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Spain’s Valencian Community now has one of the lowest 14-day accumulated COVID-19 totals in the country

COVID-19 cases are continuing their dramatic tumble in the Valencian Community which is now third in the national league for the lowest 14-day accumulated...

Tireless efforts of Age Concern leader who has helped many people on Spain’s southern Costa Blanca

MAUREEN Payne, president of Age Concern Costa Blanca Sur, has been one of the region's most prominent figures in helping people within the community. She...

Altea anti-5G phone mast campaigners on Spain’s Costa Blanca criticise council silence over health concerns

AN Altea campaign group claims their written plea for a pause on new 5G mobile phone masts has been met with silence by the...

HARD-PRESSED bars and restaurants on Spain’s Costa Blanca want indoor service to resume next week

BAR and restaurant groups on the Costa Blanca will demand indoor reopening and extended opening hours at a meeting tomorrow(March 9) with Valencian health...

SURF’S UP: Valencian health experts issue guidelines to avoid a ‘fourth wave’ of COVID infections

The consensus is that the best option is to keep everything on hold for as long as possible to allow the vaccination campaign to take hold.

Dry spell ends with flooded roads in regular Torrevieja blackspots on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HEAVY rain brought flooding to Torrevieja on Sunday(March 7) with the usual quota of blocked or partially passable roads. Local forecasters, the Mastral Project, reported...

Denia residents get police to shutdown cannabis sales from city centre homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR people behind a Denia cannabis club have been arrested for selling drugs out of city centre homes in the northern Costa Blanca port. The...

“I was fearless”: How tragedy led one Costa Blanca woman to strive for success

JENNIFER Cunningham is happy to share the trials she faced as a woman starting a business in Spain and the personal tragedy that fuelled...

Drunk driver without license arrested for driving almost a mile on wrong side of road in Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA Guardia Civil have arrested a 47-year-old man for giving a positive testing for alcohol and driving on the side of the road. Sources say...

Police force hundreds of illegal drinkers to run away from an Alicante park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOZENS of Alicante Policia Local officers had to break large groups of young people drinking in the Santa Barbara castle area of the city...

Volunteers and civil protection officers recognised for their work during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMORADI City Council has officially recognised the teams of people that came forward to help during both the 2019 floods and the current coronavirus...

Holland’s most wanted fugitive arrested with international terrorist after ‘upmarket’ drugs bust in Spain’s Valencia

SPAIN’S biggest haul of ‘pink cocaine’ was seized and Holland’s most wanted man was arrested after a joint operation between Guardia Civil and the...

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...

Cumulative COVID-19 infection rates are now lowest in six months in Spain’s Valencian Community

A new pattern of less than 500 new COVID-19 cases per day is emerging in the Valencian Community, with 14-day cumulative infection rates now...

80-year-old arsonist arrested over several blazes in ‘protected areas’ of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A year-long probe to catch an arsonist operating in the Alcalali area of the Marina Alta has culminated in the arrest of an 80-year-old...

SCHOOL IS FINALLY OUT: U-turn on plans to cancel school holidays for this year’s Fallas in Valencia

The decision taken by the education authorities in the Valencian capital is expected to be replicated by most local school boards throughout the region.

Squatter problems across Spain

There’s been a recent surge in cases regarding squatters in the area since the Coronavirus Pandemic began. It’s a genuine problem with many reports...

NEW COVID-19 daily case totals down to August levels in latest numbers from Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases in the Valencian Community are continuing to go down on the indicative week-to-week basis according to figures released tonight(March 4) by...

Which towns in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca are showing lowest infection rates since last summer?

ACCORDING to Spain’s Ministry of Health, the Vega Baja region has seen the third wave of Covid-19 infections collapse. Six municipalities have not registered any...

BETTER RESPONSE times coming soon for emergency services in major expat area on Spain’s southern Costa Blanca

THE long-awaited Orihuela Costa Emergency Centre at La Zenia could open before June. Speaking on a site visit, Orihuela mayor, Emilio Bascañana, said he hoped...

Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation

A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS...

PREDATOR PET as alligator-style reptile is seized from a farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A South American caiman has been rescued from an Alicante Province farm after its owner tried to sell it for €2,000. The sharp-toothed reptile is...

Sexual equality throughout area popular with expats promoted via Tik Tok social media campaign on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, is having a “Tik Tok for Equality” campaign inline with International Women's Day on March 8. Josefina...

HOSPITAL CASES involving COVID-19 fall below 1,000 for first time in 2021 in Spain’s Valencian Community

HOSPITALISATIONS caused by COVID-19 have dropped into three figures for the first time this year according to Valencian health ministry figures released tonight(March 3). 975...

Unique museum celebrating famous poet receives continued council support on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has renewed its association with the Miguel Hernández University and Iberfol SL for the conservation of the Miguel Hernández Fig Tree...

IMMOBILE EASTER as Valencian leader calls for regional border closures to continue over holiday period in Spain

TUMBLING coronavirus infection rates have not weakened the resolve of the Valencian Community over keeping its borders closed during the Easter period. Valencian president, Ximo...

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