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The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, together with the Councilor for Culture, José Antonio Quesada, and the manager of the Municipal Institute of Culture, Miguel Fernández, have inaugurated this morning the exhibition "Carpet and Carpet of Crevillent" with the presence of the President of UNIFAN, Eduardo Díaz, and the Provincial Deputy for Environment and Energy, Miguel Ángel Sánchez. The exhibition has the participation of 10 Crevillent companies, seven of them manufacturers of rugs and carpets and three belonging to the auxiliary industry, specifically the preparation of dyes, yarns and textile design.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, together with the Councilor for Sports, Diana Box and the manager of the Valencian Handball Federation, Miguel Ángel Valero, have presented this morning the day of "Handbol al carrer" that will be held this Sunday, November 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Paseo Vista Alegre. An activity that is part of the actions that are being developed on the occasion of the celebration in Torrevieja of the XXV Women's Handball World Cup, the first to be held in Spain.

Within the device deployed in the Municipal Leisure Center (CMO) since it has been enabled as a Mass Vaccination Center of the city of Torrevieja, it has the collaboration of a significant number of volunteers who carry out reception work, taking temperature , hand disinfection and, above all, information, which has been highlighted by the councilor of Ong's and Volunteering of the Torrevieja City Council, Concha Sala.

The Councilor for Culture and vice president of the Municipal Institute of Culture "Joaquín Chapaprieta", Antonio Quesada, reports on the recovery of the missing municipal schools of Oriental Dance, Tai Chi and Photography for the 2021-2022 academic year.

The Torrevieja carnival, which was declared of Autonomous Tourist Interest last May, will return to the streets of Torrevieja next year after a stoppage during this 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayor of Fiestas has wanted to encourage all the comparsas and carnivals to be part of this multi-colored festival that runs through the streets of Torrevieja during the month of February. In the words of the president of the association "this is the starting gun for carnival 2022, which we hope we can do with all normality, since everything is already prepared for its celebration."

In order to reinforce the visual image, a video presentation of UNIFAM will be projected continuously, in which it will be possible to contemplate the evolution that the sector has experienced from the past to the present.

The Director General of Traffic, Pere Navarro, has written to the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, to request the collaboration of the Local Police in a study of the prevalence of the consumption of psychoactive substances and alcohol in vehicle drivers.

The Youth Council of the Torrevieja City Council reports on the extension of the deadline for submission of horror shorts made with mobile phones for the “Torrerífico” Festival, organized by the UA headquarters in Torrevieja, Youth and the La Comarca youth association . The deadline for submission is extended until Thursday, January 20, 2022. For this reason, the Festival is postponed to next Sunday, January 30, at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Center.

The Torrevieja City Council has already acquired the autonomous coffin lifting platform, which was awarded to the Zaragoza company MARCO TALLER CERRAJERÍA SL, for a global amount of 27,588 euros (VAT included).

El nombre de muchas ciudades importantes, tanto de nuestro país como del resto del mundo, viene ligado al de una actividad cultural o artística que se celebra en la misma, y en las que el evento y la ciudad se encuentran indefectiblemente ligados. Por tal motivo viene siendo habitual y, por lo tanto, costumbre, que tras 25 años de singladura, volvamos a ser importantes y por eso, en el día de hoy, presentaremos el 26º CERTAMEN JUVENIL DE HABANERAS, ese “pequeño” Certamen que en el año 1995 veía la luz como complemento al Certamen Internacional de Habaneras y Polifonía, ya es “grande” y referencia Internacional para coros juveniles e infantiles tanto dentro como fuera de nuestras fronteras.

The new website of the Torrevieja City Council has already come into operation, which this morning has been presented by the Councilor for Innovation and Modernization of the Local Administration, Ricardo Recuero. A modern, dynamic, minimalist, multi-language website with a very clean design, which uses the corporate colors blue and pink as the main reference for its design, as well as the new logo that has already been implemented in each and every one of the departments. from the Torrevieja Town Hall. In short, the website, which can now be consulted in Spanish and Valencian, will also be available in English and Russian.

The Torrevieja Local Development Agency (ADL) will have a Cadastral Information Point as of next November 5, after having been authorized by the Alicante General Directorate of Cadastre. The office will be located at Avenida Gregorio Marañón, nº 1 and the following procedures may be carried out:

The Torrevieja City Council, through its Department of Cemeteries, has prepared a special operation on the occasion of the celebration of the All Saints Day Festival (November 1), which includes a free bus service to transfer citizens to the Municipal Cemetery, with different stops, and which will begin next Saturday, October 30, and will end on Monday, November 1.

The Torrevieja City Council has carried out the call for grants to non-profit organizations in the field of social action, in order to contribute to the cost of the projects carried out during the current year 2021. In this way, All the NGOs established in Torrevieja and registered with the City Council at least two years in advance, once again have an opportunity to obtain aid that can contribute to their social purposes.

José Luis Ángulo Crosa, from Ubrique (Cádiz), wins the first prize, endowed with 3,000 euros The works will be exhibited from tomorrow, Tuesday, October 26, until November 14 in the exhibition hall of the Cultural Center " Virgin of Carmen "