17 Apr 2019

LATEST FASHION AND ACCESSORIES COME TO JÁVEA THIS EASTER
For the sixth consecutive year residents and visitors to Xàbia and the surrounding areas will be able to enjoy a special Shopping Experience with Is Trendy 'IT' Market over the Easter weekend, 19th-21st April. This fashionable market will be hosted at the Parador de Jávea next to the Arenal beach from Friday 19th April until Sunday 21st April between 11.00am and 8.00pm and admission will be free.
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17 Apr 2019

PARENTS INVITED TO INFORMATION MEETING FOR NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS
The Department of Education in Xàbia has invited parents of children born in 2016 and due to start their education in the school year 2019-2020 to a special information meeting on Monday 6th May at 7.00pm at the Casa de Cultura in Plaça del Baix in the heart of the historic centre. During the meeting councillor Montse Villaverde (Education) and staff from her department will advising parents on the registration process for their children will be open from Thursday 9th May to Friday 17th May.
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17 Apr 2019

SOCIALISTS MOBILISE TO GAIN VOTES FOR NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS
Members of the local branch of the PSPV-PSOE, including mayor José Chulvi, kicked off preparations for the forthcoming regional elections with the placing of posters across the town, the first act of a 17-day campaign which will conclude with voting on Sunday 28th April.

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16 Apr 2019

FIESTA SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA - PROGRAMME 2019
Mayor José Chulvi welcomed the main protagonists - the mayorales - of the fiesta of San Francisco de Paula, one of the oldest religious celebrations in Xàbia which will be observed at the beginning of May, to reveal the programme for 2019. The main change for this year, the 500th anniversary of the canonisation of San Francisco de Paula, is that the religious celebration and traditional procession of the image of the saint will be taking place in the evening.
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15 Apr 2019

RACING RAFELCOFER CF 0-5 CD JÁVEA
CD Jávea kept alive promotion play-off hopes with a stunning away win at Racing Rafelcofer CF. A brace from Favio and strikes from Lucas Bou, Ayoze and Michael secured a 5-0 win amongst the orange groves of Safor to keep the rojiblancos in fourth spot but still three points adrift of the play-off zone since UD Beniganim recorded an easy 2-0 home win over struggling Pego CF. CD Dénia go top  after a narrow 1-0 away win over UD Portuarios, overtaking UD Castellonense who drew 1-1 at Muro CF.
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09 Apr 2019

RECORDS TUMBLE IN MIRADOR CHALLENGE 2019
Records tumbled in the 2019 edition of the Mirador Challenge as the extraordinary walking machines Eric Champon and Mark Botterill, making his last appearance in the event before moving to the UK, led their team to victory in the Sports section, finishing the almost 30km course in 3 hours 55 minutes, three minutes quicker than the previous record set in 2017. The powerful group, which also featured Michelle Dixon, Tracey Storer and Andrew Robinson.
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01 Apr 2019

FIESTA JESUS NAZARENO - 2019 PROGRAMME
The Brotherhood of Jesús Nazareno of Xàbia has published the programme for the 2019 edition of the fiestas held in honour of the town's treasured image which will begin on Wednesday 24th April and continue through to Saturday 4th May with bull-running, flower crosses, flower offering and the candlelight procession with the image.

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31 Mar 2019

CD JÁVEA 0-0 CD DÉNIA
They are two towns separated by a high mountain but nothing could separate them on the football pitch as fierce rivals CD Jávea and CD Dénia had to settle for a 0-0 draw on a cool, windswept and damp early evening at the Campo d'Esports Municipal. Watched by a bumper crowd who braved the elements, the two teams ultimately cancelled each other out in a battle of attrition during which the home side just about edged things in the possession stats and should have snatched a late winner just seconds before the final whistle.
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29 Mar 2019

XÀBIA SCHOOLCHILDREN RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Mayor José Chulvi welcomed a student delegation from CEIP Port de Xàbia, representing Year 5 and Year 6 classes, to tell him and councillor Kika Mata (Services) about an awareness campaign that they will be developing for the rest of the school year to highlight the continuing problem of human disregard for the environment.

