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MARICEL BLANCH EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES- @PeriodicAND The location of anti- he Comú of terrorist measures is will study the feasibility of still pending prohibiting vehicle access Ton the lower part of Avingu- da Meritxell during busy days such With regard to the anti-terro- as public holidays, summer mont- 33rism measures that must be ad- hs or holiday periods such as Ch- ded to Avinguda Carlemany and ristmas or Easter. The commercial Meritxell, the comuns are still wai- hub of the capital has been closed ting for the exact location where to vehicles all August and, in fact, they should be installed. The poli- the corporation has not yet decided ce force has recently issued a re- which day it will reopen. port giving approval of the propo- Thus, the corporation of the co- sed measures and agents accom- mú discards, for now, denying vehi- panied by technicians of the comú cle access to the bottom part of Me- have visited a centre in Toulouse ritxell permanently, that is, every to know more about their antiter- day. However, if the measure be- rorist facilities, the comú is now gins to apply in days of large tou- pending a new revision to find out rist inflow and the population ends where the devices can be located. up getting used to not being able to It is also necessary to keep in mind drive through the area, it is likely that some areas may be covered that the closure ends up being defi- with large planters. In fact, many nitive, as in Escaldes-Engordany. In of the current accesses such as fact, the closure during the month the streets Pau Casals or Josep of August was made at the request Rossell Calva are already protec- of shopkeepers since the avenue ted with street furniture. Tourists at the lower part of Avinguda Meritxell. had been closed for four mont- 33 hs due to the works. The comú ar- gued that people had become used PENDING OF THE STUDY The comú of analysis– and that the corporation These studies point out, however, to not circulating around the area the capital also reminded/ that they The comú has not will consider the viability to make that they are not relevant or bin- and that it was a good moment to are waiting for the mobility study made a final decision in it for pedestrians only. ding. test the impact of the measure. If commissioned by the Government The comú also explained that That is why the corporation will the same happens with the occasio- and which has to redefine the traf- regard to permanently they had commissioned several study again the impact it may ha- nal closures and it is finally shown fic in Escaldes and Andorra la Ve- denying vehicle access mobility reports before starting ve on making a final decision alt- that there are few vehicles that still lla. However, they made it clear the works to find out about the im- hough, for now, they insist on not circulate along the avenue, it is li- that the closure of Avinguda Merit- to Avinguda Meritxell pact that they could have on the being determined yet and that kely that it will become a pedestri- xell does not depend on this study avenue during the four months they have not set a date to make a an avenue. –although it will also be part of the that the remodelling works lasted. choice. H

EL PERIÒDIC Salespeople believe summer sales, in general, have been «good» Hotel occupation, ar, which is positive, given that « sin- but what is certain is that demand ce the beginning of the year, sales ha- has dropped», says Riberaygua. Ac- however, decreased by ve decreased by 30%». The president cording to Venable, «and other retai- 10% compared to last year of the Association of Salespeople of lers», August sales have been the best the Historical Centre of the capital, of the whole season. EL PERIÒDIC Anna Riberaygua, thinks the same, ANDORRA LA VELLA although she notes that, from the po- LESS OCCUPANCY With regard to ho- Without having a more general con- int of view of small businesses, the tel occupancy, and/ according to the sensus of all shops, it seems that last period of sales is excessive. Hotel Union, the demand this last season sales, which just ended this None of them, however, claims to month was 10% lower than in Au- weekend, were «good». have seen the figures from the Sta- gust 2017. Andorra la Vella and Es- From the Association of Salespeo- tistics Department that confirmed a caldes-Engordany, with 79% of the to- ple of Carlemany, Susagna Venable, few days ago that 68% of visitors who tal, are the parishes with most occu- confirmed that the trend of August came on July did so with the intenti- pancy, while Sant Julià de Lòria and A shop window from Avinguda Meritxell. remained «more or less» like last ye- on of shopping. «Maybe they did buy, , are those who have less. 33 H 2 www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 Periodic News

