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Valencia’s soup kitchen Casa Caridad in The New York Times?

Valencia’s soup kitchen Casa Caridad in The New York Times?

On 21st April 2009 The New York Times published an article about Valencia’s situation. Crisis, deflation, financial default, unemployment, wage cuts…: Alarm bells are going off! The article explained that…

Valencia, California: Same Difference

Valencia, California: Same Difference

Four Valencian organisations have collaborated to celebrate a festival of Spanish music on 11th and 12th of September 2015 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, where rock documentaries and live…

Jordi Bernàcer is Going to San Francisco

Jordi Bernàcer is Going to San Francisco

Perhaps not with flowers in his hair, but the Valencian musician has been invited to take up the post as resident conductor at the San Francisco Opera There he will…

Vegalfaro’s Cava Brut Nature Reserva

Vegalfaro’s Cava Brut Nature Reserva

Cava is Cava, wherever it is made, so why not support local growers, and the ecology by reducing transportation costs, by consuming Valencian Cavas this Christmas? Valencia International begins a…

Codigames and the 17 Million

Codigames and the 17 Million

17 million people can’t be wrong, most of the time, and the latest video game by the Valencian startup Codigames has been played 17 million times in a year. Of…

Runator; Running for Nepal

Runator; Running for Nepal

Valencia is fast becoming an international city of runners, as any evening strolling along Turia park will show you. It is logical therefore that a Valencian techno company should come…

Love in Action

Love in Action

35 operations, 35 labours of love is the objective of the Valencian NGO ‘Amor en acció’, who are undertaking their 7th visit to Burkina Faso in August and September 2015.…

‘Volta ciclista a València’

‘Volta ciclista a València’

Whenever people talk about why they have chosen Valencia as their home, in preference to Halifax or Potsdam, one of the most common reasons given is that Valencia is a…

Silver Screen Peñiscola Past and Present

Silver Screen Peñiscola Past and Present

The unmistakable outline of Peñiscola’s castle will shortly no longer be associated exclusively with El Cid; the super, mega TV series Game of Thrones has set its sights on the…

Guillermo Polo: a Valencian in Hollywood

Guillermo Polo: a Valencian in Hollywood

In 2008, Guillermo Polo graduated from Valencia Polytechnic University, today he’s in Hollywood; proof that the American dream can come true, and that a scientific education doesn’t necessarily mean life…