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Benidorm police use baton to restrain female COVID-19 RULE-BREAKER

A FAIR COP? Two Benidorm police officers quizzed over hitting woman with baton after she broke COVID-19 rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Policia Nacional officers are being investigated over their physical response to a young woman who broke COVID-19 curfew rules in Benidorm. They say the

29 Mar, 2021 @ 18:16

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Living in Spain? Where will you pay Inheritance Tax?

‘In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes’ – Benjamin Franklin Never a truer word spoken, and quite honestly a depressing one! Part

26 Mar, 2021 @ 18:15

Alicante·Asturias·Barcelona·Benidorm·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm area bees create an unwelcome buzz inside a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM firefighters had an unusual call-out when they had to remove a nest of bees from an Altea property. The owner phoned the emergency services

26 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels resign themselves to no British tourists arriving in Spain until mid-June

HOTELS in the Benidorm and Costa Blanca area say that internal Spanish travel restrictions have forced them to give up on their normally lucrative Easter

25 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm Council Makes A Financial Point Over Key Component To Stop Sea Being Polluted With Sewage On Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm council makes a financial stink over a key valve that stops sea being polluted with sewage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM council has paid €80,0000 for a new valve at a pumping station after a temporary fix last year to stop sewage pouring into the

23 Mar, 2021 @ 19:16

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

HEAVY RAIN alert for Benidorm and Spain’s northern Costa Blanca region

SPAIN’S State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued a yellow warning of heavy showers hitting the northern Costa Blanca from 3.00 am tomorrow morning(March 18). The

17 Mar, 2021 @ 18:50

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm Tower Block Fire On Spain's Costa Blanca Is Kept From Spreading Beyond A Single Flat

Firefighters restrict Benidorm tower block blaze on Spain’s Costa Blanca to a single apartment

50 people were evacuated from a Benidorm tower block last night(March 16) after a fire ripped through a second-floor flat. The alarm went off at

17 Mar, 2021 @ 13:10

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Big Benidorm redevelopment plan inches another step closer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM council has endorsed a preliminary plan to develop the Ensanche Levante area of the city which would produce 2,300 new homes in up to

16 Mar, 2021 @ 16:06

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Carlos Mazon Alicante Provincial Council

Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourist chiefs say Spain’s government is biased against them compared to Balearic and Canary Islands

TOURISM chiefs on the Costa Blanca have said they are not getting as good a deal from the national government as Spain’s island destinations. The

15 Mar, 2021 @ 17:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Slovak Olympic triathlon squad in Benidorm get their €5,000 bike back after it was stolen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SLOVAKIAN triathletes training for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics have been reunited with a stolen bike thanks to the Policia Nacional in Benidorm. Officers delivered the

15 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Busy Holiday Route Between Benidorm And L'albir To Get Cycleway And Pavements On Spain's Costa Blanca

Busy Costa Blanca holiday route in Spain to get cycleway and pavements between Benidorm and L’Albir

A new cycle lane and two sets of pavements will be built on a busy Costa Blanca tourist road linking Benidorm to L’Albir. Normal pandemic-free

11 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client

11 Mar, 2021 @ 12:55

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association demands UK treat the region the same way as Spain's Canary Islands

Benidorm and Costa Blanca’s leading hotel body slams ‘contagious tourismophobia’ of Spain’s Valencian Government

THE Costa Blanca’s largest hotel lobby group has attacked the Valencian government position that Easter domestic tourism will be ‘written off’ for the second-year running

6 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Only up to 50% of Benidorm’s bars and restaurants have reopened on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE return of the hospitality sector to Benidorm and other parts of the Costa Blanca has been very low key with only half of all

2 Mar, 2021 @ 18:50

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

The biggest risk to your investments and pensions… could it be your financial adviser?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Over the last decade Spanish expats have been exposed to some incredibly poor financial

2 Mar, 2021 @ 14:04

Alicante·Almeria·Asturias·Barcelona·Benidorm·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Murcia·National News·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dumb thieves travel 400 kilometres to break Benidorm curfew and are identified after supermarket robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE young robbers travelled over 400 kilometres from Zaragoza to Benidorm to break into a couple of supermarkets by smashing the windows with manhole covers.

