted a more figurative style of around the world are some of the son, Eryk Pall, Cayetano Romero, NERJA. Monday to Saturday painting. earliest of their kind, written in the Javier Roz, Tina Sánchez, Sara Sara- 10.30am - 2.30pm. C/Pintada 27. Charo Carrera. Until March 2021. The fourth century. A fragment of her bia, Cristina Savage and Marta Troya The exhibition of art by Francisco main staircase in the Centro Pompi- ‘Itinerarium ad Loca Sancta’ is kept in have collaborated to present this Martín Molina has reopened to the dou is the site for the painting Si yo, the library in Arezzo, Italy. The artist exhibition of their work which public. More information on Face- Si tú by veteran artist Charo Carrera. pays tribute to this woman, to her includes canvases, ceramics, videos book: Exposición Francisco Martín spirit of adventure and curiosity. and photographs. Calle Pintada. Art Marbella, Marbella. Centro de Arte Contemporáneo MALAGA. C/Alemania. When words transform into art Enrique Brinkmann LIVE CONCERTS AND MUSIC José María Córdoba Nan Goldin. Until 25 October. Ameri- MALAGA. Until 31 October. Malaga CHURRIANA. Until 5 January, 2021. can artist Nan Goldin is the author of Public Library. Casa Gerald Brenan, Calle Torremoli- For Women 4tet FUENGIROLA. Until 20 September. a sequence of video clips entitled Patrimonio Bibliográfico Malagueño: nos. ALHAURÍN DE LA TORRE. 18 Sep- Weekdays 6-10pm except Mondays. Siren in Espacio 5 of the gallery. La Biblioteca de la Económica. Una Artist Enrique Brinkmann has an exhi- tember, 9.30pm. Finca El Portón, Museo de la Ciudad, C/María Josefa Bosco Sodi. Until 6 December. Ergo Herencia Compartida is an exhibition bition of 12 of his works entitled C/Juan Carlos. 5€. Larrucea. Sum is the first solo exhibition by of around 60 books, magazines, pho- Estrellas para Brenan, Obra Gráfica, a The For Women 4tet play a wide rep- The exhibition Odiseo consists of Bosco Sodi in Spain. It consists of 30, tographs and documents from the personal tribute to the writer. Brink- ertoire of music including jazz paintings and drawings created by large, black, monochromatic paint- 1850s that record the modernisation mann has exhibited in the MOMA in Manouche (gypsy jazz), swing, blues José María Córdoba and influenced ings and several golden sculptures. and culturalisation of Malaga. New York as well as many other and contemporary jazz. www.mien- by James Joyce’s books. Philippe Pasqua. Until 29 November. museums and art galleries around the trada.net El Lado Oscura is the title of this Museo Revello de Toro world. Diego Ruiz Cortés exhibition which encompasses 40 Suzette & More FUENGIROLA. Until 25 September. works completed by artist Philippe Alejandra Mallén ALHAURÍN DE LA TORRE. 19 Sep- Casa de la Cultura, Avda Juan Gómez Pasqua over the last 30 years. It LAS LAGUNAS, MIJAS. Until 9 Octo- tember, 9.30pm. Finca El Portón, ‘Juanito’, 12. Open Monday to Friday includes large format paintings, ber. Casa Cultural, C/San Valentín. C/Juan Carlos. 5€. 10am to 2pm (also 5pm to 10pm from drawings and sculptures. The major- An exhibition of oil paintings entitled Puerto Rican / New Yorker but 16 September). ity of the pieces portray faces and El Eterno Amor de Colores Comple- brought up on the Costa del Sol, The exhibition 60 Years of Painting nudes of disabled children, transgen- mentarios’. www.alejandramal- Suzette started as a singer with the explores the evolution of the work of der persons, prostitutes and mem- len.com Lito Blues Band. She sings jazz, soul, Diego Ruiz Cortés (Seville, 1930- bers of his own family. funk and R&B. www.mientrada.net 2009). 18X2. Coleccionismo Cela - Picasso Institucional de Málaga Glass Work The Russian Museum MALAGA. Until 4 October. Museo ANTEQUERA. Until 30 September. MALAGA. 18 September, 9pm. The MALAGA. Edificio Tabacalera, Avda Casa Natal Picasso. Tues - Sun 10am - 2pm and 7pm - Hall, C/Héroes de Sostoa. 8€. Sor Teresa Prat. The exhibition entitled Trozo de Piel 9.30pm. MAD, C/Diego Ponce 12. Progressive rock group Glass Works Temporary exhibitions.The two tem- demonstrates the relationship The exhibition unites 36 works from and progressive metal band Back To porary exhibitions currently held at between two geniuses, Pablo Picasso the Diputación de Málaga and the R’lyeh will be on stage at The Hall the museum are Rompiendo el Silen- and Camilo José Cela. It consists of Fundación Unicaja collections. this evening. cio. El cine Mudo en Rusia (Breaking documents and photos symbolising Nicolas de Staël, Pompidou 28 WHAT TO DO September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

