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Consell and ACAF sign partnership for content production at Ràdio Illa

Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer and Álvaro Raúl Méndoza, chairman of the Audiovisual Cultural Association of Formentera (ACAF), have put their signatures on partnership to support content production at local public broadcaster Ràdio Illa in 2021. As contract holder for municipal broadcasting on FM frequency 107.9, the Consell offers a public audiovisual communication service that aims to enrich the local cult...

Sant Jordi is back: book launches, vending stalls, theatre, concerts and exhibitions

Earlier today the Formentera Department of Culture and Education presented the activities bill for Sant Jordi 2021, with department chair Susana Labrador hailing the return of “a wide range of activities to bring literature and culture to our kids, teens and adults”. Diada de Sant JordiThe morning of the feast day of Sant Jordi, Friday 23 April, vending stalls will dot the central square in Sant Francesc and writer Vicent Fer...

Formentera launches online sales portal for tickets to cinema and cultural events

The Formentera Department of Culture reports that www.entradesformentera.cat, a online ticket sales hub, went online earlier today. Islanders can visit the site to purchase tickets for stage performances, cultural events and cinema sessions scheduled from Friday 23 April at the Sala de Cultura-Cinema. Culture chair Susana Labrador explained, “This weekend, as in the past, film fans can get their movie tickets at the box offic...

Firefighters learn to respond in traffic accidents

12 to 14 April, the Formentera fire brigade invited specialist firm Emergency Staff to train firefighters to respond in traffic accidents. The course was part of the brigade’s ongoing capacity building and trained participants in new techniques removing trapped occupants from damaged vehicles. The Consell paid €3,750 for the training programme. 15 April 2021Communications DepartmentConsell de Formentera

Formentera joins ‘WeDemandTransEquality’ hashtag movement

Formentera will join a nationwide campaign to champion equality for trans people. #ExigimosLaIgualdadTrans (‘WeDemandTransEquality’) has been backed by the Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Trans y Bisexuales in association with local and regional partners like Fundación Triángulo and Chrysallis, an association of families of trans youth. The initiative, whose campaigners hope to bring visibility to the cause and mobilis...

Fossar Vell wall gets upkeep

Members of the Consell de Formentera maintenance brigade are performing repairs on the wall of the old Sant Francesc cemetery, el Fossar Vell. The island’s services and heritage departments teamed up to plan the repairs, which will see traditional materials like lime mortar applied to several parts of the wall. Similar upkeep and repairs will be performed in the days ahead at other local heritage sites. 15 April 2021Communica...