Valencia has won the second prize of the world’s most admired city in knowledge management, which annually grant the international entities World Capital Institute and Teleos, just behind the English city of Manchester.
MAKCi Awards 2009 (Most Admired Knowledge Cities) will be delivered during the second summit ‘Knowledge Cities’, to be held in Shenzhen (China), from 5 to 7 November.
The MAKCI Exercise can be defined as a “knowledge-based initiative whose
contribution to innovation depends largely on human imagination and creativity
and the knowledge assets available at a point in time and context”.
This is …

Bioparc project for the development and welfare of its gorillas is still being completed. So far, they had a breeding group of gorillas, made up of Mambi, a male silverback, together with the females Dorl and Fossey. Right next to these, in Bioparc there is one space for the group of single male gorillas, where is Jitu, the oldest of all the male silverback. Recently, Bioparc received two young gorillas to be incorporated in this group, Kabuli, who arrived from Germany last week and Thomas, who has come from the …

The official presentation of the Ágora building, the architectural jewel in the Valencia city crown and the venue for the Valencia 500 Open from October 31st till November 8th, took place this evening.
Valencia is getting ready to host one of the most important tennis tournaments in the world and as a taster today, the Ágora building was officially presented. The act was attended by a host of personalities who took the opportunity to see the magnificent building close up. The President of the Generalitat of Valencia  Francisco Camps and the …

The New York Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the 33rd America’s Cup, scheduled in February 2010, must take place in a venue in the Southern Hemisphere as per the strict reading of the competition’s governing document, the Deed of Gift, or in Valencia, Spain, as the only exception to that rule.
“This is a disappointing result as we were certain that Justice Cahn’s May 2008 decision allowed the Defender to chose Valencia or ‘any other location’,” said Lucien Masmejan, Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) legal counsel. “Ras Al Khaimah has put …

When we are tourists, it’s a good idea to have a guide or some guidelines about the places we can visit there and other useful information on timetables and closing days. The official website of Valencia Tourism Convention Bureau offers, among other services, a digital tourist guide to download.
This guide covers a wide range of cultural and leisure activities. Valencian cuisine, exhibitions, festivals, shows, sporting events, guided tours, places to go shopping, where to go out at night and much more, all you need to know to spend a …

The Castelló Masters Costa Azahar golf tournament, taking place from 22nd to 25th October at the Mediterraneo Country Club in Borriol, is now in its second edition, and will feature the best players from around the world.
Naturally, the current Castelló Masters Costa Azahar champion, Sergio García, will be defending his title at this golf tournament, which is part of the PGA European Circuit.

This exhibition reviews the history of the family who came from Ireland to modernize Valencia.
In 1820 Thomas Trenor Keating, a young Irish immigrant,  landed in Valencia in search of fortune.  “Facta non verba”  has being his motto ever since and today he is recognized as the founder of the bourgeois dynasty that from then until now, has influenced the fate of this city.