LIVE CONCERTS AND MUSIC Festival THEATRE AND DANCE MALAGA. 23 - 27 September. Arturo Serra Quintet The Echegaray Theatre, Museo Pom- The Goodbye Ceremony MALAGA. 19 September, 9.30pm. pidou and Museo Ruso de San Peters- MALAGA. 20 September, 7.30pm. La The Hall, C/Héroes de Sostoa. 10€. burgo will be the venues for a series Cochera Cabaret, Avda de los Guindos. Valencian vibraphonist, Arturo Serra of concerts and recitals. The five con- Dance company, Silencio Danza per- will be in concert. certs themed on ‘Málaga Clasica’ will forms La Ceremonia de La Despe- take place in the theatre while the dida, in which a couple face each Joven Orquesta Provincial de recitals, showcasing young talent, other, involuntary witnesses to the Málaga will take place in the Pompidou and end of their relationship. No shout- CUEVAS DE SAN MARCOS. 19 Sep- Russian museums. More information ing or arguing, just an unbearable tember, 8pm. La Morana amphithea- and tickets: www.teatrocervantes.es, indifference. “As a poet once said, tre. Free. www.unientradas.es. being in love is as in eating, one ANTEQUERA. 20 September, 6pm. must know when to leave the table Juan Perro, Teatro Cervantes Zarzuela Plaza Virgen de los Dolores, Bobadilla without having to see all the lefto- Zarzuela, Malaga de la Estación. Free. MALAGA. 5 November. Teatro Cer- vers.” https://lacocheraentra- The Malaga Provincial Youth Orches- Chamber Music Festival vantes. das.com/shows/list tra, JOPMA, will be in concert playing ESTEPONA. Plaza del Reloj. 8.30pm The theatrical company Teatro Lírico Juan A. Pérez is starting a new series pieces by composers such as Mozart, 20 September. Trío Pompeo perform Andaluz will be performing La del Salsa workshop of classes in Los Angeles Style and Dvorak and Schubert. as part of the Classical 2020 CIEC Manojo de Rosas and Pablo Sorozábal FUENGIROLA. Registration until end Cuban salsa. Email: arteaza- International Chamber Music Festival. in two acts. www.teatrocervan- of September. Plaza Hispanidad. [email protected] Website: Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Liliya Makarova, violin; Irina Yonkova, tes.com The Escuela y Compañía Flamenca www.flamencoazabache.com MALAGA. viola; Sergio Gómez, cello. 18 September, 8pm. Teatro Cervan- tes. Terral de Málaga Conducted by José María Moreno, MALAGA. Teatro Cervantes. the orchestra will be playing compo- A total of 16 concerts will take place Torremolinos makes use of sitions by Ravel and H Berlioz. Tickets including jazz, R&B, hip hop, rock, https://www.unientradas.es/. pop and flamenco. Tickets are on sale now and cost 12€ per concert. fairground to host live music Tango Malaga 2020 19 September, 8pm. Julia Martín. MALAGA. 18, 19 September. Teatro 21 September, 8pm. Anachronic. Echegaray. 15€. 25 September, 8pm. Dry Martina. Osvaldo Jiménez and Proyecto 29 September, 8pm. Ernesto Aurig- Tamgú perform classic tango music nac and Moíses P Sánchez. The town hall has and dance. www.teatroechegaray.es 30 September, 8pm. Suzette & More or www.unientradas.es Call: 952 More information and tickets: rescheduled a series 076262. www.teatrocervantes.com of concerts that were due to take Cervantes Theatre anniversary place earlier this year concerts MALAGA. Teatro Cervantes. TONY BRYANT To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the theatre the concerts are free but TORREMOLINOS. Torremolinos seats must be reserved in advance. town hall has announced 26 September, 8pm. The Juan Perro rescheduled dates for several Sextet. live music concerts that were 27 September, 7pm. La Quinta Esta- postponed last month because ción. Pieces by Shostakovich, Handel, of the coronavirus restrictions Piazzolla and Reina. decreed by the Junta de Anda- 6 November, 8.30pm. Camilla lucía. The series of rock, blues, George, Jamaican jazz band. soul and folk concerts under 20 November, 8pm. Juan Diego Flo- the banner of Tenemos Talento res, opera singer. Accompanied by will now be held in the Caseta the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra. de Asociaciones, situated on the town’s fairground. The Camilla George, Teatro Cervantes International Chamber Music concerts, which are free, will be held over two weekends, with two performances each night. The festivities start today (Friday), with two of Malaga’s most popular bands, Doble Suzette Moncrief will perform in Torremolinos next weekend. SUR Juego and Estrella Negra. Doble Negro perform a mix- The night will get going with Prior reservation will be ture of covers ranging from Suzette Moncrief and her latest necessary and should be Cher and Blondie, to Boney M group, Suzette & More. Su- made by sending an e-mail to and Olivia Newton John; while zette’s energetic stage pres- eventos@ayto-torremoli- Estrella Negra, who have been ence and exciting mixture of nos.es indicating name, together for more than 30 soul, funk and rock has earned NIF/NIE and contact phone years, will delight fans of the singer a huge following on number. A minimum of two classic rock music. the coast. and a maximum of four tick- On Saturday, Seville rockers Along with her solo career, ets can be reserved. No Hay Tegua and local band La Suzette also performs with The cultural department Cara B will present a night of rock, several renowned ensembles, said it was necessary to intro- blues and pop music. including the Free Soul Band duce strict measures in order Part two of the series will and the Lito Blues Band. to comply with the health continue on Friday 25 Septem- Former frontman of the recommendations of the ber, with Meskalina y Chico Amargo Grupo Flamenco regional authorities, “while Quebranto (acoustic folk and Carlos Bravo will close the maintaining its commitment to rock), while the highlight, on cycle with his tribute to His- support a sector that has Saturday 26, will present two of panic artistes Luis Miguel, suffered due to limitations”. Malaga’s most versatile and Bruno Mars, Niña Pastori and Concerts start at 9pm. established musicians. La Susi. www.torremolinos.es September 18th to 24th 2020 WHAT TO DO 29 SUR IN ENGLISH

Lindy Hop dance classes Lux Mundi Prayer Meetings MALAGA. La Térmica. FUENGIROLA. September, Throughout September, October, 25 September, 8pm. Special ecu- November and December, Málaga menical prayer in Malaga Cathedral Swing will be holding courses in for the victims of the pandemic. Lindy Hop, a style of dancing that originated in a bar in Harlem in 1927 Lux Mundi during a celebration of the first TORRE DEL MAR. Lux Mundi Ecu- flight across the Atlantic Ocean by menical Centre, Avda Moscatel. Charles Lindbergh. 21 September 10am - 1pm. Knitting https://www.mala- and crochet group, learn how to knit gaswing.com/intensivo-lindyhop/ / crochet or help make items for charity. Held Mondays 10.30am - TALKS / LECTURES 1pm. 21 September 10am - 1pm. Craft Art courses and lectures group. Held Mondays 10.30am - 1pm. ART HISTORY IN FOCUS. Online live Málaga Swing, La Térmica 23 September 10am - 1pm. Art lectures and courses throughout the group. Held Wednesdays 10am - 1pm year. Lux Mundi Founded by art historian and lec- TORRE DEL MAR. Fridays, 11am - O. V. FILMS turer Siân Walters, Art History in 1pm. Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, SUR in English advises calling cine- Focus arranges regular courses, Avda Moscatel. mas to check for any last minute time study days and visits in the UK as Coffee mornings with coffee, tea or changes. lunchtime and late night well as cultural holidays throughout fruit juice with a piece of cake. A screenings weekends only. Europe. Siân is a highly qualified boutique with a range of new and and experienced tutor and events nearly new clothing and accesso- Yelmo Cines, Plaza Mayor organiser, and lectures regularly for ries.and also a wide stock of second MALAGA. Centro de Ocio, Plaza the National Gallery, NADFAS (The hand English books. Lux Mundi is Mayor, Avda Alfonso Ponce León. Tel: Arts Society). https://www.arthisto- unable to accept donations of 902902103. www.yelmocines.es ryinfocus.com/courses/ clothing or books etc at the Summerland: 21.20 (Tues). moment. Antebellum: 22.40 (Tues). The Arts Society 18 September, 8.15pm. Taizé Prayer Pinocchio: 17.30 (Tues). NERJA. Lectures online. at the San Andrés, Parish Church. Tenet: 21.40 (Tues) The Arts Society Nerja starts a new 15 October, 19 November, 17 André Rieu Maastricht Magic: season of lectures free online for December. Trip to Gibraltar. Various 8.30pm (Fri). members and supporters. The departure times and pick-up points. broadcast can be seen live on the Tel.952 543 334 or email: lux- Art’ Society YouTube channel. [email protected] 18 September, 2pm. Prometheus and his plight. Lecturer Mary Sharp. Lux Mundi Grand Sale 23 October 2pm. The English Cook- FUENGIROLA. Until 19 September, book. Lecturer Peter Ross. 10am - 3pm. Calle Nueva 3. 27 November, 2pm. Indian Modern Everything must go, kitchenware, Art. Lecturer Georgina Bexon. furniture, electric heaters and fans, 18 December, 2pm. Great Exhibi- other electrical goods, toys, books, tions and the World’s Fairs. Lecturer CDs and DVDs, golf clubs and- Matthew Denney. Christmas decorations. The bou- tique will also be open. CHARITY MORE IDEAS ARCH ALHAURÍN EL GRANDE. Open every Online choir Sunday 9am - 2pm. FIND YOUR VOICE One hour sing- The ARCH team at the Rescue Centre ing sessions every Wednesday at André Rieu, Yelmo Cines for Horses and Donkeys have 5pm. resumed their popular Sunday open Local opera singer Clarice Williams Yelmo Cines, Rincón mornings. Visitors can come and runs the Find Your Voice Vocal Stu- meet the volunteers and the current dio which raises money for charities RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA. C/ residents. More information on Face- as well as allows people to get Arroyo Totalán. Tel: 902220922. book: Centro Andalusi de Rescate de together for a chat and sing songs www.yelmocines.es Caballos or www.horserescue from a varied repertoire. Partici- Pinocchio: 22.00(Tues). spain.org pants do not have to be competent Tenet: 18.35(Tues). singers. registration 5 euros. Face- André Rieu Maastricht Magic: Rotary Club Padel Tournament book Find Your Voice Vocal Studio. 8.30pm (Fri). ESTEPONA. 18 - 20 September, Club de Padel Alhambra del Golf. Indoor learning activities Yelmo Cines, Vialia 20€ U3A COSTA DEL SOL FUENGIRO- MALAGA. Centro Comercial Vialia. With the objective of raising money LA. The association has turned to Tel: 902220922 for poor families to buy school social media to continue offering a Pinocchio: 17.30(Tues). books for their children aged three service to its members. Tenet: 19.30(Tues). to five, the Rotary Club Estepona Art history, bridge, quiz nights and Antebellum: 21.55(Tues). are holding a padel tournament. even a choral group are just some Leonardo Da Vinci - A Night At The Register: https://padelman- of the online activities being Louvre 21.55(Tues). ager.com/ offered by the U3A. Anyone can André Rieu Maastricht Magic: become a member, contact 8.30pm (Fri). La Cala de Mijas Lions www.u3afuengirolacostadel- President’s Luncheon sol.com/ for more information. Cine Albéniz LA CALA DE MIJAS. 20 September, MALAGA. C/ Alcazaba, 4. Tel: 1.30pm. Miraflores Golf Club. 35€. Free Spanish courses 902360295. www.cinealbeniz.com A glass of cava on arrival, three NERJA. Nerja Cultural Centre, Calle Summerland: 17.00, 19.15, 21.30. course meal with vegetarian and Granada, 45. gluten free options and half bottle Free Spanish courses for beginners, Cinesur Miramar of wine pp. Music by Mark T Connor basic and conversation levels. Lim- FUENGIROLA. Avda de la with Neil Diamond Tribute. Tickets ited spaces. To enrol call 671567105. Encarnación. Tel: 952198600. from Lions shop in C/Torremolinos, Classes run from mid September Tenet: 17.45, 20.30. La Cala de Mijas. 2020 to June 2021. Rocketman: 8pm (Tues, Thurs). 30 WHAT TO DO September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH

