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The Department of International Residents of the City Council of Torrevieja, directed by Gitte Lund, organizes the III edition of Spanish courses for international residents registered in our city.

This morning, the Councilor for Economy and Finance of the Torrevieja City Council, Domingo Paredes, has asked the Provincial Council of Alicante to adhere to the line of granting aid aimed at minimizing the economic impact that the energy crisis is having on SMEs, micro-SMEs, small self-employed entrepreneurs and professionals from their municipalities for the 2022 annuity.

The Councilor for International Residents of the Torrevieja City Council, Gitte Lund, will attend the event to be held in the center of Torrevieja next Saturday, June 25, on the occasion of the United Kingdom Armed Forces Day.

The Councilor for International Residents, Cooperation and Immigration, Gitte Lund Thomsen, has delivered this morning at the Palacio de la Música, the diplomas to the 130 Ukrainian men and women who have taken the Spanish courses organized by the City Council of Torrevieja, and that began on March 30.

The City Council of Torrevieja, Agamed, Hidraqua, and the University of Alicante have organized today, Thursday, at the Palacio de la Música, a round table to address the steps that are being taken and what measures to adopt in the fight against the climate crisis. This session has had the participation of Eduardo Dolón, mayor of Torrevieja; Jorge Ballesta, director of Agamed; and Marco A. Celdrán, Doctor in Tourism from the University of Alicante; and has been moderated by Norberto Mazón, director of the Headquarters of the University of Alicante in Torrevieja.

In the next few days, and after its approval tomorrow, Friday, by the Local Government Board (JGL), a contract will come into operation for the control of birds in the municipality of Torrevieja, with which it will try to lessen the effects of domestic birds. of corral that exist in various parks and areas of the city.

Agamed has worked since its inception to control and guarantee the quality of water for all citizens and visitors to Torrevieja. Thus, each year it carries out more than 1,200 laboratory tests and 10,900 on-site measurements and reviews more than 20,000 annual parameters in the samples collected from warehouses and strategic points of the distribution network.

The mayor has reported that at the moment there are more than 3,500 citizens from Ukraine who are already registered in the Association of Ukrainians of Torrevieja since the beginning of the Russian invasion

In addition to these elements, the population throws other products down the toilet that cause serious problems in the purification processes and affect the environment, such as paints, oils, detergents, soaps, medicines or pesticides, among others.

The Councilor for International Residents, Cooperation and Immigration of the Torrevieja City Council, Gitte Lund Thomsen, has welcomed all of them and encouraged them to integrate into Torrevieja society and learn our language to facilitate their full integration into the city. It should be noted that these Spanish classes are aimed at people of all ages, with women predominating more than men.

The city of Torrevieja will join Earth Hour tonight, with the turning off of the lights of two emblematic squares of the town: Plaza de la Constitución and Plaza de Encarnación Puchol de La Mata. All lighting in these squares will be turned off from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Around 400 Ukrainian children and young people teach their studies in two educational centers set up for them, such as the center of the Association of Ukrainians in Torrevieja and, now, the Salvador Ruso public school, which has been opened to serve the large number of children who They have arrived since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

The Cultural Association of Radio Amateurs CQ Torrevieja has signed a collaboration agreement with AGAMED to give visibility to the global need for water. In the agreement, which has been developing for five years, the Torrevieja City Council collaborates through the Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta", and has a clear objective: to raise awareness about the global water crisis, through the waves, contacting people from all over the world.

This morning a work meeting was held at the Torrevieja City Council to finalize the Reception Plan for people arriving from Ukraine and the details of the administrative processes and available services.