Simon Wade, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Virtual tours provide Covid-safe visits to museums on Spain’s Costa Blanca

MUCH of Costa Blanca’s culture will now be accessible to stay-at-home citizens, thanks to virtual tours. Mar Ezcurra, Orihuela’s Councillor for Culture (pictured below), announced

21 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Kids responsible for a dozen robberies caught red-handed taking selfies while vandalising school in Spain’s Murcia

TWO children have been arrested after allegedly carrying out 12 robberies from shops and a school in Murcia. Guardia Civil sources say the pair had

20 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca

Farmer arrested for exploiting and abusing foreign workers in Spain’s Murcia region

A BULLYING farmer that abused foreign workers and had them working in pitiful conditions has been arrested. Policia Nacional sources allege the Murcia business-owner, “exploited

20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

Stricter COVID-19 restrictions being discussed in Spain’s Valencian Community

VALENCIAN President, Ximo Puig, is to mull over fresh options today(January19)over what new restrictions can be introduced to stem the rising tide of new COVID-19

19 Jan, 2021 @ 11:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca city becomes the greenest in Spain’s Valencian Community with over 50 charging stations for electric cars

ORIHUELA and its surrounding areas now have over 50 charging stations for electric vehicles, more than anywhere else in the Valencian Community. The Environment Councillor,

18 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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First citizens already receiving their second vaccine jab in Spain’s Valencia Region

OVER 5,000 people in the region will get their second and final vaccination jab this week in the region’s ongoing battle against Coronavirus. The Department

18 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Gas fire explosion leaves elderly man with 50% burns in one of two fires in neighbouring villages on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIRES in neighbouring urbanisations in the Vega Baja area resulted in two septuagenarians being hospitalised last night, December 14. Firefighters were called to attend the

15 Jan, 2021 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out – here’s where to get your free copy

OUR 31st edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

15 Jan, 2021 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases double over a week in densely-populated British expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES mayor, Antonio Perez, is appealing to all citizens to act responsibly in light of positive COVID-19 cases DOUBLING in a week. The Rojales municipality

14 Jan, 2021 @ 16:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Social gatherings banned between people not living together in Spain’s Murcia region

THE ENTIRE Murcia region has banned social gatherings between non-cohabitants, from today, January 14. Meetings of any sort will only be allowed with people that

14 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia

Expats still have time to apply for residencia in Spain and help is available

BRITISH expats can still apply for residencia to protect their rights while living in Spain, despite the UK leaving the EU. The December 31 deadline

13 Jan, 2021 @ 13:32

Lead·National News

Hundreds fined for border breach attempts during first weekend of towns’ perimeter closures in Spain’s Murcia

DURING the first weekend of perimeter closures in the region of Murcia, 225 fines were issues for attempted breaches. National Police and Guardia Civil carried

12 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Murcia

Promenade repairs to start after delays at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA is seeing long-awaited repair work start today(January 11) at the Paseo de La Glea in Campoamur. Officials from the council oversaw the first

11 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Salt sent to Spain’s snowy centre in storm solution and show of ‘solidarity’ by Costa Blanca cities

TORREVIEJA Council has joined up with an Orihuela company to send road salt to central Spain, in light of the deadly snow conditions. A fleet

11 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·National News

Slow Covid 19 Tests At A Hospital On Spain S Costa Blanca Forces Doctors And Nurses Into Self Isolation

All non-essential surgery AND treatment suspended at hospitals throughout Spain’s Valencia region

HOSPITALS throughout the Valencia region have suspended all non-emergency surgical activity to make bed space for Coronavirus victims. General director of Healthcare in Valenciana, Mariam

10 Jan, 2021 @ 14:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Shopping centres to expect increased police presence after 5pm to “assess compliance” on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SHOPPERS will be counted in and counted out of shopping centres, as police are redirected from the social sector at 5pm. That is the statement

10 Jan, 2021 @ 13:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Demands for Spanish army to help with ‘overwhelmed’ vaccination roll out plans in Valencian Community

CLAIMS of an ‘overwhelmed’ health system has led an opposition politician to call for the Spanish army to help vaccinate the Valencian Community. Isabel Bonig,

8 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Valencia region proclaims ‘we’re ready’ for new Moderna vaccine

VALENCIA is ready and prepared to roll out the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from the moment it arrives, its regional health minister has said. Ana Barcelo

8 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Ukrainian refugees robbed of €7,000 and valuables at Valencia region motorway service area in Spain

Woman caught stealing €5,000 from 83-year-old after being identified via ATM withdrawal on Spain’s Costa Calida

AN alleged thief has been arrested after stealing thousands of euros from an 83-year-old on the Costa Calida. The perpetrator was identified after CCTV footage

7 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Quartet of crypto currency con artists caught on Costa Blanca after €7m scam

ALLEGED FRAUDSTERS in Alicante have been arrested for their part in a SEVEN MILLION euro crypto currency scam. Policia Nacional detained the four, two men

6 Jan, 2021 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Three Kings Day celebrated in style as first vaccines administered in major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE OF Costa Blanca’s major cities celebrated Spain’s Three Kings Day in style, this morning. Orihuela saw the first of the Pfizer vaccines administered to

6 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Town popular with expats goes bat crazy to help control mosquitoes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BAT SHELTER boxes have been installed in Rojales, the town with the highest density of Brits on Costa Blanca. The purpose is to ensure that

5 Jan, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police in protest as “lives at risk” from sharing bulletproof vests among Spain’s Guardia Civil

BULLETPROOF vests are having to be shared among Guardia Civil due to poor planning, according to their union, UnionGC. They consider it unacceptable that, during

4 Jan, 2021 @ 11:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Doctors call for tougher restrictions in Spain’s Valencia region as pandemic becomes ‘out of control’

THE forum of Primary Care Physicians in the Valencian Community warned yesterday that ‘the pandemic is out of control, in terms of new cases, hospitalisations

2 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Blue Zone parking planned for major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council is drawing up plans for Blue Zone parking zones in its city centre. Federico Alarcon, the PP’s Councillor for Traffic and Safety, insisted

2 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

READ WITH CAUTION: Dead dogs found rotting among 22 survivors in ‘deplorable’ Madrid farm – two owners arrested

GUARDIA CIVIL have discovered a farm housing 22 sick dogs, with another seven lying dead among them. The report says the animals were kept in

31 Dec, 2020 @ 12:00

Lead·Madrid