Valencia Trader

Marina Alta Round-Up

A girl is in Denia Hospital today after suffering an attack by a bull during the Calpe Fiestas.
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Misgivings

Domingo Sabater, the Parish Priest of Benissa, has stated that he has ‘very severe misgivings’ over the works that are currently underway at the old cemetery of the town.
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Alright, Where is it?

The Valencian Contemporary Arty Museum – IVAM – admitted yesterday that one of the small statues of its exterior exhibit entitled ‘The Liquid Desert’ had been stolen.
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Inaugurated

Last night Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera officially unveiled a statue created by Valencian Sculptor Manuel Valdes.
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Surprise

A foreigner, who went to the CAM Bank in the Playa Flamenca in Orihuela Costa at eleven o’clock on Monday night had the surprise of his life after he came across a baby that had been placed inside the bank and near the cash dispenser.
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New Species Discovered

Spanish scientists have discovered a new invertebrate insect in certain caves of Castellon Province, which they have baptized Gollumjapyx smeagol in honor of J. R. R. Tolkien who created the character in his Lord of The Rings books. The new animal is of exterior origin, but has adapted to permanent living inside caves.
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Denia Discovery

Members of the Denia Archaeological Service have revealed that they have discovered the remains of a Roman settlement dating from between III and I AD.
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Sinister Discovery

Firemen were called to Malvarrosa beach outside Valencia last night where they discovered the body of a man who had apparently drowned.
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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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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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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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More on Galicia

Cristina Narbona, the Environment Minister, stated yesterday that ‘there are more pyromaniacs in Galicia than in the rest of Spain put together’.
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Getting it all Back

The Valencian Police have now recuperated the totality of the twenty kilos of cocaine that was stolen from a police vehicle, as it lay parked inside a police compound last July.
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Upping the Numbers

It has been revealed that with the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Union, 30,000 potential Romanian voters could increase the electoral register in Castellon Province.
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Thieves Arrested

Police in Paterna came across three members of a Romanian gang as they were attempting to steal copper cable on an industrial estate in the Town.
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Getting the Votes

The Valencian Government and the Partido Popular have launched a campaign aimed at attracting the votes of the new members of the EU after January 1 next year.
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Going to Court

Initially, there were thought to be eight people involved, but the instructing magistrate yesterday finally decided that only three were caught up in the stealing of 20 kilos of cocaine that was in a van inside police headquarters in Valencia in July last year.
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Police Action

Members of the National Police Force have dismantled an organized group of Romanians in Alicante and Valencia Provinces
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Four Arrested

The Guardia Civil in Calpe yesterday had their suspicions aroused by four men sitting in an Italian-registered car in the Val de Laguar shopping area.
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Opera in Altea

Tonight the Palau in Altea is presenting the Puccini Opera La Boheme as presented by the Romanian State Opera Company
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A Visit to Castellon

It was revealed yesterday that Traian Basescu, the recently-resigned President of Romania
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Catching the Counterfeiters

Police in Elche yesterday detained a Chinaman, a Romanian and a Spaniard, accusing them of being behind a ring that was selling counterfeit footwear.
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Slow Recovery

The 33-year-old woman who received between fifteen and twenty stab wounds from her former boyfriend is making very slow progress in Castellon Hospital, sources have revealed.
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