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Intelligent Video Surveillance for Torrevieja
The Vyriato (Intelligent Video and Radar Assertive Torrevieja) scheme is one which shall involved the setting up of intelligent surveillance equipment and remote control of traffic signals throughout the city of Torrevieja. It’s a bold initiative...
August Road Deaths in Spain on the Rise
The first eleven days of August accounted for 52 deaths on Spain’s motorways, this year, ten more than in 2009, a rise of 23.81%. With over 5-million people on the roads, most of them headed for the coast, the statistics are a blow to the DGT who...
Spain Car Sales Fall a Whopping 50% in July
Automakers have announced that the sale of private cars in Spain has fallen 50% in 2010 through July. The end of 2000E Plan (€2,000 for your old car to be scraped against a new car purchase) coupled with the rise of VAT, has caused industry insiders...
No further action regarding smoking or pirate radio bans in Spain
Procrastination seems to be the right word when it comes to describing how the National Government is treating two contentious issues in Spain; smoking and radio communications. Early in 2010 the Government came out fighting and stated that this year...
Another park for Torrevieja
Yet another park and garden was opened to the public this week in Torrevieja when the mayor of Torrevieja, Pedro Hernández Mateo, accompanied by Eduardo Gil Rebollo Torrevieja’s Councillor for Parks and Gardens plus much of the municipal corporation,...
More facilities inaugurated at Torrevieja’s Sports City
Tennis was top of the agenda on Saturday June 12 when hundreds of spectators, tennis players and government representatives made their way to Torrevieja’s Sports City to inaugurate the first of the zone’s new facilities. Mayor Pedro Hernandez and...
Road safety awareness campaign for motorcyclists
The Spanish love riding on two wheels. The downside is that the death toll for riders of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds does not make happy reading and so this week shall see a new road safety awareness campaign towards motorcyclists in the Province. The...
Never a dull moment at FC Torrevieja
One week FC Torrevieja have a new Director General, followed by a new manager followed by resignations and walkouts. It’s certainly never boring but can be increasing frustrating for fans of the club. On a positive note, Columbian Mario Barrera is...
Rugby “Sevens” competition and inauguration in Torrevieja
Rugby has been growing in leaps and bounds in Torrevieja, led by new initiatives to attract local school children by Rugby Charranes Torrevieja, who have taken over the mantle to promote the sport in the city. Until now, the local team have been practicing...