POLITICS Exliberals escaldencs negotiate to support UL in the elections

MARICEL BLANCH The ex-members of the party continue FRANÇA RIBERAYGUA working on a parish list POLITICIAN «This is about saving EL PERIÒDIC ESCALDES-ENGORDANY Andorra from the chaos @PeriodicAND and disaster that the he liberal sector and local democratic government committee of Escaldes-En- has brought to us» gordany continues to pull the T strings with the will to create a new parish list for the next general of the main themes of the ideology elections. The members who decided that they want to defend, but it is an to resign the Liberals of Andorra party important issue of which «I will not due to disagreements, especially with give up». However, she does not rule the Escaldes committee, opened talks out that if the Escaldes list is kept inde- Josep Pintat andToni Martí in the cabinet. with followers of UL and SDP to dis- pendent with its own program, it can 33 cuss the possibility of making a joint give timely support to UL in case they territorial list in Escaldes. According tain enough votes to choose a candi- but that could give the necessary sup- ted the talks with UL but confirmed need their votes to appoint a Head of to exliberal members, it seems that date for head of Government. Howe- port to UL to govern if the opportu- that no firm decision has yet been ma- Government. the formation of the local list can on- ver, the link would be minimal and nity arises. «It would not be an ideolo- de.When asked about the personal ly be composed with the ex members as long as UL does make any deals gical support, but only to help them ideological incompatibility that she DA, THE NO GO ZONE The liberal ex-pre- and with people who do not have a with DA. According to all interviewed govern» according to sources. could have with UL, Riberaygua made sident insisted that/ «except giving up connection with politics - bearing in members, the ex-liberals are willing it clear that «I will not give up my prin- my ideas, everything can be an opti- mind that only five people are needed to talk to everyone except the Demo- RIBERAYGUA, POSSIBLE CANDIDATE ciples». A specific point where UL and on», making it clear that there is still to be in the list. crats, with whom they are clear that One of the names to lead this hypot/- Riberaygua would disagree on is abor- no fixed agreement and recalling that For now, the idea is to form the ter- they will not arrange an agreement. hetical new parish list is França Ribe- tion. She has repeatedly defended the before the summer they also met with ritorial list, without making a group In any case, the support to Pintat raygua, former vice president of L’A. need to decriminalize the interrupti- members of SDP. What is clear is that at a national level. In fact, with a sta- would not condition, so they say, the However, the politician and lawyer on of pregnancy. An issue where Jo- «DA is the red line». «This is about sa- te vision, what is being considered is ideology of the new parish list. This said that she has not yet made any de- sep Pintat’s followers have always be- ving Andorra from the chaos and di- that the new party could support Jo- would be an independent local list for cisions and that the talks are in a very en more conservative about. Accor- saster that the democratic govern- sep Pintat in the event that the UL ob- «defending the interests of Escaldes» early state. Thus, Riberaygua admit- ding to the ex-liberal, this is not one ment has brought us» she said. H

