- NEWS
SNIPPETS FROM VALENCIA -
POPULATION
= 4.8 MILLION
|
|
Thursday 27th
March 2008
|
|
VALENCIA
POLITICIANS RECEIVED BY POPE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Francisco
Camps, President of the Valencian Government,
Rita Barbera, Mayoress of Valencia, and Alfonso
Rus, chairman of the Valencia County Council,
accompanied by Cardinal Archbishop Agustin
Garcia-Gasco, and by Esteban Escudero, auxiliary
bishop of Valencia, were received in private
audience by Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican in
Rome.
During the
visit, the Valencian leaders presented the Pope
with a 400 page publication containing photos
and speeches from a visit by his Holiness to
Valencia in July 2006 when he presided the V
World Meeting of Families. The book was
co-ordinated by Pedro J. Viladrich, director of
the Institute of Science for Families in the
University of Navarre.
The Pope was
also presented with a large handcrafted ceramics
platter from Manises.
|
|
SCANDINAVIAN
AIRLINES CONNECT VALENCIA WITH
NORWAY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Isidro
Prieto, Tourism Deputy of the Valencia
County Council, accompanied by Halvard
Bradberg, SAS Norway Director of
International Sales, Jorge Garcia, SAS
Spain Account Manager Corporate Sales,
and Eugenia Fierros, directress of the
Norwegian Tourism Office in Spain,
presented the new three and a half
hours flight that connects Oslo (photo
above) with Valencia at 14:55 on
Thursdays and Sundays, while the return
flight from Valencia to Oslo is at
19:25 the same days.
|
|
|
376
NEW LOCAL POLICE IN ALICANTE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Serafin
Castellano, Councillor of Government,
presided the ceremony in which the
local police force in Alicante was
increased by 376 new members.
|
|
|
TRAINING
FOR 1,000 IMMIGRANTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rafael
Blasco, Councillor of Immigration and
Citizenship, and Arturo Virosque,
chairman of the Valencia Chamber of
Commerce, signed an agreement to
organise 66 courses to train 1,000
immigrants to enable them enter the
local workforce.
|
|
|
AGRICULTURE
COUNCILLOR CLOSED ANECOOP GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
|
Maritina Hernandez, Councillor of Agriculture,
Fisheries, and Food, closed the General Assembly
of Anecoop, that comprises 150,000
members.
|
|
FLEDGELINGS
AT THE SPEED CIRCUIT IN
CHESTE
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trini Miro,
Councillor of Culture and Sports, presided the
presentation in the Ricardo Tormo Speed Circuit
in Cheste, Valencia, of the young people
aspiring to become pilots.
77 pilots
will participate in the Bancaja Savings Bank
Cradle of Champions, and 51 pilots in the
Profiltek School of Carting.
|
|
UNITED
NATIONS CONFERENCE IN
VALENCIA
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rafael
Ripoll, Autonomic Secretary of
Relations with the State and the
European Union, presided the
inauguration of the three days United
Nations Conference on Trade and
Development in Latin America, and
revealed that the European Union has
organised training courses in Livorne
and Marseilles for port
stevedores.
Representatives
from 12 Latin American countries are
participating in the
conference.
|
|
|
EXPOSITION
ON MAN AND ANIMAL RELATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph
M. Felip, Director General of Citizens
and Integration, accompanied by Marta
Torrado, Social Welfare Counsellor of
the Town Hall of Valencia, inaugurated
the exposition "The Relation between
man and animal. A shared friendship"
that may be viewed in the Colon Market
till the 3rd April.
|
|
|
PUBLICATION
OF SOROLLA'S LETTERS
|
|
|
|
|
Rafael
Miro, Autonomic Secretary of Culture,
presented two volumes of the
correspondence between Valencian artist
Joaquin Sorolla, his wife Clotilde
Garcia del Castillo, and his friend
Pedro Gil Moreno de Mora, published by
the Valencian Government with the title
"Epistolarios de Joaquin Sorolla.
Correspondence con Pedro Gil Moreno de
Mora".
|
Mr. Miro was
accompanied by Felipe Garin, scientific advisor
of the consortium of Museums of the Valencian
region, and Facundo Tomas, both of them
professors of the History of Art at the
Polytechnic University of Valencia.
|
|
INDUSTRY
PRESENTS ALBORAYA'S DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matias
Perez, Autonomic Secretary of Industry,
trade, and Innovation, presented the
Development and Competitivity Plan of
the area of Alboraya.
He
was accompanied by Manuel Alvaro, Mayor
of Alboraya.
|
|
|
FIAT
STILO ABARTH AUTOMATIC CARS - A WARNING TO
DRIVERS
We advise our
readers that a fault in the electronic system of
the gear shift of Fiat automatic drive cars,
causes sudden stoppages that can produce
whiplash to the driver. This has been the
experience of our editor while driving an
automatic Fiat Stilo Abarth. The stoppages are
also highly dangerous if they take place when
passing out another vehicle, or in heavy
traffic.
|
|
