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The Christmas holidays clo-sed yesterday with good taste for hotels and ski re-sorts and with the rather

negative note of commerce, which does not go back in flight. In this way, the hotel sector had an occu-pation of 80% to 90% throughout the territory this past weekend on the occasion of the arrival of the Three Wise Men in the Principa-lity. During all the celebrations, the numbers have been high.

One indicator of the good in-flux of visitors is that Mobility has registered the largest number of vehicle entrances across the bor-der during these holidays since official data are available. There were a total of 235,000 vehicles, according to the director of the Department of Mobility, Jaume Bonell, said in this press release. There were no major arrests af-ter the Three Kings cavalry, alt-hough they were punctual in the first days of the festivities, both in and out. The head of Mobility stated that «this weekend was a steep start, we noted the departu-re of 10,000 vehicles without too much retention and with a cons-

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More visitors,less salesOccupancy in the hotel sector scrubs 90% during Christmas

Up to 235,000 vehicles enter the country since December 23

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tant drip at the borders».From the hotel sector they po-

int out that the lived bridge hel-ped many families instead of lea-ving the country to take advanta-ge of staying and celebrating here and others so that they would de-cide to come finally. In this way, the president of Authentic Hotels, Cristina Canut, stated that «we ha-ve had a similar pace last season but it is true that we have accom-modated fewer people than du-ring Christmas week».

In addition, Canut said that the time was key for the arrival of mo-re tourists with respect to 2019, because «what makes the differen-ce between visitors between Janu-ary and January last year is snow. With her more reservations ha-ve come in and some people have even decided to stay for skiing. For us, Christmas tourism spends mo-re compared to other visitors and the snow is what gives us life, in-creasing tourism, prices and the number of people. «

THE NEGATIVE NOTE / This fact, howe-ver, contrasts with the turnover recorded by the various shops of the center in recent weeks, which state that, despite the large num-ber of visitors through the streets

of the capital of the Principality, sales have dropped as as a result of the gradual decline in the purcha-sing power of tourists coming to the country. Store managers were concerned that conditions for big sales were present, such as good weather, tourist arrivals and Ch-ristmas dates.

While circumstances pushed

customers to shop, shopkeepers have noticed that «Andorra opted for mass tourism and not elitism in its day and it continues to do so, which is why we now look at most visitors as We receive in the country they spend less than ye-ars ago and it is also an upward trend. «But the various merchants contacted by this newspaper say

Tourists walking along the streets of Andorra la Vella during the Pont de la Puríssima.

33 The ski resorts in the Principa-lity of Catalonia finished off with good sales figures for ski pas-ses. Vallnord – Pal Arinsal closed with a 26% increase in occupan-cy and 100% of the facilities and open slopes. La Massana station closed selling about 83 thousand tickets. For its part, the Ordino Ar-calís resort closed the Christmas holidays with an increase of 5% of

Good balance of the ski resorts for the holidays

skiers compared to the figure for the same period as last year. The key factors contributing to these good results were the quality of the snow, with a thickness of 120 cm and a dust / hard quality; sunny days and good daytime tempera-tures; the gastronomic offer and activities. The resort has noticed an increase in skiers from Grand-valira.

that» people come to watch and walk, but they buy less and less. I imagine that money is reserved for skiing and not for shopping, and that seriously affects us. « On the other hand, Meritxell Avenue store managers say that «shops that sell technology or offer gre-at clothes offer good sales, but we have noticed a decrease with res-pect to the turnover we experien-ced last year for those dates. «

The hotel and commercial sec-tor hopes to offset some of the de-cline in sales with the longer pre-sence of Russian tourists in the Principality on the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas, which is ce-lebrated today. The owners of the shops on Avenida Meritxell decla-re that the arrival of Russians in the country these days is constant and they spend longer stays than the Spanish or French. However, they believe that this type of tou-rism has changed over time and is spending less than before. H

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The recent bullish trend in the number of police arrests has set a new record for the year we have just left. The

Police Corps made a total of 1,055 arrests during 2019, a 3.6% increa-se on the previous year. In this way, the number of arrests reached the highest level in the last seven years - since the Police Department has ac-cumulated data to compile the Se-curity Statistics.

Although for the first 15 weeks of the year arrests went up to 41% com-pared to the same period in 2018, statistics have stabilized for the re-mainder of 2019. The months with the highest arrests were January (122), March (105) and December (104), coinciding with the highest peaks in tourism. Depending on the type of arrests, these 1,055 arrests were broken down into 496 traffic safety offenses (47%), 356 crimes classified as «other» (33.8%), 179 pu-blic health offenses (16 , 9%) and 24 heritage crimes (0.03%).

TRAFFIC SAFETY OFFENSES / In relation to traffic safety offenses, driving un-der the influence of alcohol or nar-cotics was the main cause of the ar-rests. Of particular note are the 59 arrests made in July and the 60 ar-rests in December for drunken or drugged drivers as a result of cam-paigns for alcohol and drug preven-tive controls. As a record figure for 2019, last February a 33-year-old An-dorran resident gave a positive re-sult of 3.10 g / l after crashing his car in La Massana.