The Last Supper Philippe Pasqua poses in front of the striking sculpture group La Cène. EVA SÁNCHEZ MELENDO

Here female postures and re- alities (such as childbirth) stand Philippe Pasqua finds beauty in in contrast to the male genitals of the subjects. However Philippe Pasqual has not ignored his closest reality, the dark side at CAC Málaga his family, in this exhibition, al- though he shows them with a different, “stronger” emotion. Here we can find his mother The French artist gender people, prostitues and Gisele and his son Orso, who he members of his own family as depicts holding a skull as if it shows the faces of models. were a teddy bear. those who “often hide The eyes that look out from the Indeed skulls appear through- paintings can invoke tenderness out his work. They can be found away”, marginalised or perplexity and invite the viewer piled up in the sculpture Sans Ti- groups and children to question the moral values of our tre from this year, which welcomes with disabilities in his time and the concepts of beauty visitors as they enter the gallery. and ugliness. And skulls can also be found first solo show in Spain “Philippe reflects on these peo- in the piece that is perhaps the ple who live through suffering, most impacting of the entire ex- pain, inflexibility and even vio- hibition. in the centre of the REGINA SOTORRÍO lence and overcome these difficul- CAC’s main gallery Pasqua has ties every day. He talks about life placed the sculpture group La but not ‘la vie en rose’, but the life Cène, his version in bronze of that we often don’t want to see,” Da Vinci’s Last Supper. said Francés, who was accompa- Here Jesus and the 21 apostles nied at the opening of the show by are masked and grotesque fig- MALAGA. Their names are Alma, the mayor of Malaga, Francisco de ures, impossible to identify. They Noah, Arnaud, Beatrice, Manel… la Torre and Culture councillor, are seated at a table with clear ref- People who “often try to hide”, but Noelia Losada. erences to Bacchus, bunches of who show their faces in paintings grapes and bottles of wine on a more than two metres wide that Thick brushstrokes The exhibition includes numerous faces of children. E. SÁNCHEZ MELENDO surface plagued with rats. And the now hang in Malaga’s Contempo- The artist paints children who are scene also has a sacrifice, the torn- rary Art Centre (CAC). blind or have Down’s Syndrome change impressions and he pho- up body of a baby in different Artist Philippe Pasqua (Grasse, using thick, far from delicate, THE EXHIBITION tographs them. In his workshop dishes. A disturbing composition. France, 1965) extracts beauty from brush strokes, leaving stains and he selects the image that has Pasqua also examines him- the “Dark Side” in his first individ- smudges. And there’s no decora- Title and artist. The Dark “trapped” him the most and self and the exhibition include ual exhibition in Spain. the retro- tion, just their intense expressions. Side by Philippe Pasqua. transfers it to his canvas, gener- startling self-portraits from spective show covers three dec- “They have great strength that ally with cream, red and blue among his earliest works. ades of creation and provokes im- can be transmitted and reflected. Content. Around 30 works, tones. Philippe Pasqua converts those mediate reactions from visitors. And they are people with great including large format paint- “There is beauty in overcoming who were born “on the dark side “It moves you, turns your stom- sensitivity, they live in the pre- ings and two sculptures, cre- illness and in a person with in- of the world” into art, without for- ach, leaves no one unaffected,” said sent,” said the self-taught painter ated between 1990 and the pre- tellectual disability. Philippe getting that we all have our dark Fernando Francés, curator of the and sculpture, whose style is ap- sent day. shows this with incredible natu- sides. Despite his constant smile, exhibition. proaching expressionism. ralness,” said the creator. he is no exception. Pasqua has been planning this He admits he has had the pro- Gallery. Centro de Arte Con- The artist’s brush also cap- “Once in Paris he confessed project, in Malaga until 29 Novem- ject in his head for some time. temporáneo de Málaga (CAC). tures marginal groups, such as that if he wasn’t a painter he ber, for the last five years. “It’s not easy to access these peo- Calle Alemania, Malaga. prostitutes, who he paints nude, would be a serial killer. What is He has filled the walls with large ple,” he explained. He contacts or transgender people such as really intelligent is managing to format portraits and nudes using them through schools and spe- Dates. Until 29 November. Caphi, or the series he calls control the dark side and turn children with disabilities, trans- cialist centres where they ex- Trauma. it into light,” said the curator. September 18th to 24th 2020 31 SUR IN ENGLISH 3232323232323232 September 18th to 24th 2020 HEALTH&BEAUTY SUR IN ENGLISH ‘The best vaccine against coronavirus we have right now is for people to be very, very careful’

Julián Olalla President of the scientific committee for Spain’s first Covid-19 conference

