The mayor of la Seu d’Urgell, Albert Batalla, told all-andorra.com about the organization of the Special Olympics-2018, which ended today, October 7, 2018, in this Spanish city:
“About 1,500 athletes – persons with intellectual disabilities – from 14 countries took part in the Special Olympics-2018. Basically, these are European countries: Spain, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Finland, Luxembourg, …
MoreThe official ceremony of the closing of Special Olympics World Games 2018. La Seu D’Urgell
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MoreAlbert Llovera was born in Andorra in 1966. He grew up in the world of skiing and was competing in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, aged 17. In 1985 he returned to Sarajevo to take part in the European Ski Cup, during which he, unfortunately, crashed going 100 km/h on the downhill track, …
MoreSergi Grimau, president of the Special Olympics Catalunya club – the main organizer of the Olympic Games for people with learning disabilities, which will be held in Andorra and le Seu d’Urgell (Spain, Catalonia) from 4th to 7th October 2018, told all-andorra.com about the preparation for this event.
“Everything is ready for the Olympic Games – …
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The delegation of Andorra, led by Xavier Cañada, the director of the government’s social affairs department, arrived in New York at UN headquarters to attend the 10th conference on the rights of people with disabilities. The conference is held from 13 to 15 June.
In his speech, Xavier Cañada stressed that Andorra regularly …
MoreThe Andorran Ministerial Council approved a draft law on the protection of the rights of people with disabilities, which will also provide assistance to victims of racism or discrimination and minors. A proposal was made by the Minister of Justice, Social and Internal Affairs of Andorra Xavier Espot.
The issue of the protection of the rights …
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Andorra la Vella and the border town of La Seu d’Urgell (Spain) will host the 2018 Olympic Games for adults and children with intellectual disabilities. Earlier in an interview to all-andorra.com Mayor of La Seu d’Urgell Albert Batalla said “two cities had all the necessary infrastructure and were ready …
MoreAndorra Telecom became the first company of Andorra joined the state program of the principality for hiring people with dissabilities. People with disabilities will work in the departments of public relations and advertising. The agreement on the employment of disabled people in the company was signed by the Minister of Justice, Social and Internal Affairs Xavier …
MoreThe Council of Ministers of Andorra approved a budget for the project “Integra”, aimed at financing of cultural and educational activities for children aged 3 to 12 years with physical and mental disabilities.
This year the Government plans to spend about 44000 euro. The money will be spent on leisure activities.
The budget was calculated based on …
MoreThe Ministry of Justice, social and internal affairs and the Association of Andorran Banks (ABA) signed a cooperation agreement to optimize the process of payment of social benefits and subsidies to certain categories of persons and families (unemployed, people with disabilities and the elderly).
Optimization is to simplify the submission of the application procedure on the …
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