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A Message from LA

A Message from LA

Valencian musician, sound engineer and Grammy award winner Alfonso Rodenas sent this new year message to all Valencia International readers. Dear friends & fellow travellers, We finally watched the 1972…

UPV Aids Alzheimer Research

UPV Aids Alzheimer Research

Imagine the misunderstood relatives of Doctor Guillotine, who had to change their name after their illustrious namesake campaigned for the more humane method of execution, even though he had nothing…

Cleaning Up After Clooney’s Coffee

Cleaning Up After Clooney’s Coffee

Damn that George Clooney and his smooth-talking, sexy advertisements in favor of Nespresso! So effective has he been that everyone is drinking the stuff now. Fortunately a Valencian firm is…

Sanz Wins African Contract

Sanz Wins African Contract

Grupo Sanz, based in Lliria, Valencia, has obtained a contract for the sale of 50,000 agricultural pulverization machines for cotton cultivation in Africa. The contract is worth 1.1 million euros…

Torrecid World Wide Widening

Torrecid World Wide Widening

The Valencian ceramic Company Torrecid is continuing its worldwide expansion with the opening of branches in Vietnam, Taiwan, South Africa and Bangladesh. With this growth, the company now has clients…

British Cemeteries of the Mediterranean

British Cemeteries of the Mediterranean

Wherever there has been a British presence in Spain there is usually a British cemetery where many stories of Anglo-Spanish collaboration are to be found. Meeting somebody who is an…

The World’s Best Sake Expert

The World’s Best Sake Expert

To the south of Valencia lay the rice fields that have given the area its main culinary dish and international fame. In the same area, at Picanya, the world’s best…

Calatrava: A Museum for Tomorrow

Calatrava: A Museum for Tomorrow

Valencia’s most international architect, Santiago Calatrava, has inaugurated another of his easily recognizable works, the ‘Museum of Tomorrow’ in Rio de Janeiro, a work conceived to highlight the celebration of…

Reread: Recycling Culture

Reread: Recycling Culture

They say that you can tell a person from their bookshelves; but then ‘they’ say so many silly things. Today, in Valencia, it’s no longer necessary to wear your heart…

Eros Recio Dances for ASPADIS

Eros Recio Dances for ASPADIS

One person who has set an example to us all in overcoming adversity is Eros Recio, a professional ballet dancer, the only one in the world who has Down’s Syndrome.…