Take a Seat: or 3,000!
What have the Ministry of Public Works of Dubai, the Roscosmos Space Agency in Russia, the King Khaled Hospital in Riyadh, the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Omsk, PJKK Federal Building…
Where the Streets Have a Name: Ramón y Cajál
Most Spanish cities have a street with this name, although not many have chosen as unexciting an avenue as Valencia. In fact most people would imagine it to be a…
Valencians Return to Defend Tunisia
Don Juan de Zamoguerra was a Valencian soldier who in 1574 was in charge of the defence of the Santiago fort of Chikly, situated in the middle of a lagoon,…
The Red Building
I suppose it’s normal that in the heady days of the Second Republic they should have named a new block of flats The Red Building (La Finca Roja), although I…
Just Like Cherry Cola
The area around the Cathedral is full of good restaurants and draws the crowds like cathedrals used to do. La Lola is a restaurant that looks like a trendy bar,…
Valencia : more gay every day: and why that´s a good thing….
‘Who´s Your City?’ is a recently published international bestseller by Richard Florida, also the author of ‘The Creative Class’. Florida is known for his concept of what he calls the…
London (Ontario) Calling Natra
The Valencian chocolate and cacao derivatives company Natra has opened a new factory in Canada, at London, Ontario, to satisfy the demands of the Great American Sweet Tooth. Natra has…
Valencia International Visits IES Francisco Ribalta
On the 14th April 2014, VI visited IES Francisco Ribalta school in Castellón in order to promote the newspaper and the language it is written in. We spoke to some…
Sweet Home Alicante
If the next time you’re playing Trivial Pursuit, one of the questions is ‘Who the Best Pastry Chef of Europe was in 1990’, you can be sure that the right…
The Siege of San Mateo
In April a ‘friendly’ battle takes place every year at Almansa to remember the conflict there in 1707 when various European countries fought to decide the result of the War…
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