Issue No. 1967 16 - 22 March 2023
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SPAIN’S government has finally an nounced that UK licence holders in the country will be able to exchange their driving licence for a Spanish one without taking an exam from Thurs day, March 16. The period to allow Brits already living in Spain to do this will be six months. Anyone moving to the coun try after March 16 will also be given six months. Announced by the Council of Min isters on Tuesday, March 14, the news puts an end to travel misery for thousands of expats left in limbo af ter the Spanish government abruptly brought extensions allowing anyone who hadn’t exchanged their licence before December 31, 2020 to contin ue using their UK licence to an end last May. Brits will now be able to ‘canjear’ (exchange) their UK licence with the DGT for a Spanish one. Existing cate gory permissions (for example, ability to drive heavy goods vehicles or mo torbikes) will also be honoured. Spanish living in the UK will similar ly be able to exchange their licences under the agreement. The government’s statement said: “The Council of Ministers has ap proved this Tuesday the agreement by which Spain and the United King dom will offer reciprocal recognition ATHLETES in Almuñecar are gearing up for some highflying martial arts ac tion at the upcoming World Kenpo Champi onship in Portugal. A team of six skilled Kenpo fight ers, two coaches, and a refereejudge will be rep resenting Spain in the competition which takes place from Wednesday, April 26 until Sunday, April 30. Almuñecar Kenpo Club announced that six of its athletes would take part in the World Championships; Daniel Ramírez Muro, Bris sa Vivar Delgado, Germán Ramírez Muro, Mario Es tepa Montilla, Daniel Pagés Martínez, and Mar
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DRIVING LICENCE: UK holders can now exchange for a Spanish licence.
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and exchange of driving licences as well as the exchange of information on traffic offences.” The news means existing traffic of fence information will also be ex changed between the two countries. Those wishing to exchange their li
cence can now contact the DGT di rectly to arrange an appointment to do so. They will first need to check they have their relevant paperwork in or der, including proof of residency, and take a short ‘psychophysical’ test. This includes basic health tests (in cluding eyesight, blood pressure) a psychological test and a mobility test.
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Kenpo fighters from Almuñecar are headed to Portugal for the World Championships in the modern martial art next month.
cos García. All of the fighters have
been put through their paces in a preselection
phase at a Kenpo Centre in Madrid where only the very best were selected by a panel of judges to repre sent Spain in the global level competition. These skilled fighters have been selected based on their impressive rank ings and past achieve ments in national competi tions. Team coaches Antonio Estepa and Miguel Rivas, and the ref ereejudge Miguel Cabr era, will be providing sup port to players in the challenge that lies ahead. Kenpo is a modern mar tial art that combines ele ments of Chinese and Japanese martial arts and Western boxing.
THE British electronic rock band, Editors, clear influencers of the global postpunk scene, have confirmed their perfor mance this summer at the Weekend Beach Fes tival Torre del Mar (VelezMalaga). Guitars, synthesisers and a lot of rhythm characterise the themes of this band that shakes up the tracks. Led by Tom Smith, they will perform for the first time at the Torreno fes tival, presenting the songs from their new al bum ‘EBM’. In addition, the elec trohouse of Sunnery Jame & Ryan Marciano is also one of the sur prises of this year. The
Dutch will turn the main stage of Weekend Beach into a big dance floor. Progressive house from this impeccable duo col laborating with artists like Steve Angello. Reggae dancehall will not be missing in Torre del Mar because there is always a very special hole for this musical genre, this time the fes tival gets rid of the thorn from last year and resumes the pending performance with Tar rus Riley. In addition, Rosa Pis tola, born in Colombia and based in Mexico, defender of the roots of reggaeton, will add a lot of female colour to the varied lineup.
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The Weekend Beach Festival is returning this summer.