Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, Current Events Part 15: February 2006

[Elsa M.]

http://es.news.yahoo.com/10022006/4/ayuntamiento-almonte-hermandad-matriz-huelva-invitan-principes-asturias-visitar-virgen.html

The Town Hall of Almonte (Huelva) and the Hermandad Matriz del Rocío have sent an invitation to the Princes of Asturias so that they visit the Virgin del Rocío, next February 22nd, when they travel to Almonte. Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia will inaugurate next February 22nd the II International Journeys of Sustainable Development that will be celebrated in the Ciecema de Almonte.

 

[carlota]

http://es.news.yahoo.com/10022006/4/ayuntamiento-almonte-hermandad-matriz-huelva-invitan-principes-asturias-visitar-virgen.html

The Town Hall of Almonte (Huelva) and the Hermandad Matriz del Rocío have sent an invitation to the Princes of Asturias so that they visit the Virgin del Rocío, next February 22nd, when they travel to Almonte. Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia will inaugurate next February 22nd the II International Journeys of Sustainable Development that will be celebrated in the Ciecema de Almonte.

that would be so nice! and we may have the chance to see letizia in a typical spanish dress as the one the queen wore when she was in the rocio.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://www.abc.es/abc/pg060211/prensa/noticias/Nacional/Terrorismo/200602/11/NAC-NAC-047.asp

The III International Congress on Victims of the Terrorism that will be celebrated next Monday and Tuesday in Valencia will be presided over by Princes de Asturias and it will count on messages of support and solidarity sent by the ex- prime ministers Jose Maria Aznar, Felipe González and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, as well as of the presidents of the legislative and judicial powers.

 

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/familia-real/articulo/principes_congreso_inauguraran_dara_voz_731613.htm

The Princes will inaugurate tomorrow Congress it will give voice to 300 victims

The Princes of Asturias will inaugurate tomorrow in Valencia the third International Congress on Victims of the terrorism, where more than 300 persons who have suffered directly some terrorist act will be able to interchange experiences and to confront exits, included the psychological ones, to their situation.
The organization of the congress there runs this year at the expense of the University Cardinal Herrera-CEU close to the Foundation of Victims of the terrorism, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Town hall of Valencia, which have been marked as principal aim ' to give voice ' to dozens of 'anonymous' victims of the terrorism, both in Spain and in other parts of the world, as Colombia, the USA, Ireland and Russia.
...

 

[lula]

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/02/13/espana/1139806573.html

More than 300 victims of the terrorism get together in Valencia in full polemic for the dialogue with ETA

VALENCIA. - The Princes of Asturias inaugurate at 11.00 hours, in Valencia, the third International Congress on Victims of the terrorism, a few days after the prime minister - who does not represent the meeting - was affirming that we are before the " beginning of the end of the violence " ETA's. One of the referees, Mikel Buesa, will indicate that the amnesties " have never served for anything ".
More than 300 persons who have suffered directly some terrorist act will take part in the meeting, where they will be able to interchange experiences and to confront exits, included the psychological ones, to situation.
....

 

[lula]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4707998.stm

Terror survivors gather in Spain

Hundreds of survivors of terror attacks around the world are among delegates gathering at an International Victims of Terrorism conference in Spain.
People caught up in the Beslan school siege, the Madrid and London train bombings and the 11 September attacks on the US are expected to attend.
They will be encouraged to share their experiences and will receive psychological guidance.
Organisers say they want more done at an international level to help victims.
EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini is due to talk about terrorism within the European Union at the Valencia conference, which will be opened by Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.
Facing terror
Previous conferences have been held in Madrid and Bogota, Colombia.
Maite Pagazaurtundua, from the Spanish Foundation of Terrorism Victims, said: "Spain is a good example when we're talking about protecting people who have suffered the phenomenon of terrorism - and how to face it."
Discussions on Monday will focus on victims of attacks abroad - including Colombia, the US, Ireland, Israel, the UK, Russia and Indonesia - and those injured in Spain's conflict with Basque separatists Eta. On Tuesday, the conference will turn its attention to the survivors of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 and the psychological impact attacks have on victims.

