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Costa Blanca Second Hand Clothes Dealer Goes On Trial In Spain For Running Isis Terrorist Supply Operation

Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation

A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS terrorists

4 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Foul Deed As Dna Tracks Down Dog Owner For Not Picking Up Mess 70 Kilometres Away From Home In Spain S Valencian Community

‘FOUL DEED’ as DNA traps selfish dog owner 70 kilometres away from home in Spain’s Valencian Community

A Xativa dog owner who didn’t clean up their pet’s poop on a 70 kilometre trip was left to count the cost as the animal’s

4 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia

PREDATOR PET as alligator-style reptile is seized from a farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A South American caiman has been rescued from an Alicante Province farm after its owner tried to sell it for €2,000. The sharp-toothed reptile is

4 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Health chiefs in Spain propose tough Easter COVID-19 curbs across whole country including the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S Ministry of Health is proposing a tough package of measures to stop a new wave of COVID-19 cases being created over the Easter holiday

4 Mar, 2021 @ 11:34

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

HOSPITAL CASES involving COVID-19 fall below 1,000 for first time in 2021 in Spain’s Valencian Community

HOSPITALISATIONS caused by COVID-19 have dropped into three figures for the first time this year according to Valencian health ministry figures released tonight(March 3). 975

3 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

No immediate change to hospitality hours in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia regions says president Ximo Puig

IMMOBILE EASTER as Valencian leader calls for regional border closures to continue over holiday period in Spain

TUMBLING coronavirus infection rates have not weakened the resolve of the Valencian Community over keeping its borders closed during the Easter period. Valencian president, Ximo

3 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

'SAFETY FIRST' as nursing group in Spain's Valencia region appeals Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients to see their doctor if they get serious side-effects

JAB TIME: When will I get my COVID-19 vaccination in Spain?

BRITISH nationals living in Spain are perhaps getting somewhat inpatient over when they are likely to get their COVID-19 shots. That’s because the UK vaccination

3 Mar, 2021 @ 14:58

Coronavirus·Lead

Mayor suggests 'bank loan' could offer hope for long campaign to get walkway over motorway on Spain's Costa Blanca

Cabo Roig area residents get ‘breakthrough’ promise in decade-long dangerous bridge battle on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PEDESTRIANS who have risked life and limb to get to shops and medical facilities in Cabo Roig have been promised a bridge pavement within two

3 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases falling briskly in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

GOOD NEWS continues with new cases of COVID-19 maintaining big fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

LATEST figures released tonight(March 2) by the Valencian health ministry declared 585 new COVID-19 infections. As expected, it is 225 rise on the Monday total

2 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER:- The latest vaccination state of play for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Health chiefs in Spain say anybody who gets AstraZeneca COVID vaccines should take paracetamol beforehand

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is recommending that paracetamol is taken before anybody gets a jab of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. The new edict also suggests that

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Lead

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Only up to 50% of Benidorm’s bars and restaurants have reopened on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE return of the hospitality sector to Benidorm and other parts of the Costa Blanca has been very low key with only half of all

2 Mar, 2021 @ 18:50

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Choppy Waters Ahead For Spain S Pandemic Hit Small Businesses And Self Employed

More jobs on the line in 2021 for Spain’s pandemic-hit small businesses and self-employed

OVER 300,000 jobs will be lost this year in Spain’s small businesses and self-employed sector due to the economic hit caused by the COVID pandemic.

2 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Business & Finance

Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport wins top award for COVID-19 safety in Spain

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has won a health safety award to recognise its measures to reduce the chances of travellers catching COVID-19. The accolade comes from the

2 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Francia Ordena El Cierre De Bares Y Restaurantes Desde Las 0 Horas De La Pasada Noche

FIND OUT if you can sit indoors at your local bar and restaurant in Spain’s Murcia region from this Wednesday

BARS and restaurants in a large part of the Murcia region will be able to resume serving customers from inside their premises from tomorrow(March 3).

2 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Weekend COVID-19 totals are under a SIXTH of early February figures in Spain’s Valencian Community

A total of 1,231 new COVID-19 cases were reported since last Friday in the Valencian Community according to regional health ministry figures published this evening(March

1 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man To Go On Trial For Lacing Smoothies With Drugs To Sexually Abuse Little Girl On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man to face trial for lacing smoothies with drugs to sexually abuse little girl in his holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man will face an Alicante court this Wednesday(March 3) accused of sexually abusing a young girl after he laced her milk shakes with drugs.

