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The 31st International Youth Habanera Competition will be held on Saturday, April 18th, at the Municipal Theatre

02.04.2026
The 31st International Youth Habanera Competition will be held on Saturday, April 18th, at the Municipal Theatre
The competition includes the performance of a required piece, “REINA DE LA SAL” (Queen of Salt), with lyrics by Pilar Páez and music by Aurelio Martínez. This element ensures technical fairness among participants and raises the artistic level of the contest.

The City Council awards the contract for drafting the project for the new Day Center for people with Alzheimer's.

12.09.2025
The City Council awards the contract for drafting the project for the new Day Center for people with Alzheimer's.
The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, reports that the Torrevieja City Council, through the Department of NGOs and Volunteering, and once the bidding process has concluded, has provisionally awarded the contract to the company Francisco M. Juárez Pozuelo for the drafting of the basic and execution project, the health and safety plan and the waste management plan for the construction of the new Day Centre for people with Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases "Tomás Ballester Herrera".

Torrevieja awards the contract for cleaning and maintaining beach restrooms for €947,286 for the next four years.

23.06.2025
Torrevieja awards the contract for cleaning and maintaining beach restrooms for €947,286 for the next four years.
This is a comprehensive service that guarantees the cleaning, maintenance and repair of the fixed wooden toilets and the new self-cleaning toilets installed along busy areas of the municipality. The Councilor for Beaches, Antonio Vidal, highlights the important reinforcement of public services on the coast with a more comprehensive, modern contract tailored to the real needs of Torrevieja.

The City Council approves the granting of a major construction license and authorizes the start of works for the reform and adaptation of the Delfina Viudes center

01.06.2024
The City Council approves the granting of a major construction license and authorizes the start of works for the reform and adaptation of the Delfina Viudes center
In this way, the center will be used as a family meeting point, a residence for people with functional diversity and a residence for functional diversity for children and adolescents.

The Spanish journey through Havana with Torrevieja and its contest, protagonists at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid

18.05.2024
The Spanish journey through Havana with Torrevieja and its contest, protagonists at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid
The main hall of the Cervantes Institute of Madrid was dressed up yesterday, Friday, May 17, to host an interesting proposal arising from the collaboration agreement between the Municipal Board of Habaneras of Torrevieja and the Cervantes Institute itself, around the genre of Havana.

Presented the project "Habaneras at your door", which will be developed by the Municipal Board of Habaneras through the association of Lyrical Voices of the Mediterranean

18.03.2024
Presented the project "Habaneras at your door", which will be developed by the Municipal Board of Habaneras through the association of Lyrical Voices of the Mediterranean
The Councilor for Culture of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Quesada, presented this morning together with Jesús García and Francisco Moreno, members of the Asociación Voces Líricas del Mediterráneo, the project called “Habaneras en tu puerta” that will be developed by the Municipal Habaneras Board of Trustees through this association.

Students of the COMINCREA Master's Degree from the UA visit Torrevieja to prepare the exhibition for the 70th Anniversary of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest

26.02.2024
Students of the COMINCREA Master's Degree from the UA visit Torrevieja to prepare the exhibition for the 70th Anniversary of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest
Last Friday, February 23, a total of 18 Comincrea Master students, from Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, France and Spain, toured iconic and representative spaces of Havana in Torrevieja, with the aim to feed the conceptualization and design of the exhibition on which they have been working since last year.

The Local Government Board approves the modification of the Salt Eras project

02.02.2024
The Local Government Board approves the modification of the Salt Eras project
The Local Government Board (JGL) of the Torrevieja City Council has approved this morning the modification of the contract signed with the company PAREDES PEDROSA ARQUITECTOS SLP, winner of the contract for the provision of the drafting service for the Eras de la Salt, which includes the construction of the Museum of the Sea and Salt, the multipurpose venue with the main destination for the celebration of the International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest, as well as its complementary infrastructures and the surrounding urbanization.