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Terrace tax suspended until 2022 to support pandemic-hit hospitality trade in popular expat town on Spain’s Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO council, which covers the British expat area of La Marina Urbanisation, has extended it’s suspension of the ‘terrace tax’ to bars and restaurants

25 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

Historic museum to get €300,000 facelift on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES council is to spend over €300,000 on the town’s Archaeological Museum to fix all of the problems uncovered in a survey by its Heritage

25 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

ROLL UP: Mass COVID vaccination campaigns planned at events halls throughout the Valencia region in April

PLANS have been announced for a mass public anti-COVID vaccination campaign at Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences complex starting in April. More specifically, the

25 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

HEALTHY RETURN as Barcelona rock concert used as a COVID-19 test event causes very few infections in Spain

COVID-19 infections continue big downward spiral in Spain’s Valencian Community

JUST 530 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(February 24) in the Valencian Community, as this week’s daily infection figures continue to match early October levels.

24 Feb, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar see 20% rise in shares after praise of COVID drug

SHARES in Spanish pharmaceutical company PharmaMar have surged after scientists confirmed ‘potent preclinical efficacy’ of its drug Aplidin against COVID-19. The study, printed in peer-reviewed

24 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Other News

Dogs get life-saving blood transfusions as farmers use illegal chemicals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Costa Blanca farmers have been arrested for using an illegal pesticide that poisoned two dogs. The animals needed blood transfusions to save their lives

24 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca

Multipurpose venue is a ‘dream come true’ for provincial president at historic coastal site on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MULTI-MILLION euro project for Torrevieja’s harbourside was unveiled yesterday, and described as a “dream come true” by the president of Alicante province, Carlos Mazón.

24 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

COVID-19 passports extended across hospitality and entertainment sectors in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Spain’s Valencian Community opts for ‘prudence’ ahead of announcing reduced COVID-19 restrictions this Thursday

BARS and restaurants in the Valencian Community will reopen next week for the first time since January 20. The return of the hospitality trade offering

24 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

THE SMALL PRINT: New bank charges introduced for receiving UK pensions in Spain

SEVERAL high-street Spanish banks have begun charging a fee for receiving money transfers from the UK. Nicole Chandler, 71, is a client of a major

24 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

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

NEW COVID-19 cases drop to early autumn levels across Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infection rates are continuing to tumble in the Valencian Community with the lowest Tuesday total since October 13. Latest figures from the regional health

23 Feb, 2021 @ 19:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

New sewer is just the start of ‘various projects’ promised by mayor in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in the Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, is due to have a modernised sewer installed that the mayor described as “very necessary”. But

23 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Man refuses to let historic sexual abuse by Jesuit priests at Alicante school in Spain go unpunished over 63 years later

A man who says he was abused by priests at a Jesuit-run boarding school in Alicante believes that there have been many similar cases that

23 Feb, 2021 @ 14:05

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

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

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

Spain’s Valencian Community drops to lowest COVID-19 infection rate since mid-December

NEW COVID-19 case rates have fallen to cumulative levels last seen on December 16 according to Valencian health ministry figures released this evening(February 22). Today’s

22 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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‘IN A HOLE’ as golf courses on Spain’s Costa Blanca want to stop being bunkered by COVID-19 restrictions

A group representing 23 Costa Blanca golf courses has called for them to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ and branded COVID-19 restrictions as ‘unfair’.

22 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Route out of lockdown in Spain’s Valencia region – official announcement expected on Thursday

COVID restrictions in Valenciana expect to be eased from Monday, March 1, but such decisions will be made “with rigour, caution and prudence”, says regional

22 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Flood prevention project planned for popular expat area on Spain’s Orihuela Costa

ORIHUELA COSTA should see no more flooding, thanks to a proposed multi-million euro prevention project with Hidraqua. The coastal region of Costa Blanca South covers

22 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment

Restaurant On Spain S Costa Blanca Hides Diners To Avoid Arrest For Breaking Covid 19 Rules

ILLEGALLY-OPEN restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca hides diners to avoid arrest in COVID-19 rule swoop

A police raid on an Elche restaurant over COVID-19 rule-breaking proved to be far from a routine matter, as diners tried to hide from their

22 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mass Arrest Of Costa Blanca Based Prostitution Gang Members Who Made Bogus Promises To East European Women Of Jobs In Spain Germany And The Uk

BUSTED: Costa Blanca prostitution gang who cheated COVID-19 travel rules to lure victims into Spain

POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca-based European prostitution gang that supplied women with fake medical papers to beat COVID-19 border closures. Polish and Russian women

22 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·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

Mixed messages over first set of 2021 property sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROPERTY sales in Alicante Province during January fell by 24% compared to a year earlier, but the region still remains one of the busiest in

21 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Property

Executed victims of General Franco to be exhumed from mass grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WORK will start at Alicante cemetery next week to exhume the bodies of 11 people murdered between 1939 and 1945 during the fascist regime of

20 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Money Matters With Chorus Financial On Why Expats Cannot Retain A Uk Financial Adviser

MONEY MATTERS with Chorus Financial on why expats in Spain cannot retain a UK financial adviser

MONEY MATTERS answers all of your questions on finance, tax, pensions, investments and more here in Spain. Chorus Financial ‘s Tracy Storer, has received this

20 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·UK pensioners living in Spain·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca-made orange liqueur goes ‘viral’ after childhood cough medicine nostalgia in Spain

AN orange liqueur has created a social media buzz in Spain as drinkers say it reminds them of their childhood days of taking a particular

20 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink

Underground fibre optic network installed as ‘smart city’ rollout continues on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA has finished its first phase of installing fibre optic connections as part of their ‘Plan EDUSI Smart City’ project. Their Department of Modernization and

20 Feb, 2021 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Technology

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