Valencia Trader

Tragedy in Sagunto

Two people died yesterday morning and another seven were injured when a fire broke out in a second floor apartment in Calle Dolz de Castellar in Sagunto.
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Arrests

Police in the Alicante town of Muchamiel have arrested a 32-year-old Irishman, who was only identified by the initials JK, and accused him of being behind a kidnapping in Dublin in which he managed to obtain ransom money in excess of two million Euros.
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Chapel Art in Sagunto

Six chapels and El Calvari (Calvary) of Sagunto, are intervened by seven artists: Adolfo Manzano, Ximo Michavila, Domingo Sánchez Blanco, Fernando Sinaga, Bernardí Roig, Deva Sand and Pep Llambias, in an attempt to dialogue with the symbolism of each specific space. The Art in the Chapels of Sagunto 2006 exhibition is an artistic project of the Culture, Education and Sports Ministry and the Sagunto Town Council.
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Fatal Accident

What police termed as ‘Kamikaze Driving’ left three people dead on the A-7 Motorway in Sagunto yesterday.
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Investing in Sagunto

The Saggas Company yesterday signed agreements in Madrid with the European Investment Bank, financial insurer MBIA and Caja Madrid that will enable it to increase the capacity of its plant in Sagunto.
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Improving the Facilities

According to those working on the restoration of Sagunto Castle, the monument will be renewed within a year after a public contract was awarded for the construction of a visitor centre and a new access way.
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Inauguration

Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community, was present yesterday at the Union Fenosa Gas Plant in Sagunto as it came on line. after being built at a cost of some five hundred million Euros.
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Sagunto Theatre Festival

Sagunto is holding a festival of theatrical productions until 26 August 2007.
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Success for Villajoyosa photographic exhibition

Several hundred people from Villajoyosa yesterday were present for the opening day of a photographic exhibit based on the visit of the Prince and Princess of the Asturias to the town earlier this year.
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Resolution Signed

Carmen Calvo, the Culture Minister yesterday signed a resolution removing the responsibility of caring for the walls and castle of Morella from the Diputacion of Castellon, stating that the local body had not invested enough to stop its deterioration.
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Looking Towards 2016

After losing out on becoming the European Culture capital for 2000 and 2002, the Valencian Government yesterday officially proposed Valencia as the candidate for the title in 2016.
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Finished

It has taken two months for workers to restore the old Valencian Archive building on the Paseo de la Alameda in the City that was yesterday officially inaugurated by Francisco Camps, the President of the Community.
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Going Down

Two agricultural organisations yesterday appeared to reach agreement that a farmers’ protest that was due to be staged this coming Thursday and Friday would be called off.
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Slowing Down

The slowdown in the construction sector, problems with agriculture were the main problems for the economy of the Valencian Community in 2005, a report from the National Statistics Institute has revealed.
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Abandoned Areas

The Conselleria for Culture yesterday published a book by Agustin Hernandez and Jose Manuel Almerich in which it was revealed that over 50% of the Valencian Community is home to less that 5% of the total population.
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Now Its Done

Finally, yesterday after many years of waiting Aragon, The Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands have finally agreed on the Constitution of the Archive of The Crown of Aragon under the leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Culture.
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Less and Less

Juan Cotino, the Conseller for Agriculture, yesterday appeared before the Valencian Parliament and stated that the Madrid Government has effectively removed some 382 million Euros of grants from the European Union
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Going to Court

The Conselleria for Culture announced yesterday that it was intending to take the Valencian Socialist party to court as it has categorically refused to remove scaffolding placed in front of its offices that carries electoral posters.
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Decision Demanded

The Conselleria for Culture has sent to the Valencian Consell for Culture - VCC – a report concerning the scaffolding placed in front of the Socialist party headquarters on Calle Blanquerias
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You Have 72 Hours

The Conselleria for Culture yesterday officially told the Socialist party to take down a huge publicity scaffolding that it had placed outside its offices in Valencia within 72 hours or it would be forcibly removed after that time.
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New Initiative Launched

After opening the first edition of the RestAliMed Trade Fair in Valencia, Agricultural Conseller Juan Cotino stated that the fair represented a magnificent occasion for Valencian agriculture as 80% of all the large distribution chains in Europe had sent delegations to the Fair.
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History of Las Fallas

This information is taken from www.fallas.com which appears to be an official tourist board history of Las Fallas in Valencia. We acknowledge the sources of both text and images and encourage you to visit www.fallas.com for more information.
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Memories

The luxury home outside Denia set amidst high pine trees known as the Tossalet de Girona, has an interesting story to tell, for in 1940 it belonged to Johannes Bernhardt, who at one stage was the most important representative of Hitler in Spain. Bernhardt, who was born in East Prussia, was working in Tetuan for an import/export company, and amongst the Germans there at the time, there was considerable support for Francisco Franco, and as a result he flew to Austria to meet with the Fuhrer to seek his support for Franco in the Spanish Civil War effort.
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Archive Group Set Up

At a meeting in Barcelona yesterday between Culture Minister Carmen Calvo, and the Presidents of Catalunia Jose Montilla , Francisco Camps of the Valencian Community
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Questions and Answers

The discovery of a headless statue dating from Roman times that was in a well in the City is continuing to raise some interesting questions.
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