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By retooling 2020 budget, Formentera unlocks funding to help islanders cope with Covid-19 crisis

Members of the Consell de Formentera gathered today for the island’s September plenary, a session that saw the GxF-PSOE cabinet secure the preliminary green light for a modification of the island’s 2020 budget. “The situation in November 2019 when this year’s spending framework was voted in is completely different to the one we’re in today”, quipped the chief of the finance and tax offices, Bartomeu Escandell. The pandemic and...

This Monday, artists join forces to present “Orígens”

The Formentera Department of Culture reports that from 7.00pm Monday 28 September, the Ajuntament Vell exhibition space will welcome a group show entitled Orígens. Seven local artists —Emilia Brussoni, Maribel Escandell, Robert P Hawkins, Celia Jiménez, Teresa Matilla, Enric Riera and Fran Lucas— put their heads together for an exhibition to which each participant contributed two works of his or her choosing (from acrylic to o...

Deal aims to boost hometown businesses

When deputy premier of the Balearic Islands and minister of energy transition and productive sectors Juan Pedro Yllanes sat down this morning with Consell de Formentera president Alejandra Ferrer, the two signed a pledge to collaborate around support of island businesses and, specifically, promotion of Formentera as an “open-air commercial space”. The aim of the deal, which also saw the involvement of two other officials —Migu...

Consell de Formentera adds voice to European Day of Languages

The Formentera Department of Language Normalisation reports that, aside from adhering to the European Day of Languages on Saturday 26 September, the department has added its name to a proclamation by the Govern balear favouring diversity of European languages and cultures and efforts to foment and protect them. “This day is crucial to securing the official status of Catalan in Europe”, said FDCN chief Raquel Guasch. “Keep in ...

L’Illa a Escena leads with dance, theatre and kid-friendly productions

The Formentera Department of Culture has unveiled a sneak peak of the L’Illa a Escena programme of performing arts and music for year end 2020. “After the lockdown-era freeze on face-to-face cultural programming, this particular activities bill was extra special”, insisted culture and education chief Susana Labrador. “There is something for everyone in these six shows, and in each one the aim is the same: promote the local cul...

Consell renews partnerships with seniors’ clubs in Sant Ferran and Sant Francesc

Consell president Alejandra Ferrer sat down today with Rita Costa and Julián Galindo, respective heads of Centre Social i de Majors de Sant Ferran and Club de Jubilats i Pensionistes de Formentera, to sign annual collaborative agreements with the two entities. First vice-president and seniors’ consellera Ana Juan was also on hand for the signing. The Consell subsidises Sant Ferran’s centre for the elderly and the retirees’ cl...