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The Department of the Presidency together with the Department of International Residents of the Torrevieja City Council organizes, in commemoration of Europe Day 2024, a special gala at the International Auditorium that will feature a performance by David Civera, who participated in Eurovision in 2001 with the song “Tell her I love her”, achieving a creditable 6th position.

It should be noted that in just seven months, from January to July 2023, a total of 1,168 Ukrainians have been registered in the city, mainly due to the Russian invasion in this country, which began in February 2022.

The Councilor for Innovation and Modernization of the Local Administration, Ricardo Recuero, and the Councilor for Census and Statistics, Inmaculada Montesinos, have announced this morning the start-up starting this week of the Automation of the Municipal Register.

After the two countries of the extinct USSR and the United Kingdom are Colombian residents (3,139), who for the second consecutive year are ahead of the stable and historic Moroccan population (2,262), followed by Romanians (1,481), Bulgarians (1,432), Swedes (1,402), Belgians (1,236), Italians (1,079) and Germans (1,031)

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

Yesterday morning, Tuesday, a meeting was organized with the residents of Torresur, an area of the Rocajuna urbanization, with a majority of British residents, with the presence of the deputy mayor of the Torrevieja City Council, Rosario Martínez, the Councilor for Security and Emergencies, Federico Alarcón, and the mayor of International Residents, Gitte Lund Thomsen, and in which members of the Civil Guard and the Torrevieja Local Police were also present.

The councilor secretary of the Local Government Board of the Torrevieja City Council, Federico Alarcón, has informed this morning of the approval of the file, specifications of technical prescriptions and administrative clauses for the contracting of the integral maintenance service, replacement, general repair and conservation of the irrigation systems of the green areas and public roads, including all the elements that are necessary for their correct operation, construction, management and viability of the municipality of Torrevieja. It should be noted that the works, extensions, modifications and any other circumstance that affects the contract will be the property of the City Council, once executed and certified. The duration of the contract will be three years, with an annual extension of two years. The maximum duration, if the corresponding extensions are agreed upon, will be 5 years. The estimated value of the contract amounts to 1,507,172.60 euros, with the base bid budget being 301,434 euros.