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Editor: Patricia Murray

B. Sc. (Communication) Navarre University - Pamplona

M. A. (Communication) Valencia University - Valencia

M. Sc. (Journalism) Columbia University - New York

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Spanish Government Minister of Urban Planning Ana Pastor, and J. Manuel Garcia-Margallo, Spanish Government Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, were guests of Alberto Fabra, President of the Valencian Government when they visited Alicante to inspect the work being carried out on the tracks and installations for the High Velocity Train - AVE, programmed to function by the end of 2013.

Julio Gomez-Pomar, chairman of Spanish Railways "RENFE" signed an agreement with Maximo Buch, Valencian Government Councillor of Economy, Industry, Tourism, and Employment,, whereby, on the High Velocity Trains - AVE, that operate between Madrid Castilla-la-Mancha and the Valencian Region, RENFE will promote tourism to the Valencian Region through commercial videos on the trains and also by means of posters and leaflets in railway stations. On the other hand, the Tourist Board will also paste posters in strategic points, and distribute leaflets in its Tourist Information Offices, encouraging people to travel by train. Timetables and special prices available at the RENFE website http://www.renfe.com

Valencian President Alberto Fabra, the Delegate of the Spanish Government in Valencia Paula Sanchez de Leon, and Mayoress Rita Barbera, hosted the visit to the Royal Marina of Juan Carlos, of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo, and Ambassadors to Spain from 14 countries, and explained to them the details of the project for the new wharf of one million square metres.

As well as visiting the Royal Marina, the Mayoress took the diplomats on a tour of the historic area of Valencia, the Central Market, the Lonja, and other interesting sites, before inviting them to the balcony of City Hall from which they watched the firecrackers show "Mascleta" that takes place as part of the Fallas Fiestas, at 14:00 hours every day till the 19th March.

The diplomats present were Justin Harman, Ambassador of Ireland, honoured with the Presidency of the European Union till June; Pietro Sebastiani, Ambassador of Italy; Cecilia Julin, of Sweden; Karel Beran, of the Czech Republic; Edit Bucsi-Szabo from Hungary; Janis Eichmanis of the Republic of Lithuania; Aljaz Gosnar, from the Republic of Slovenia; Tomas Kahur, from the Republic of Estonia; Jan Skoda of the Slovenian Republic; Kostadin Tasheu of Bulgaria: Antonio Toumazis of Cyprus; Ion Vilcu of Rumania; Joao Pedro Antunes of Portugal; and Jean Claude Nolla, of France.

Representatives from the MIT Technology Review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology signed an agreement with the government of the Valencian Region to hold the Emergent Technologies - EmTech Spain 2013 Congress "Positioning the Valencian Region as the hub of Innovative and Development Technologies of the European Mediterranean" in Valencia, the 6th and 7th November 2013, to be repeated in 2014 and 2015.

The Congress, that will be held in the Queen Sofia Arts Palace in the City of Arts and Science, in Valencia, requires an investment of 400,000 Euro to be paid for between the Valencian County Council, the Valencian Chamber of Commerce, Valencia City Hall, Valencia Trade fairs, ITENE, EDEM, Vossloh, and Gesesco, and is expected to draw 600 researchers, companies, and investors, using I+D+I technologies as a tool for economic and social development.

The Valencian Cati Cheese Co-operative, that exports 20% of its products (mostly to Europe), was visited by Alberto Fabra, President of the Valencian Government, who highlighted the fact that 23.3% of all exports from the Valencian Region in 2012 were in the agricultural food sector, with 2,020 food industries that billed 8,938 million Euro and employed 31,194 workers.

President Fabra also said that the Valencian Region trademark will be recaptured for Spanish and foreign exports.

Spanish Minister for Urban Planning, Ana Pastor, was in Valencia where she presided a series of talks on the Mediterranean Corridor organised by the Confederation of Entrepreneurial Organisations in the Valencian Region - CIERVAL, and the Council of Valencian Chambers of Commerce.

The above photo was taken before the proceedings with. from left to right, Jose V. Morata, chairman of the Valencian Chamber of Commerce, Rita Barbera, Mayoress of Valencia, Alberto Fabra, President of the Valencian Government, Ana Pastor, Spanish Minister for Urban Planning, Jose V. Gonzalez,, chairman of CIERVAL, Joaquin Gay de Montella, chairman of Work Planning, and Paula Sanchez de Leon, Spanish Government Delegate in the Valencian Region.

Rafael Aznar, chairman of the Valencian Port Authority (seen behind the Minister) was also present, along with the chairmen of the ports of Castellon and Alicante, and a long list of other entrepreneurs and politicians.

During her intervention, Minister Pastor highlighted the fact that her department invested 2,433 million Euro in the 2012 and 2013 budget, and stressed the importance of the ports for the success of the Mediterranean Corridor, before she went on to state that goods trains will connect with all the Mediterranean Corridor, the High Velocity Train -AVE will reach Alicante by 2014 and Murcia by 2015, and finished off by saying that owing to the fact that the AVE trains were running only 40% full,, Spanish Railways - RENFE, has drastically reduced the price of tickets to enable more people travel by train.

The conference was closed by Isabel Bonig, Valencian Government Councillor of Infrastructures and Transports.

The photo below, depicts President Alberto Fabra during his address

Alberto Fabra, President of the Valencian Government, carried out a major shuffle in his government, reducing the number of Councillors from thirteen to eight.

From left to right in the front row are: Juan C. Moragues, Councillor of the Treasury and the Civil Service; Jose Ciscar, vice-president of the Valencian Government and Councillor of Agriculture; President Fabra; Maximo Buch, Councillor of Industry, Trade, Tourism, and Employment; and Maria J. Catala, Councillor of Culture, Education, and Sports.

On the back row from left to right are: Asuncion Sanchez, Councillor of Social Services; Manuel Llombart, Councillor of Public Health; Isabel Bonig, Councillor of Infrastructures, the Environment and Water; and Serafin Castellano, Councillor of Government and Justice.

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