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Costa Blanca health workers given meals, cars and rooms by local businesses, and isolated patients even given PC tablets

TORREVIEJA University Hospital has been overwhelmed by donations of meals, hotel rooms and even apartments during the Covid-19 crisis. PPE and material for the leisure

16 Apr, 2020 @ 12:07

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Valencian Community has now received close to 20 million pieces of PPE from China

Millions of masks arrived in Valencia this week as the ninth flight lands with supplies from China Valencia’s city airport welcomed the ninth flight from

16 Apr, 2020 @ 07:37

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Madrid man threatens to f*** Costa Blanca town with Covid-19 before expulsion for ‘hate crime’

TORREVIEJA magistrates have expelled the man that boasted of travelling from Madrid to spread Coronavirus throughout the city. The order prohibits Antonio BD from, “residing

15 Apr, 2020 @ 15:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid

Foiled by fruit – tardy pair of Costa Calida criminals impeded by booty of ‘berries

POLICIA Nacional arrested a pair of serial thieves fleeing from a Cartagena bar, last week. Observant locals had contacted police after witnessing a fruit shop,

15 Apr, 2020 @ 12:02

Costa Blanca·Lead

Unlucky pair arrested for flouting lock-down rules, then see sizeable stash of hash and cash seized, too

TWO MEN from Molina de Segura, near Costa Calida’s Murcia, lost out in a number of ways when they were pulled over by Guardia Civil,

15 Apr, 2020 @ 07:29

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Barmy bathers found flouting lock-down law at Costa Blanca beauty spot

TWO MEN were identified and fined this week for flouting lock-down rules at secluded beaches in Guardamar del Segura. Calls from concerned locals alerted Guardia

14 Apr, 2020 @ 12:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force

COMBINED FORCES smashed a human trafficking ring operating in Andalusia, last week. Europol and Policia Nacional broke up the gang of seven that were sexually

14 Apr, 2020 @ 12:23

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Jaen

Charities and police combine to help feed Costa Blanca migrant communities during lock-down crisis

THE ALICANTE Food Bank and several charities have combined forces with Guardia Civil to collect and distribute food parcels among migrant communities in the region.

14 Apr, 2020 @ 08:09

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Differences put aside with cross-party agreement to honour Spanish dead in Costa Blanca city

ORIHUELA Town Hall will be lowering their flags in honour of the 17,000+ Spanish people that have died so far of Coronavirus. The city’s mayor,

13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:38

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

RISKING LIVES: Birthday party caught, fined and sent home after lighting barbecue in communal area of Costa Blanca resort

RISKING their own lives, and those of loved ones, a birthday party of seven people was denounced by the Guardia Civil in Guardamar del Segura,

13 Apr, 2020 @ 10:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca cocaine dealer caught telling lock-down lies

GUARDIA CIVIL stopped a drug deal in its tracks this week when three occupants of a car failed to explain themselves. The vehicle had been

11 Apr, 2020 @ 16:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Number of cars intercepted in Costa Blanca city DOUBLES in one day, as Easter weekend traffic from inland increases

SECURITY in Alicante has been increased after over 2,000 cars had been intercepted on Tuesday, alone. Main roads in and out of the city have

10 Apr, 2020 @ 13:04

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police in Costa Blanca resort check shoppers’ addresses in latest clamp-down

SANTA POLA Local Police are informing citizens that they are happy to check the addresses of shoppers as they buy their groceries. The Costa Blanca

10 Apr, 2020 @ 12:18

Costa Blanca

Lock-down claims latest victim as Sevillanas Fair cancelled in major Costa Blanca city

TORREVIEJA authorities have officially cancelled the May 2020 Fair, due to be held between 6th and 10th of next month. The city’s mayor, Eduardo Dolón,

9 Apr, 2020 @ 14:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca man gets vicious dog to attack police and gets arrested for multiple other crimes in process

AN ALMORADI man has been arrested for committing multiple crimes whilst skipping lock-down restrictions. The 47-year-old Spaniard was detained for two alleged robberies and attacking

9 Apr, 2020 @ 13:13

Costa Blanca·Lead

Murcia healthcare staff and elderly tested first as 43,000 new ‘rapid test kits’ delivered at weekend

MURCIA’S regional health services, the SMS, took delivery of 43,000 new rapid Coronavirus testing kits on Sunday. As a priority, three groups of people will

8 Apr, 2020 @ 14:22

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Brilliant’ Costa Blanca town announces citizens’ mobile street party to lift spirits during lock-down

FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA, in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca South, has just announced a street party with a difference on Sunday, April

7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:33

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Stats suggest Covid-19 curve is flattening, but Costa Blanca town continues to disinfect – much to delight of locals

ROJALES in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca, isn’t sitting back just because official statistics SUGGEST the Coronavirus curve is flattening out. Throughout

