27 Jun 2017
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ARENAL'S
TEMPORARY MEDICAL CENTRE OPENS
FOR SUMMER
For
the second year, Arenal has a temporary medical centre
to serve the increased population of the zone during
the busy summer months. Located in Avenida de Paris,
Javea Park, a few minutes walk from the beach, the centre
will be open until September 30th providing a basic
service to the general public. Mayor José Chulvi
joined councillor Pilar Zamora (Health) and Ángel
Giménez, manager of the Department of Health
in Denia to open its doors to the public.
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|  27
Jun 2017
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CIVIC
PUNT DE XÀBIA OFFERS SUMMER
TUTORING IN THE ARENAL
The
Civic Punt in the Arenal will be offering summer tutoring
workshops aimed at children aged between 5 and 12 years
of age. It is an activity subsidised by the Diputación
de Alicante which is aimed the providing continuity
of educational support throughout the entire year and
offered free of charge to schoolchildren at risk of
social exclusion.
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 26
Jun 2017
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FOGUERES
2017 - BIGGEST PARTY OF THE
YEAR COMES TO AN END
As
the final few rockets exploded in the night sky in the
early hours of Sunday morning and the determined danced
to the last few tunes of the final open-air disco, the
Fogueres de Sant Joan de Xàbia drew to a close
for another year. And very soon the planning will
be starting for the 2018 edition, another ten days of
intense fiesta in what is arguably the biggest
party of the year.
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19 Jun 2017
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NEW
TENDER INCREASES MOORING POINTS
TO PROTECT XÀBIA'S COAST
Yellow
buoys are being placed along the coast of Xàbia
to protect the municipality's natural heritage such
as the sea caves and delicate sea bed. The contract
to place these floating points as well as the floating
platforms located just off the popular beaches of Xàbia
for the next four years has been awarded to Dénia-based
company Route Pont S.L. for a final price of 348,653
euros, a saving of around 115,000 euros.
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18 Jun 2017
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20
YEARS OF DANCING WITH CORPUS
CHRISTI IN XÀBIA
Xàbia
will be celebrating today the Christian Feast of Corpus
Christi which for the past twenty years has been marked
with traditional dances organised by the Grup de
Danses Portitxol who have been charged with recovering
and maintaining this peculiar Valencian custom by teaching
a series of short dances to groups of schoolchildren
who perform them each year.
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Jun 2017
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FOGUERES
2017 - THE FESTIVITIES OF SANT
JOAN KICK OFF
The
countdown switched from days to hours and on Wednesday evening
Fogueres Queen
Belen Fliquete will be formally announcing the start
of the popular Sant Joan festivities, arguably the biggest
party of the year in Xàbia. Her speech will be read out from a small stage in
front of the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia and under
the gaze of many hundreds of people who will pack into
the small square, all ready to begin ten days of celebration
which culminate of 24th June with a fantastic
firework display and the burning of the Fogueras.
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14 Jun 2017
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LOCAL
MOUNTAIN BIKE SCHOOL PERFORMS
WELL IN FIRST YEAR
The
final race of the CEMA BTT Circuit took place last Saturday
10th June in Beniarbeig with great success for
the Escuela de BTT Gurugú. In its first year
the club has performed extraordinarily well with two
podium finishes in the overall classifications with
Aarón Cruañes taking the top spot in the
Cadete category and Álex Miralles finishing number
one with Quique Rodriguez in runner-up position in
the Prebenjamin category.
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|  13
Jun 2017
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XÀBIA
BEACHES RECEIVE BLUE FLAG ACCOLADE
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
As
the temperatures continue to rise and the bathing season
begins, the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia has proudly
received three blue flags awarded by the European Foundation
for Environmental Education which for another year confirms the
quality and services offered by Playa de la Grava, Playa
de la Granadella and Playa del Arenal. The
award of the flags, which will fly from June 1st until
September 30th, has also allowed the town hall to present
a series of new additions to support bathing in Xàbia.
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12 Jun 2017
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FOGUERES
2017 - BELEN AND ESTHER CROWNED
AS QUEENS
The
weekend saw the much-anticipated arrival of the celebrations
of the Fogueres de Sant Joan de Xàbia with the
formal ceremonies during which Belén Fliquete
Pérez and Esther Devesa Martínez were
crowned as Fogueres Queens. For the first time in some
years, there were two ceremonies, the first on Saturday
night for the Quintà 2017 'L'Escampà'
and a second for the younger members of the community
on the following evening.
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 10
Jun 2017 |
"WE
WANT TO PRESERVE A UNIQUE PLACE
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN"
Mayor
José Chulvi has reacted to criticism from certain
quarters to the publication of the draft proposal of
the PGE - the General Structural Plan - with an open
letter in which he explains his government's vision
for the future of Xàbia which calls for an end
for urban expansion to preserve a unique place in the
Mediterranean.
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 10
Jun 2017 |
XÀBIA
LOOKS TO SHOW ITSELF OFF IN
360 DEGREES
The Ayuntamiento
de Xàbia has got together with A-Ora Soluciones,
a trusted Google agency in the Comunidad Valenciana,
to launched a project called 'Glocal Xàbia' which
aims to show off the natural and cultural richness of
the town in the virtual world. The
project will create a collection of 360° images
of main buildings, beaches and viewpoints which will
be uploaded to the search facility of Google Maps
and Google Street View as well as the 3D catalogue for
those who have the appropriate goggles.
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 10
Jun 2017 |
REGISTERED
UNEMPLOYMENT IN XÀBIA FELL AT
THE END OF MAY
Registered
unemployment in Xàbia dropped by 67 to 1,493
at the end of May, the lowest level for the month
for almost a decade. The unemployment rate of 8.95% is more
than one and a half points below the regional rate and more
than three
points below the rate for the Comunidad Valenciana.
On a national level, registered unemployment fell to
3,461,128, a drop of 111,908 as the country starts to
experience to rise in tourism
as summer approaches.
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