BIG SPORTING EVENT

ANA/ M.T 105 police officers and 75 traffic agents for the next Vuelta stage Andorra Tourism, Mobility the Coll de la Comella (Andorra la Ve- although people must take into acco- lla -Escaldes-Engordany). unt that if you want to leave through and Police worked on the For this reason, Mobility recom- the Riu Runer border you will have to security measures together mends to not make any trips, neither do it before 2:00 pm or after 18 hours. inside the country or abroad between In case you leave at noon, it is also ne- EL PERIÒDIC 2 pm and 6 pm on Saturday. They al- cessary to foresee that the stage leaves ANDORRA LA VELLA so added that after the celebration of Lleida, so there will be traffic restricti- Andorra is preparing to host, once the race it will be hard to restore the ons in the direction of Ponts. The plan- again, the arrival of the Vuelta d’Es- traffic again, so it is possible that at ned schedule of the passage of cyclists paña. This year the event will take pla- 19 hours there will still be problems through the Spanish-Andorran bor- ce on Friday, September 14th for the on the road. Another issue to keep in der will be at 5:20 p.m. and the arrival end of the 19th stage, which will fi- mind is that the advertising caravan, at about 5:40 p.m. Teresa Ferreira, Noemí Pedra and Jaume Bonell. nish in Naturlàndia (la Rabassa). On which normally comes a few hours In order to face the logistics of the 33 Saturday, there will be a another sta- before the race, will make an alterna- race a security team has been orga- ge in the Principality with 97.3 ki- tive route that has yet to be defined. nized that will feature 72 police offi- up the Peguera road and at the juncti- ted, it can only be accessed by foot or lometers with six mountain ports The start of the race will be at 14.54 cers and 10 traffic agents on Friday, on with the La Rabassa road there will bicycle. Director of marketing of An- which will especially complicate mo- from Clot d’Emprivat and the arri- and 105 police officers and 75 traffic be a launching service. For the Satur- dorra Turisme, Noemí Pedra, empha- bility on the roads, taking into acco- val at the finish line of the first run- agents on Saturday, in addition to 80 day stage, vehicles will have to park at sized that the arrival of 3,000 people unt that the route crosses one valley ner is scheduled at 5.40 pm. On Fri- volunteers who will help during the the CG6 and access through the Coll of the organization is expected (whe- to the other and will pass the Beixalís day, Bonell explained that the traffic two days. Regarding access to the fi- de la Gallina to the canòlich sanctu- re they will stay for one night), but the hill (-Encamp) twice and problems will not be so important, nish lines, on Friday vehicles can go ary, where the finish line will be loca- number of fans is still unknown. H

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THE VALUE OF ANDORRA After the inau- gural speech ended /where the pro- Martí praises the evolution of gram is open until the 6th of Septem- ber with up to nine talks and four debates on Andorran issues, Mar- ti attended the media and speaking the values of Andorran society on values, he said that he had not li- ked what he saw of last week’s protest against the ban on abortion in the co- Finding the balance between «globalization and localism» is an essential part untry and the burning of an image of

MARICEL BLANCH the archbishop Joan-Enric Vives by a EL PERIÒDIC VALUES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY In feminist group. The incident took pla- ANDORRA LA VELLA addition, Martí invited the audience/ ce on August 27 during a concert at @PeriodicAND to an historical journey through the the main festival (fest major) of La Seu he Head of Government, To- Pyrenees remembering how Andor- d’Urgell. Three masked girls climbed ni Martí inaugurated the 35th ra was in the nineteenth century. As onto stage and shone a banner where Summer University of Andor- he explained, the economy was ba- Vives is blamed for the prohibition of Tra (UEA). This year’s edition, sed on subsistence and «many Andor- abortion in Andorra. The head of go- focusing on values, will include up rans had to flee to earn a living.» Me- vernment stated that «I do not think to eight researchers and specialists anwhile, the Executive continued, on it was a good idea to do that and I de- from different fields and internatio- both sides of the Pyrenees, industria- fend the Principality». nally renowned people like sociolo- gist Michel Wieviorka who will mo- derate the debates, to address this «es- Head of government The Executive sential as intangible» topic as Martí recalls that Andorra defends Andorra described it. Historian François Chau- bet, Jean-Marie Charon, sociologis- chose to maintain after the feminist protest tand media specialist and psycholo- sovereignty, despite against the ban on gist Edith Goldbeter were also there. In his opening speech, he wanted to economic difficulties abortion and Vives emphasize the contribution of valu- es​ ​in Andorran society and how they lization triumphed and Andorra had NO INDICATION With respect to the an- have evolved over the years. Specifi- the opportunity to be part of a French nouncement/ of the election date, cally, the head of government made department or a Spanish province. Martí maintains a certain distance reference to the humanitarian tra- «They could have renounced co-ow- (in incognito) and refuses to give clu- gedy of the refugees: «We have se- nership and sovereignty and joined es, despite recognizing that it will be Toni Martí having a conversation minutes before the ceremony. en how civil society has mobilized one of the two great neighboring sta- «complicated» before the 32 laws that 33 faster and more effectively than the tes» Marti ventured, but the people are pending debate are approved. Re- institutions themselves» said Mar- of that time counted on their values ​ es. The current Andorra, according to and regretted the general path of the garding the name of the possible le- tí, who «gives hope to our future va- and the «will to be Andorrans» despi- the head, is the result of these values ​ world heading towards a «dehumani- ader in the list, he said that it will be lues». Thus, the head of government te the difficulties of the time. All in all, of the State and without them the cur- zed globalization».However, the Head «one person and he or she will be very said that «the evolution of our co- he said that our «ancestors» opted for rent situation can not be understood. of Government hoped that the 35th good at their job» and that the DA is untry is not stable and modernized traditional ideals that «did not give Martí also referred to the need to Summer University will help to disco- prepared to defend the management without an evolution of values ​that economic benefits» but, at the begin- maintain a balance between the diffe- ver the values necessary for a better fu- done so far, but with new ideas «be- support it» and stressed that solida- ning of the 20th century, they opened rent principles of the country to draw ture, but warned that they will not be cause in politics one has to reinvent rity and diversity are what makes to people who arrived in the Princi- the future of societies that are left in able to be achieved if they others are himself». For more information plea- «Andorran cohesion» possible. pality in search of new opportuniti- extreme positions «selfish and blind» not reconstructed beforehand. se check the previous page. H

