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Murcia’s investment set to fall STATE investment in the Murcia Region will fall 26.96 per cent in 2014 compared to this year. This means that €300.50 million will be assigned to the region next year, compared to €411.56 million this year. Of the total, €287.30 million are investments made by the Ministry of Public Works, Agriculture, Food and Environment, while the remaining investment will be made by different ministries. Murcia Region sees the second largest fall in financing of the 17 autonomous communities, behind Asturias.
Mediation is the way forward THE first school for Professional Mediation has now opened in Alicante. It was founded by lawyer Maria Jesus Fernandez. She has studied and worked in social work, family mediation and civil and commercial law in Alicante for the last 12 years. “Mediation is a vital tool in today’s society and promotes a cultural change of peace to resolve conflict outside of court, freeing up the court system,” the lawyer said. “People can avoid going to trial and mediation can resolve 80 per cent of cases,” she added. The mediation courses include 230 hours of training. They follow guidelines according to the University Rey Juan Carlos of Madrid.
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Tourist police service office will stay open THE SATE office in Benidorm, run by the National Police to provide a service for foreign tourists who
Coastal clean up AROUND 150 people took part in a coastal clean up along the Orihuela Costa. Organised by the Department of the Coast, Beaches and International Residents, volunteers gathered to clean and remove waste and litter from La Glea and the Rambla de Barranco Rubio. Volunteers came from different points of Orihuela Costa, Orihuela City and the hamlet of Hurchillo, to pick up papers, containers, bottles, glasses and even tyres.
have been victims of crime, will stay open this winter. Local Chief of Police, Juan
Carlos Hernandez confirmed that the Ministry of the Interior has approved the continuation of the office following good results achieved in the first four months of operation. Located in the municipal building Torrejo since May, it aids tourists in their own language including Castilian, English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Finnish and Russian to facilitate the filing of a complaint and report in the case of minor incidents such as theft or losing documents or passports. Previously it has been open from 9am9pm but will operate in the mornings only in CLEAN UP: Volunteers help tidy the coast. the winter months.
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Free AVE tram popular AROUND 25,000 AVE users have travelled on the free tram from Alicante to Benidorm in the first three months of its use, averaging 270 people a day.
EHIC info AN informative talk about health and the health insurance card (EHIC) takes place this morning (Thursday) at 11am for British expatriates at the Playa Flamenca Town Hall.
Integrated A TOTAL of 139 children this summer took part in intercultural and sociocommunity driven projects organised by Orihuela’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
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