An International Night! Want to start the festive season off right? Want to meet up over a drink and a piano? Valencia expat Services and the Franco-Spanish Chamber of Commerce will be waiting for you next Thursday, November 25th at the NH Hotel... Free entrance...(but everyone pays for their own drinks!) If you want to register, just click here! see you next Thursday !
Regional government describes the beloved dish as ‘the art of uniting and sharing’ and lays out some of the basic rules for preparing it the traditional way Paella has been declared by Spain’s regional government of Valencia, where the dish originated, as “an asset of cultural interest” (or BIC in its Spanish acronym), a status affording special legal protection. A new decree published in the Mediterranean region’s official gazette describes paella as “the art of uniting and sharing.” According to the [...]
While France is expected to return to pre-pandemic GDP levels by this year, the Spanish economy may not bounce back until the third quarter of 2023 Spain is growing and coming out of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which saw gross domestic product (GDP) in the country fall by levels not seen since the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. But it is doing so at a slower rate than expected, and faces the risk of being left behind [...]
Ce projet de rénovation concerne un parc situé dans le quartier de Patraix, plaza Enrique Granados : une nouvelle aire de jeux pour enfants permettra de donner une nouvelle vie à cette zone qui n’avait quasiment aucune utilité auparavant. Le projet de rénovation est de 116 000 euros au total. Pour les habitants des quartiers de Très Forques, Vara de Quart et Safranar, cette nouvelle est réjouissante, car ils pourront véritablement profiter de ces nouvelles installations puisque l’espace sera équipé entre autres d’un pont, d’un mur d’escalade, d’un toboggan et de jeux divers qui participent à l’imagination et [...]
La réaction du monde francophone et francophile ne s’est pas fait attendre : alors que les portes de l’Institut Français à Valencia, viennent à peine de fermer (un redimensionnement selon l’euphémisme employé par certains responsables français), une initiative, viens de naître et sera présenté officiellement aujourd’hui : La Base Culture C’est le nom choisi par l’association ( Anne-Sophie Crocquevielle, Jeremy Denat, Juan Angel Martin et Paul Pierroux-Taranto en sont les principaux membres) dont le but est de faire rayonner la francophonie à [...]
The massive leak of documents known as the Pandora Papers shows the key role of tax havens for the wealthy when making property transactions in areas such as the Costa del Sol or Madrid Two enormous palm trees welcome visitors to Villa Hermes, a mansion on a 3,000 square-meter plot of land built in 1981 in the Nueva Andalucía residential area, just north of Marbella’s upscale Puerto Banús. In this district, in the south of Spain, anonymity and luxury go [...]
Construire un puits sur une ferme, un terrain ou une maison est une option intéressante pour économiser sur la facture d’eau. Cela a surtout du sens dans les propriétés où cette ressource est nécessaire en abondance, comme pour une piscine ou où il est difficile de s’approvisionner. Construire son puit...mode d'emploi : Puis-je faire un puits chez moi ? Pour savoir si un puits peut être construit dans une maison, il faut d’abord voir la réglementation en vigueur. Dans ce cas, [...]
The legislation, which is likely to come into force in a couple of months’ time, will also make helmets obligatory for scooter riders Spain’s lower house of parliament approved on Thursday the new Traffic, Circulation and Road Safety law, which includes the docking of six points from motorists’ driving licenses – compared to the current three – for anyone who is caught “holding cellphone devices while driving.” The final text that was passed by lawmakers in the Congress of Deputies [...]
With vaccine coverage at nearly 80% among the population, and a marked fall in hospitalizations, specialists and administrations alike are ruling out any major waves of Covid-19 in the future. Spain will not have to wait for herd immunity before it can leave the coronavirus pandemic behind. With four out of every five citizens fully vaccinated, and a coverage level of 95% among the vulnerable population, the country is entering a new stage in which learning to live with the [...]
With 90% of the population vaccinated, the region of Valencia is on the verge of returning to its pre-Covid state where anything goes! Dancing until dawn, filling up the restaurants without counting the number of guests or even crowding into shops to refurbish your wardrobe.... The inter-territorial commission of the Consell de la Comunidad Valenciana on Monday, once again has reduced the restrictions still in force for, shops, cinemas, theatres, museums, libraries, auditoriums and also those concerning places of celebration, [...]
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