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29 Mar 2019

XÀBIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN 'EARTH HOUR' FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Xàbia will be observing 'Earth Hour' for another year on Saturday 30th March, a symbolic action that aims to draw attention to the problem of climate change whilst also promoting sustainable lifestyles. The Ayuntamiento de Xàbia will be joining more than 420 other municipalities across Spain as well as some 7,500 citizens who have pledged to turn off their lights between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, joining almost 190 countries across the world which will be doing the same.
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27 Mar 2019

XÀBIA JOINS 'BLUE COMMUNITIES' TO DEFEND WATER AS A HUMAN RIGHT
Xàbia has become the first municipality in the Comunidad Valenciana to join the 'The Blue Communities Project', an international movement that helps communities to fight the privatisation of water. Developed in Canada, the initiative has moved across the world with cities such as Cádiz, Bern, Paris and Berlin amongst others signing up to help spread the message that water is a basic human right.

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26 Mar 2019

YOUNG SAXOPHONIST AND SINGER EVA FERNÁNDEZ COMES TO XÀBIA
The Jazz 100 season returns this Friday 29th March with a performance by the promising young musician Eva Fernández, an outstanding saxophonist and singer who, despite her youth, has already accumulated great experience in just a few years and forms part of a list of young and outstanding female voices.

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25 Mar 2019

CF TOUS 1-4 CD JÁVEA
CD Jávea recorded their fifth double of the season with a crushing 4-1 defeat at CF Tous, the goals coming from Marcos, Favio and a brace from top scorer Palau. The win keeps the rojiblancos in touch with the top three and, with the visit of arch rivals CD Dénia this weekend, the recent good run of form sets up a mouth-watering contest.

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25 Mar 2019

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22 Mar 2019

JESUS NAZARENO 2019 - TOWN CELEBRATES 'LA BAIXADA'
This Sunday 24th March, as is traditional on the Third Sunday of Lent, the town's treasured image of Jesús Nazareno will be carried from the iconic blue-domed chapel of Calvario and taken in procession down into the heart of the historic centre of Xàbia to take position inside the church of San Bartolomé.  The descent - known locally as 'la baixada' - is one of the main events of the religious calendar in the town, the image carried high on the shoulders of the brotherhood and accompanied by hundreds of Xabieros lighting the way with tall candles, some walking barefoot.
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 21 Mar 2019

XÀBIA ANNOUNCES NEW MUNICIPAL PROJECTS FOR EDUCATION AND SPORTS
The governing board of the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia has announced details of two new municipal projects, approving the tender process for the drafting of plans for new municipal nursery school and a second covered sports centre in the Freginal zone. Once the draft proposals have been drawn up, the projects will be submitted to the provincial government to apply for funding assistance to cover more than half the costs to make them both a reality.
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20 Mar 2019

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE CAMPAIGN RAISES AWARENESS OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Schoolchildren in Xàbia gathered on the beach in the Arenal last Thursday to learn more about the 'Message in a Bottle' campaign developed by the Fundación Oceanogràfic as part of the Projecte Xàbia initiative. The special event, organised with the collaboration of the Ayuntamiento de Xàbia and the Consell dels Xiquets, was also attended by representatives from businesses and associations in the town. During the session, a turtle rescued from the sea and which has made a recovery to full health in the facilities of ARCA del Mar, was released back into the sea, symbolising the trip of a bottle.
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19 Mar 2019

ANOTHER DAY OFF - MARCH 19 DÍA DE SAN JOSÉ
March 19 is a date to honour San José (St. Joseph), the husband of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, and consequently it is known as Día del Padre - Father's Day - across many parts of Spain. In Valencia, the day is also Fallas de San José, the final day of one of the most famous festivals in Spain, and it is a public holiday in the Comunidad Valenciana as well as the Pais Vasco, Galicia, Murcia and Navarra. Many people attend special masses to honour the life of San José and take their fathers out for a special lunch in a restaurant and give them gifts.
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