Ilia Topuria, Hortensia Herrero Foundation, Ramón Palomar, the Mercantile Ateneo and Musicians for Peace, “Valencians for the 21st Century”

The provinces This Thursday, during a brilliant gala organized at the Arts in front of more than a thousand guests, he presented his “Valencians of the 21st century” awards.

A recognition of personalities and entities of the Valencian Community that stand out for their excellent career and that this year reaches its 24th edition. About to celebrate its silver anniversary, the 2024 winners, who received a statuette by the Valencian artist Miquel Navarro, are. the athlete Ilia Topuriathe journalist and novelist Ramon Palomar, he Merchant Athenaeum, the association Musicians for Peace and the Hortensia Herrero Foundation.

During the evening, the President of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazonwhich closed the event, as Gonzalo ZarranzChairman of the Board of Directors of Las Provincias and Jesus Treliseditor of the newspaper. Their interventions, which coincided with the highlighting of the merits of the winners, were framed in a context of vindication of the Valencian brand, in defense of the identity of the Community.

Trelis stressed the commitment of The provinces in favor of free and independent journalism and underlined the newspaper’s commitment to accessible information, which he described as “cuddly journalism.”