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Song contest canceled

04.05.2022
Song contest canceled
The Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta" communicates that the Copla Contest that had its semifinals scheduled for May 5 and 6 at the Torrevieja Municipal Theater and the final at the May Fair Enclosure is canceled due to a readjustment in The programing. The Municipal Institute of Culture regrets the possible inconvenience caused.

During the next four years Torrevieja will host one of the courts for the realization of the EBAU

19.04.2022
During the next four years Torrevieja will host one of the courts for the realization of the EBAU
The Local Government Board of the Torrevieja City Council has approved the collaboration agreement with the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) to carry out the EBAU tests in Torrevieja, for which during the next four years it will host one of the courts for the realization of the EBAU.

The CDT of Torrevieja launches training courses for Ukrainian refugees

13.04.2022
The CDT of Torrevieja launches training courses for Ukrainian refugees
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

Presented the 7th edition "We are going for Tapas"

12.04.2022
Presented the 7th edition "We are going for Tapas"
Today, Tuesday, April 12, the Councilor for Hospitality of the Torrevieja City Council, Rosario Martínez Chazarra, and the president of the Association of Hospitality Companies of Torrevieja and Comarca, José Ignacio Pastor, have presented the 7th edition of "We are going for Tapas ”, to which 24 restaurants have signed up.

The City Council launches the Spring School, aimed at children from 3 to 12 years old

08.04.2022
The City Council launches the Spring School, aimed at children from 3 to 12 years old
The Department of Social Welfare of the City Council of Torrevieja is going to launch the Spring School project, which will take place in the facilities of the Salvador Ruso and Gratiniano Baches educational centers, from Tuesday 19 to Friday 22 April, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.

Presented the XXIV edition of the Torrevieja Book Fair, which will be held from April 9 to 18

07.04.2022
Presented the XXIV edition of the Torrevieja Book Fair, which will be held from April 9 to 18
The Councilor for Culture of the City Council of Torrevieja, Antonio Quesada, and the manager of the Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta", Miguel Fernández, have presented today the XXIV edition of the Torrevieja Book Fair, which will be held in Paseo Vista Alegre from Saturday, April 9 to Monday, April 18, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center hosted the workshop "Ecolandscapes of Tourism" organized by the university headquarters of the UA and the City Council of Torrevieja

04.04.2022
The Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center hosted the workshop "Ecolandscapes of Tourism" organized by the university headquarters of the UA and the City Council of Torrevieja
For the fourth consecutive year, the subject of Architectural Projects of the University of Alicante (UA) returns to focus its gaze on the city of Torrevieja. Thanks to the Departments of Education and Tourism of the City Council and the University of Alicante Headquarters in the town, this year a new intergenerational team of architects, teachers and students project on the opportunities offered by the city of Torrevieja and its tourist ecosystem, in what they have titled as “Torrevieja Grand Tour”.

Spanish courses for Ukrainian citizens begin

30.03.2022
Spanish courses for Ukrainian citizens begin
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 Salvador Ruso school welcomes more than 250 Ukrainian students, from 6 to 18 years old, who receive their regulated studies every Saturday

19.03.2022
The Salvador Ruso school welcomes more than 250 Ukrainian students, from 6 to 18 years old, who receive their regulated studies every Saturday
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 CQ Torrevieja Amateur Radio Association signs a collaboration agreement with Agamed to give visibility to the need for water in the world

17.03.2022
The CQ Torrevieja Amateur Radio Association signs a collaboration agreement with Agamed to give visibility to the need for water in the world
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.

Reception plan for people arriving from Ukraine

15.03.2022
Reception plan for people arriving from Ukraine
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.

26 companies from all over Spain have participated in the II National Amateur Theater Contest "Raúl Ferrández"

14.03.2022
26 companies from all over Spain have participated in the II National Amateur Theater Contest "Raúl Ferrández"
The II National Amateur Theater Contest "Raúl Ferrández", which will take place between March 21 and 25, both inclusive, at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center, at 8:30 p.m. (free admission until full capacity) has announced the groups selected for this edition, having presented 26 companies from all over Spain, being among all the following selected:

The Department of Education together with the IES Mare Nostrum, Agamed and Ars Creatio develop a heritage recovery project for the vineyards in La Mata

11.03.2022
The Department of Education together with the IES Mare Nostrum, Agamed and Ars Creatio develop a heritage recovery project for the vineyards in La Mata
The Councilor for Education of the City Council of Torrevieja, Ricardo Recuero, together with representatives of AGAMED, the ARS CREATIO association and students from 16 to 18 years of Professional Training in Agricultural Gardening and Floral Compositions from the IES MARE NOSTRUM, have participated in the heritage recovery project of the vineyards in La Mata, which has been developed this morning in the Natural Park of La Mata in front of the cemetery of this district of Torrevieja.

Dibunómadas: gathering of urban drawing artists to enjoy outdoors

22.02.2022
Dibunómadas: gathering of urban drawing artists to enjoy outdoors
The Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta" informs that "Dibunómadas" has already begun, a meeting of urban drawing artists to enjoy outdoors. Some meetings organized by Olga Parra, teacher at the Torrevieja Municipal School of Painting, free and open to all ages and without obligation. This is the only urban drawing group in Vega Baja, in which anyone interested in drawing can participate. The meeting places are published on facebook/DibuNómadas.

The mayor and the Councilor for Education hold a coordination meeting with the representatives of the FAPA Gabriel Miró

16.02.2022
The mayor and the Councilor for Education hold a coordination meeting with the representatives of the FAPA Gabriel Miró
Among the next projects that the City Council of Torrevieja will maintain with the FAPA Gabriel Miró, possible collaboration agreements are included to favor the development of the activities of the educational community. Likewise, Ricardo Recuero has informed them of the School Absenteeism Plan that the Department of Education will present shortly, and has explained the actions foreseen in the Edificant Plan with an investment of more than 12 million euros, and that they will be developed at IES Libertas, IES Las Lagunas, IES Torrevigía and Colegio Público Virgen del Carmen.