7 Apr, 2020 @ 07:16

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Three arrested over one weekend in Costa Blanca town for breaking lock-down rules

ORIHUELA Policia Local arrested three people over the this weekend for breaking the lock-down rules put in place because of the Nation State of Emergency.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 18:43

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Costa Blanca community ‘rocks’ in 8pm celebration of Spain’s health and emergency services

FORMENTERA DEL SEGURA shows no signs of tiring in their appreciation for Spain’s health and emergency services. Right across the country, citizens have come out

4 Apr, 2020 @ 21:01

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

WATCH: Costa Blanca hoteliers make ‘brilliant’ Hollywood-themed video message to stay indoors during lock-down

TWO GUADALEST hoteliers have recorded a very special video for clients that have sent good-will messages during the Coronavirus lock-down. Sofi Alonso and Toni Serrano run the

3 Apr, 2020 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Sending out an SOS: Costa Blanca community radio station reaches out for listeners’ help

COMMUNITY radio station, Big Radio Spain, is reaching out to its legion of loyal listeners to help it survive the crippling Coronavirus lock-down. With so

3 Apr, 2020 @ 07:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Worried UK family reach out to Olive Press readers to help care for their ill relative, 72

AN urgent plea has gone out to expats in the Costa Blanca South to help a very sick British pensioner suffering from cancer. Big-hearted expats

3 Apr, 2020 @ 06:35

Costa Blanca·Lead

The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your copy

THE ELEVENTH edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South & Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

2 Apr, 2020 @ 10:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Expat opera singer, 22, treats Costa Blanca neighbours to rooftop rendition of Puccini’s ‘Oh mio babbino caro’

NEIGHBOURS in the Costa Blanca town of San Miguel de Salinas were treated to a surprise rendition of a Puccini aria on Sunday, March 29,

31 Mar, 2020 @ 13:50

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca police ‘break down perceived barriers’ with home visits for children celebrating birthdays during Spain’s lock-down

SAN FULGENCIO Local Police in the Vega Baja area of Costa Blanca South have made a pledge to lighten the lock-down blues of the town’s

30 Mar, 2020 @ 16:39

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca health workers given meals, cars and rooms by local businesses, and isolated patients even given PC tablets

Spain’s Valencian Community has now received close to 20 million pieces of PPE from China

WATCH: Madrid man threatens to f*** Costa Blanca town with Covid-19 before expulsion for ‘hate crime’

Foiled by fruit – tardy pair of Costa Calida criminals impeded by booty of ‘berries

Unlucky pair arrested for flouting lock-down rules, then see sizeable stash of hash and cash seized, too

Barmy bathers found flouting lock-down law at Costa Blanca beauty spot

WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force

Charities and police combine to help feed Costa Blanca migrant communities during lock-down crisis

Differences put aside with cross-party agreement to honour Spanish dead in Costa Blanca city

RISKING LIVES: Birthday party caught, fined and sent home after lighting barbecue in communal area of Costa Blanca resort

Costa Blanca cocaine dealer caught telling lock-down lies

Number of cars intercepted in Costa Blanca city DOUBLES in one day, as Easter weekend traffic from inland increases

Police in Costa Blanca resort check shoppers’ addresses in latest clamp-down

Lock-down claims latest victim as Sevillanas Fair cancelled in major Costa Blanca city

Costa Blanca man gets vicious dog to attack police and gets arrested for multiple other crimes in process

Murcia healthcare staff and elderly tested first as 43,000 new ‘rapid test kits’ delivered at weekend

‘Brilliant’ Costa Blanca town announces citizens’ mobile street party to lift spirits during lock-down

Stats suggest Covid-19 curve is flattening, but Costa Blanca town continues to disinfect – much to delight of locals

Three arrested over one weekend in Costa Blanca town for breaking lock-down rules

WATCH: Costa Blanca community ‘rocks’ in 8pm celebration of Spain’s health and emergency services

WATCH: Costa Blanca hoteliers make ‘brilliant’ Hollywood-themed video message to stay indoors during lock-down

Sending out an SOS: Costa Blanca community radio station reaches out for listeners’ help

Worried UK family reach out to Olive Press readers to help care for their ill relative, 72

The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your copy

WATCH: Expat opera singer, 22, treats Costa Blanca neighbours to rooftop rendition of Puccini’s ‘Oh mio babbino caro’

Costa Blanca police ‘break down perceived barriers’ with home visits for children celebrating birthdays during Spain’s lock-down

Spain’s most famous matador will return to the bullring in Andalucia this month – just weeks after brutal 10cm rectum goring left him in hospital

Runner hailed a hero after stopping to save life of 70-year-old man having a heart attack on Costa del Sol boardwalk

Alicante construction surges by 25% as region races to fix Spain’s massive 750,000 home shortage

‘Completely out of character’: Family worried as Ukrainian woman, 36, disappears after a traffic accident in Algeciras