TONY LARA OPEN INVESTIGATION STATISTICS A nursery school was sued Electric consumption in for leaving a baby all alone August drops by 2% Reports state the 10-month- the room with the rest of the children EL PERIÒDIC the cogeneration plant in , and when she heard her cry she asked ESCALDES-ENGORDANY it also distributed 0.26 GWh of ther- old girl was unattended for the people in charge «where she was Electricity consumption in Andor- mal energy.On the other hand, the «at least 10 minutes» and why she was alone in the room.» ra during the month of August 2018 electricity consumption accumula- When she complained, they thoug- was of 39.7 GWh, a figure that repre- ted during 2018 was of 390.6 GWh, EL PERIÒDIC ht the situation was a bit «exaggera- sents a decrease of 2.8% compared to 2.0% more compared to the same ted». However, after the incident she A mother and child playing. August 2017, as reported yesterday period of 2017. The consumption Last Saturday, a mother sued a nur- contacted the coordinator of the nur- 33 morning by FEDA in a statement. Re- data of the month indicates that the sery school in Canillo called Les Ore- sery of the Comú to comment on the me details about a skin treatment garding internally generated electri- maximum registered power was of netes. According to the mother’s ver- facts and she was told that they would that had to be applied to the child city production, Andorra produced 75.2 MWh and occurred on August sion, those responsible of the center speak with the director. and incidentally she found her- 7.8 GWh between hydraulic produc- 2 at 3:00 p.m. The same numbers ap- closed her daughter in a single room The coordinator then called the self in this situation. She also sta- tion (5.7 GWh) and thermal producti- plies during the month of July with for «at least 10 minutes». This happe- mother and «admitted that they did ted that they could have put her on (2.1 GWH) of the waste treatment a decrease of 1,9% in electricity con- ned during the recording of a promo- leave the child alone for a short pe- on a high chair but in the same ro- center of La Comella, which repre- sumption with 40 GWh. However, tional video of the nursery, in which riod of time and then sent a carer om and take care of her. She has sents 20% of the total consumption concerning it’s own production it the mother preferred her daughter to to attend her.» The mother explai- now moved her child to the day- of the country. The photovoltaic pro- generated 14,4 GWh mainly thanks not participate in. It was the mother ned that she had gone to the center care centre in Encamp. They have duction of the national bus station to Hydraulic production 12.6 GWh who saw that her daughter was not in to talk with the caregivers about so- also opened an investigation. has been of 21,900 kWh. Regarding nearly double the amount. H H 4 www.elperiodic.ad WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 el Periòdic News

FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM MOTORSPORT CARS 3 MARICEL BLANCH 3 FOTOESPORT briefs

Encamp is reinforced with thirteen signings FOOTBALL FC Encamp has chosen to strengthen3 its team with an in- teresting combination of youth and veterans to maintain the ca- tegory. In this sense, the team will count on four players from outsi- Llovera in Lohéac, this weekend. de Andorra, like Leonel Pipa Gan- 33 cedo and his son, and nine players from the national league. In this Llovera, unable way, they are a set of experienced to qualify for the players with young players. semi-finals in Players of the National Team at their last training session, on Monday. OAR Gràcia Sabadell 33 Lohéac, France is the new champion HANDBALL The OAR Gràcia Saba- EL PERIÒDIC dell handball3 team was proclai- Andorra is prepared to face LOHÉAC med champion this weekend Last weekend, Andorran driver Al- of the second edition of the An- bert Llovera faced his last Europe- dorran Handball Cup, a tourna- Latvia in a tough matchup an tournament of the RX2 World ment in which other teams we- Championship convinced that re also competing, such as the the scenario would be favorable National Team and the Club Tomorrow the U-21 National Team will compete away against Scotland to him, as he had indicated befo- Handball Gavà. The Andorrans re the race. Llovera did a good race, unfortunately lost all the games EL PERIÒDIC Jordi Aláez, Cristian Martínez, Lui- not play because of the commit- as he planned, but did not achieve that they played. ESCALDES-ENGORDANY gi San Nicolás and Sebas Gómez. ments of their respective clubs, the longed for semifinals. «We fai- @PeriodicAND Last month the Andorran team as the match was only a friend- led by milliseconds in one of the The National Team begins played a friendly in Austria against ly. Vales and Cervós return to the laps and fortunately we had a bit Success at the Grand tomorrow its journey in the United Arab Emirates, which list. of luck in the last corner, in which, Prix Joaquim Purito the Nations League, the served as the last training match perhaps, it was the best meeting of new competition organi- before starting the Nations Lea- U-21 NATIONAL TEAM In the call the season for us» commented the CYCLING The second edition sed by UEFA, divided into gue. Regarding that match, Koldo for the first team, /there are so- athlete. He also explained that he of the children’s3 cycling race groups and with the intention of has recovered several players. Víc- me players from the last lists that was «very satisfied with the work Grand Prix Joaquim Purito Ro- being able to see matches of teams tor Rodríguez and Luigi are reco- are missing, such as Ricard Fer- of the team in general, this time dríguez brought together a total that are at a similar level, as teams vered from their respective injuri- nàndez and Àlex Martínez. The- we had the invaluable help of the of 130 cyclists in Escaldes-Engor- are divided by coefficients. Andor- es and will be in Riga. There will al- se two players have entered the engineers in the box». «The help of dany. The goal of the president ra plays in Riga against Latvia, and so be two other players that could U-21 national team call, which Alèxia Llobera and Joan Navarro of Sprint Club Andorra, Emili Pé- in the call the manager has chosen tomorrow plays away against has been vital, especially at the ti- rez, was fulfilled, which was to 20 players, two more than usual, a Scotland and next Tuesday, on me of leaving the proto in the best «at least equal the participants figure that he will keep using for 11 September, they have a match conditions for my riding style for of the first edition». the next games. away against Ukraine. The rest of the French stage» he recalled. Du- The players that are summoned KOLDO ÁLVAREZ the players summoned are: Fran- ring the first day, there was the to play against the Baltic group are NATIONAL TEAM’S MANAGER cisco Pires, Iker Álvarez, Claudi practise runs and the first three Esteve and Gutiérrez, José Antonio Gomes, Ferran Pol, Bové, Adrià Sànchez, Aleix Vi- qualifying rounds. In the first ra- in South America Cup Emili Garcia, Marc Garcia, Ildefons «Latvia is a team that has ladot, Francisco Pomares, Èric ce he was able to finish in 15th po- Lima, Max Llovera, Txus Rubio, changed its manager, de Pablos, Josep Maria Cabanes, sition, in the second, he ended up SKI Parva Station, in Chile, hos- Moisés San Nicolás, Jordi Rubio, Lu- we have to work with Cristian Garcia, Miquel del Cas- being 14th and in the third, he was ted3 on Sunday the male slalom dovic Clemente, Joan Cervós, Ser- tillo, Joel Guillem, Albert Reyes, 12th. The last event of the champi- of the South American Cup with gio Moreno, Marc Rebés, Víctor Ro- the information of the Roger Nazzaro, Albert Grau, Èric onship will be at the end of Novem- Áxel Esteve, the first race of the dríguez, Marc Vales, Marcio Vieira, last three games» Vales and Joan Pijuan. ber in South Africa. skier this season. Unfortunate- H H ly, he didn’t finish the race. On the other hand, Mireia Gutiérrez was fourth in the female slalom. BASKETBALL CATALAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE ACB She was fifth in the first leg and 3 third in the second one. ventud de Badalona and then the A total of 42 teams will be part match between Barça Lassa and Ba- xi Manresa. The next day, the final VPC loses the friendly will be played at eight o’clock in the against Tarascon of the Catalan National Leagues evening between the two winners of their respective matches. In this RUGBY In their second and last MoraBanc will play the semi-finals against Joventut de Badalona this Saturday sense, Gerard Figueras, general se- friendly3 match of the pre-season cretary of Sport of the Generalitat of which VPC played this last Sa-

