The Dia de Europa will be celebrated on the plays at Flamenca Beach on Saturday 12 May getting underway at 12 noon.

The local council are promoting the event as a day of coexistence among all residents associations, a large number of which will be represented at the event.

As well as entertainment throughout the afternoon the activities will include a dessert contest, food tasting and will close with a fireworks display at 8.15 pm.

The following day in Torrevieja. Sunday 13 May, the city will celebrate the first edition this year of the NGO and Volunteer Fair (Non-Governmental Organisation). It will be held from 10.30 am until 2pm at the Paseo Marítimo Juan Aparicio, along by the Man of the Sea.

The councillor for NGO’s and Volunteers, Carmen Morate, said that she expected a score of associations to provide information stands and solidarity markets in order to highlight the work they do.

Morate said that “it is very important to make visible the different associations that operate in Torrevieja and the wonderful work of solidarity that they do”.

She said that there will be a series of activities throughout the morning with the intention of attracting as many people as possible. One of the highlights will be the British choir ‘Pop Goes the Choir’, from Burnham, in Torrevieja for the second occasion and which will perform at the NGO Fair at 12.45.