“Each person needs to do Spain, after the large increase their bit in the fight in cases over the summer? –I believe anyone with common against Covid-19, because sense is concerned. It is true that if they don’t behave the situation is nowhere near as responsibly it will be bad bad as it was back in March and April, and we hope we will never for all of us” go through that again, with co- ronavirus or any other illness, ÁNGEL ESCALERA but we are still worried. The pressure on hospitals is grow- ing slowly but surely. Some re- gions have quite high levels of the virus. MALAGA. This week, doctors, -At the moment there seem to nurses and physiotherapists who be a lot of asymptomatic cases. are members of more than 50 Why is that? scientific societies and associa- –Well, we are testing and diag- tions are taking part in Spain’s nosing many more cases now. In first Covid-19 conference. More March and April we weren’t do- than 20,000 people signed up ing PCR tests on people with no for the event, which is being held symptoms, or even mild cases. virtually and finishes this Sat- The picture at the moment may urday, 19 September. be better, but doctors are still The president of the scientific very concerned. What we need committee for the conference, to do is call on people to exer- Dr Julián Olalla of the Internal cise individual responsibility. Medicine unit at the Costa del –What do you mean by that? Sol hospital in Marbella, says it is –Well, each person has a respon- a way of bringing everyone up sibility in the fight against the to date about everything that has coronavirus: young people, mid- been done and is currently be- dle-aged and the elderly. Every- ing done in the fight against the one has to do their bit, because coronavirus. otherwise we will all go down. In this interview, he calls on We either get over this together, everybody to exercise personal or we sink together. responsibility in order to slow Julián Olalla is a specialist in Internal Medicine at the Hospital Costa del Sol in Marbella. SUR –Why have Covid-19 cases in down the spread of the virus. Malaga province increased so “Right now, the best vaccine –What have you hoped to each of them sharing what they sionals have been doing, be- much this summer? there is against Covid-19 is pre- achieve with this first Covid-19 know about the illness so far. cause they have responded as –There were more people here vention. We hope there will be conference in Spain? Secondly, to do the same with one to this crisis and shown that, in the summer and more leisure an effective vaccine soon, but in –There are three main objec- each group’s research, so eve- by working together, things can events. We weren’t expecting an the meantime social distancing, tives. First, we want the scien- ryone is aware of what the oth- be achieved. increase of this magnitude, but masks and a great deal of cau- tific societies to be fully in- ers are doing. And third, to ex- –What is your view of the pre- it happened. In the first wave, tion are safest,” he says. formed about Covid-19, with plain what healthcare profes- sent coronavirus situation in especially in the Costa del Sol September 18th to 24th 2020 HEALTH&BEAUTY 33 SUR IN ENGLISH area, the pressure wasn’t as HIS WORDS –Undoubtedly. The whole popu- tant. Everything depends on in- of eradicating the virus, we don’t great as in other parts of Spain, lation needs to be aware of the dividual responsibility; the so- have any such medication right but we are suffering it now, al- NATIONAL CONFERENCE severe effects of the coronavi- lution is not going to come from now. Work is being done on it, though it is true that on the Costa “The scientific rus. There is absolutely no ex- above. The politicians have to but the process is very difficult del Sol and in Malaga province cuse. We can see that the num- do their work, we doctors have because the pandemic has been as a whole we are not seeing the societies are ber of people being admitted to to do ours and every single per- so explosive. I don’t doubt that same incidence as in Madrid and explaining what hospital with Covid-19 is on the son has to do their bit too. the research will continue, but other regions. increase, and people are dying –The great hope for beating this between a treatment and a vac- –In your opinion, what needs they have found out from it again. Every death is im- virus is through a vaccine. What cine, I hope the vaccine comes to be done to prevent more about Covid-19” portant. And we are still seeing are your feelings about that? first. cases? regrettable behaviour, which is –What we wouldn’t give for a –Is there a reason why some –We may be in a better situation INFECTIONS IN THE SUMMER very disappointing. These things safe, efficient vaccine! Vaccina- people catch SARS-CoV-2 and than other parts of Spain but always come at a price. In the tion is a way of beating viruses. others don’t? that is absolutely no reason to “The situation is pandemic we are all learning: With this one, I prefer to be pru- –That has to do with the type of relax. The message shouldn’t society, the doctors and the dent. Also, we don’t want to give contact there is, and the viral be: “Hey, we’re doing well!” On better than it authorities. We don’t have com- people too much hope about a load of the source of contagion. the contrary, we need to rein- was in the spring, plete information about the vi- vaccine being available in De- In other words, how much of the force our preventive measures, rus and the illness. At first we cember. We have to work with virus an individual who acts as otherwise we will fail. If we don’t but we are still thought it was going to be sea- what we have right now. When the index case has, and the way all comply with the preventive very worried” sonal, but some of us started to the vaccine happens it will be the contagion occurred, if it was measures, things will go badly. worry when we saw outbreaks very welcome, but we don’t have when talking, coughing or touch- I hope the pressure on hospitals HOPE OF A VACCINE occurring again in Iran, where one at present and we don’t know ing a surface contaminated with will reduce very soon. When it the temperature goes up to 50ºC what is going to happen in De- the virus. The state of your im- comes to Covid-19, those who “We shouldn’t raise in the summer. cember. At the moment the best mune system at that time also win are those who always keep people’s hopes too –The more we look after our form of vaccine we have is pre- has an influence, and how you the worst scenario in mind. We health, the more difficult we vention: social distancing, hand feel physically. Whether you need to be very cautious and fol- much about a make it for the virus, is that washing, masks and being very, catch it or not is due to an accu- low the guidelines we are given, vaccine in right? very careful. When we have a mulation of circumstances. What but at the same time not be all –Exactly. You have to bear in safe and effective vaccine we will is the key, or what is the factor doom and gloom. We need to December” mind that what one person does start to vaccinate. I really hope that makes the process go well think about the health aspect, doesn’t just improve or worsen it will be in December. You can or badly? We don’t know. It hap- but also the economy. That’s why BREAKING THE RULES their own health, but also affects imagine what it is like for us as pens with couples who sleep in there shouldn’t be any more “If some people people around them. Those they doctors, hoping for a vaccine the same bed. Why does one get lockdowns unless absolutely know and those they don’t. Any- against coronavirus. That is what it and the other one doesn’t? necessary. And that, I can’t stress don’t comply with one can carry the illness with- we want, but the fact is that we There are things we just don’t strongly enough, depends on the preventive out having symptoms, and end don’t have one at the moment. know. There must be a marker each and every one of us. up making somebody they don’t –Apart from the vaccine, is it we haven’t found yet. Let’s hope –Is the fact that people have re- measures, it’s bad know ill. The community de- possible that there will be we have enough time to find out laxed too much one of the rea- for all of us” pends on what each individual medication to cure Covid-19 and produce an effective vac- sons for the rise in the number does. It’s like being a farmer. one day? cine which makes all this seem of infections? Every seed you plant is impor- –If you mean cure in the sense like a bad dream! 34 HEALTH&BEAUTY September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH A complex puzzle. With no infallible cure or clear cause, migraine affects used at the start of this article is not subjective. It is supported by data from the principal asso- nearly six million people in Spain ciations and agents involved in studying it. Among all the stud- ies, the latest survey by the Spanish Migraine and Headache Association (Aemice), stands out: it shows that stress is per- ent therapies. It is completely ceived as one of the main causes. ROCÍO MENDOZA unpredictable. Or to put it another way, 78 per Six million people in Spain cent of those who participated are engaged in a battle with this described it as such. illness, and around 80 per cent of them are women, mostly aged Specialists and therapies between 35 and 55. In other If you suffer from migraines, it is hen you are diag- words, during the most active important to see a neurologist W nosed with migraine, and fulfilling stage of their life. who can evaluate your case and a neurological con- decide on the best treatment, dition that is far more than a Unknown and underestimated but specialists have also begun headache as it is so intense and Despite it being so common and to look at how tackling the psy- complex, you find yourself in a the amount of research carried chological aspects may help. cycle of uncertainty and impos- out, nobody has yet been able The Spanish Neurology Soci- sible rules to follow. to come up with a treatment for ety (SEN) says a scientific re- You don’t know when this cri- migraine which is absolutely in- view was carried out into this sis, which affects your work, fallible and universal. At pre- some years ago and it came to family and personal life for sent treatments depend on the this conclusion: “Relaxation and hours (sometimes days) is go- doctor’s assessment of the pa- cognitive behavioural therapy ing to occur. Yet at the same time tient and range from common for stress have proven useful. you are also warned to make analgesics to the latest-genera- Therefore, they are techniques sure you get enough sleep (does tion ‘vaccines’, which act on the which should be considered for everyone do that religiously pain mechanism and are only our patients.” Now, they are every day?), not to miss meals available in the most extreme taken into account whenever (what if you have a problem at cases. this factor could be a trigger. work and eat late?), go to bed Nor does migraine have a “Stress can be a determining and get up at the same time (no, clear origin. Nobody knows ex- factor, but not in all patients,” you can’t have a lie-in at week- actly what sets it off. If they did, warn neurologists. However, if ends), avoid sudden changes to they could attack it at base. It is it is not known what triggers routines (what if you’re going to so common that the World each migraine attack, learning travel?), limit certain foods Health Organisation classifies how to control emotions and (cheese and chocolate are the it as the sixth most incapacitat- self-expression can be a useful usual suspects), avoid loud noise ing illness in the world. Despite way of dealing with it. (no more nights at the disco) and this, some people still see it as The latest therapies of this don’t even think about having a a minor or passing problem, an type consist of explaining the glass of wine with friends un- excuse used by those who want pain mechanism to the patient less you want to unleash the per- to avoid their obligations. so they understand how it works fect storm. September 12th was Interna- and stop their body responding And this storm, of course, tional Migraine Day, and during by using it as a defence mecha- doesn’t always let you know it’s this week several information cam- nism. This is the so-called ex- going to happen, and when it paigns have also taken place to posure therapy, which is applied does, not everyone is able to con- raise awareness of the condition. in the case of phobias. trol it. Not with drugs or differ- The description of migraine Psychology Psychologist David Sojo uses it, and says that with work and over time it has helped many people Studies and thereby prevent certain natural who have found no relief with statistics substances being released. other types of treatment. These are palliative, not preven- “Migraine is a warning signal, Treatment tive, and are very widely used. a type of alarm. It is a defence About 75% of migraine sufferers There are also anti-epilepsy mechanism which is activated by have to wait more than two years drugs to regulate the response of the body, but in reality the threat for a diagnosis, and 60% have the nervous system and, finally, as such doesn’t exist, in the same still not found an effective treat- the ‘vaccines’ which work on the way as with phobias,” he explains. ment, according to the European same pain mechanism. The technique he applies con- Migraine and Headache Alliance They all aim to regulate the sists of teaching the body “to re- and the Spanish Neurology So- body’s response, but not on the spond differently to the start of ciety (SEN), who say more than cause because this is unknown. a crisis”. Instead of isolating one- half of patients take unprescri- self and ceasing all activity bed analgesics. Other therapies (which is often recommended Fifty per cent abandon their Neurologists have responded po- for people when a migraine be- treatments because of their sitively to the idea of psychologi- gins), it tries to ‘normalise’ the length or side effects. cal therapies to control stress, if situation as much as possible that is considered a determining until the body stops feeling Medication factor. threatened. Treatments can vary, from anti- There are also techniques which “You have to teach the body inflammatory drugs to serotonin are normally used to treat pho- that its perceived threat doesn’t regulators which stop pain sig- bias and have sometimes been actually exist,” he says. He also nals being sent to the brain and effective in relieving migraine. says this therapy has helped 95 per cent of his patients. September 18th to 24th 2020 35 SUR IN ENGLISH 3636363636363636 September 18th to 24th 2020 FOOD&DRINK SUR IN ENGLISH

