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Top Costa Blanca Firework Show Is Pulled Due To Overcrowding Fears

Elche’s world-famous Nit de l’Alba fireworks display cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

ELCHE’S world-famous ‘Nit de l’Álba’ firework display has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The city’s major summer fiestas have already been called

30 Jun, 2020 @ 12:40

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Unused Field Hospitals On Stand By If Tourists In Spain S Costa Blanca Caused Big Virus Surge

Valencian Community reveals it has ‘6,000 hospital beds’ on standby due to concerns of COVID-19 outbreaks from tourism

VALENCIA’S health ministry has revealed it has 6,000 hospital beds on standby should tourism create a new spike in coronavirus cases. Emergency field hospitals have

30 Jun, 2020 @ 11:55

Costa Blanca·Health

Coronavirus Cases Rise In Valencian Community Meat Processing Plant

14 test COVID-19 positive in Valencian meat-processing plant as factories become centre of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain

A MEAT-processing plant in the Valencian Community has become the centre of a significant coronavirus outbreak after 14 workers tested positive on Monday, June 29.

30 Jun, 2020 @ 11:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Underage Driver Caught Deputising For Drunk Dad In Beach Resort On Spain S Costa Blanca

16-year-old son caught driving drunk dad home in Spain’s Elche – both face charges

A FATHER and son are facing charges in Elche after Guardia Civil caught the 16-year-old minor behind the wheel next to his horrendously drunk dad.

29 Jun, 2020 @ 13:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Costa Blanca Toll Booth Smash Next To Big Shopping Centre Popular With Expats

54-year-old woman trapped in car after being hit from behind at toll booth on AP-7 in Spain’s Orihuela Costa

A PASSENGER was trapped in her car after two vehicles collided at a toll booth close to the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre on Orihuela Costa.

29 Jun, 2020 @ 12:56

Costa Blanca

23 goldfinches released into wild by Guardia Civil after arrest of two trappers in Spain’s Torrevieja

TWO men have been arrested for illegally capturing goldfinch birds in the San Miguel de Salinas area. Guardia Civil agents from Torrevieja stopped the men’s

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment

Diner wins €2,000 in compensation after breaking tooth on ‘stuffed olive’ that still had pip inside in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIAN diner has won €2,000 in compensation after breaking a tooth on a ‘stuffed olive’ that still had the pip inside. The woman took

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:48

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Flood Fears As A Costa Blanca Council Creates Stink Over Sewage Plant To Be Built By Neighbouring Town

Dolores slams neighbouring Costa Blanca town hall’s proposal to build sewage works in floodplain next to a school and houses

DOLORES town hall has united against a neighbouring authority’s proposal to build a new sewage works right next to houses and a school. Dolores mayor

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:27

Costa Blanca

Spanish Cops On Costa Calida Ordered Home To Isolate After Boat Refugee Tests Positive For Virus

23 police officers in self-isolation after intercepting boat with COVID-19 positive illegal immigrants on Spain’s Costa Calida

A TOTAL of 23 police officers have been ordered to self-isolate after rescuing a boat containing COVID-19 positive illegal immigrants in Spain’s Murcia. The small

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Torrevieja rated ‘cheapest in Spain’ for holiday rentals – last year prices low as €22 per person per night

AN online holiday site has rated Torrevieja as the ‘cheapest place in Spain’ to get a one-night family vacation rental in 2019. The survey was

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:21

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Spain S Tourism Industry Says A Million Jobs Are At Stake As Government Rescue Plans Fall Short

One million tourism jobs ‘still at risk’ despite €4 billion emergency government plan, says leading Spanish tourism association

A LEADING tourism association has warned that ‘one million’ tourism-related jobs are still at risk in Spain, despite a €4 billion government plan to keep

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Mosquito War Stepped Up In Spain S Costa Blanca With Inflatable Boat Used To Help Kill Off Pests Pic Option 1

