Tag - Valencia
18 Mar

How to deal with the state of alert in Spain when you are a foreigner

  Here are some info about the Spanish administration and the immigration procedures : they are paralysed. You can’t process any file or have any appointment in person. All deadlines suspended, both in procedural and administrative matters. Same for the time deadlines regarding appeals and court processes that were active. It means that if you had an appointment with the immigration office to get a NIE number, an European Certificate ,renew your TIE or residency card, nationality procedure or any other kind [...]

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06 Mar

The afterwork

Lots of people on Wednesday night in the beautiful lounges of (also beautiful!) Hotel NH Collection on Calle Colon… Valencia-Expat-Services in collaboration with the Cámara Franco-Española de Comercio organized a great afterwork bringing together many expats and valencianos… About 90 professionals representing almost all sectors of activity, shared in a casual and informal way over drinks… A good atmosphere, great new meetings for some and happy reuniting for others… the evening was a real success!   Laurence Lemoine

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05 Mar

Las Fallas: You have to live them to believe them!

Here we go again the “Fallas” have started, even though there is a threat concerning the coronavirus for the moment nothing has interrupted these Incredible, amazing and unbelievable celebrations. These festivities are impossible to describe, they are as rich in activities as they are varied and quite spectacular ...You have to live them to believe them, all your senses will be alert, sight, sound, taste and odour an there is also  art, religion, pyrotechnics and gastronomy. Good mood is the [...]

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23 Feb

Spanish rail company wins €5.6 billion contract to operate high-speed network in the United States

Publié sur: https://english.elpais.com/economy_and_business/2020-02-21/spanish-rail-company-wins-56-billion-contract-to-operate-high-speed-network-in-the-united-states.html Renfe will be responsible for the line between Houston and Dallas in what will be the largest ever deal reached by a state-owned company outside of Spain Spain’s state-owned rail company Renfe has won a $6 billion (€5.56 billion) contract to operate a high-speed train line between the cities of Dallas and Houston in the United States – the biggest contract ever secured by a Spanish public company outside of Spain, according to a press release issued by the firm [...]

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27 Jan

Effects of Storm Gloria in Spain: “Recovery will be very tough”

https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/23/inenglish/1579766516_152337.html   Valencia leader Ximo Puig demands swift action from the central government to deal with the aftermath of a weather event that has killed at least 13 people A powerful storm that battered Spain this week has claimed at least 13 lives – four people remain missing – and devastated coastal areas along the Mediterranean with record rainfall, wind and waves. The latest fatality is a fisherman who was dragged out to sea in L’Ametlla de Mar (Tarragona) on Thursday. Authorities are [...]

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10 Jan

A multi adventure park for Valencia

The construction of the future adventure park, located just next to the famous Bioparc and the Cabecera park, will start now and within 2 years, Rainforest should open up to the public. Canyoning, abseiling, escalation, bungee jumping of more than 20 m height and a lot more sportive experiences to live, everything takes place in a kind of jungle in an idyllic set-up, at the foot of a restored South Cambodian temple. We can even find a real false beach with [...]

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17 Feb

Valencia, 3ème ville du classement Européen ERASMUS !

Valencia 3ème ville du classement Européen ERASMUS !  (Le Monde)   En matière d’échanges d’étudiants, les universités françaises font plutôt pâle figure par rapport à leurs homologues européennes. Du moins si l’on s’en tient aux seuls chiffres bruts. Ainsi avec 745 étudiants partis en échange, l’université de Lorraine, première française, n’arrive qu’à la… 39e place en Europe, d’après les chiffres de l’agence Erasmus pour l’année 2013-2014, la dernière pour laquelle des statistiques complètes sont disponibles. Viennent ensuite les universités de Strasbourg (674 départs) et de Nantes (598). C’est peu pour des établissements [...]

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12 Feb

the path of rice

Introduit à Valence par les Arabes au XIIe siècle, le riz connut un très grand succès dans la ville car il représentait un commerce excessivement rentable. Il faut savoir que la province de Valence produit 30% du riz espagnol. Et le parc naturel de la Albufera ainsi que la ville de Sueca (à une trentaine de kilomètres de Valence) concentrent à eux seuls, plus de 9000 hectares de riziculture. Ne manquez donc pas d’aller y faire un tour. Il existe [...]

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