A cheese with cultural and gastronomic heritage

Traditional. Requesón is a delicate, light and nutritious dairy product that makes use of the whey in cheesemaking

ESPERANZA PELÁEZ Requesón is used in sweet or savoury dishes. D. MALDONADO

t is thought that humans have cheesemaking is fed to livestock, makers who use milk from their Italian ricotta is I been eating cheese since Neo- but in other European countries, own herds to make requesón. made slightly differ- lithic times when, by accident and in the US, it is made into a The whey is filtered and then ently; a small or design, it was discovered that light cheese used for desserts. heated to between 80 and 85ºC amount of whey animal milk was capable of form- In ancient times when anything for 25 - 30 minutes, stirring con- from the previous ing curds during fermentation with nutritional value was used, tinually so that the proteins clot day is added as the which made it easier to preserve. the whey was not discarded and and come to the surface with- whey turns acidic During all cheesemaking proc- cheese appears in Egyptian fres- out burning. Up to 10 per cent when kept and this esses, the solids separate from coes and in Homer’s Odyssey (8th milk can be added to increase helps the proteins to so- the liquid and group together. The Century BC) it is described in the yield, but, either way, the lidify. In hot regions of It- liquid left, the whey, is rich in pro- detail. amount of requesón obtained is aly salt is added to the the tein and low in fat and is the raw Requesón is a small miracle of low, around three to five kilos cheese to help preservation, Balearic material from which requesón chemistry and physics but arti- for every 100 litres of whey. and in some areas, such as Sic- Islands, the Al- (the nearest translation is cottage san dairies, the main producers of The solids that rise to the sur- ily, the ricotta is dry and hard. garve cheese, British cottage cheese cheese, although it is closer to ri- this type of cheese, have seen con- face are collected in a sieve and Spanish requesón is not salty and Hungarian turos are actually cotta) is made. sumption drop. The regulations left to drain refrigerated at be- and is therefore very perishable. fresh unpressed cheeses and have In Spain most of the whey from in Andalucía only allow cheese tween 3 and 4ºC. The mató from Catalonia and the typically grainy appearance. September 18th to 24th 2020 FOOD&DRINK 37 SUR IN ENGLISH

RECIPE 1 Requesón is a small miracle Spit or swallow? of chemistry and physics but artisan dairies have Requesón and seen consumption drop lemon sponge ANDREW J. LINN

The taste of artisanal requesón is Ingredients also more milky whereas fresh 150g requesón, 100g extra virgin olive hen we read about there wasn’t. This was how it cheeses have more intense and oil, 200g sugar, 220g flour, 3 large or watch videos of was done, and it was a simple eggs, 1 sachet of baking powder, grated W complex flavours. rind of 1 lemon, 50ml of Limoncello ive oil and the Limoncello if us- professional wine choice of either spitting it out Requesón is lower in fat than (optional). ing. Mix gently then fold in the tastings, the most surprising or becoming increasingly le- fresh cheese (17% per 100g as op- sifted flour, baking powder and thing is the sheer amount of gless as the tasting proceeded. posed to 22% in fresh cheese) and Method lemon rind. Pour the mixture wine the tasters get through. These days we have boring lower in protein (8.10% per 100g Heat the oven to 180ºC and line into the prepared tin, tilting Professional critics and wine online virtual tastings by compared to 23%). It is lower in a baking tin with greaseproof from side to side so that the sur- writers have always been ca- Zoom, and the limited number calories (190Kcal/100g compared paper. Whisk the eggs and the face is level. Bake for 40 min- pable of dealing with vast of real tastings feature indi- to 294Kcal in fresh cheese) and sugar in a bowl until light and utes or until a skewer inserted quantities, and Tim Atkin for vidual spittoons and one glass has less lactose (from less than 1g frothy. Add the requesón, the ol- in the middle comes out clean. example, previously Robert per taster, rinsed out with up to 6g per 100g), which makes Parker’s man in Spain, thinks water at each fill-up. Like it easier to digest for people who nothing of tasting 300 wines everything else that is hap- have a mild intolerance to lactose. RECIPE 2 over a two-day session - with pening in these strange and In Andalucía the provinces the emphasis on tasting. He uncertain times, an unfamiliar which have the highest production drinks not a drop, as if he did, situation that we must learn to of requesón are Malaga, Granada, he would not be physically or live with. Jaén and Almeria where it is made Spinach and mentally capable of such with goats’ milk. stamina, but the discipline in- Traditionally it is eaten as a des- requesón volved is not something with WINE OF THE WEEK sert with fresh or dried fruit, honey, which every wine enthusiast is molasses or with a sprinkling of pasty gifted. Monte Real Reserva de Familia 2016 sugar. It is extremely versatile, When I started in the busi- Another Rioja ideal for cheesecakes, creams, ice ness, one of the hardest self- classic from a creams or in cake mixes and can restraints at tastings was to great bodega, also be used in savoury dishes. It Ingredients until smooth and elastic. Leave learn to spit out good wine 100-year-old is a perfect substitute for ricotta For the dough: 125ml water, 125ml to rest. Fry the finely chopped rather than swallow it. What a Bodegas Rio- in any Italian recipe. white wine, 125ml olive oil, flour, salt onion until soft and add the waste, I used to think, almost janas. Mainly In the province of Malaga Filling: 200g onion, 2 bunches fresh chopped spinach. Add the re- an insult to the poor wine- tempranillo spinach, 350g requesón, 70g pine nuts, there are at least six artisanal ground nutmeg, white pepper, salt. quesón and toasted pine nuts, maker. There must be a better grape and aged cheesemakers that continue to and season with a pinch of nut- way. Even the very act of spit- for between two make requesón, although only Method meg, salt and pepper. Roll out ting in public makes most and three years by special order during the sum- Heat the liquids together in a the dough to cover a baking people uncomfortable, but in in oak. A truly mer. It is a product that has huge saucepan without boiling. Leave sheet, place the filling on top. spite of consuming large representative cultural and gastronomic heri- to cool and then add a pinch of Seal edges with beaten egg and quantities of water and un- wine of old-style tage as well as great nutritional salt and some flour, stirring use to glaze the top. Bake in an salted biscuits between each Riojas. Around value, and as such should not continually. Add more flour un- oven preheated to 190ºC for 45 wine sample, I finally decided 16 euros. be allowed to disappear. til it forms a dough, then knead minutes. 3838383838383838 September 18th to 24th 2020 SPORT SUR IN ENGLISH Davidovich, the highest ranked Malaga player ever

