- NEWS
SNIPPETS FROM VALENCIA -
POPULATION
= 5.0 MILLION
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Friday 03rd July
2009
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SPECIAL
GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR INVESTMENT IN MUNICIPALITIES
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Francisco
Camps, President of the Valencian Region,
accompanied by members of the Valencian
Government, by Rita Barbera, Mayoress of
Valencia, by Sonia Castedo, Mayoress of
Alicante, by Alfonso Rus, chairman of the
Valencian County Council, and by Carlos Fabra,
chairman of the County Council of Alicante,
presented the Special Plan to Support Productive
Investment in Municipalities in the Valencian
Region with a budget of 1020 million Euro and
that will maintain 30,000 jobs, and announced
that in the next few days, 100% of the projects
of the Municipality Plan will be approved.
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MILITARY
COMMANDER GENERAL RECEIVED IN GOVERNMENT
PALACE
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Francisco
Camps, President of the Valencian
Region, received in Government Palace,
Eduardo Acuña, military
commander general of Valencia and
Castellon.
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ALICANTE
TRAMS SAY "NO ALCOHOL THIS
SUMMER"
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Valencian
Government Railways (FGV) - Alicante
Metropolitan TRAM, is collaborating with the
Town Hall of Alicante, through the Council of
Social Welfare, to reduce the use of alcohol
this summer through a publicity campaign on the
Alicante TRAM with the slogans "This summer,
zero degrees" and "This summer consume less
alcohol".
The campaign
was presented by Asuncion Sanchez, Counsellor of
Social Welfare, and Jose Pascual, delegate of
FGV in Alicante.
On the other
hand, the Night TRAM, or Tramnochador, runs all
night every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from
now till the 12th September.
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QUALITUR
FLAGS FOR VALENCIAN BEACHES
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Angelica
Such, Valencian Government Councillor of
Tourism, presided a ceremony in the Tourism
Centre for Professional Training - CdT, in
Valencia, in which 40 municipalities received 90
"Q" Quality Certificates and 132 flags for their
beaches during the IV edition of this event.
Councillor
Such declared that 70% of the beaches of coastal
municipalities in the Valencian Region already
possess quality or environment
certificates.
Also
attending the ceremony were Gema Amor, general
directress of the Tourism Patronage of the Costa
Blanca, Manuel Martin, Tourism Deputy of
Castellon, and Isidro Prieto, Tourism Deputy of
Valencia.
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INDUSTRY
COUNCILLOR OPENED TRADE SECTORIAL
CONFERENCE
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Belen
Juste, Valencian Government Councillor
of Industry, Trade, and Innovation,
opened the Trade Sectorial Conference
in Valencia, that united for the first
time all agents involved in the trade
process to elaborate a regulation for
the sector that is an innovative model,
pioneer on a national level, based on
working together and the unity of the
sector, with the slogan "United Trade,
Valencian Region Trade".
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VOLVO
OCEAN RACE 2011 - IN
ALICANTE
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Vicente
Rambla Vice-president of the Valencian
Government, accompanied by Sonia Castedo,
Mayoress of Alicante, and Angelica Such,
Valencian Government Councillor of Tourism,
announced in Saint Petersburg, Russia, that the
countdown has started for the Volvo Ocean Race
2011 that will start out from Alicante, in the
Valencia Region.
Mr. Rambla
was speaking at the gala dinner in which
Valentina Matviyenko, Mayoress of Saint
Petersburg, handed over the banner of the Volvo
Ocean Race to Sonia Castedo, Mayoress of
Alicante.
The start of
the Volvo Ocean Race 2008 - 2009 from Alicante
Port meant an economic impact of over 70 million
Euro, the creation of 1,500 jobs both direct and
indirect, and 1 million visitors to the Regattas
Village, with zero cost for the Valencian
Government thanks to the many sponsors of the
event.
Other members
of the Valencian contingent in Saint Petersburg
were Miguel Campoy, chairman of the Port
Authority of Alicante, Javier Luri, chairman of
the Association of Hoteliers in Alicante,
Francisco Izquierdo, chairman of the Association
of Hotel Entrepreneurs of Alicante, and Marisa
Sempere, chairperson of the Association of
Travel Agents.
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A SEA
WITHOUT BARRIERS
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Trini Miro,
Valencian Government Councillor of Culture and
Sports, participated in a seminar organised by
the Foundation "A Sea without Barriers" on board
the Tirant I Schooner, property of the Council
of Culture and Sports. 30 handicapped people
were also on the schooner.
Since last
year, over 1,600 people have participated in the
"Nautical Classroom" (Aula Nautica) - an
initiative to favour the elimination of physical
and social barriers. The Nautical Classroom is a
programme of the Tirant I Schooner that
represents the Valencian Government as well as
being a school ship and compete in different
regattas.
The Valencian
Government also has 9 Sea Schools scattered
throughout the three provinces of the Valencian
Region, that between the 22nd of June and the
4th September, offers 6,648 places for families
and groups to practice nautical sports during
the summer months.
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"EDUCATION
WITHOUT FRONTIERS" CAMPAIGN ON VALENCIA
UNDERGROUND
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Marisa
Gracia, general manageress of Valencian
Government Railways (FGV)-Valencian Underground
(Metro) and extreme left in the above photo,
Pilar Collado, general manageress of
Co-operation and Development, and Juan Bou,
chairman of the non-profit organisation
"Education without Frontiers", presented the
agreement they signed to boost solidarity and
awareness by installing information panels
explaining Human Rights, on 14 Underground
Stations during the months of July and
August.
In the
Underground Customer Service Office, clients may
request a notebook in which they should write
down information phrases viewed on different
stations, and once the notebook is complete, it
should be returned to the Customer Service
Office where it will be exchanged for a free tee
shirt.
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