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Vicente Rambla, the Official Spokesman for the Valencian Governnent has stated that once again ‘the Socialist Government is acting against the best interests of the Community’. He made this comment after it was revealed that the Post Office is to issue a special stamp commemorating the Americas Cup that is to be unveiled in Madrid, not Valencia. Mr. Rambla added that it was the incentive of the Valencian Government that such a stamp should be issued,’ but now that incentive has been taken out of our hands and to some extent been turned against us’. He also stated that Public Administrations Minister Jordi Sevilla ‘was seeking every excuse possible to try and get into some sort of picture in which he is being seen as promoting the event after in effect turning his back on it for ages’. The Valencian Government had suggested that the launch of the stamp take place inside the Spanish Challenge base in Valencia Port, as it was that craft that featured on the stamp. However, all that was received in reply was an invitation from the President of the Postal Service to attend a ceremony in Madrid.

Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-13 10:58:48 | Updated: 2007-02-14 10:49:22

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Handing Them Over

The Valencian Export Institute – IVEX – has now officially handed a Valencian court the documents it had requested in the case investigating presumed irregular payments to singer Julio Iglesias.
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Taking to the Streets

Some 5,000 people according to the organisers – 1,500 according to the police – took to the streets of Valencia yesterday as a protest against domestic violence.
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Danger Ahead

A careful look at the new agreement reached between the Marxist coalition EU and the Bloc to stand jointly at the next elections and possible later form a pact with Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla
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A Victim of Circumstance

Paqui Viciano, the Socialist Mayoress of Denia seems to have been caught in the middle over urbanising in her town.
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Competency Demanded

The Valencian Government, in an effort to try and eradicate ‘prehistoric’ infrastructures in the Community, is to table a motion in the Valencian Parliament formally demanding that the Socialist Government allow it to have competency in dealing with the infrastructure for suburban trains, according to the Regional Secretary of the Partido popular, Adela Pedrosa.
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Preparing the Way Ahead

The long process of the electoral campaign appears to be seeing the Partido Popular in the Valencian Community leaving no stone unturned.
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I Accuse

Carlos Fabra, the President of the Diputacion of Castellon, has publicly blamed Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for failing to defend Spanish interests before the European Union.
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"This is the Alternative"

In a speech before the Valencian parliament that was meeting in Elche yesterday
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More Signs of Indignation

If the clearing away of coffins, human remains and building rubble from the old cemetery was not enough to ignite tempers in Benissa
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Campaigning in Alicante

Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community took part yesterday in the official presentation of incumbent Alicante Mayor Luis Diaz Alperi in his candidacy to stand for the fourth time as mayor of the City.
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Coming Soon

It has now been made official that a delegation from the Petitions Committee will visit Spain and the Valencian Community as a result of the numerous complaints the Committee has been receiving over land abuses.
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Socialist Advice

It now seems obvious that should Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla become the next President of the Valencian Community following the elections next May
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The Commission Reports

The interim report of the delegation of the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament that visited the Valencian Community last month does level some accusations at the Valencian Government, accusing it of not respecting the rights of citizens – be they Spanish or citizens from member states of the EU – over property when large urbanizing projects are undertaken.
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Trying to Get it Together

Javea Town Hall has made an urgent appeal to local builders Santacreu to get them to finish the works in the old part of town.
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One Big No

Despite the fact that Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba has managed to sign an agreement with the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces to give the local police forces competence in certain areas, the plan has generated a wall of negativity in the Valencian Community.
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Cristina Narbona Strikes Again

The draft of the new proposals for amendments to the water law that were released yesterday, and which the Socialist Government intends to turn into a law prior to the upcoming local elections
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