In a week in which he Moutet (69th) after beating him defeating Davidovich 6-4 6-4 in reached the highest ATP 6-1 6-2, in an hour and twenty what was a closer match than minutes, to progress to the tour- many might have expected. ranking of any local nament proper in the Masters Davidovich was competitive player in history (70th), 1000 in Rome. Another milestone and demonstrated that he is no the 21-year-old also in his career. longer overawed by more expe- qualified for his first After a month in New York rienced professionals, fighting where he reached the last 16 of until the end in a match that Masters 1000 event the US Open, Davidovich has not lasted an hour and forty minutes. The international airport is a logistical advantage. EFE suffered from jet lag or problems This was the first time that adapting to the clay. Despite the Davidovich had qualified for a level of competition in the quali- Masters 1000. He didn’t get past Gibraltar, Unicaja’s PEDRO LUIS fying stage being the most diffi- the initial rounds in Cincinnati a ALONSO cult in living memory due to the few weeks ago (against Ričardas level of the participants, Davido- Berankis) nor in Madrid in 2018 back-up home for vich got past three top-100 play- (against Taylor Fritz). He did com- MALAGA. Alejandro Davidovich is ers - all with better rankings at pete in the latter tournament in a force of nature. In what is the the time of play: Juan Ignacio 2019 by invitation, however, but Eurocup matches high point of his career so far, he Londero (62nd), Yuichi Sugita was eliminated in the first round rose to 70th in the latest ATP (88th) and Moutet (69th). by Richard Gasquet. rankings published on Monday - However, his opponent in the Now, the 21-year-old, resident All clubs playing in visiting teams from arriving. The the highest ever for a player from first round on Tuesday proved one in Fuengirola must prepare to Europe face sanctions if host team would also have to foot Malaga (the previous best was obstacle too many. Sitting 24th in take part in another Grand Slam, the bill. Emilio Álvarez who ranked 81st in the rankings, Dušan Lajović wasn’t at Roland Garros, where he hopes they cannot provide an In the case of Unicaja they have June 1997). in the best form coming into the he can continue his climb up the alternative venue found a close and feasible solu- Davidovich overtook Corentin game but showed his pedigree, rankings. should pandemic tion with an international airport: Gibraltar. Such an arrangement restrictions prevent the has already been sounded out; visiting team arriving Gibraltar plays in minor FIBA competitions and has a court ap- JUAN CALDERÓN proved for international matches. The president of the Gibraltar MALAGA. With the start of the do- Federation, John Goncalves, con- mestic and European basketball firmed to Unicaja that they have seasons just around the corner, the court at their disposal if the upsurge in the pandemic in needed throughout the season. Europe, but especially Spain, is In the group phase of the Euro- causing great uncertainty. cup, Unicaja will be facing a team While the domestic ACB league that comes from a country that is largely unaffected at present, has limited the transit of travellers in the case of European compe- to Spain, Buducnost of Montene- tition there are serious doubts. gro. What’s more, Ratiopharm That said, the Euroleague is de- ULM would, in theory, have to termined to start the season and quarantine on their return to Ger- last Thursday warned clubs that many, something that could be they face strong sanctions if they replaced by a coronavirus test. do not do everything possible to In contrast, it would seem that organise and play their matches. Unicaja will have problems trav- Among the obligations for par- elling to play Maccabi Rishon, as ticipating clubs in the Euroleague Israel has closed its borders and and the Eurocup (in which this week decreed a new lock- Malaga-based Unicaja will com- down of its population. For their pete) is to find an alternative part, the Israeli team has said that country and venue for games it would pull out of the competi- The local star ultimately came unstuck in Rome against Dušan Lajovic on Tuesday. SUR should travel restrictions stop tion altogether.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez racks up his tenth victory on the Champions Tour

The veteran golfer MALAGA. Churriana golfer Miguel news for his 707th appearance Ángel Jiménez added yet another on the European Tour, Jiménez from Malaga led the win on the Champions Tour on dominated the tournament from tournament in South Sunday as he came out on top in start to finish. With 65 and 66 in the Sanford International at Min- his first two rounds, he was al- Dakota practically nehaha Country Club in Sioux ready in a comfortable position from start to finish Falls, South Dakota. This was his to push for victory. tenth victory on the tour since his His main rival was Steve P. L. ALONSO debut in 2014. Stricker, but with just one bogey Just weeks after making the on Sunday (and five in the whole Jiménez poses with his trophy on Sunday. RFEG September 18th to 24th 2020 SPORT 39 SUR IN ENGLISH Go-ahead given for return of federated athletes to action and spectators at sporting events

Teams sports will be limited to stable groups Leyva on the podium at the Spanish Championships in Madrid. RFEA of 25 with details of participants all logged to Nerja athlete becomes surprise facilitate infection tracking if necessary Spanish pole vault champion

P. L. A. Isidro Leyva broke the MALAGA. The return of a certain Andalusian record as he level of normality to the world of sport in the region moved one claimed gold while long- step closer this week with the distance runner Junta de Andalucía publishing Ouassim Oumaiz had to an order from the Regional Min- settle for silver istry of Health and Families, al- lowing for the return of feder- MARINA RIVAS ated sport and for spectators to attend matches and competi- MALAGA. The Spanish Athletics tions - both with certain restric- Championships threw up two tions put in place. surprises for Nerja-based ath- These new rules will allow letes Isidro Leyva and Ouassim Oumaiz came second. RFEA more than 500,000 Andalusian Oumaiz. federated sportsmen and Crowds were present at the recent handball Copa de la Reina final. EFE In the case of the former, it nament on the back of setting women to return to training, take was a nice surprise as the pole the best time of any Spanish ath- part in friendly matches and disciplines. In addition, the de- by the Health authorities follow- vaulter claimed gold for the first lete so far this year in the 5,000 participate in competitions on tails of participating athletes ing a risk assessment and there is time at senior level. What’s more, metres, a silver came as a slight an official basis. Depending on and trainers must be recorded consensus with the federations, the 21-year-old beat his personal disappointment, with a time of the sport, becoming federated to facilitate tracking in the case spectactors will be allowed to re- best by five centimetres and set 13:48.08 (his personal best is can cost as little as three euros. of a positive Covid-19 test. turn as long as they have an as- a new Andalusian record with a 13:13.14) leaving him just be- These measures are in addi- signed seat. Outdoor venues can leap of 5.46 metres. This score hind Abdessamad Oukhelfen tion to those previously an- Doors open to spectators now fill to 65 per cent of their ca- positions Leyva in eighth place (13:47.26). nounced, such as the require- Another major element of the or- pacity (up to 800 spectators), while overall in the European under- Further success came for ment for antibody tests to be der issued by the Junta this week for indoor pavilions or arenas, 65 23s. Nerja with the Cueva de Nerja- carried out before the start of is the potential return of specta- per cent of seats can be filled, up As for long-distance runner UMA team claimed bronze in competitions, in collaboration tors. Provided that approval is given to a total of 500 people. Oumaiz, who came into the tour- the relay. with the Andalusian sports fed- erations, as well as respecting the general health and safety measures established by the health authorities (the use of masks and interpersonal dis- tancing while not practising sport, good hand hygiene etc). If the nature of the sport makes it unfeasible to maintain the established safety distance, the maximum number of par- ticipants must be limited to sta- ble groups of no more than 25 for group sports and ten in other

