Mojácar Council and the Al-Mosaquer General Association of Moors and Christians have initiated the necessary procedures with the Junta de Andalucía to make the locality’s Moors and Christians festivity of Andalucian tourist interest.   To this end, the Mojácar mayor, Francisco García, the Festivities councillor, Jesús Montoya and the Al-Mosaquer General Association president, Emilio Gea, together with the presidents and representatives of all the Mojácar associations, met in the Town Hall meeting room to sign their support for the request.   A support they have not only through the ..read more

Tourist trains have become increasingly popular recently, and in the Santa Pola area of Gran Alacant it is no exception, becoming a popular tourist attraction to explore the most beautiful areas of the neighbourhood. The good news is that the tourist train in Gran Alacant is set to return this year, as the council has put the operating contract out to tender this week, closing on May 2. The Santa Pola City Council has published the rules for the tender for the operation of a tourist train in Gran Alacant to promote tourism in the residential area, having ended the previous concession. This se ..read more

The Local Government Board of Elche council approved the extraordinary dispatch of the detailed study project for Block 1-2 of Sector AR-1 of Arenales del Sol included in the General Urban Planning Plan, giving the green light for the first stage towards a new aparthotel complex being constructed. This is a project presented by the company Miraclot SL, owner of the land near the beach, which contemplates the construction of a hotel complex on a plot of 15,799 square metres. According to the city council, the property will house an aparthotel with underground parking, six swimming pools, green ..read more

The political supporters of the LGBT+ community in the Valencia region have started to fight back against the attempts to stamp out their “ideology” and have started to recover, in a miniscule dose, support from the PP, going against their political partners, VOX. If you cast your mind back to the start of this political legislature, only last year, the PP failed to gain enough support in the polls and so formed an agreement with their far-right partners, VOX. For their part, VOX obtained a relatively small number of votes, but in order to secure the coalition, the PP elevated their members t ..read more

The manager of Orihuela Cultural, Vox advisor Ramón Gabín, has resigned after his umpteenth controversy. Gabín has been accused of workplace harassment, which has already led to the sick leave of some employees, according to the letter that one of these employees sent to the mayor of Orihuela, Pepe Vegara. Gabín has sent his resignation in writing to the Mayor’s Office, since he is the first mayor in charge of appointing and dismissing the manager of the municipal company, in charge of managing the town’s cultural spaces and events. The resignation comes after the letter sent by one of the em ..read more

The Metro Dance Club in Bigastro has been closed down for three years, and the management fined 50,000 euro, for repeated non-compliance offences. The Department of Justice, Interior and Public Administration has imposed the sanctions on the company responsible for the management of Metro Dance Club after nine other files opened against the company in the last 24 years for various non-compliance, ranging from exceeding opening hours to organising events without a licence, according to the resolution issued by the Ministry. The closure decree is from April 2022, but it was only recently execut ..read more

The Port of Alicante has cleaned up the bust of Archibald Dickson, captain of the ship SS Stanbrook, that left the port of Alicante carrying more than 2,500 last refugees just before the end of the civil war. A Nazi swastika had been painted on the monument, together with a black stain on the metal plate, bearing the inscription “In memory of the Republicans repressed and exiled by Franco’s dictatorship”. The Port Authority cleaned the plaque, which is barely one month old, after it had been replaced by the Civic Commission for the Recovery of the Historical Memory of Alicante. The Port’s int ..read more

The Scorpions will have to wait rather longer than they first thought to see their football stadium renovated after the Orihuela council failed in its bid to obtain a grant from the Valencian Community. The Higher Sports Council (CSD) has published the provisional results of the applications for subsidies however, the council’s proposal has not reached the cut-off mark. The City Council was confident of being able to attract this aid worth 510,000 euros, after losing an aid from the Provincial Council of 90,000 euros at the beginning of the current legislature but that will now not be the cas ..read more

The talented musical theatre group Studio 32 are presenting the musical comedy The Pajama Game at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio from Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th of May inclusive. Based in a pajama factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, it follows the story of the workers who, led by their union rep Prez, are seeking a seven and a half cent pay rise from their miserly boss, Mr Hasler. Featuring memorable songs such as “Hernando’s Hideaway” and “I’m not at all in love”, it also captures the blossoming romance of grievance committee chairman Babe Williams and the new factory superintenden ..read more

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