For the fourth year in a row, more than 150 elementary school students from the 5th grade of the CEIP Oltà, Ceip Gabriel Miró and Ceip Azorín schools are taking part in the Olympic Games of Finance to learn more about the ethical use of money, resources and responsible consumption. The initiative is carried out in collaboration with the Department of Education and Youth of the Calpe City Council.
The lifeguard service on the beaches of Calpe begins its summer season on Saturday 1 June. Until 15 October, 35 lifeguards of the company Eulen will ensure safety when bathing on the beaches of Calpe. Their task will be to prevent possible incidents and to help those who are in danger. To this end, they will carry out surveillance on land and sea, either on the beach itself or from the watchtowers near the beach, or from two boats crossing the 13 kilometres of Calpe's coastline, and from two kayaks for bathing areas.
Yesterday the DOGV that the Generalitat Valenciana (Regional Government) grants the title of Festivity of Provincial Tourist Interest the Mare de Déu de les Neus and its Castell a la Mar festivals.
The Calpe City Council today opened the deadline to apply for grants for IBI (Property Tax). The subsidies are open to pensioners (also under 65 years of age) and long-term unemployed with low incomes.
These people can receive a subsidy of up to 400 Euros and up to 75% of the property tax. If the applicant is disabled or one of his/her family members proves a disability of 33% or higher, or is either a victim of gender-based violence or part of a single-parent family, this allowance is increased by 10%.
The opening of a new bridge over the Pou Roig gorge will change the municipality's road network once and for all, as it will relieve road traffic on Avenida Ejércitos Españoles and connect the sports area with Avenida Rumanía.
The works for the passage and the construction over the Pou Roig gorge and on the Avenida País Valencià cost a total of € 394.703, of which € 344.993 were contributed by the Diputación Provincial and € 39,710.23 by the Calpe City Council.
The Communications Department of the City of Calpe organised the first conference of journalists in public administrations. The conference will take place on Saturday 8 June from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Calpe.
This is the first time that a conference has been organised in Spain bringing together journalists from different public administrations and aims to reflect on the problems and challenges affecting the work of these professionals.
The Calpe City Council has called for the VIII Balconies and Old Stores Embellishment Contest. From this edition, the competition is called Kini Pastor as a tribute to this citizen of our city, who recently died and who was very closely engaged with this contest. In fact, he won all editions of the competition.
The aim of this initiative is to promote the care and embellishment of the houses among the residents and merchants of the historic centre in order to make them more attractive and to invite people to visit the old town.
Fira Calp, the gastronomy and trade fair of the city, opens its doors on Thursday on the Plaza Mayor. It is organised by the City Council, Creama-Calpe, the Sabor a Calpe Hotel and Catering Association and the AEMCO Shopkeepers' Association, with the participation of the Fishing Guild and the 2019 Festival Commission.
The fair, which celebrates its eleventh edition, will host this year 20 booths with restaurants, cafés and cocktails and will also strengthen its commercial side with the participation of 10 shops exhibiting their products.