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21 countries and regions participate in Intercultural Festival this Sunday in Plaça d'Europa

The Office of Social Welfare of the Consell de Formentera, together with the Intercultural Festival Association, is pleased to present the 18th Intercultural Festival of Formentera to be held Sunday 2 April, from 12.30pm, in Plaça d'Europa in Es Pujols. In the words of Rafael Ramírez, social welfare councillor, "the Intercultural Festival is part of the Formentera Intercultural project, which was designed as a space for refle...

Moha Gerehou discusses racism at Casa del Poble

Anti-racist outreach expert Moha Gerehou will give an open talk on racism Thursday 30 March at 8.00pm at La Mola's Casa del Poble. The event is included in the Formentera Intercultural activities programme. On Friday, Gerehou will give another talk to local students of years five and six at 11.00am in the Sala de Cultura (Cinema). 28 March 2023Office of CommunicationConsell de Formentera

Consell backs request for Formentera senator in parliament

Today in the Balearic parliament, Ana Juan, president of the Consell de Formentera, and Bartomeu Escandell, finance and tax office councillor, attended the reading of a manifesto urging the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish legislative branch, to fast-track steps to ensure a senator for Formentera. As President Juan put it, "this manifesto is a reaffirmation of the request made by Formentera and the Balearic...

"La bici de la Lola", a book to prevent child sexual abuse

The Office of Social Welfare of the Consell de Formentera, in collaboration with Bellaterra publishing, has put out a book aimed at preventing child sexual abuse. La bici de la Lola, created by Alba Barbé and Laia Pibernat with illustrations by Judit Piella, will be presented this Friday in the Consell de Formentera auditorium (sala de plens) at 7.00pm. According to Rafael Ramírez, social welfare councillor, "children's books...

Consell renews collaboration with Chamber of Commerce to promote training of Formentera's commercial sector

Today Ana Juan, president of the Consell de Formentera, and Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas, local delegate to the Chamber of Commerce, signed a collaboration agreement under which the Consell will provide €10,000 to promote commercial training, market research and communication on the island. This agreement constitutes a reinforcement of the Consell's support for Formentera companies, and trade in particular, to promote trainin...

Seagrass removal under way on Formentera beaches

The Office of Environment of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report efforts are now under way to remove posidonia from the beaches of Formentera. Operations started in Cala Saona and will continue on the beaches where the washed up seagrass is most prevalent. As established in the Use and Management Plan (PRUG) of Ses Salines Park, posidonia may not be removed from park areas until 15 May. The collected posidonia wil...