FREE COPY THE NEWSPAPER FOR International SOUTHERN SPAIN hockey Official market leader Audited by PGD/OJD delights February 3rd to 9th 2017 www.surinenglish.com Costa crowds Spain, France and Ireland’s News 2 What To Do 42 national teams compete Comment 22 My Home 49 in Malaga and Lifestyle 24 Sport 56 Health & Beauty 34 Classified 62 Benalmádena P60 in English Food & Drink 41 Pastimes 70 BASIL AL BAYATI BRINGS HIS WORLD TO MALAGA The prestigious Iraqi architect has turned an old city centre mansion into a cultural centre due to open in March P8 The architect in one of the rooms of the building soon to open to the public. :: FERNANDO GONZÁLEZ Authorities to step up speed controls at accident black spots on minor roads The traffic authority (DGT) has an- more than the previous year. The A number of nounced plans to install more speed accident rate also increased, espe- stretches in the and surveillance cameras on cially on secondary roads, despite stretches of the regional road net- their volume of traffic being much province of work with high accident rates. The lower than on dual carriageways and move comes in reaction to an in- motorways. New controls to be Malaga have been crease in the road death toll in 2016; brought in include warning signs in the province of Malaga 30 peo- that show the number plate of a pinpointed ple died on the roads, 15 per cent speeding vehicle. P2 Former animal shelter Malaga bar courts Andalusian boss accused of misuse controversy after banning of funds following last customers from entering if health service month’s conviction for they’re wearing pyjamas or bosses resign animal cruelty P3 dressing gowns P16 amid protests Business owners warn of Midfielder José The Junta tries to restore an increase in violent Rodríguez signs for credibility in its management theft around nightclubs Malaga on loan in the after a number of marches and bars in La Nogalera, club’s only deadline day calling for more spending P17 Torremolinos P7 transfer action P57 22222222 February 3rd to 9th 2017 NEWS SUR IN ENGLISH Traffic authority announces plans to improve safety on hazardous minor roads determine whether the vehicle has mentions the 30 most dangerous re- THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN MALAGA passed the motor vehicle inspection gional roads in the province. Al- test known as the ITV), and real speed though the official statistic for acci- Road Route Deaths signs on the most dangerous dents in 2016 has yet to be published, IGNACIO LILLO stretches. SUR’s newspaper library shows that A-357 Campillos-Ardales-Cártama 4 The use of the latter is the most at least half of the 30 deaths in [email protected] A-343* Antequera- Zalea 2 original idea from the department. Malaga last year occurred on some If one or more of the drivers exceeds of these roads. These same roads are New cameras will be A-355 Casapalma 1 the speed limit, the electronic pan- also believed to have been listed in els will display the number plate of last year’s report. used to monitor speed, A-356* Casabermeja-Vélez 2 to determine whether the car together with the message A-366* Ronda-Coín - “modere su velocidad” (reduce your The Invive report vehicles have passed the speed). These stretches of road, according to motor vehicle test and if A-367* Ronda-Ardales - The panels will not be used to give the definition given by the depart- out retrospective punishments for ment’s website, are “the most dan- seat belts are being worn A-369 Ronda-Guacín - speeding, but will simply serve as a gerous” because of the degree to A-374 Ronda-Algodonales - warning. The location of these sys- which drivers speed on these roads MALAGA. The government’s traf- tems will be indicated to road users, (which in some cases has been fic authority, the Dirección Gen- A-384* Antequera-Arcos de la Fra. 1 while a list of them will also be made 30km/h over the speed limit), in ad- eral de Tráfico (DGT), is to increase available on the DGT’s website. dition to the accident and death rates safety on the regional road network A-387* Alh. el Grande-Mijas - Although the exact number of on them between 2010-2014. with new cameras following an in- A-397 Ronda-San Pedro A. 2 cameras and speed signs to be used The DGT also plans to alert driv- crease in deaths and offences on in the province is unknown, SUR ers to each one of the 300 roads con- these stretches in 2016. A-402 La Viñuela 1 has had access to Invive, a report on sidered to be dangerous in Spain by Thirty people lost their lives on speed surveillance published by the putting a sign directly under the the roads in the province of Malaga A-404 Coín-Churriana - DGT with data from 2015, which speed limit indicator. last year, a 15 per