Hotel owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca ran a marijuana farm out of the building’s basement
A Costa Blanca hotel owner used his business as a front to run a basement marijuana farm. The 57-year-old man has been arrested by the
Top international hotel chain comes to Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca for the first time
THE international Accor Group will open its first-ever Benidorm hotel later this year, operating under the Mercure brand. The ‘Mercure Benidorm’ will be Spain’s eleventh
MOT FOR HOUSES: All buildings over 50 years old required to pass check-ups every 10 years in Spain’s Valencia region
Failure to do so can lead to fines of between €600 and €6,000.
‘JILTED LOVER’ sexually assaults girlfriend’s new partner after kidnapping him from the Costa Blanca in Spain
A Murcia gang kidnapped and sexually assaulted a man in a vicious revenge attack over a woman. Five men, all of Bulgarian nationality, have been
COVID-19 cases continue to fall in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
NEW coronavirus cases have dropped again on both a daily and week-to week basis in the Valencian Community. The Tuesday(May 25) report from the regional
GRANNY BASHER on Spain’s Costa Blanca in horrific catalogue of abuse as she ‘freely’ spent her nan’s money
AN Alicante woman violently and mentally abused her 88-year-old grandmother in degrading and unsanitary conditions at her home that stank to high heaven. The Policia
Part-time football club on the Costa Blanca becomes the first to be listed on Spain’s stock exchange
AN Alicante area football club will be the first in Spain to be listed on the national stock exchange. The news came after Sant Joan-based
NEW INFECTIONS tumble over the weekend in latest COVID-19 report from the Costa Blanca area of Spain
WEEKEND COVID-19 case totals fell to their lowest level this month, according to the Valencian health ministry. Figures released today(May 24), combined with a Saturday
GREEN LIST plea made for Costa Blanca tourism to UK Ambassador to Spain
THE United Kingdom has been asked to put the Costa Blanca and the Valencian Community onto the ‘Green’ travel list. The call came today(May 24)
Expats unite with crack legal team from Andalucia to address planning abuses in Spain’s Murcia
FOREIGN residents from blighted urbanisations in Gea y Truyols, Murcia, have united for a potential solution to the planning problems suffered so far in the
Alicante and the Costa Blanca area of Spain get a real wet lashing in May record
ALICANTE City yesterday(May 23) suffered its wettest day in May for 74 years. The State Meteorological Agency(AEMET) said that rainfall reached 53.8 litres per square
BRIT’S LUCKY ESCAPE as his plane crashes into lemon trees on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A British man walked away unscathed after his plane crashed into an orchard outside Bigastro on the southern Costa Blanca. The unnamed pilot, said to
EXPLAINER: Check out the new COVID-19 restrictions for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
AMENDED health safety rules came into force today(May 24) across the Valencian Community, which include a reduced curfew and longer opening hours for bars and
A premium gin created on the Costa Blanca in Spain becomes an international award winner
IF Spain and alcohol are mentioned in the same sentence, then wine or a fine brandy are products that might immediately spring to mind. But
“Where would YOU prefer to spend the winter?” – concluding our El Raso feature on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EL RASO Urbanisation in Costa Blanca South featured in a special Olive Press article yesterday, where we sang the praises of residents, businesses and even
COVID-19 hospital numbers fall again and no deaths reported in latest update from Costa Blanca area of Spain
HOSPITAL admissions including patients in intensive care are maintaining their steady fall in the Valencian Community. Today’s update(May 21) from the health ministry revealed there
LET THEM IN! Top tourist area of the Costa Blanca to make personal plea to UK Ambassador to Spain for ‘Green’ list status
VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, will visit Madrid this Monday(May 24) to appeal for British tourists to be allowed to visit the Costa Blanca without the
How residents of Costa Blanca urb’ joined forces to raise awareness and improve integration in Spain
EL RASO Urbanisation may not have been in existence two decades ago, but it’s international community shows a maturity way beyond its years. The friendly
COVID-19 cases rise but deaths and hospital admissions carry on falling in Costa Blanca area of Spain
173 new coronavirus infections were announced tonight(May 20) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. That’s a 42 case rise on the indicative
Businessman gets 36 years in prison for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Costa Blanca villa in Spain
A man has been jailed for 36 years for raping his children’s nanny three times at his Calpe villa on the northern Costa Blanca. An
‘Hugging’ robberies continue to hit the elderly on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A woman involved in a spate of hugging robberies has struck in Alicante Province yet again, this time in Crevillente. The 21-year-old and her male
EXPLAINER:- Check the latest in the COVID-19 vaccination programme for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID vaccinations for Valencian Community residents in their thirties will begin in July. Valenician president, Ximo Puig, announced the timing of the next age range
‘BOGUS BROKERS’ conned Costa Blanca businessman out of €100,000 in share scam in Spain
AN Elche businessman lost €100,000 to two fraudsters who said they were going to invest his money in stocks and shares. The bogus brokers, aged
END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE midnight curfew in the Valencian Community will be pushed back to a 1.00 am start from this Monday(May 24), subject to approval by the
EXCLUSIVE: British expats in Spain warned over ‘fraudulent’ residency applications amid police probe
A GROUP of British expats have been questioned by police after their padron certificates proving they lived in Spain appear to have been doctored. At
The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – here’s where to get your free copy
THE 40th edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and
