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Escaped African Lynx found in garden on Spain’s Costa del Sol was illegally flown in from Russia

AN escaped African Lynx escaped from a Marbella home and ended up in the garden of a house some 20 kilometres away. The 20-kilo animal aged around 30 months was illegally brought

8 Mar, 2024 @ 10:19

Alicante·Andalucia·Animals·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Record February passenger levels for Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia airports

Government in no hurry to back a second runway at booming Costa Blanca airport in Spain, despite fears of overcrowding

REGIONAL politicians and business leader have reacted angrily to the government’s view that a second runway at Alicante-Elche airport is not a priority project. The facility welcomed a record number of passengers

7 Mar, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Jealous ex-husband who placed a GPS tracker on the car of his ex-wife’s new lover is arrested in Spain

A JEALOUS ex-husband has been arrested for putting a GPS tracker on a car belonging to his former partner’s new boyfriend. The 44-year-old man from Alicante had 12 complaints of domestic violence

6 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Alicante On Spain's Costa Blanca To Break Record For Cruise Passenger Arrivals

Renting costs in Alicante soar by 40% since 2022: Just two studio apartments are now less than €600 per month – as Brits continue to flock to Spain’s ‘expat paradise’

IDEALISTA listings have revealed that there are now only two studio apartments available in Alicante for €600 per month, the cheapest offerings in a city where demand for affordable housing now far

5 Mar, 2024 @ 06:49

Alicante·Lead·Other News·Property

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000 registered non-Spaniards in 1998 compared to nearly

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain's Costa Blanca

Ryanair to add seven new destinations from Alicante this summer

BUDGET airline Ryanair will add a total of nine new routes to the Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez airport, connecting the Costa Blanca tourist hotspot to cities throughout Europe. The expansion was announced on

3 Mar, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·European Union·Lead

Honesty and integrity are key to setting up a business – lessons learned in the RAF by expat business leader Jennifer Cunningham

WHEN setting up a business in Spain Jennifer Cunningham realised that the qualities she learned during her time in the Royal Air Force would stand her in good stead. There she learnt

3 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Alicante·Lead

Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located next to Alicante’s Gran Via shopping centre

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Kremlin brands Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot shot dead in Spain, a ‘criminal traitor’

THE Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov who was found shot dead last week in Villajoyosa in Spain’s Alicante province has been branded a ‘criminal traitor’ by the Kremlin. Sergey Naryshkin, the director of

20 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PICTURED: Russian pilot, 28, who defected to Ukraine is named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine has been named as the victim of a gangland-style assassination in Spain last week. Maksim Kuzminov, 28, was sprayed with bullets in the underground

19 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Lead·Must Read

Body of man, 80, is found floating in Alicante port in Spain

THE body of an 80-year-old man was discovered on Monday floating in the waters off the Port of Alicante. Sources from the Civil Guard told Spanish news agency Europa Press that the

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:10

Alicante·Lead

What will happen to Spain’s property market in 2024? Expert Mark Stucklin gives his verdict – and the reason why Alicante sales are soaring

By property expert Mark Stucklin WITH the data in hand it looks like the Spanish housing market enjoyed a soft landing in 2023 after a remarkable mini-boom that followed in the wake

16 Feb, 2024 @ 16:48

Alicante·Lead·Other News·Property

British expat is almost killed by a dangerous driver in Spain: Father-of-three is still recovering months after horror crash in Alicante – but needs your help

A BRITISH expat has been left with thousands of euros worth of medical bills after being run off the road by a dangerous driver in Spain. Robert Paterson, a father-of-three and keen

14 Feb, 2024 @ 09:40

Alicante·Lead

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

Spain’s Alicante airport smashes January record thanks to influx of British visitors

A LARGE number of UK travellers have helped take Alicante-Elche airport to a record January high with 958,088 passengers. That’s the best-ever start to a year and 20.5% more than 12 months

12 Feb, 2024 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

On the rise: Erotic toy start-up in Spain rakes in MILLIONS as customers splurge on their unique designs ahead of Valentine’s Day

A COMPANY making and distributing erotic toys on the Costa Blanca has become a major success story and is currently enjoying a boom period up to Valentine’s Day. Diversual in Sant Joan

11 Feb, 2024 @ 13:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Boy, 14, who learned to drive via social media tutorials is chased by cops during a joy ride on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 14-year-old boy who learned to drive in social media tutorials led police on a high speed chase in the Alicante area. With no licence, insurance or an ITV certificate, the teenager

11 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties built or started in 2023 was 8,783-

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Hugely popular craft market in Alicante is being forced to close this year with no new site agreed

TRADERS have demanded with an urgent meeting with Alicante City Council after being told that they will have to stop selling on the city’s Esplanade from October 31. Merchants association president, Wilton

5 Feb, 2024 @ 15:01

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: ‘If he hadn’t gone to Spain he would still be alive’: British family of ‘first known Nolotil victim’ speak out

THE British family of the first suspected Nolotil victim have recalled their heartbreaking experience amid a growing campaign to crackdown on the ‘lethal’ painkiller. When James Hanley, 72, decided to move to

2 Feb, 2024 @ 17:55

Alicante·Lead

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution gang in the Valencian Community. The El

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades ago. The Valencian Supreme Court in 2005

1 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record

A RECORD warm January has worsened air quality rates in Alicante province due to the ever-present anticyclone over Spain resulting in fewer winds. The month has produced little rain in the region

30 Jan, 2024 @ 11:24

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community·Weather

Body of elderly man is found floating in Alicante port: Police are struggling to identify him

AUTHORITIES are trying to identify a man’s body which was found floating on Sunday morning in Alicante port waters. The Guardia Civil were notified of the sighting at around 9.30am and the

29 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Illegal cigarette factory busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A ROBBERY alert led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette factory featuring two sophisticated machines inside a Costa Blanca house. The Guardia Civil visited a property on an urbanisation in Busot-

25 Jan, 2024 @ 12:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Cockfighting ring with seats for 200 spectators is raided on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Police make 19 arrests

AN ILLEGAL cockfighting tournament staged in a purpose-built arena at an Alicante province bar has been busted by the Policia Nacional. 19 men involved in organising the event were arrested in Aspe

20 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

How a Polish gang ‘flew into Spain to rob homes in British expat hotspots before returning home with their spoils’

A POLISH gang that specially flew to Spain to carry out home robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. After two men were detained on the Costa del Sol in September,

18 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

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