cent increase on A-405 Gaucín - 2015, while other figures confirm that half of the most serious acci- A-7052 Churriana-Est. Cártama - dents take place on regional roads despite having a much lower traffic A-7053 Alh. el Grande-Fuengirola - density than dual carriageways and A-7054* Malaga-Pizarra - motorways. As a result, the interior minister A-7059 Cártama-Coín - Juan Ignacio Zoido announced on Tuesday that the department will im- A-7075 Villanueva de la Concepción - plement 15 measures in an attempt A-7200 Archidona - to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities in 2016. This follows A-7281 Antequera - the DGT’s announcement on Satur- day that rumble strips will be painted N-340* Costa del Sol 2 on the more dangerous ordinary roads, *Two stretches. Source: DGT’s Invive report. where the majority of road fatalities occur in Spain, with studies suggest- ing that the measure will reduce head- on collisions by 29% and accidents Half of the 30 deaths Electronic panels will when exiting them by 67%. The main additions to road safety in Malaga province display number plates will be the use of 60 new speed cam- last year took place of cars exceeding the eras, 200 surveillance cameras to en- on country roads speed limit sure everyone inside the car is wear- ing a seatbelt (which also helps to Guardia Civil officers carry out a speed test with mobile speed cameras on February 3rd to 9th 2017 3 SUR IN ENGLISH NEWS Malaga will host Drivers and road a summit with accident Mariano Rajoy and survivors praise François Hollande new measures on 20 February :: SUR :: SUR IN ENGLISH MÁLAGA. Drivers and traffic ac- MALAGA. On 20 February, cident victims alike celebrated the Malaga will be hosting the 25th news that 15 new measures are Hispano-French summit, which being introduced in an attempt to will be presided over by Spanish reduce motor incidents. prime minister Mariano Rajoy Mario Arnaldo, the president and French president François of the European motorist asso- Hollande. ciation, Automovilistas Europeos The decision to hold the sum- Asociados, showed his support mit outside Madrid is thought to for the proposals in a statement have been made in order to high- to Europa Press, although he did light Malaga’s existing links with hope that they have not been im- Marín, who was recently found guilty of ill-treating animals, leaving the court building. :: A. G. France and due to Mayor Fran- plemented “as a mere attempt to cisco de la Torre’s passion for that paper over the cracks and silence country. In 2015 the first branch public opinion.” of the Centre Pompidou outside The president of the motorcy- Former boss of Parque Animal is now France opened in the city. clists’ association Mutua Motera, This is not the first time that Juan Manuel Reyes, stressed the accused of misappropriation of funds Malaga has hosted an important importance of the fact that a large summit for Spanish and French part of the measures being taken leaders, as in 2002 the then prime imply improvements to road in- minister, José María Aznar, re- frastructure, although he criti- A judge in Torremolinos ties and private prosecution in in Torremolinos. ceived French president Jacques cised the lack of specific meas- has found indications this case, Carmen Marín used The judge also says it looks as Chirac there. ures for motorcyclists. that Carmen Marín and money from the animal rescue if the association’s president used At this month’s summit, the centre, which received tens of the funds to pay more than 11,000 subjects discussed are likely to in- her family used the thousands of euros from Torre- euros in restaurants between clude the challenges faced by the association’s funds for molinos council in the form of 2008 and 2010. EU following Britain’s decision to personal purposes grants and to finance the incin- According to the judge, Carmen leave, the refugee crisis and the eration of animals, in a well- Marín wrote cheques for more implications of Donald Trump as known supermarket, a car hire than 23,000 euros from the ani- US president. It will also give both :: ALBERTO GÓMEZ firm and a major wholesale store. mal protection centre’s accounts leaders a chance to stress the bene- MALAGA. The former head of the The bank accounts of Parque and Felipe Barco, her right-hand fits of the EU, although François ‘Parque Animal’ animal protec- Animal, which is registered as a man, who has also been found Hollande will not be standing for tion centre in Torremolinos, Car- non-profit-making organisation, guilty of ill-treating animals, used re-election in the French presi- men Marín, who has already been were also allegedly used by Marín the charity’s funds to buy a Nis- dential election this year.