 

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/principe_asturiasel_terrorismo_conseguira_doblegarnos_732499.htm

Prince of Asturias:'the terrorism will never obtain to fold to us'

The Prince of Asturias said today, on having inaugurated the third international congress on victims of the terrorism, that the violence of the assassins " has not obtained and it will never obtain to fold to us ".
The Princes of Asturias travelled today to Valencia to preside at the inaugural session of this congress that will assemble today and tomorrow to three hundred fifty Spanish victims of the terrorism and of other countries of the world and concretly to 235 victims of ETA's violence.
To the beginning of the inaugural act the attendees to this congress guarded a minute of silence in memory of all the victims of the terrorism in the whole world.
' The victims of the terrorism - said Don Felipe - you are alone, not neither in your pain, nor in your hope. We are and we will be always to your side '
In his speech the Prince emphasized that the ' execrable actions of the terrorism have never could they will not even be able to finish with our confidence in which the democracy, close to the freedoms and rights that itshelters, will prevail always over them '.
Don Felipe had words of fondness for the victims of the terrorism and their relatives who are present at this international congress. ' Your dignity in the pain, your sacrificed example and your unbreakable spirit they constitute the mirror in which we we all have to look '.
' Because - he insisted - having suffered so much, you have never answered with violence to the violence, you have never replaced the hope with the desperation, you have never resigned the reason and the justice to finish with the terrorism '.
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[lula]

From AFP GETTY

1. Behind this girl, victim of 11M, can meet a photography of the Infantas the day of the manifestation.
2. In the photography of the exhibition the Prince appears with Mar Blanco, the sister of Miguel Ángel Blanco, a young councilman murdered by ETA whose kidnapping and death caused a great commotion in the country, because of it the Prince came to his funeral.

 

[lula]

Yahoo
AP Photo/Fernando Bustamante
REUTERS/Heino Kalis

 

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Felipe's speech during the inaugaration:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/02/13/espana/1139831649.html

 

[lula]

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/02/13/espana/1139829421.html

Spain's Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, center, pose with Francisco Camps, left, the president of Valencia's autonomous regional government, Franco Frattini, second left, vice-president of the European Commission, and Mar Blanco, right, the sister of Miguel Angel Blanco, a victim of the Basque separatist group ETA at the start of the Congress on Victims of Terrorism in Valencia, eastern Spain, Monday Feb. 13, 2006. Survivors and families of those killed in terrorist attacks worldwide gathered Monday for an international two-day conference on victims with the aim to share their tragic experiences and find ways to fight the terror. The giant photo shows people showing white painted hands, symbolizing they have no blood on their hands, a protest against terrorism in Spain.

 

[LaChicaMadrilena]

An article from "El Pais" along with video:
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elpporesp/20060213elpepunac_2/Tes/espana/Principe/llama/combatir/terrorismo/todas/herramientas/Estado/derecho

 

[lula]

Don Felipe assures the victims of the terrorism that " you are not alone " (video)

http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=10604368

 

[lula]

From terra:

 

[fanletizia]

More from terra

 

[carmen]

she is beatiful and prince

 

[Anna_R]

Non-watermarked pictures from ANP

 

[lula]

Prince Felipe: the terrorism "never will be able to fold to us" (video)

http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/victimas/principe/congreso/dn_20209.htm


Photo:
http://www.elmundo.es/albumes/2006/02/13/victimas_terrorismo/index.html

 

[lula]

Here you have two of the images that appear in the exhibition (they are of de 11 M); the photography of the Prince in funeral of Miguel Ángel Blanco I have not found it, but this article of press that refers to.

http://www.abc.es/informacion/boda/biografia_principe/03.asp


(GettyImages)

 

[carlota]

it seemed such an emotional act. personally, i always thought this photo was very moving, of the mum who lost her son in the terrorist atacks of march in madrid and in the funeral kneeled to sofia and was speaking to her in the middle of the mass. i found it always so touching..

http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=31267553uc.jpg

 

[purple_platinum]

thank you very much, lula, anna, and others who posted just now...

this is a very touching event for Felipe & Letizia.. they probably have met some of the victims themselves..

 

[lula]

From face to face

 

[lula]

From El País:

 

[mtbcm]

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=227645&d=1139836435

Nice picture.

This was a heart-breaking event and we can see in people's face how it still hurts... Thanks you all for posting the photos and the links related...

Regards,
mtbcm

 

[lis]

theres is so emotive day.. it is great that both of them share with the victims

 

[purple_platinum]

from Casa Real

 

[lula]

Don Felipe assures the victims of the terrorism that " you are not alone " (video)

http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=10604368

New connection to see the video of Antena 3

http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=10605004

 

[althea]

This one act is a little sad.The faces of the Princes say everything to it.

 

[donnaK]

Thanks for the pictures. Another great speech by Felipe !

 

[lula]

http://www.lasprovincias.es/valencia/edicion/