Author: Rafael

The fourth-year pupils of Albalat Secondary School in Navalmoral de la Mata have reached the final of the 7th regional seminar on the prevention of drug abuse among Extremadura teenagers titled “Young people speak: from local to European strategy” held this morning at the House of Culture in Navalmoral de la Mata.

The theoretical classes of the Entrepreneur Program for tobacco growers which have been conducted at the European Academy of Yuste Foundation since December come to an end tomorrow, Thursday 3 March.

The Italian novelist and semiologist Umberto Eco, also a member of the European Academy of Yuste, passed away yesterday at the age of 84 in his house in Milan. Eco had been a member of the European Academy of Yuste since 1998 when he took possession of the Plato chair during the ceremony of the Carlos V European Award, with the attendance of the Prime Minister of Belgium, Wilfried Martens.

The European Academy of Yuste Foundation has sent a facsimile of the Will of Ferdinand the Catholic to the public libraries of Extremadura, the Royal Academy of Arts and Literature of Extremadura, the historical archives of Cáceres and Badajoz and the archives of the Provincial Councils of Cáceres and Badajoz in order to make it available to their users.

Once again the European Academy of Yuste Foundation is partnering the Emperor’s Route, which will be held for the 17th time on 13 and 14 February between the towns of Aldeanueva de la Vera, Jarandilla de la Vera and Cuacos de Yuste.