In fact, in the week between July 22 and 28, the body of order detai-ned up to 23 people to test positive behind the wheel, coinciding with the major festivals of Escaldes-En-gordany and Sant Julià de Lòria . In-deed, one of the loudest episodes oc-curred during Lauredian festivals, which ended with five young peo-ple detained - two of whom remai-ned in temporary detention - for multiple riots.

OTHER CRIMES / With regard to the ca-tegory of other crimes, one of the most media detentions was the one of the inmate who escaped from the La Comella prison center on Octo-ber 29, by which the body of Police had to activate Operation Cage. Li-kewise, the arrest of the Secretary General of the Andorran Football Federation (FAF), Tomás Gea, and the then President, Victor Santos, within the framework of the Opera-ció Cautxú May 7.

With regard to crimes against public health, the cases that raised the most dust are those related to drug possession in smuggling to-bacco. As an example, the arrest of three young residents who formed an organized network of marijuana introduction and sale in the Princi-

The Police Corps made a total of 1,055 arrests during 2019The number of detainees is up 3.6% on 2018 and is the highest figure for the last seven years

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pality is worth remembering. Wit-hin the framework of the so-called Elite operation, police confiscated 6.5 kilos of marijuana and 1,765 eu-ros in tickets on March 26.

As for crimes against heritage, the most well-known arrest was the one carried out by the former Presi-dent of the Tutelar Foundation, Da-vid Claverol, following a complaint of appropriation of € 23,000 in fun-ding, which is why the Public Prose-cutor’s Office imposed a search and capture warrant for him.

POLICE ASSESSMENT FOR THE LAST WEEK / As a result of the first police assess-ment of the year, a total of 18 peo-ple were detained. Most significant, on January 1, police detained a non-resident woman and man, 39 and 26, respectively, as suspected perpe-trators of a domestic abuse offense. The man was also charged with cri-minal mischief of damages. Police were requested at a hotel in Escal-des-Engordany, after being notifi-ed of mutual aggression, and upon arriving at the scene, police reali-zed that the man had also caused damage to the property. the hotel room. H

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33 The Spanish ambassador, Àngel Ros.

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The Spanish ambassador to the Principality, Àngel Ros, hopes that an investiture of Pedro Sánchez as Presi-

dent of the Spanish Government will allow the cross-border dossiers between the Principality and Ma-drid to be relaunched. The diplo-matic representative is confident that the leader of the PSOE will be elected today in a second ballot in the Congress of Deputies, where he will need a simple majority (mo-re votes for him). In any case, gi-ven the fine majority so far the in-cumbent Spanish President can ac-hieve - with 167 votes in favor, 165 against and 18 abstentions - Ros is cautious but at the same time op-timistic about today’s vote in the Spanish capital and what it could mean for bilateral relations with Andorra.

Hours before the vote were mar-ked by right-wing parties’ attempts to influence Socialist MPs to pro-test against the coalition govern-ment with United Podemos, which among others will receive votes in favor of GNP and abstentions from ERC and Bildu. «There are issu-es that cannot be addressed when there is a functioning government, because it can only do certain for-malities, and new projects cannot be started,» says Ros, who believes that if the investiture of Pedro is fi-nally consumed, Sánchez will be

Àngel Ros hopes to resume cross-border projects soonThe Spanish ambassador expects Pedro Sánchez to be invested today

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able to resume embarked projects, such as accompaniment in nego-tiations with the EU partnership agreement, the arrival of the GPS system at La Seu airport, and cross-border collaboration on health. In addition, the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Ibe-ro-American Summit will be held this year. «The partnership in Eu-rope will mark a great future for the relations between Spain and Andorra, which are now excellent, but within a framework of partner-ship they will only increase,» says Ros, who said in installments for the GPS application, scheduled for spring, everything goes as planned.

NO CONDITION / In any case, Àngel Ros comments that the promotion of

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33 The school María Moliner.

María Moliner resumes classes waiting to regain normality

The María Moliner College will re-sume classes today waiting for a firm deliberation from the Batllia on the teacher reported for alle-ged child abuse. The man, who is on probation since December 24, cannot return to school because he has a stay-away order until the-re is a final decision.

The Spanish ambassador to the Principality, Angel Ros, says that now it is necessary that the relevant investigations have been completed and that if they prove that nothing has happened, «the teacher will ha-

ve to be helped to recover full nor-mality».

The representative is optimistic about how the case could end, as the Batllia decreed his provisional relea-se without bail or withdrawal of his passport. Ros explains that he can talk to the teacher after his release and hopes that the case will be filed and that he will be declared inno-cent.

The teacher, who had been in the Principality for a few months, has spent Christmas with his fa-mily. Ros, who hopes that the te-acher will go to court if required within the framework of the in-vestigation, values his professio-nalism and remembers that the presumption of innocence must always be preserved. «At the mo-ment it is being seen that it is out

there and I hope it works,» says Ros, who says «we need to respect Andorran jurisdiction, justice and maintain my confidence.»

The man was detained on De-cember 10 and locked up in a de-tention center for two weeks. As the investigation progressed, so-me of the complaining families removed the allegations about the teacher.