Orihuela council announce new ‘inflatable boat’ to tackle tiger mosquitos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN inflatable boat is being used by a Costa Blanca council as a new weapon in the annual war against mosquitoes. Orihuela’s pest control contractor,

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:50

Costa Blanca

Two arrested for scamming €143,000 from small-scale orange farmers in Spain’s Alicante

TWO men have been arrested for scamming small-scale Costa Blanca fruit farmers to the tune of €143,000. The con involved the duo buttering up a

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Playa Las Marinas Punta Del Raset De Denia

Beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca to hit 30 degrees this weekend – inc. Denia and Alicante

COSTA Blanca beaches will break 30 degrees on the thermometre this weekend as Spain gets ready for its summer season. Beaches in the northern Costa

25 Jun, 2020 @ 16:47

Costa Blanca·Lead

Obsessed ex tracks down former girlfriend for whole year before kidnapping her for nine days in Spain’s Murcia

A MAN who spent a year looking for his ex-partner, only to slash her face with a knife and then hold her captive for nine

22 Jun, 2020 @ 15:06

Costa Blanca

UK budget flights return to Alicante airport following official end of Spain’s state of alarm

BUDGET flights from the UK have resumed into Alicante-Elche airport as of yesterday (June 21) following the end of Spain’s coronavirus State of Alarm. Eight

22 Jun, 2020 @ 14:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

Councils across Spain’s Costa Blanca ban San Juan bonfire jumping parties and prohibit beach access on June 23

COSTA BLANCA councils have banned the annual San Juan beach bonfire fiestas from happening next week. Municipalities across the region said the popular gatherings can’t

19 Jun, 2020 @ 18:19

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Uk Bake Off And Mary Berry Fans Dent Flour Exports To Expat Areas Like Spain

Expat supermarket suggests UK home bakers emulating ‘Mary Berry’ during lockdown to blame for drop in UK flour exports to Spain

UK home bakers emulating their celebrity heroes during lockdown may be to blame for a ‘drop’ in British flour supplies to Spanish retailers. The huge

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:48

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Regional Capital City Dominates Fresh Covid Cases In Spain S Valencian Community

The 33 municipalities that registered new COVID-19 cases this week in Spain’s Valencian Community – inc. Benidorm and El Campello

JUST 33 of 542 municipalities in the Valencian Community have registered new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to official government figures. The breakdown

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:20

Costa Blanca·Health

Locked Out Man Suffers Fatal Balcony Slip On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man leaves keys in mother’s apartment block in Denia and dies in attempt to scale third-floor balcony

A 54-year old man has died after locking himself out of a Denia area apartment block and falling to the ground in an attempt to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 13:08

Costa Blanca

Breakthrough Drug To Be Used By Uk Nhs In Covid Treatment Is Standard In Spain S Valencian Community

NHS breakthrough drug Dexamethasone praised for saving 1 in 8 COVID-19 patients has been in use in Spain’s Valencia for ‘decades’

A DRUG that has been hailed in Britain as a breakthrough in treating seriously ill coronavirus patients has been used for a long time in

19 Jun, 2020 @ 12:55

Health·Lead

Patients Visiting Health Centres Without Appointment To Be Vetted In Spain S Valencian Community

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

HEALTH centres across the Valencian Community are launching a triage system next Monday (June 22) meaning people who just turn up without an appointment to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 12:43

Costa Blanca·Health

Spain Set To Increase Virus Tests As Emergency Period Ends

Spain’s gov. will PCR test all close contacts of COVID-19 patients as country exits state of alarm this Sunday

SPAIN is to ramp up coronavirus testing as the country gets ready to come out of the State of Alarm this Sunday (June 21). Concerns

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Spains Airports Are Cutting Charges To Boost Number Of Services Flying Into Country

Airlines to be gifted ‘lower landing fees’ to boost airborne tourism to Spain from July 1

AIR carriers flying into Spain’s airports are to be charged lower landing fees in a move aimed at boosting the number of flights in the

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:33

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: 5-month baby in care after suffering cocaine poisoning following drug-fuelled car crash with underage parent in Spain’s Murcia

A five-month-old baby has been taken into care in Murcia after it was found to have a high level of cocaine in a urine sample.