tournament) and with three bird- ies and an eagle on the 12th, Jiménez was on course for vic- tory. A Stricker bogey almost handed him the title on the 17th. Not even Flesch’s 63 and Langer’s 65 could prevent Jiménez win- ning again. On the 18th hole, with his usual calm, he made an al- most perfect putt of about eight metres to seal victory. Jiménez now has two victories on the Champions Tour in 2020. The first came in January at the Mitsubishi Electric Champion- ship, where he beat two legends, Ernie Els and Fred Couples in a play-off. 40 SPORT September 18th to 24th 2020 SUR IN ENGLISH Malaga crash to defeat in their most unusual start to a new season 2-0 TENERIFE-MALAGA Tenerife: Ortolá; Moore, Bruno Wilson, Only four familiar Sipcic, Álex Muñoz; Suso Santana (Ja- cobo, 50’), Aitor Sanz, Javi Alonso faces started Sunday’s (Zarfino, 65’), Pomares (Alberto, 83’); Bermejo (Jorge, 83’), Manu Apeh (Jo- clash in Tenerife and it selu, 65’). Unused substitutes: Dani Hernández, Jaiteh, Borja, Ale Cruz, showed on the pitch Shashoua, Elliot. as Pellicer’s side Malaga: Dani Barrio; Ismael, Escassi, Juande; Calero, Benkhemassa, Cristian lacked fluidity (Larrubia, 84’), Benítez (Orlando Sá, 57’); Rahmani (Issa, 71’), Caye Quin- tana, Tete. Unused substitutes: Gon- DARYL FINCH zalo, Luis Hernández, Eu, Rolón, Quin- tana, Mini, Boulahroud, Ramón, Julio.

Goals: 1-0: Suso Santana (42’), 2-0 Ja- cobo (56’). Referee: Prieto Iglesias. Yellow cards for Tete, Escassi, Rahmani, Javi Alonso and Pomares. Malaga’s most atypical start to the season had a certain famili- Ground: Heliodoro Rodríguez López. arity about it as Sergio Pellicer’s side fell to an unconvincing 2- in a 4-4-2 in the search of a goal. 0 defeat in Tenerife on Sunday The best chance came from a night. Rahmani set piece but Juande Fans didn’t quite know what was unable to hook his volley in- to expect when the teamsheets side the near post. dropped barely ten minutes be- Pellicer, visibly irritated in his fore kick-off. Only Tete Morente, post-match press conference, Mohamed Benkhemassa and said that he was disappointed youth defenders Juande and Is- with his team’s defensive lapses mael Casas remained from last because “they came from sce- season and new signings Dani narios that we spoke about”. Barrio, Alberto Escassi, Iván “We want to compete in the Calero, Yanis Rahmani, Cristian best way possible,“ he told the Rodríguez and Caye Quintana Debutant forward Caye Quintana falls to the ground in a congested penalty area. AGENCIA LOF press. “We’re all trying very were all given starts for the side’s hard,“ he said, but admitted that trip to the Canaries. five seemingly kilometres away to adjust his body quick enough stance, but poor defending just with only 12 professionals avail- To say the players are still from their new-look front three. to wrap his foot around it. ten minutes after the restart al- able to him, it was always going strangers to one another is no Rahmani, who was unable to Tenerife, by contrast, knew lowed the hosts to double their to be difficult. understatement and it looked the use his pace to much effect, had that they had to be patient to lead. A succession of errors even- “We hope that by the time we case on the field as the visitors Malaga’s best chance in the first find openings in Malaga’s deep tually saw Jacobo González played play Castellón that this can be struggled to find any fluency in half, swinging his leg at a cut block and one finally came just through on the inside right, all sorted.” attack with their deep-lying back back to the far post but unable before half time when Javier sneaking in behind the inexpe- Malaga travel to Castalia to take Alonso’s expert flick with his rienced Alejandro Benítez before on the newly promoted side on back to goal left Suso Santana, finishing in the one-on-one. Saturday (kick off 6.15pm), in- with Calero playing him onside, This proved to be Benítez’s stead of on Friday as was initially clean through and with the sim- last involvement. He was hooked scheduled. ple task of volleying past Dani in favour of another debutant, The last-minute change Barrio. Orlando Sá, with the Blue and comes as result of in-fighting Malaga could consider them- Whites, donning purple and between La Liga and the Spanish selves hard done by in this in- green, going much more direct Footbal Federation. Ismael, Malaga’s youngest ever captain

The full-back looks likely worn the armband for the club to keep a hold of the in either Primera or Segunda. The previous record holder armband for at least the was forward Juanmi who on 3 next few games despite January 2015 was briefly not having turned 20 yet handed the armband at 21 years, seven months and 14 days in the P. L. A. absence of Weligton, Ignacio Ca- macho (who incidentally an- MALAGA. Perhaps the biggest sur- nounced his retirement because prise from Sergio Pellicer’s line- of injury this week at the age of up on Sunday was the emer- 30), Duda and Roque Santa Cruz gence from the tunnel of full- on the day. back Ismael Casas with the cap- With Malaga’s most experi- tain’s armband. enced players currently all on At just 19 years, six months the exit ramp, it is likely that Is- and seven days, Ismael is mael will retain the captaincy Malaga’s youngest ever captain. Ismael with the armband during for at least another three games, In fact, no one below 20 has ever preseason. MALAGACF.COM pending new arrivals. September 18th to 24th 2020 SPORT 41 SUR IN ENGLISH

A LOOK AT LA LIGA ROB PALMER Commentator, Sky Sports A sign of the times

This summer’s talk has been mostly about who the big guns can offload rather than who they can bring in

