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Time running out to stop closure of popular tourist ‘hippie’ craft market on iconic Alicante walkway

TRADERS at Alicante’s iconic Esplanade ‘hippie’ craft market will protest on Sunday- just 11 days before they are kicked off the site with no alternative

15 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Dozens more taxis to operate at Alicante airport after outcry over shortages

TAXI waiting times could be eased at Alicante-Elche airport with the creation of 24 new cab licences after an outcry over shortages during the summer.

15 Oct, 2024 @ 15:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Torpedo belonging to Spain’s Armada force is found floating off the coast of Alicante

A BOAT on a Costa Blanca fishing trip netted an unusual catch on Saturday in the form of a torpedo. The group of leisure anglers

14 Oct, 2024 @ 16:56

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante police are left red-faced after local police cars are found to be uninsured

ALICANTE’S mayor has demanded answers over why Policia Local cars had no insurance or proof of payment. The matter came to a head when a

13 Oct, 2024 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘I woke up in a hospital in Spain with amnesia and can only remember my first name – now I’m trying to find my home but no one’s reported me missing’

A 71-YEAR-OLD named Stephen has launched an appeal after being struck with amnesia in Spain. The cyclist (pictured in hospital above) was travelling on his

10 Oct, 2024 @ 11:59

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bizarre mural from the Spanish Civil War featuring Hitler, Mussolini and Franco is discovered in Alicante – but what does it mean?

A MURAL dating back to the Spanish Civil War featuring a soldier hammering the heads of dictators Franco, Hitler, and Mussolini on a dragon has

9 Oct, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·La Cultura·Lead

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

A GANG operating a marijuana farm took complex measures to avoid being discovered in San Vicente del Raspeig, but could’nt stop neighbours smelling the drug’s

2 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

'Carer' uses elderly woman's cash card to empty out her bank account in Spain

Carer in Alicante who stole €31,000 from a patient in her 80s is jailed

AN ALICANTE carer has been given a 21-month-jail sentence for stealing €31,000 from her elderly client. The convicted woman took her employer’s bank card to

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law

LET IN THE LIGHT (AND WATER): Stunning new development where a salt lagoon in Spain is on full screen

AS any good architect knows you always need to maximise on your environment. And so this is exactly how the talented team at Arquitectos MAB

30 Sep, 2024 @ 16:45

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Pensioner, 77, dies of a heart attack moments after entering a sex shop in Spain’s Alicante

A 77-YEAR-OLD man died moments after entering a sex shop in Alicante on Monday. The pensioner reportedly suffered a heart attack before collapsing to the

24 Sep, 2024 @ 13:02

Alicante·Lead

Shark causes panic as it swims up to shore of popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BEACHGOERS got a shock on Sunday as a shark swam up to the shore of a popular Costa Blanca holiday spot. Just days after a

23 Sep, 2024 @ 11:13

Alicante·Lead

Alicante is building a new neighbourhood from scratch to keep up with housing demand – after being flooded by expats and foreign property buyers

A NEW neighbourhood will be built from scratch in Alicante to keep up with housing demand- after expats and foreign property buyers flood in. Alicante

20 Sep, 2024 @ 12:08

Alicante·Lead

Alicante to charge tourists an entry fee for popular castle and museums

VISITORS will soon have to pay to visit these popular museums and a castle in Alicante. The Ayuntamiento de Alicante has decided to extend the

18 Sep, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Lead

Mafia-style assassination in Spain’s Alicante was linked to stolen 5kg haul of cocaine, say police

THE violent murder of a Costa Blanca gangster has been linked to a dispute over five kilograms of cocaine, according to police. Two men have

11 Sep, 2024 @ 13:39

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: British tourist heading to Paris wakes up in Spain’s Alicante after boarding wrong flight in the UK

A BRITISH tourist heading to Paris has woken up in Spain’s Alicante after boarding the wrong flight from Leeds. TikToker user @our.little.renno boarded a flight

11 Sep, 2024 @ 12:04

Alicante·Lead·Video

Earthquake in Spain’s Valencia causes house to collapse and rattles parts of Alicante

A HOUSE has collapsed in Valencia following a small earthquake in the region. The mini quake, registering 2.7 on the Richter scale, struck in Alfafara,

6 Sep, 2024 @ 12:05

Alicante·Environment·Lead·Valencia

French ‘gangsters’ are found with 35 guns hidden in the boot of their car in Spain’s Alicante

TWO French nationals have been arrested in Alicante province after police found 35 semi-automatic guns hidden in their car. The vehicle’s final destination was Bordeaux

6 Sep, 2024 @ 12:03

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Weather chaos in Spain as roads are destroyed by hail and rain storms in the north and east – while Mallorca is placed on orange alert

SEVERE storms are continuing to batter north and eastern Spain, as well as the Balearic Islands. Images shared online show how roads have collapsed in

3 Sep, 2024 @ 13:54

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Video·Weather

Watch: Tornado lands in Alicante amid weather alerts for rain and storms across eastern Spain

THIS is the moment a tornado was spotted landing on the Costa Blanca on Monday. Video shared on X shows the weather phenomenon travelling through

3 Sep, 2024 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Video·Weather

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Ukrainian ‘fraudster’ wanted by Russia is arrested at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A UKRAINIAN man wanted by Russia over a fraud amounting to €850 has been arrested on an international arrest warrant at an Alicante hotel. Russian

30 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

British tourist found dead in Mallorca hotel swimming pool

Parents are arrested for ‘abandonment’ after their young son almost drowned in a communal swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE parents of a boy, 7, who nearly drowned at a communal swimming pool in San Juan de Alicante, have been arrested for child abandonment.

