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Island’s cultural agenda gets new look and operating system

Island’s cultural agenda gets new look and operating systemFour years after the launch of Agenda Formentera (www.agendaformentera.cat), the Consell de Formentera announces that the island’s digital calendar has just got a makeover. From today, the agenda will sport a new look for its front page and a new operating system tuned for improved updating and increasingly sleek content. The site provides details about every event the...

Formentera Ethnographic Collection reopens with entrance on Carrer Santa Maria

The Formentera Ethnographic Collection (Col·lecció Etnogràfica de Formentera) reopened to the public today with upgraded safety protocol in light of the covid-19 public health crisis. In a bid to facilitate safe physical distancing among visitors, the Carrer Jaume I entrance has been sealed off, leaving only an entrance on Carrer Santa Maria. Pieces have been redistributed in such a way as so visitors can enter and exit throug...

New campaign uses outreach and tracing to prevent local cases of covid-19

In a morning press conference, Alejandra Ferrer and Josep Marí, the Consell de Formentera president and chief of interior, respectively, unveiled details about a push to educate tourists and remind islanders about simple steps to prevent the local spread of covid-19. Ferrer said that Formentera residents’ responsibility during confinement and the subsequent loosening of lockdown measures was “key to the island’s gradual reope...

Consell trains summer day counsellors to spot lasting signs of covid-19 impact

The Formentera social welfare department reports that day counsellors in the Consell’s Escola d'Estiu programme have taken part in a two-day training course designed to provide participants with tools to spot possible indicators that children are struggling, at risk or displaying symptoms as a consequence of the public health crisis. The three-part course opens with a focus on the potential psychological impact of the state o...

Formentera.eco: controlled entry of in-bound vehicles resumes today

The Formentera department of mobility reports that today marks the resumption of formentera.eco and the return of a scheme to count and cap vehicles that are brought to and driven on the island. “This July and August, for the second straight year we’re launching a programme for economic, environmental and social stability unlike any other in the country”, said mobility conseller Rafael González. Sixteen thousand three hundred...

Marià Villangómez library welcomes islanders back for on-site visits without appointment, but reduced capacity

The Formentera department of culture reports that when Biblioteca Marià Villangómez opens on 1 July, visitors will be able to stay for on-site visits without an appointment, though capacity limitations will be in effect. Library hours are 10.30am to 1.00pm (Monday to Friday) and 5.00pm to 7.30pm (Monday to Thursday). Appointments, available by sending an email to biblioteca@conselldeformentera.cat or calling 971 32 33 86 duri...