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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 pandemic.

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

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 Netherlands

7 Mar, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

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

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

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 the

5 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

80 Year Old Arsonist Arrested Over Several Blazes He Started On Spain S Costa Blanca

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 man.

5 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

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.

5 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Education·Valencia

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 of

5 Mar, 2021 @ 11:43

Costa Blanca·Property

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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 the

4 Mar, 2021 @ 21:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

4 Mar, 2021 @ 20:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

4 Mar, 2021 @ 20:20

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca Second Hand Clothes Dealer Goes On Trial In Spain For Running Isis Terrorist Supply Operation

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 terrorists

4 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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

4 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

4 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

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

3 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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 Museum.

3 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

No immediate change to hospitality hours in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia regions says president Ximo Puig

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

3 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Market town looks to claim new artichoke emoji as their own on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMORADI, in the Vega Baja district of Costa Blanca, is looking to adopt the artichoke emoji on social media as their own. Commonly referred to

3 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Mayor suggests 'bank loan' could offer hope for long campaign to get walkway over motorway on Spain's Costa Blanca

Cabo Roig area residents get ‘breakthrough’ promise in decade-long dangerous bridge battle on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PEDESTRIANS who have risked life and limb to get to shops and medical facilities in Cabo Roig have been promised a bridge pavement within two

3 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases falling briskly in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

GOOD NEWS continues with new cases of COVID-19 maintaining big fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

LATEST figures released tonight(March 2) by the Valencian health ministry declared 585 new COVID-19 infections. As expected, it is 225 rise on the Monday total

2 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Lockdown measures relaxed but children still can’t use playgrounds in much of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has announced that all playgrounds in the municipality will remain closed until March 14, at least. This is despite the recent relaxation

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

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

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

Violent robbers caught red-handed going equipped are jailed for thefts at over 100 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SIX members of an East European gang who staged 130 robberies on industrial buildings have been arrested in Los Montesinos. The Policia Nacional and Guardia

2 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

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

Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport wins top award for COVID-19 safety in Spain

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has won a health safety award to recognise its measures to reduce the chances of travellers catching COVID-19. The accolade comes from the

2 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Weekend COVID-19 totals are under a SIXTH of early February figures in Spain’s Valencian Community

A total of 1,231 new COVID-19 cases were reported since last Friday in the Valencian Community according to regional health ministry figures published this evening(March

1 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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