30 Aug, 2024 @ 11:19

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Popular YouTube influencer Nil Ojeda who challenged followers to stage fake beach drownings in Spain in return for gifts, faces legal action to close down his video channels

YouTube star in Spain who challenged followers to fake beach drownings and force lifeguards to ‘rescue’ them faces legal action

ALICANTE City Council wants to close down YouTuber Nil Ojeda’s video channels after a viral challenge encouraging followers to stage fake beach drownings to win

28 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Nine swimmers are rescued by lifeguards on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘ignoring yellow and red flags’

A SUNDAY of sheer recklessness saw nine people rescued from El Campello’s two main beaches on the Costa Blanca. The bathers blatantly ignored yellow and

26 Aug, 2024 @ 17:19

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

WINE LOVERS: Teulada Moraira on Spain’s Costa Blanca gears up for the Festa del Moscatell

Teulada Moraira is preparing to host a new edition of the highly anticipated Festa del Moscatell, an event that celebrates and highlights the town’s winemaking

26 Aug, 2024 @ 12:03

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Olive Press Travel·Sponsored

Smuggler steals a boat from tourist hotspot in Alicante to ferry migrants between Africa and Spain

THE Guardia Civil have impounded a boat stolen in Alicante province that ferried migrants from Algeria to the Balearic Islands. Officers intercepted the craft with

21 Aug, 2024 @ 11:14

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Lead

Warning for tourists in Alicante after thief uses this method to steal mobile phones from holidaymakers

A CRAFTY thief has been accused of stealing mobile phones by distracting bar and restaurant terrace customers- mainly tourists- in Alicante. The Policia Nacional have

20 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

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Time running out to stop closure of popular tourist ‘hippie’ craft market on iconic Alicante walkway

Dozens more taxis to operate at Alicante airport after outcry over shortages

Torpedo belonging to Spain’s Armada force is found floating off the coast of Alicante

Alicante police are left red-faced after local police cars are found to be uninsured

‘I woke up in a hospital in Spain with amnesia and can only remember my first name – now I’m trying to find my home but no one’s reported me missing’

Bizarre mural from the Spanish Civil War featuring Hitler, Mussolini and Franco is discovered in Alicante – but what does it mean?

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

Carer in Alicante who stole €31,000 from a patient in her 80s is jailed

LET IN THE LIGHT (AND WATER): Stunning new development where a salt lagoon in Spain is on full screen

Pensioner, 77, dies of a heart attack moments after entering a sex shop in Spain’s Alicante

Shark causes panic as it swims up to shore of popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alicante is building a new neighbourhood from scratch to keep up with housing demand – after being flooded by expats and foreign property buyers

Alicante to charge tourists an entry fee for popular castle and museums

Mafia-style assassination in Spain’s Alicante was linked to stolen 5kg haul of cocaine, say police

Watch: British tourist heading to Paris wakes up in Spain’s Alicante after boarding wrong flight in the UK

Earthquake in Spain’s Valencia causes house to collapse and rattles parts of Alicante

French ‘gangsters’ are found with 35 guns hidden in the boot of their car in Spain’s Alicante

Watch: Weather chaos in Spain as roads are destroyed by hail and rain storms in the north and east – while Mallorca is placed on orange alert

Watch: Tornado lands in Alicante amid weather alerts for rain and storms across eastern Spain

Ukrainian ‘fraudster’ wanted by Russia is arrested at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Parents are arrested for ‘abandonment’ after their young son almost drowned in a communal swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

YouTube star in Spain who challenged followers to fake beach drownings and force lifeguards to ‘rescue’ them faces legal action

Nine swimmers are rescued by lifeguards on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘ignoring yellow and red flags’

WINE LOVERS: Teulada Moraira on Spain’s Costa Blanca gears up for the Festa del Moscatell

Smuggler steals a boat from tourist hotspot in Alicante to ferry migrants between Africa and Spain

Warning for tourists in Alicante after thief uses this method to steal mobile phones from holidaymakers

Bargain boom in Spain: Low-cost supermarkets grab record market share with more shoppers hunting for cut-price deals

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

WATCH: Iconic Barcelona tower shakes violently as Catalunya is battered by 160km/h hurricane-force gusts

Moroccan gang ‘hunted gay people in packs’ in southern Spain: Victims were lured into traps after agreeing to meet on dating apps

British expats arrested for operating pirate IPTV network out of their Costa Blanca home