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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.

Digital transformation and the promotion of the Transparency Portal have been key to positioning Torrevieja as a benchmark in Open Government, Citizen Participation, and Accountability. The City Council will continue to promote new innovation initiatives with the aim of improving public services, strengthening citizen participation, and keeping Torrevieja at the forefront of municipal transparency.

The Councillor for Coexistence and Integration, Óscar Urtasun, highlighted that in 2025 a total of 630 social integration reports were prepared, which represents an increase of 66% compared to 2024, mainly for Colombian (42%), Russian (20%), and Moroccan (8%) residents.

EXPO TORREVIEJA is the leading international lifestyle fair on the Southern Costa Blanca. Admission is free and it is open to the public from 10:00 to 15:00.

The project “VIDA Floristería & Eventos”, an innovative space that combines floral art, sustainability and personalized experiences, has been awarded the first prize, endowed with 7,000 euros

The City Council is providing the space to the Local Development Agency (ADL) to ensure that the service continues to be provided normally during the renovation work.

The €32.67 million operation will allow for key projects such as the remodeling of the Eras de la Sal (Salt Mines), the paving of streets, the reorganization of the Port area, the renovation of the La Plasa building, and the Day Center for Alzheimer's patients.

Councillor Domingo Paredes denounces the Ministry of Finance's delay in updating the 2025 advance payments, a situation that directly harms the residents of Torrevieja.

Valencian Radio and Television and the Municipal Board of Habaneras have signed a collaboration agreement.

The contract is based on the identification of strategic projects of the city, within the framework of its Urban Agenda, likely to attract funding from European, national, regional or provincial funds, analyzing the possible calls published. To guarantee the professionalization of the staff, it is required that a coordinator, two consultants of European grants with experience and a specialist in public space and urban innovation be assigned to the contract.

The presenter of this next edition of the contest will be the TVE journalist Ana Belén Roy. Torrevieja is like this, by composer Mario Bustillo and lyrics by Mari Paz Andréu, will be the obligatory habanera of this seventy-first edition of the contest.

Citizens from Colombia were the most assisted with 36%, followed by Russia 15%, Morocco 9%, the United Kingdom 5%, various non-EU countries 31%, and the European Union 4%.

In the Extraordinary Plenary Session held today, the modification of credits to the 2024 Budget of the Torrevieja City Council, which amounts to 13,970,791 euros, and of the “Joaquín Chapaprieta” Municipal Institute of Culture, for an amount of 330,000 euros, was initially approved. In total, a budget modification of 14,300,791 euros, which included votes in favor of the Municipal Group of the Popular Party and VOX and votes against the PSOE and Sueña Torrevieja.