Good and bad news for Spain’s top department store El Corte Ingles
MAJOR Spanish department store chain, El Corte Ingles, says that spending is beginning to return to pre-pandemic levels, after they took a big financial hit
REVEALED: The damage caused to bars and restaurants in 2020 on the Costa Blanca in Spain by COVID-19 restrictions
A survey claims that the coronavirus pandemic caused a €2.7 billion drop in revenue and 10,000 job losses in the Costa Blanca hospitality sector last
COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions rise over the weekend in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE usual weekend bump in COVID-19 cases has been announced today(June 7) by the Valencian Health Ministry. A total of 416 new infections have been
EU Digital COVID travel certificate can now be downloaded by Costa Blanca and Valencia residents in Spain
RESIDENTS in the Valencian Community can access the new EU Digital COVID certificate from today(June 7), but it appears there is at least one case
Rental villa hosted illegal all-night party that broke COVID-19 rules on the Costa Blanca in Spain
AROUND a hundred people have been fined for attending an illegal all-night party at a rental villa in Alicante Province. 30 Guardia Civil and Alicante
First case of the ‘Delta’-‘Indian’ COVID-19 variant is confirmed in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE first case of the ‘Delta’-‘Indian’ COVID-19 variant has been confirmed in the Valencian Community. The regional health department says that the coronavirus mutation was
Street robbery victim in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets arrested for lying about what happened
A thief and his victim have both been arrested over a Benidorm street robbery on the northern Costa Blanca. The male victim went to to
‘BITTER TASTE’ for lemon growers feeling the squeeze on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A fruit growers association is warning of a ‘disastrous’ time for lemon farms in Alicante Province due to cheap imports. La Unio de Llauradors says
Royal Navy frigate makes its first trip to Spain and spends a week in Alicante on the Costa Blanca
HMS Kent is over halfway through a week-long stay in Alicante in what is the first visit to Spain from a ship belonging to the
COVID-19 hospital cases hit new low with levels similar to almost a year ago in Costa Blanca area of Spain
HOSPITAL admissions caused by COVID-19 reached their lowest figure of 2021 today(June 4) according to the Valencian health authority. There are now just 110 people
All children in Spain aged 12 to 17 years could be vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the new school year in September
SPAIN’S Health Minister, Carolina Darias, wants all children between 12 and 17 to be vaccinated before the start of September’s new school year. Speaking today(June
WET-SUITED BODY discovered yesterday off the Costa Blanca in Spain is female and not male
NEW details have emerged today(June 4) about a body in a wetsuit discovered by a Javea fishing boat yesterday off the Costa Blanca. First reports
Spain’s Tourism Minister says government is having ‘daily’ contact with British counterparts to get country onto ‘Green’ travel list
SPAIN’S Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, has said that her government is in contact on a ‘daily’ basis with UK counterparts to try to persuade them
Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain
TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs gang.
European Commission ‘ticks off’ Spain for allowing in non-EU visitors from countries like the UK without a negative COVID-19 test
SPAIN has been told off today(June 4) by the European Commission for allowing non-EU visitors into the country without a negative COVID test. But the
Only a quarter of under-60s jabbed with AstraZeneca in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain have so far chosen Pfizer for their second shot
OVER three-quarters of under-60s jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine in the Valencia region have requested to take their second anti-COVID inoculation with the same vaccine.
Pedro Sanchez is told to use diplomacy to boost Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourism by getting Spain onto UK ‘Green’ travel list
ALICANTE Provincial Council president, Carlos Mazon, wants Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, to exert more diplomatic pressure on the UK to get the country onto ‘Green’
COVID-19 health situation latest from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
LATEST coronavirus case figures from the Valencian health ministry stand at 205 new infections today(June 3). That’s a fall of five on a week-to-week comparison
SEA RIDDLE over male body in a wetsuit discovered 16 miles offshore by a Costa Blanca fishing boat in Spain
A Javea fishing boat discovered a body floating in the sea today(June 3), some 16 miles off Cabo de la Nao on the northern Costa
BBVA bank bosses in Spain offer to cut compulsory job losses after one-day strike
THE BBVA bank has reduced planned compulsory redundancies in a last-minute bid to strike a deal with the CCOO union. Formal talks are due to
Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in Galicia, Spain
A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered
‘Phishing’ and ‘Smishing’ gang on the Costa Blanca in Spain used credit card details conned out of victims
EIGHT people have been arrested in Almoradi and Torrevieja for running a nationwide scam that stole the credit card details of least 48 people. The
EXPLAINER: Four new major rule changes in COVID-19 restrictions for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
FOUR major changes have been announced today(June 3) to COVID-19 safety measures in the Valencian Community. As expected, Valencia President, Ximo Puig, confirmed that the
COVID-19 cases hold steady with zero deaths and falling hospital numbers in Costa Blanca area of Spain
NEW COVID-19 cases have fallen on a week-to week basis according to figures published today(June 2) by the Valencian health authority. 183 new infections were
San Juan beach celebrations cancelled again by COVID-19 in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
TRADITIONAL San Juan festival beach parties will be strictly prohibited in the Valencian Community later this month. Regional Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, said: “If we
Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain
A couple who committed at least ten ‘hugging’ robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been arrested