Police brought in computer equipment after the defendant was detained, with the purpose of analyzing the evidence collected in the search box. «The best news is that there have been no situati-ons of bullying or sexual violence in school.

I hope that the judicial process will now confirm it, «concluded Angel Ros. H

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«The association in Europe will mark a great future for the relations between Spain and Andorra, which are now excellent»

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Andorra-La Seu Airport should not be to the detriment of other similar infrastructures, such as that of Llei-da-Alguaire, which also provides tourism services of the Principality and of the Aran Valley. «Lleida-Al-guaire Airport and La Seu Airport complement each other perfectly, and this is proven by France, which has airports in the Pyrenees and working,» concludes Ros. At the sa-me time, the Spanish ambassador claims that there are several com-panies interested in operating.

Regarding planned meetings on health, Ros hopes that a timetable can be made soon and at the same time states that there is «a determi-ned will to move them forward.»

After months with a ruling go-vernment and a repeat election in the middle, Spanish politics has many numbers to break out of. If

GPS systemThe take-off and landing method will be one of the great tests in the bilateral relations between the two countries.

agreement with the EU Josep Borrell’s arrival at Europe-an high diplomacy should be a bo-ost in the dossier of the associati-on agreement.

the projectsandorraThe signing of an agreement that allows patients in the Catalan Pyrenees to be treated at the Hos-pital will be part of the agenda.

summitIn November, the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Go-erner is expected to be a showca-se on the international scene.

Pedro Sánchez gets the guarantee today, it is expected that the first Cabinet will be held on Friday, af-ter having designated the holders for each portfolio. One of those to

be assigned is that of the Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, who was va-cated by his appointment as head of the high diplomacy of the Euro-pean Union. H

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Gerard Piqué’s FC Andorra is reac-hing one miles-tone after anot-her and is now in its best years. The club, after beating

UE Olot 1-0 and kicking Second Di-vision B on the table, finished the first lap of the competition in thi-rd position, with 34 points (nine wins, seven ties and three defeats), tied with CD Castellón, which is in second place. In the first position is the CE Sabadell, with only one more point.

In that sense, the tricolors clo-sed the third best lap of their his-tory because in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons he managed to re-ach the equator of the course in the second position: in the first year they added 12 victories, four draws and three losses while the following year, 10 wins, five draws and four defeats. This means that

FC Andorra signs the third best first lap of its historyIn the 1988-89 and 1989-90 seasons, the tricolors reached the season’s equator in second place

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the Andorrans could have scored 40 and 35 points respectively, but at that time the wins had only two points.

Therefore, in the 1988-89 season they added 28 points, one less than Palamós CF, who was leader and finally reached the promotion to the Second Division. On the other hand, in the following year, those of the Principality occupied the sa-me position but with 25 points, to four of the leader, Lleida, a group that achieved the promotion to the silver category of national football.

In both respects, both were very good seasons, as if the promotion play-offs had been celebrated, FC Andorra would have played them. But they were different times and only the first place in each group went up in category. It was not un-til the 1990-91 season that the pro-motion system was introduced in which the four best in each group participated. But that year, the tri-colors were in eighth place, both at the end of the competition and at the end of the competition.

STRONG AT HOME / Although the draws are a little penalized, as the story goes, FC Andorra can be optimistic because the dynamics are very simi-lar. In the first leg of the 1988-89 se-ason they signed seven home wins, two draws and just one loss, while they won five away matches and ti-ed and lost two. On the other hand, in the first stretch of the season the following year, those in the Princi-pality added eight wins and two los-ses at home, while outside they ad-ded only two wins, five draws and two defeats. Thus, those in the Prin-cipality were the best home team in the first round, as did Gabri Gar-cía’s, who added one point more at home than Sabadell (24), as well as remaining unbeaten . In short, when the opponent is short of air at home, Andorra is encouraged.

OUTSTANDING SCORERS / In those years, Andorra also had outstanding sco-rers. In the 1989-90 season, unlike the previous year, Antonio Rueda was the second highest scorer in the competition with 15 goals, while the

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previous year was 18th, with 10. This year, Ernest Forgas, with eight go-als, is the third highest scorer while Moussa Sidibè is 10th, with six.

THE PERMANENCE / Despite the bac-kground and the good dynamics, Gabri García does not want to talk about the play-offs. Yet. «We will ne-ver say that we are looking for the play-offs because our goal is to con-solidate in Second B and to compe-te next year,» he said, noting that «when we reach the points we beli-eve to be here, we can talk and see. where can we get to. ” «No one expec-ted this situation,» he emphasized. On the other hand, Nico Ratti, the go-alkeeper without whom Andorra is not understood, explained that «no-body expected to be with 34 points, to one of the leaders, tied with Cas-tellón, such a great set of the cate-gory. « «We are in a very sweet mo-ment and in a privileged place,» he said and assured that «we are all in a good dynamic and that is noticea-ble in the field, we want to continue like this». H

«When we reach the points that we believe to be here, we can talk and see where we can go»

«We are in a sweet moment and in a privileged place, with good dynamics and this is noticeable in the field»

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