26 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘ARRIVERDERCI’ to Benidorm Italian restaurant boss on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over 78 cash point robberies in Italy

A Benidorm restaurant owner has been arrested for being part of a gang in Italy that blew up bank ATMs in 73 robberies. The Policia

25 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

How the cost of living in Spain will rise in 2025: Price of electricity, transport, taxes and other essentials to surge

We need to talk about your financial adviser…

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Looking back, it’s obvious I was fairly naïve when I first moved to Spain

25 Feb, 2021 @ 17:25

Alicante·Asturias·Barcelona·Benidorm·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Murcia·National News·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘HISTORIC MASS’ British booking surge for Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain amidst claim that 30% of them will not reopen this summer

COSTA Blanca hoteliers are reporting a ‘mass surge’ of UK bookings for the summer but have coupled the optimism with a warning that a third

25 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm’s beaches to get socially-distanced spaces again on Spain’s Costa Blanca in hope of Easter domestic tourist revival

BENIDORM will start dividing up its beaches from this Monday(March 1) in a repeat of last year’s safety measures. That’s in spite of the fact

25 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm-based hotels create plan to fill up rooms during Easter holiday period on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOTELIERS with swathes of empty rooms are calling on the Valencian Government to allow people from around Spain to come into the area for Easter.

23 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Noises Off As Benidorm Area Residents Get Council Backing Over Rumbling Ap 7 Traffic On Spain S Costa Blanca

NOISES OFF as Benidorm area residents get council support over rising decibels of AP-7 traffic on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS on a Costa Blanca urbanisation have the proof they need over their complaints concerning a noisy road that is just metres away from some

21 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Gloomy times continue for Benidorm's bars and restaurants on Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca late bars and clubs to get €9 million pot of money from Spain’s Valencian Community

NIGHTLIFE bars and clubs that were forced to shut last August in Benidorm and across the Costa Blanca, will be able to apply for a

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Polish businessman who disappeared last autumn may have been murdered at his Costa Blanca rental villa by members of a drugs gang. The Guardia

16 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Romanian arrested in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca for his part in multi-million US dollar online scam

A Romanian man accused of being part of gang that ripped off seven million US dollars in an online scam has been arrested in Benidorm

12 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm cyclist gets shock visit from police chief for breaking border rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Benidorm cyclist got an unwelcome visitor after breaking the city’s weekend perimeter closure rules. The man took great pleasure at posting photos from a

8 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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A FAIR COP? Two Benidorm police officers quizzed over hitting woman with baton after she broke COVID-19 rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Living in Spain? Where will you pay Inheritance Tax?

Benidorm area bees create an unwelcome buzz inside a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels resign themselves to no British tourists arriving in Spain until mid-June

Benidorm council makes a financial stink over a key valve that stops sea being polluted with sewage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HEAVY RAIN alert for Benidorm and Spain’s northern Costa Blanca region

Firefighters restrict Benidorm tower block blaze on Spain’s Costa Blanca to a single apartment

Big Benidorm redevelopment plan inches another step closer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourist chiefs say Spain’s government is biased against them compared to Balearic and Canary Islands

Slovak Olympic triathlon squad in Benidorm get their €5,000 bike back after it was stolen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Busy Costa Blanca holiday route in Spain to get cycleway and pavements between Benidorm and L’Albir

Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?

Benidorm and Costa Blanca’s leading hotel body slams ‘contagious tourismophobia’ of Spain’s Valencian Government

Only up to 50% of Benidorm’s bars and restaurants have reopened on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The biggest risk to your investments and pensions… could it be your financial adviser?

Dumb thieves travel 400 kilometres to break Benidorm curfew and are identified after supermarket robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘ARRIVERDERCI’ to Benidorm Italian restaurant boss on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over 78 cash point robberies in Italy

We need to talk about your financial adviser…

‘HISTORIC MASS’ British booking surge for Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain amidst claim that 30% of them will not reopen this summer

Benidorm’s beaches to get socially-distanced spaces again on Spain’s Costa Blanca in hope of Easter domestic tourist revival

Benidorm-based hotels create plan to fill up rooms during Easter holiday period on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NOISES OFF as Benidorm area residents get council support over rising decibels of AP-7 traffic on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca late bars and clubs to get €9 million pot of money from Spain’s Valencian Community

Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Romanian arrested in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca for his part in multi-million US dollar online scam

Benidorm cyclist gets shock visit from police chief for breaking border rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Revealed: More than 700,000 homes were bought in Spain in 2025 – the highest figure in 18 years

Man arrested in Andalucia on suspicion of animal cruelty after ‘pet dog is found hanging from a bridge’

Spain’s usually conservative supermarkets are branching out to target fast-growing ‘expat’ market

The Olive Press slips inside Spain’s ski property hotspots: from Sierra Nevada to the Pyrenees

OPINION: Spain’s Muslim community is more right-wing than you think – and has little tolerance for squatters or high taxes