- NEWS
SNIPPETS FROM VALENCIA -
POPULATION
= 5.0 MILLION
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Wednesday, 10th
March 2010
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"TRADE
EXCELLENCE" RECOGNITION
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Francisco
Camps, President of the Valencian Region,
accompanied by Arturo Virosque, chairman of the
Valencian Chamber of Commerce, and Alberto
Catala, chairman of the Valencian Trade Fair
complex, distributed certificates for "Trade
Excellence" to 264 small shops of the 75,000 in
the Valencian Region that employ 300,000 people,
account for 13% of the wealth of the Region, and
bill 25,000 million Euro.
In 2009, the
Valencian Government invested over 20 million
Euro that benefited all the sector, and in 2010
these subsidies will be increased by
20%.
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PAYMENTS
TO SPEED UP
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Gerardo
Camps, Valencian Government Councillor of
Economy, the Treasury, and Employment, met with
the executive committee of the Valencian
Federation of Contractors of Public Works -
FECOVAL, and during the meeting announced that
the new Agility Payment Plan will enable
government payments to accelerate and guarantee
liquidity to supply companies.
The
"Confirming" and launching of conditions for
negotiation between the treasury and and private
companies will generate 4,000 Euro in
financing.
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NEW
BOOK PUBLISHED "MOLECULAR BASES FOR THE FUTURE
OF HEALTH"
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Manuel
Cervera, Valencian Government Councillor of
Public Health, presented the book "Molecular
Bases for the Future of Health" and during the
presentation declared that the molecular
research will created a therapeutic tools and
diagnostics adapted to people and the individual
genetic map will enable the prediction of the
pathologies a person is susceptible to
suffer.
Councillor
Cervera also revealed that since 2005, the
Valencian Government has invested 185 million
Euro in health research and
innovation.
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NEW
SACRED ART MUSEUM IN
ORIHUELA
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Mario Flores,
Valencian Government Councillor of
Infrastructures and Transport, visited the third
phase of the renovation work being carried out
on the Episcopal Palace in Orihuela, Alicante,
that will house the new Diocesan Museum for
Sacred Art at a cost of 776,118 Euro.
the Palace
was declared a National Monument in
1975..
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VALENCIAN
COUNCILLOR OF GOVERNMENT AT BALEARIC ISLES
MEET
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Serafin
Castellano, Valencian Councillor of Government,,
participated in the Balearic Isles VI Meet of
Autonomous Regions with six other
representatives of Autonomous Governments, to
discuss ways to improve the quality of life of
citizens.
Attending the
Meet were Jose A. Biel, vice-president of the
Governor of Aragon; Jose A. de Santiago,
Councillor of Presidency of the Junta of
Castilla y Leon; Jose Valverde, Councillor of
Presidency of Castilla-La Mancha; Emilio del
Rio, Councillor of Presidency and Speaker of the
Government of La Rioja; and Francisco Antich,
President of the Government of the Balearic
Isles.
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UNDERGROUND
TO RUN 24 HOURS IN FALLAS
FIESTAS
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Marisa
Gracia, manageress of Valencia Government
Railways (FGV) - Valencia Underground, presented
the special Underground and TRAM services to be
implanted from the night of the 15th March to
early morning on the 20th March when 72 trains
and trams will run 24 hours to enable people
visit the hundreds of Fallas or gigantic papier
mâchè monuments erected around the
city of Valencia.
Trains will
cover a total of 253,753 kilometres over the
aforementioned five days (or six times around
the word).
More
information is available on telephone
900.46.10.46
or contact the official website http://www.metrovalencia.es
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WOMEN'S
INTERNATIONAL DAY AWARDS
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Angelica
Such, Valencian Government Councillor of Social
Welfare, presided the XII edition of Women's
International Day Isabel Ferrer Awards, that
were received by Teresa Gisbert, Chief
Prosecutor of the Provincial Court, the
pyrotechnic company Reyes Marti, and the
photographer Ouka Leele.
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SAINT
PATRICK'S DAY
12:00
(noon) Mass in English
Church of
San Juan del Hospital,
Calle
Trinquete de Caballeros, 5
Valencia -
46003
Wednesday
17th March 2010
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