Chess Legends Karpov and Kasparov Brought it All Back Home (to Valencia)
Russian chess legends Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov renewed their rivalry in a showdown in Valencia in September 2011, where they played a 12-game match with four rapid games and…
Trenes Kits Altarriba: A Model for a Successful Little Shop
Jorge Altarriba is a realist and knows that in a world of increasing hypermarkets and shopping centres dominated by multi-national giants, the little shop must specialize or die. The Altarriba…
Japon.es: Japanese Products in Valencia
Drinking saki, one of my favourite forms of physical exercise, is no longer restricted to Asian restaurants requiring large meals and wildly excessive bills; you can now indulge in this…
The Caring Road from Oxford to Valencia
There are still a few people who don’t know that Oxfam got its name because it was set up by students at OXford University to fight against FAMine. Since those…
The Turia Dragon
Valencia isn’t all sunshine, beaches, smiles and paella; there is a dark side in case you need to frighten the children. Of course there was a time when Valencia didn’t…
Campanar: an International Valencian School
Ever since I have lived in Valencia, since 1981, I have been involved with schools, and if there is one that springs to mind when talking about internationalization, it is,…
Valencian Technology Speeds Recovery
Athletes are back on the track thanks to Lafitt The Valencian hi-tech company Lafitt, in collaboration with the American company Cascade Medical and the New York Hospital for Special Surgery,…
Washing Without Water
Ecowash Strikes a Blow for the Planet. Ecowash-Estelcar, a leading Alicante-based company in the “Waterless Car Wash”, offers an innovative and revolutionary vehicle cleaning system with an exclusive Valet Service.…
Container Innovation from Valencian Firm
Lighter, Cleaner, Better. Sor Ibérica, from Alzira (Valencia) has developed a new kind of container built with reinforced fibre glass, which will reduce cleaning costs and maintenance, being resistant to…
Caxton College: A Question of Passion
Since what Shakespeare called the ‘happy few’ started an educational adventure in 1987, Caxton College has become an educational icon of internationalism in the Valencian Community, and in Spain. When…
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