M.A. CHAZO / FCBQ Catalonia, emphasized «how much turday at the Estadi Nacional, EL PERIÒDIC success basketball is having in Ca- the team lost by 19 to 38 against BARCELONA talonia» and «the good work on the Tarascon. The game had mo- The Born Centre of Culture and Me- part of the Catalan Federation as a ments of tension due to the ri- mory in Barcelona hosted on Mon- reference in the organisation model valry of the players. The good day the presentation ceremony of of Catalan Leagues». On the other news of the day was the fact of the Catalan National Leagues. This hand, the president of the entity, Jo- recovering Marc Abelló. season the competition will be set an Fa, pointed out «the high level» of up with a total of 42 participating the competition in a presentation teams divided according to their ca- where the pairings and the relation Record and victory tegory. The ACB will count with four of fixtures of each one of the catego- teams, LF, with three, LEB, with six, ries were detailed. from Campeny LF 2, with five, and EBA, with 24. The MOUNTAIN RACES Guillem Cam- event was attended by the president JUNIOR A, AT ‘PREFERENT’ This wee- peny, a resident3 of the Principa- of MoraBanc, Gorka Aixàs. kend, Junior A of MoraBanc/ Andor- lity, won this weekend the Valls This weekend will be the star- ra won the promotion to Preferent af- de Canillo Marathon timing a ting point for all the leagues with ter beating Sant Cugat by 58 to 57 at new record of the race and finis- the 39th Catalan National League the Pavelló Joan Alay. hing before the Andorran Fer- ACB, which will take place at the On the other hand, Senior B of ran Teixidó. In female category, Municipal Pavilion of Barris Nord the team debuted with defeat in the the victory was for Cheynna Tre- in Lleida. On Saturday, MoraBanc EBA League. The team lost 100 to 71 to. Arnau Soldevila and Laura Andorra will compete against Ju- Picture of all the clubs that will participate. against CB Pardinyes. Orgué won the half marathon. 33 H