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Flash new €80m Costa Blanca tourist apartment complex shows foreign demand holding strong

SPAIN’S latest luxury development just a stone’s throw from Benidorm shows that foreign demand in the upper end of the market remains strong. The Delfín

17 Jul, 2025 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Man viciously attacked elderly women and pawned off their jewellery in Alicante area

Thief viciously attacked elderly women and pawned off their jewellery in Alicante area

A 22-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested for assaulting elderly women in Callosa de Segura and stealing jewellery which he then pawned off. The detainee committed

15 Jul, 2025 @ 13:09

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

UK sunseekers boost Costa Blanca airport to all-time June record

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new passenger record for June with 1.9 million travellers- up 8.4% on a year earlier. Over a third of the passengers

14 Jul, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Action demanded to stop passport control delays for UK travellers at Costa Blanca airport

A UNION representing Policia Nacional officers running passport control at Alicante-Elche airport wants the old terminal building reopened to slash long queues. The Spanish Police

8 Jul, 2025 @ 11:50

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Beach police patrols boosted for summer peak season in Costa Blanca tourist city

Beach police patrols boosted during summer peak season in Costa Blanca tourist city

ALICANTE has increased the number of Policia Local patrols operating across its beaches during the peak summer season. 38 officers are covering the beaches at

8 Jul, 2025 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm has new inspectors ready to fine owners of illegal holiday rental homes

This ‘Little Britain’ in Spain is hailed as ‘the most complete destination for UK tourists’

BENIDORM, an old fishing village in Alicante has been converted into a symbol of modernity without losing its essence over the years. It remains a

7 Jul, 2025 @ 15:39

Alicante·Benidorm·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

EasyJet to launch five new routes between the UK and Spain

Travel misery in Spain with 60 flights cancelled on second day of easyJet cabin crew strike

Have you been impacted by easyJet strike action? If so, the Olive Press wants to hear from you: please email ben@theolivepress.es to get in touch

26 Jun, 2025 @ 19:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Travel News

Flights cancelled across Spain as EasyJet cabin crew begin three days of strike action

DOZENS of flights have been cancelled across Spain today as EasyJet cabin crew began a three-day strike. Over 650 workers belonging to the USO trade

25 Jun, 2025 @ 16:33

Alicante·Barcelona·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Travel News

Record high temperatures cause heat-related deaths to rise tenfold in Spain

Orange alert for excessive heat in parts of Alicante with ‘equatorial’ nights predicted

ORANGE heat warnings have been issued by the Health Ministry for Tuesday afternoon in the Vega Baja region of southern Alicante province The alert comes

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:46

Alicante·Lead·Weather

Police quickly find missing autistic son of distraught British tourists in Alicante

THE Policia Nacional helped a distraught British couple on holiday in Alicante City by finding their missing autistic son within minutes of him wandering off.

23 Jun, 2025 @ 12:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

UK tourists help Costa Blanca airport soar to new May record

PASSENGER records were broken for a fifth successive month at Alicante-Elche airport in May with 1.85 million travellers. That record May figure is 5.8% up

12 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman stabbed to death following street brawl involving Bulgarians in Alicante area

Woman stabbed to death during mass street fight involving Bulgarian rivals in Alicante area

A MASS brawl in a Villena street resulted in a woman being fatally stabbed with a knife. Three men aged 23, 40 and 43, and

11 Jun, 2025 @ 17:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Scam Alert: Alicante motorists find bogus parking tickets on car windscreens

ALICANTE City Council has warned about a spate of fake parking tickets being plastered on cars in the Central Market area. Around 30 bogus tickets

5 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Body of young Irish woman discovered by partner inside Alicante area apartment

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of an Irish woman, 24, at an apartment in Albatera, Alicante province. She is understood to be from

2 Jun, 2025 @ 18:45

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante’s plan to check that tourist flats are legal and to keep all of the fines is delayed

ALICANTE’S plans to assume control to inspect, sanction, and collect fines for illegal tourist flats have been delayed because it hasn’t got enough inspectors. The

29 May, 2025 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police bravely prevent suicidal woman from driving off Costa Blanca clifftop

Police bravely stop suicidal woman from driving off Costa Blanca clifftop

POLICE officers have stopped a woman, 48, from driving off an Alicante clifftop. The woman’s son called emergency services to report she had gone missing

20 May, 2025 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

Urgent plea for Brits in Malaga and Alicante to get residency cards NOW before digital border deadline

BRITISH residents in Malaga and Alicante provinces have been issued an urgent warning to exchange their paper Green Certificates for the biometric TIE card before

20 May, 2025 @ 14:01

Alicante·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Why celebrities are flocking to the Costa Blanca’s very own ‘Golden Mile’

AN ALICANTE real estate agent believes Jávea is Costa Blanca´s Golden Mile, and the hotspot where celebrities are flocking to live. InmoVillas Jávea CEO Paloma

17 May, 2025 @ 13:32

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

UK passengers make up a third of record April figures at Costa Blanca airport

A NEW April passenger record has been set at Alicante-Elche airport with over 1.7 million travellers using the facility. Over a third of the total

15 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

British crew survive lightning strike on their yacht anchored off the Costa Blanca

British family survive lightning strike on their yacht anchored off the Costa Blanca

A BRITISH family sailing around the world suffered a hitch when their yacht anchored off the Alicante coast got struck by lightning last week. The

15 May, 2025 @ 11:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Landmark figure reached for foreign residents in popular expat area of Spain

Foreign residents reach population milestone in Spanish expat hub

ALICANTE province’s registered non-Spanish population has passed the half-a-million mark for the first time. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics(INE) for the first quarter

10 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mayor and developers on trial for building illegal homes in Alicante area

A CORRUPTION trial involving politicians and real estate developers started in Alicante on Tuesday. 11 defendants are facing jail over licences granted to the building

6 May, 2025 @ 13:34

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Popular day-trip island off Costa Blanca to ban new construction

Popular day-trip island off Costa Blanca to ban all new construction

SPAIN’S smallest populated island will introduce a total ban on new construction. Tabarca Island lies off the Costa Blanca- close to the ports of Alicante

5 May, 2025 @ 17:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Whistle-blower reports ‘sweatshop’ after suffering work accident in Spain’s Alicante

AN ALICANTE area businessman who used cheap foreign labour was reported by an ex-employee who suffered a works accident. The 41-year-old man who runs a

5 May, 2025 @ 12:27

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Vengeful squatter sets fire to Alicante home- days before court eviction

AN ALICANTE squatter allegedly set fire to a fifth-floor flat, days before he was going to be evicted via a court order. The Policia Nacional

2 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Drugged Brit in 'Kamikaze' high-speed car chase in Spain

WATCH: Drugged Brit in ‘Kamikaze’ car chase in Spain

A DRUGGED-UP British motorist led police on a high-speed chase for approximately 10 kilometres in Alicante province on Tuesday. At least 12 vehicles were damaged

2 May, 2025 @ 11:08

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead