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Boom time for hotel group as Hollywood TV company book over 10,000 nights’ accommodation in Spain’s Malaga

SOHO BOUTIQUE Hotels have a brand new VIP guest in the form of Hollywood production company Global Television Operations. As part of a year-long project to make seven TV dramas in and

27 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

APPROVED: Huge urban regeneration plan at Levante beach that will ‘capture the spirit’ of Spain’s Benidorm

BENIDORM City Council will give provisional approval to the Ensanche Levante Plan, set to transform a central area of the popular resort. Once the Municipal Planning Commission has met (between Christmas weekend

26 Dec, 2021 @ 10:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Health Centre set up to help maintain family relationships on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA now has a ‘Family Meeting Point’, set up just in time for Christmas and the Three Kings, when familial relationships are under most stress. Local Councillor for Equality, Almudena Baldó, opened

23 Dec, 2021 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Glittery make-up, lack of sleep and champagne corks – how Christmas can be harmful to your eyes

DIARIES are full of festive celebrations through Christmas, New Year’s Eve and until the Three Kings, but did you know that this season of goodwill can play havoc with the health of

21 Dec, 2021 @ 11:30

Health·Lead·National News

Schoolchildren promote rich cultural and religious heritage with video made on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA schoolchildren have participated in a video to remind us of Spain’s rich religious cultural heritage. The City Council has been working with an organisation called Future for Religious Heritage since April

20 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Dates discovered growing in palm grove on Spain’s Costa Blanca described as ‘exceptional’

TWO indigenous varieties of date have been discovered at the Palmeral de Orihuela and already described as “exceptional”. Named ‘Oriol’ and ‘Bolica’, they were selected from samples taken from 35 palm trees

17 Dec, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Only 1 in 50 drivers breathalyzed are over the limit in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES Local Police performed 473 roadside breathalyzer and drug tests during one week in December. Checkpoints were set up in various locations around the centre, districts and urbanisations of the town, including

16 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXECUTED: Freedom fighters from Spain’s Franco era exhumed in Costa Blanca town revealing bullet wounds to the head

SEVEN bodies out of 14 exhumed from in Alicante are believed to be of freedom fighters that were executed during the height of Franco’s Spanish repression in the 1940s. Careful exhumations of

16 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

New-build projects suspended as development “exceeds growth limitations” on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GREEN and rural areas in the Vega Baja area of Costa Blanca South will be protected at least for another year, thanks to new-build projects being suspended. On Monday December 13, the

15 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Five year olds soon to be vaccinated at school in fight against Covid-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AS SCHOOL canteens and gyms are quickly converted into vaccination stations for children, Costa Blanca authorities are planning to start jabbing five year olds. Immunisation from the Covid-19 virus for children aged

14 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

SPAIN TRAVEL UPDATE: UK will now issue COVID passport to over-12s

On Monday December 13, the UK government’s website updated its travel advice section for those entering Spain from the UK. In their Foreign Travel Advice (Spain) section, they now state the following:

14 Dec, 2021 @ 10:50

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News·Travel News

Hot pursuit through streets after man tries to run policeman over in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES Policía Local have arrested a man after he tried to run over one of their officers at a traffic checkpoint. He was about to be stopped and breathalysed in the popular

14 Dec, 2021 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

2,100 mile network of cycle-paths planned stretching entire length of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROJECT linking 289 different cycle paths throughout coastal Spain is being planned. Some 3,360 kilometres of track (2,100 miles) will stretch from Vinaròs in Castellon to Pilar de la Horadada in

13 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Orihuela Costa to have its own Christmas Light switch-on, separate from main city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA CITY Council has responded to calls from citizens on the coast who perceive the area as being ignored, by arranging its own Christmas Light ceremony next week. The traditional Nativity Scene

10 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

70s favourite Scalextric forms part of Christmas fair in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO will be enjoying their Christmas light switch-on this Saturday, December 11, but the highlight for many of a certain age will be the communal Scalextric set. The municipality, that includes

10 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Only one area of Spain’s Costa Blanca has property sales back to pre-Covid levels – which one?

PROPERTY sales have rebounded back to near pre-pandemic levels across Alicante province, but one area has seen investment AHEAD of 2019 levels. Some 34,000 homes have been sold in the area this

9 Dec, 2021 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Man gets 17 years after fatally stabbing disabled stepfather 21 times on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A drug-user from Iceland was handed 17 years in prison for fatally stabbing his mother’s partner in Torrevieja. The frenzied attack on his fellow countryman, in January 2020, resulted in 21 stab

8 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Festive business boost as town citizens are given over €200,000 to spend locally on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FAMILIES living in Pilar de la Horadada are being given thirty euros to spend locally in the run-up to Christmas. The local City Council is offering each registered family a voucher in

8 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Researchers reveal which vaccine is more effective: Pfizer or Moderna

A STUDY involving almost half a million people has been carried out to determine which of the two most popular vaccines are more effective against the Covid-19 virus. The Pfizer-BionTech and Moderna

6 Dec, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Managers claim a third more staff are already in place as they plead for calm at blighted hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA Hospital has sent out a message of ‘calm’ amidst chaotic scenes following a change in management. The newly-appointed administration claims that extra new specialists and care staff have already been in

6 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Mass vaccination point springs up at Costa Blanca shopping centre amidst fear of rising infection rates in Spain

A MASS vaccination point is being quickly set up at a Torrevieja shopping centre with a “no appointment necessary” message to all people needing their jab in the fight against Covid-19. People

6 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat pensioner forced to ‘sofa-surf’ in the UK after falling victim to alleged fake padron scam on Spain’s Costa Blanca

LILY Higgins had bought her dream home in southern Spain and applied for the necessary TIE card to allow her to retire here. The 72-year-old former hospital administrator had sold her home

2 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Festive business boost as local council gives away thousands of euros to shoppers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO Council, which incorporates the popular expat urbanisation of La Marina, is giving away 7,000 euros in a bid to boost the local economy over Christmas. The initiative, organised by the

1 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

International Day of The Disabled commemorated this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COUNCIL BUILDINGS across Orihuela and Orihuela Costa will light up this Friday, December 3, to commemorate International Day of The Disabled. The Social Welfare Department, led by Almudena Baldó, announced the events

1 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Balearic boost for buyers browsing online – Mallorca tops the chart in 2021 property searches

THIS year has been arguably one of the most difficult for British people wanting to buy in Spain, but some destinations have had a much bigger increase in online interest. Even without

30 Nov, 2021 @ 10:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

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Which two of the world’s Top 25 Coastal Relocation Destinations are in Spain?

RECENT research has revealed the Top 25 coastal destinations in the world for permanent relocation – and two are in Spain. With the top five located in middle-eastern desert areas, Valencia and

28 Nov, 2021 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Travel News·Valencia