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Quick Loan Scam As Tempting Costa Blanca Website Tricked Victims Across Spain Over What They Owed

Quick loan scam as tempting Costa Blanca website tricked victims across Spain over what they actually owed

A Sant Joan d’Alacant man has been arrested for running a quick loans website that conned customers into repaying far more than they expected. The

31 Mar, 2021 @ 20:55

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Hopeful COVID-19 signs continue despite regular midweek case increase in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

NEW COVID-19 infections rebounded upwards tonight(March 31) in what is a traditional Wednesday pattern in the Valencian Community. Figures released by the regional health ministry

31 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Santa Barbara Castle, Alicante City, Spain, Europe

Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca to apply for UNESCO World Heritage Site status

ALICANTE City on the Costa Blanca is pushing forward with an application to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If successful, it will get the

31 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Easter ‘disaster’ predicted by Costa Blanca and Valencia bar and restaurant group in Spain

A Valencian hospitality business group is predicting an Easter profit collapse of 72% compared to 2019, with some bars and restaurants not even bothering to

31 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Frequent furniture fly-tipper fined for dumping goods in popular expat urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO police have fined a business owner for dumping rubbish on a public road. The Municipal Ordinance of Citizen Coexistence in Public Space establishes

31 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Parks And Camping Sites Will Get Police Safety Checks Over Easter In Spain's Costa Blanca And Valencia Regions

Parks and camping sites will get police health safety checks over Easter in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

POLICE patrols are being stepped up across popular inland beauty spots across the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions during the Easter holiday period. The Valencian

31 Mar, 2021 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Los Montesinos Mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca to face corruption court quiz

Mayor in power for 30 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca will face corruption court quiz

A Torrevieja court says there is a case to answer involving alleged corruption by the Los Montesinos mayor, Jose Manuel Butron. He is accused of

30 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca

COVID-19 infections reach lowest daily total since mid-July in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

NEW coronavirus infections in the Valencian Community have risen by just 29 in the last 24 hours to produce the lowest daily total since July

30 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Major steroid gang including pharmacies and sports nutrition stores is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Vega Baja gang that peddled illegal steroids and drugs used by people doing sports training has been broken up by the Guardia Civil. The

30 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Egypt Suez Canal Stuck Container Ship Refloating

POP! Suez Canal unblocked after six days with huge bottleneck of cargo ships waiting to go through

As businesses and authorities worldwide breathe a collective sigh of relief, port managers are now struggling to make up for lost time.

30 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Costa Blanca and Valencia areas continue to be Spain’s only ‘low risk’ COVID-19 region

A national spike in new COVID-19 infections is not having a big impact on the Valencian Community which continues to be the only part of

30 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

The Big Food Con As Half A Million Dated Food Products Are Seized From Benidorm Area Warehouses On Spain's Costa Blanca

BIG FOOD CON as over 500,000 ‘out-of-date’ items are seized from Benidorm area warehouses on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have seized over 500,000 date-expired food products that were being re-labelled in a big scam operating out of three illegal Benidorm area warehouses. A

29 Mar, 2021 @ 20:03

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 case reductions slow right down in the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

STEADY and significant falls in new COVID-19 infections appear to have bottomed-out according to Valencian heath ministry figures this evening(March 29). A total of 363

29 Mar, 2021 @ 19:22

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Costa Blanca Brits sue police to get their seized money back

British expats suing over ‘missing’ Scottish banknotes seized by police in 2017 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British residents in Javea on the Costa Blanca want their money back, nearly four years after it was seized by the Guardia Civil. Over

29 Mar, 2021 @ 18:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

New €10 million medical centre for elderly and those with mental problems planned for expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES has tendered out a building project worth an estimated €10 million to help the elderly and those with ‘serious mental disorders’. The municipality, which

29 Mar, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Motorcade protest on Spain's Costa Blanca aginst compulsory school use of Valencian language

‘MIND YOUR LANGUAGE’ as motorcade protest is staged on Spain’s Costa Blanca against school lessons in Valenciano

A motorcade protest took place over the weekend in Pilar de la Horadada on the southern Costa Blanca against the compulsory use of Valenciano in

29 Mar, 2021 @ 14:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

MAKING AN IMPRESSION as Alicante and Benidorm robbers on Costa Blanca area of Spain produce their own front door keys

A home burglary gang used a technique known as lock-impressioning to break into properties across the Costa Blanca without forcing through the front door. Lock

29 Mar, 2021 @ 12:35

Costa Blanca·Lead

Radio station €1000 giveaway proves ‘awesome’ business confidence following lockdown on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COSTA BLANCA’S community radio station, Big FM, is giving away a prize worth €1,000 in the coming weeks. As part of their continued commitment to

28 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

Children taught about driving with “respect and civil responsibility” on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DESPITE Spain having a reputation of bad drivers among their population, schools on the Costa Blanca are making amends. Orihuela schools are teaching children many

27 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

PEDAL POWER as police pull over a bicycle with a hidden engine on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Costa Blanca cyclist crossed paths with the law after giving his bicycle extra speed by attaching an engine to it. The 41-year-old man redefined

26 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

SEE-SAW week continues for new COVID-19 case totals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

THE latest COVID-19 new case figures in the Valencian Community have gone up today(March 26) based on both week-to-week numbers as well as yesterday’s total.

26 Mar, 2021 @ 19:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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

Cat killings in Elche area of Costa Blanca in Spain

Police launch probe into mass cat killings caused by poison and gunshots in village on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ELCHE’S Policia Local is to investigate the killing of up to 60 cats over the last month in the village of La Hoya. The Ces

26 Mar, 2021 @ 17:35

Costa Blanca

City buildings plunge into darkness on Spain’s Costa Blanca to raise awareness of global warming

ORIHUELA City Council is supporting the Hour of the Planet again this weekend, and raising awareness of global warming. Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday,

26 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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

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