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Polluted Water From Murcias Mar Menor Goes On Show In Regional Assembly

Opposition waves bottle of ‘dirty water’ from Mar Menor in Murcia assembly as EU begins investigation in one of Europe’s ‘biggest environmental problems’

A bottle of polluted water from the Mar Menor was waved in the air yesterday to prove a point during a session of Murcia’s Regional

18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:59

Costa Blanca·Environment

Elche’s world-famous Nit de l’Alba fireworks display cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

Valencian Community reveals it has ‘6,000 hospital beds’ on standby due to concerns of COVID-19 outbreaks from tourism

14 test COVID-19 positive in Valencian meat-processing plant as factories become centre of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain

16-year-old son caught driving drunk dad home in Spain’s Elche – both face charges

54-year-old woman trapped in car after being hit from behind at toll booth on AP-7 in Spain’s Orihuela Costa

23 goldfinches released into wild by Guardia Civil after arrest of two trappers in Spain’s Torrevieja

Diner wins €2,000 in compensation after breaking tooth on ‘stuffed olive’ that still had pip inside in Spain’s Valencia

Dolores slams neighbouring Costa Blanca town hall’s proposal to build sewage works in floodplain next to a school and houses

23 police officers in self-isolation after intercepting boat with COVID-19 positive illegal immigrants on Spain’s Costa Calida

Torrevieja rated ‘cheapest in Spain’ for holiday rentals – last year prices low as €22 per person per night

One million tourism jobs ‘still at risk’ despite €4 billion emergency government plan, says leading Spanish tourism association

Orihuela council announce new ‘inflatable boat’ to tackle tiger mosquitos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Two arrested for scamming €143,000 from small-scale orange farmers in Spain’s Alicante

Beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca to hit 30 degrees this weekend – inc. Denia and Alicante

Obsessed ex tracks down former girlfriend for whole year before kidnapping her for nine days in Spain’s Murcia

UK budget flights return to Alicante airport following official end of Spain’s state of alarm

Councils across Spain’s Costa Blanca ban San Juan bonfire jumping parties and prohibit beach access on June 23

Expat supermarket suggests UK home bakers emulating ‘Mary Berry’ during lockdown to blame for drop in UK flour exports to Spain

The 33 municipalities that registered new COVID-19 cases this week in Spain’s Valencian Community – inc. Benidorm and El Campello

Man leaves keys in mother’s apartment block in Denia and dies in attempt to scale third-floor balcony

NHS breakthrough drug Dexamethasone praised for saving 1 in 8 COVID-19 patients has been in use in Spain’s Valencia for ‘decades’

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

Spain’s gov. will PCR test all close contacts of COVID-19 patients as country exits state of alarm this Sunday

Airlines to be gifted ‘lower landing fees’ to boost airborne tourism to Spain from July 1

WATCH: 5-month baby in care after suffering cocaine poisoning following drug-fuelled car crash with underage parent in Spain’s Murcia

Opposition waves bottle of ‘dirty water’ from Mar Menor in Murcia assembly as EU begins investigation in one of Europe’s ‘biggest environmental problems’

Spain is now the world’s second most visited country – ahead even of Italy and the US, new data shows

The ghostly history of Malaga’s ‘useless’ Montejaque dam – now a ticking timebomb as subterranean tremors force evacuations

Spain’s plan to legalise half a million irregular migrants sees huge queues at Algerian consulate in Alicante

Girlfriend of Estepona mayor’s son called to testify on how she ended up running plush restaurant atop the town’s flagship new tower

Brits among hundreds evacuated from Malaga’s Benaojan as mountain ‘trembles’ amid fears defunct dam could burst