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Fresh Hint That Spain Could Do Travel Corridor Deal With Uk If Vaccine Passports Are Not Introduced In The European Union

Fresh hint that Spain could reach travel deal with UK if vaccine passports are not introduced in the European Union

TOURISM Secretary, Fernando Valdes, has hinted that Spain would consider bilateral travel deals and corridors with ‘third party countries’ if the European Union does not

1 Mar, 2021 @ 18:10

Lead·National News·Travel News

‘UNSOCIAL NETWORK’ as teenage boy hijacks teachers social media sites in ‘sex for grades’ postings in Spain’s Valencian Community

A 14-year-old boy has got himself into hot water after hijacking social media accounts belonging to two of his teachers. He posted messages that offered

1 Mar, 2021 @ 17:03

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Fc Barcelona Introduce New Player Pedro Gonzalez Lopez Pedri

Former FC Barcelona president arrested in police corruption probe over La Liga club in Spain

CATALAN police raided FC Barcelona’s Nou Camp headquarters and various homes this morning(March 1) to arrest several people including ex-club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The

1 Mar, 2021 @ 14:35

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

COVID-19 vaccine jabs stepped up as mass vaccination plans are unveiled for Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 vaccinations are being stepped up this week across the Valencian Community, with plans for mass vaccinations also announced for the region. Valencian President, Ximo

1 Mar, 2021 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

47 Year Saga Of Unfinished Eyesore La Manga Hotel Continues On Murcia S Mar Menor

Saga to demolish an eyesore La Manga hotel dating back to 1974 continues on Murcia’s Mar Menor

PLANS to demolish an unfinished La Manga hotel continue to be in limbo as a structural survey says the building has not yet reached a

28 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

UP, UP AND AWAY for space-bound hot air balloon ride from Spanish company

A SPANISH company is to offer a somewhat different balloon ride with a chance to hit the earth’s atmosphere and get some spectacular views. Barcelona

28 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Technology·Travel News

‘POWER GRAB’ as luxury villa used so much electricity for marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca that it blacked-out a Calpe urbanisation

A Spanish couple rented a luxury villa in Calpe to set up a fully-fledged massive indoor marijuana farm. Their operation came unstuck as they drained

27 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Property experts in Spain say it is a good time to buy with lower prices on Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol

BETTER weather and the arrival of spring traditionally sees the start of the key time of the year for Spanish property sales. That in turn,

27 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Property·Valencian Community

King Emeritus Don Juan Carlos Announces His Retirement From Public Life

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos coughs up another massive chunk of his tax bill

Spain’s former King Juan Carlos, who quit the country last August with financial scandals hanging over him, has paid a €4.4 million tax bill. It

26 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead·National News

Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation

‘FOUL DEED’ as DNA traps selfish dog owner 70 kilometres away from home in Spain’s Valencian Community

PREDATOR PET as alligator-style reptile is seized from a farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Health chiefs in Spain propose tough Easter COVID-19 curbs across whole country including the Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

HOSPITAL CASES involving COVID-19 fall below 1,000 for first time in 2021 in Spain’s Valencian Community

IMMOBILE EASTER as Valencian leader calls for regional border closures to continue over holiday period in Spain

JAB TIME: When will I get my COVID-19 vaccination in Spain?

Cabo Roig area residents get ‘breakthrough’ promise in decade-long dangerous bridge battle on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOOD NEWS continues with new cases of COVID-19 maintaining big fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

Health chiefs in Spain say anybody who gets AstraZeneca COVID vaccines should take paracetamol beforehand

Only up to 50% of Benidorm’s bars and restaurants have reopened on Spain’s Costa Blanca

More jobs on the line in 2021 for Spain’s pandemic-hit small businesses and self-employed

Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport wins top award for COVID-19 safety in Spain

FIND OUT if you can sit indoors at your local bar and restaurant in Spain’s Murcia region from this Wednesday

Weekend COVID-19 totals are under a SIXTH of early February figures in Spain’s Valencian Community

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Man to face trial for lacing smoothies with drugs to sexually abuse little girl in his holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Fresh hint that Spain could reach travel deal with UK if vaccine passports are not introduced in the European Union

Former FC Barcelona president arrested in police corruption probe over La Liga club in Spain

COVID-19 vaccine jabs stepped up as mass vaccination plans are unveiled for Spain’s Valencian Community

Saga to demolish an eyesore La Manga hotel dating back to 1974 continues on Murcia’s Mar Menor

UP, UP AND AWAY for space-bound hot air balloon ride from Spanish company

‘POWER GRAB’ as luxury villa used so much electricity for marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca that it blacked-out a Calpe urbanisation

Property experts in Spain say it is a good time to buy with lower prices on Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos coughs up another massive chunk of his tax bill

Costa del crime: The inside tale of how a 2am trip to a Marbella strip club led to the arrest of one of the UK’s most wanted cocaine dealers

Three women killed in northern Spain house fire ‘deliberately set alight by victim’s ex-partner’

Narco petrol runners are arrested while attempting to flee Estepona beach in a taxi

Spain grants free on-the-spot healthcare to all undocumented migrants