Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 18 - 24 July 2019 Issue 1776

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ONCE wins
in Torrox
TICKET seller José Manuel
Cortés has sold winning tickets in
the Torrox area worth €350,000. He
has been a seller since 2000 and after
finding out the news, he said: “I’m
delighted, very happy, with 22 years
working, it is a very great joy.”
Arsonist hunt
POLICE in Velez-Malaga are on the
hunt for a 32-year-old ‘squatter’ who
is under suspicion of starting a fire in
La Sastrería restaurant yesterday
morning by throwing a Molotov
cocktail through the window. He is
described as having numerous tattoos
and riding a black moped.
Book signing
A BOOK sale and signing will take
place at the Librería Europa, Nerja,
on Thursday, July 11, at 10.30am.
Writer David Stuart Robinson will
be there to sign copies of his five
novels including ‘Journal of a Jezabel’
and ‘The Archduke Has Been
Assassinated.’
Beach bars
THE beach venues of Axarquia celebrated
the National Day of the
Chiringuito last Wednesday. Bars
from across the coast came together
in a celebration of the staff and
everybody else involved in making
the chiringuitos a valuable part of
beach culture.
Straw fire
A FOREST fire was successfully
extinguished in the municipality
of Rincon de la Victoria, according
to Plan Infoca. The blaze in
the Arroyo Granadillas area is
believed to have started in a
straw warehouse, and thanks to
the quick actions of firefighters
the fire was under control within
an hour.
Rich sea
MORE than 2,000 students participated
in a programme called
‘A sea of history’ this week in Almuñecar.
The initiative is designed
to bring archaeology to the
classrooms and to move the classrooms
to the archaeological sites,
enabling students to learn about
the rich historical past of the region.
High Grade
A STUDENT from the IES Miraya
del Mar, in Torre del Mar
has been given an award for the
second best school grade in the
Malaga Province. Blanca
Sanchez Mellado gained a score
of 13,875 in her selection exams.
REVELRY: The Battle of Wine sees attendees douse each other with the drink.
Booze battle
THIS picture of revellers being
doused with wine comes as northern
Spain’s La Rioja region prepares to
celebrate a festival themed around
the drink on Saturday.
The Battle of Wine takes place in the
Riscos de Bilibio area of the region
every year. Between 30,000 and 40,000
litres are used during the festival, according
to estimates from organisers.
The fiesta begins with a procession
of its participants at 9am.
Attendees carry jugs, bottles and
other containers filled with red wine
LGBTI Pride
TO celebrate gay pride week the town hall in Rincon de la Victoria
has presented a programme outlining the various awareness activities
taking place this week.
The Department for Social Policy and Equality, along with the
Andalucian Rainbow Foundation, has circulated posters spreading
messages of equality and coexistence which also inform the public
of activities going on in the area until tomorrow night (Friday).
An official speech in the town hall today saw supporters and
public figures announce the Campaña de Familia (Family Campaign)
moto, ‘My daughter, my son, maybe I am gay, lesbian, bi,
trans or inter.’
Tomorrow, the final day of the festival and official day of the
LGBTI, the manifesto of human rights will be read out in the
Plaza Al-Andalus at 11.30am. Later in the evening the Provincial
Pride March will take place from 10pm, finishing up in Taperia
Babel. All are welcome.
FOLLOW US ON
to the Hermitage of San Felices de
Bilibio. They are led into the battle
by the mayor of Haro on horseback.
Revellers then throw wine over
one another until they are soaked before
returning to Haro for more celebrations
in the Plaza de la Paz.
Mock bullfights featuring calves
that are not killed are among the activities
which take place during the
rest of the day.
The fiesta grew out of an annual
pilgrimage in honour of San Felices
de Bilibio which began during the
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medieval era.
The first account of wine being
thrown came towards the end of the
19th century. The addition of revelry
to the festival was at first controversial,
but it became a standard feature
by 1949 when it was first referred to
as the Battle of Wine.
The fiesta began drawing visitors
from outside the area and Haro
Council secured recognition for it as
a festival of interest to tourists in
1965. It received national recognition
in 2011.
Water level fears
FARMERS in the Axarquia region have expressed concerns
over water levels on Lake Viñuela as ‘another long and hot
summer’ is forecast.
Currently land owners are permitted to use 4,000 cubic metres
of water per hectare of land for irrigation until the end of
the hydrological year (September 30)
The allocation of irrigation water available for use until then
currently sits at one million cubic metres.
But some land owners are concerned that the standard allocation
imposed by the Axarquia Water Board is insufficient and
that they are at risk of water cut offs.
In June, six communities reportedly had their agricultural water
cut off for over usage.
Works are currently being completed to pump water from
three points of the Chillar River providing 200 litres per second
to feed the lake at a cost of €70,000.
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