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Underwater and coastal cleanup at Ses Illetes

The Formentera Department of Environment has scheduled a cleanup of the Ses Illetes shoreline and seafloor in commemoration of World Environment Day tomorrow, Friday 5 June. The two-part effort will see volunteers teaming up with Plastic-Free Formentera to comb Ses Illetes beach and, from 4.00pm, divers from Formentera Divers and Vellmarí combing debris from the nearby seafloor. As to the timing of the cleanup, environment ch...

Consell and Pimef renew joint effort to foment local small business

Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer sat down today with Josep Mayans, chief of Formentera’s small and medium-sized business league (Pimef), to sign into effect an agreement to invest in continuing education, market research and business communication on the island. The first deputy president and business consellera Ana Juan was also on hand at the signing. In 2020 the Consell de Formentera pledges to direct €22,0...

Formentera signs pact to support training, market research and business communication

Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer was joined today by Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas, the local representative of the Chamber of Commerce, in signing into effect an annual agreement to collaborate on support for continuing education, market research and business communication on the island. The first deputy president and business consellera Ana Juan was also on hand at the signing. The Consell de Formentera pledg...

Reopening of Ajuntament Vell exhibition space

As the municipal exhibition space joins the list of newly reopened buildings today, Monday 1 June, it hails the arrival of “L'ombra del temps”, the latest offering from artist Mar Ample. The display comprises a series of oversize paper creations where the true stars of the show are the white of the paper and shadows that are traced by light. Visiting hours are 11.00am to 2.00pm and 6.00pm to 8.00pm. The gallery is closed Sund...

Es Pujols, first smoke-free Formentera beach

The Consell de Formentera reminds islanders that this year for “Smoke-Free Week” (Semana sin humo), Es Pujols beach will earn a new distinction, becoming the first stretch of the Formentera shoreline to be included in the Balearic Directorate General of Public Health’s initiative to wipe smoking from beaches. Seven other beaches on Mallorca and Menorca are already on the list, plus Eivissa’s Cala d’Hort, which was the first on...

Formentera relaunches 2020 marketing efforts with video for dearly missed visitors

The Formentera Department of Tourism reports that the office’s official social media account, @visitformentera, has unveiled a video in which the island tells visitors “I miss you”. With the page turned on a period of internal confinement when Formentera was closed to outside visitors, department manager Carlos Bernús said the island was today waiting to get the go-ahead to reopen first to fellow islanders from Eivissa and th...