Jozabed has signed on a season-long loan from Celta Vigo. MALAGACF.COM

Jozabed and Matos join emember when trans- R fer market headlines were all about who as Tete Morente and Cifu would sign the most desired player on the planet? If this was a decade ago, make Primera move we’d be discussing whether Kylian Mbappé would hit the ground running or if Neymar Malaga have moved to son-long loan after having ex- would fit in again at Barcelona. strengthen two problem tended his contract with Celta Instead we have Spain’s until 2022. Last season he played leading two clubs having a fire positions in the same for Girona, also on a loan deal. sale. Gareth Bale finally ap- week that Elche Earlier on the same day, pears to have broken out from completed moves for Malaga confirmed what was, at the escape room, Luis Suárez that time, their eighth summer is filling in Italian passport two first-team regulars recruit: left-back José Matos who forms and James Rodríguez is P. L. A. joins on loan from Cadiz. house hunting on Merseyside. Despite being just 25, Matos, The priority hasn’t been re- MALAGA. Tete Morente, the final who came through the Sevilla cruitment, but getting rid. José Mourinho could finally be getting his man. REUTERS remaining regular first team academy, has already played 85 It’s been a recurring night- player in the Malaga squad, has games in Segunda, mainly for mare for Bale since he packed Bale gets a chance to show the player who lit up the 2014 packed his bags and is heading Sevilla’s B team. He also featured his suitcases for China a year that he still has a desire for World Cup and justified the to newly promoted Elche after once for the first team in ago, only to be told he wasn’t the profession, and it was in- fourth most expensive fee in the Primera side paid his modest Primera. going anywhere. Finally, seven deed Zinedine Zidane’s judge- the world. He made a favour- 200,000-euro release clause on Last season he joined Dutch years after leaving Tottenham ment that was wrong. able first impression, al- Wednesday. side Twente on loan from Cadiz, for a world-record fee, he’s He’s not alone in being a though I fear he may go the The winger, who had signed who he joined in 2018 on a free, heading back as an accom- surplus superstar. In the sum- way of Alexis Sánchez and from Lugo in January on the but a serious knee injury ruled plished player with a sack full mer of 2013 when the bank Mesut Özil, who left the Span- minimum wage for Segunda him out for the season after start- of medals, a bristling bank ac- was broken for Bale, Luis ish giants for the Premier (40,000 euros for the remainder ing the first two games of the count, an improved golf Suárez was getting all sulky at League. Another two who fell of the year), remained on that campaign. handicap and hopefully a de- Anfield. Liverpool appeased from grace and are seeking salary when he extended his con- Matos, as the only recognised sire to get back to business. him, but a year later he was new opportunities. tract in the summer for a further left-back in the squad, could go Spurs chairman Daniel Levy heading to Barcelona. It’s a sign of the times. year. His discontent, however, at straight into the team for the is renowned for being an as- Now Suárez is resigned to Clubs are now concentrating remaining on this salary despite game against Castellón. Against tute dealmaker and he seems applying for an Italian pass- their minds on who they can being one of the side’s top per- Tenerife, youth players Alejan- to have pulled off quite a coup port via his wife’s qualification rid themselves of rather than formers then led to him seeking dro Benítez and Ismael Casas by getting Real Madrid to pay to entice Juventus to sign him. who they can sign. a move elsewhere. both covered the position de- a fair percentage of the Welsh He’d only get the move to Italy Real Madrid haven’t made a His spot in the squad was im- spite usually playing on the right. star’s wages. Nobody loses out if he was a non-EU player. It signing. Barcelona must fill an mediately filled with the arrival The pair will now have more here. The English club will get has been a cruel summer for enormous financial hole be- of Jozabed on loan from Celta opportunities to play there as a true talent in his peak years, the rich and famous. fore they can even consider Vigo. The attacking midfielder, Cifu looks to be follow Tete out without having to commit to James Rodríguez became bringing in a new name to em- with vast experience in Primera the door, also to Elche, pending going beyond that; the Span- the forgotten man at Real Ma- blaze across the back of the (113 matches) and Segunda (51), confirmation. The long-serving ish club rid themselves of a drid, yet he’s been heralded newly designed shirts. is by far Malaga’s most high-pro- wing-back was included in the problem, although they have as a messiah by the excitable Long gone are the days of file arrival this summer. club’s ERE mass redundancy to take a financial hit. Everton fans. They remember the Galácticos. The 29-year-old joins on a sea- plan. 42 September 18th to 24th 2020 CLASSIFIED SUR IN ENGLISH

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LANGUAGE CROSSWORD FILL IN THE SPANISH WORD

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ANSWERS

Language Crossword Cryptic Circlegram

Quiz answers Crossword terms. meteorogical

younger learners of the language. the of learners younger

humidity, weather, all all weather, humidity,

to the support that Ned gave to to gave Ned that support the to

question mark is T. Climate, Climate, T. is mark question

revival after his death, partly thanks thanks partly death, his after revival

The letter represented by the the by represented letter The

Manx language has undergone a a undergone has language Manx

speaker of the Manx language. The The language. Manx the of speaker

death, was the last surviving native native surviving last the was death, Wordpuzzler solution Sudoku solution Battleships of Man who, at the time of his his of time the at who, Man of

1974) was a fisherman from the Isle Isle the from fisherman a was 1974)

Maddrell (1877/8 – 27 December December 27 – (1877/8 Maddrell

Edward “Ned” “Ned” Edward interest: Of

Manx Manx Answer:

several languages. languages. several

who has mastered and can speak speak can and mastered has who

tongued’, a polyglot is someone someone is polyglot a tongued’,

‘poluglottos’ meaning ‘many- meaning ‘poluglottos’

From the Greek word word Greek the From interest: Of

Polyglot Polyglot Answer: Sudoku

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“This will be a very long process and will come at a cost that we cannot even imagine,” the family wrote on the Facebook fundraising page

which, as much as we want to, makes it impossible for us to cover the costs.” Less than 24 hours after the family started the page they were inundated with support, not just from Malaga, but from across Spain and other countries. By the next day, the family had raised enough money to pay for Carlota to be transferred from Malaga’s Materno Infantil hospital by am- bulance to Valencia. However, with any delay poten- tially life-threatening as the ne- Four-year-old Carlota, in a photo taken by her parents at the Hospital Materno Infantil and shared on social media. SUR crosis could advance towards her open wounds, which could be- come infected, Vélez-Málaga town hall stepped in on Wednesday and agreed to provide all neces- A lifeline for little Carlota, who is sary financial support. All four political groups repre- sented on the council gave a press fighting to keep her hands and feet conference to offer their “total solidarity and support for the child’s family at this difficult time; showing consensus to put at their The four-year-old has ing septicaemia from a strepto- caused by microthrombus. a temporary contract at Vélez- disposal whatever they might sepsis and is due to travel coccus bacteria. Carlota’s case is identical to Málaga town hall. “We know it’s need from the town hall, mate- The nightmare started on 4 that of Sarah Almagro, the teen- risky, but we want to try it.” rial or financial resources”. to Valencia to be August when Carlota started to ex- ager from Marbella who lost her However, having this operation PP spokesperson, Francisco operated on by perience bad gastroenteritis and hands and feet in 2018. However, carried out privately is costly: “We Delgado Bonilla, said that in this prestigious doctor Pedro a high temperature. Her parents despite the operation being pen- don’t even know how much the type of case, “Citizens can’t be in- Cavadas after Vélez- took her to their local doctor, who cilled in for 4 September, Carlota’s operation in Valencia would cost, sensitive or indifferent and we all sent them to the Axarquía hospi- parents decided to seek a second but just transporting her there need to help out. And when I say Málaga town hall agreed tal in Torre del Mar. From there opinion for their daughter. would cost 6,000 euros. The stay everybody, I mean everybody, to pay for her treatment Carlota was sent to the Materno in hospital would cost 200 euros from neighbours to the town hall, hospital in Malaga, after being di- World-renowned doctor per day while she is on the ward of course.” agnosed with a blood infection. Jairo and Marina contacted the and in intensive care it would be EUGENIO Jairo says that the care and at- renowned Dr Pedro Cavadas, who 600 euros,” he added. A long journey ahead CABEZAS tention the family is receiving is based in Valencia. In a medi- Carlota’s parents sent out an Carlota’s family have taken to from the Materno hospital is “fan- cal report he told the family that appeal earlier this week, creat- Facebook to thank everyone for tastic”. He adds that they haven’t it would be possible for Carlota ing a Facebook page (Ayuda para the widespread support they have left Carlota’s side in the hospital’s to keep her four limbs. Carlota) to raise funds to help received so far. intensive care unit in the 40 days “Here they tell us that they fund the operation that would Carlota is due to head to Valen- VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA. Jairo García, 29, she has been there and have need to amputate her right arm avoid the total loss of her hands cia today but the family know that and Marina Lara, 23, are the par- “hardly slept”. and left leg completely, the right and feet. this is just the beginning: “The ents of Carlota, a four-year-old Doctors at the children’s hos- foot up to the heel and the fingers “We are a humble family and account we set up is still active. girl from Vélez-Málaga who spent pital have said that she will have of her left hand. Dr Cavadas has the operation needs to take place This will be a very long process her birthday in August in Malaga’s to have both feet and hands am- explained that she could keep in a private hospital with ex- and will come at a cost that we Hospital Materno after contract- putated because of the damage more limbs,” said Jairo, who has tremely high costs involved, cannot even imagine.”