Calatrava Honoured
Valencian born architect Santiago Calatrava, has been awarded the 2015 European Architecture Prize. The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture…
Famosa Penetrates UK Market
The Alicante toy maker Famosa, the first large scale toy making company created in Spain following a merger among small artisan toy makers in 1957, has formed a strategic Alliance…
VI Interviews Will McCarthy (24/7)
When/Why did you come to Valencia? I came to Valencia in 1995 when I was in my mid-twenties. I remember telling my then English girlfriend that I was going to…
Anna Vives and Geox
Anna Vives, from Barcelona, was in Valencia in October 2015 presenting her new series of shoes for the Valencian branch of the Geox shoe chain. The Geox store in Calle…
This is the End, of Finnegan’s, my Friend. Or is it?
All is not lost; Finnegan’s has reopened, although in place and name only. It seems that a deal has been done to maintain the name, although Peter Finnegan will no…
Murviedro and Christmas Cavas
Murviedro has been since 1927 one of the Valencia Community’s most successful wine makers, with a high international profile, being a subsidiary of the Swiss Schenk Group. Murviedro, ‘Muri Veteres’…
Tecnospan: Into Africa
Tecnospan, a Valencian construction sector company based in Chiva, is expanding into the African market, specifically in Kenya and Angola, in a joint venture with a local company, Concera. Together…
“Waiter, there’s a dancer in my soup!”
This could be the cry of many a diner between October 29th and November 1st 2015 as the 3rd edition of Circuito Bucles gets underway in the Ruzafa district.…
Valencia Rocks
FIB, Low, Marenostrum, Arenal Sound, Rototom Sunsplash, Festival de Les Arts; the number of music festivals held in the Valencia Community keeps growing to satisfy the insatiable appetite for music,…
Aitana’s Star Product
Loles and Javier’s daughter Aitana has been the inspiration of a project designed to help other parents who, like them, have had to face adversity. Aitana was born deaf, and…
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