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Solitary bees encouraged to reproduce in fight against climate change on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council, in the Vega Baja region of Alicante province, has just launched a second project to fight climate change along with the Association

18 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Freeloading motorhome owners who snub ‘approved’ overnight sites could be fined in Spain’s Valencian Community

MOTORHOME owners looking for illegal overnight stays by ignoring registered sites are set to break the law in tourist zones across the Valencian Community from

18 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Riverside development and urban renewal project costing 400,000 euros planned on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE SEGURA riverside in Orihuela is due to have an urban renewal project costing just over €400,000. Orihuela City Council, through its Department of Services

18 Feb, 2021 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Health chiefs say a new COVID-19 wave is hitting Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 hospital numbers fall below 2,000 for first time since January 1 in Spain’s Valencian Community

HOSPITAL admissions involving COVID-19 cases have dropped below 2,000 for the first time since January 1 in the Valencian Community. 1,981 hospitalisations were reported tonight(February

17 Feb, 2021 @ 19:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Self-employed and small businesses in hospitality sector to receive 24 million euros of aid in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Provincial Council has approved two aid plans to help businesses devastated by the Covid pandemic and lockdown. Some nine million euros is coming from

17 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Woman issues ‘Liam Neeson-style’ threat to person who shot her cat in the leg on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN angry cat owner, whose pet was shot in an Alicante area street, has quoted Liam Neeson’s famous line from the ‘Taken’ movies in a

17 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Police discover body of British man in his Alicante City flat on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 45-year-old British man has been found dead in an Alicante city centre apartment. Initial Policia Nacional investigations show that there were no suspicious circumstances

17 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca

‘Public hanging’ outside church in protest of ‘unnecessary’ lockdown of hospitality trade in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CHEF mannequin was hung from a lamp-post in Torrevieja as hospitality workers protested against what they see as an unnecessary lockdown of trade. Almost

17 Feb, 2021 @ 11:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

NEW COVID-19 infections fall by half in just a week in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases have more than halved over a week in the Valencian Community. Latest figures from the regional health ministry declared 2,065 coronavirus infections

16 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Top Court Rules Out Ordering An Urgent Reopening Of Hospitality Sector In Spain S Valencian Community

Top court rejects ordering an ‘urgent’ reopening of bars and restaurants in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE Valencian Supreme Court(TSJ) has ruled out ordering an ‘urgent’ and ‘immediate’ reopening of hospitality businesses in the Valencian Community. Judges will now take the

16 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Horse Rescue Centre helps National Police with drugs raid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN EMERGENCY call from Policia Nacional this week led to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales being involved in a drug raid operation.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Polish businessman who disappeared last autumn may have been murdered at his Costa Blanca rental villa by members of a drugs gang. The Guardia

16 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Stray pets saved from perishing thanks to new council strategy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER six months in one Costa Blanca municipality, a score of abandoned animals have been saved from termination thanks to a new policy from local

16 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police arrest vicious home robbers who tied up and assaulted victims on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE members of a violent home robbery gang have been arrested on the southern Costa Blanca in a joint operation by the Guardia Civil and

16 Feb, 2021 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

COVID-19 deaths pass 6,000 mark but infection rate hits another big weekend fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infections are continuing to tumble in the Valencian Community as pandemic deaths broke the 6,000 barrier today(February 15). An additional 44 fatalities were announced

15 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Columbian Terrorist And Mass Killer Is Arrested In Spain S Alicante Province

Columbian terrorist and mass murderer is arrested in Spain’s Alicante Province

A terrorist wanted by Columbia for the killing of at least 24 people has been arrested in Alicante Province. The Policia Nacional detained Luis Jhon

15 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

No ‘conclusive’ evidence found of gun match with Veronica Guerin murder in Irish mobster’s garden on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BALLISTIC analysis of a gun found at the Torrevieja home of Irish drug racketeer, John Gilligan, has proved inconclusive as to whether it was used

15 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man pretended to be an Interpol officer in an elaborate ruse to threaten women if they refused to meet him. Meetings were arranged

15 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community

So you have found your perfect fixer upper home in the Valencia region and now its time to put your own stamp in it! Here

15 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Property·Sponsored·Sponsored Article·Valencia

SUPREME COURT says newspaper was right to publish name and photo of abuser on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S highest legal body has backed the right of a newspaper to publish the full name of an abuser who beat up his girlfriend in

14 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Spain’s biggest sporting event returns to the Costa Blanca and Murcia this summer

ONE of the world’s top cycling road races, La Vuelta a España, will be returning to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas this summer. Last

14 Feb, 2021 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Sport

Holiday Home Burglary Gang Stole From 30 Properties On Spain S Costa Blanca

Holiday home burglary gang stole from at least 30 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil have arrested a ten-strong gang that stole and then sold items pinched from at least 30 Torrevieja holiday homes. Over €40,000 of

13 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

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

DOWNWARD CURVE is maintained in new COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases are continuing to spiral downwards in the Valencian Community, with figures almost two-thirds lower than a week earlier. The latest briefing from

13 Feb, 2021 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720

SPRING is on the way and so you MUST check if you are obliged to file a 720 Declaration by the end of March to

13 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Property·Valencia

FIRST INFECTIONS from South African COVID-19 variant are found in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE first cases of the ‘South African’ COVID-19 variant have been reported in the Valencian Community. The regional health ministry said that three cases of

12 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Romanian arrested in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca for his part in multi-million US dollar online scam

A Romanian man accused of being part of gang that ripped off seven million US dollars in an online scam has been arrested in Benidorm

12 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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Solitary bees encouraged to reproduce in fight against climate change on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Freeloading motorhome owners who snub ‘approved’ overnight sites could be fined in Spain’s Valencian Community

Riverside development and urban renewal project costing 400,000 euros planned on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COVID-19 hospital numbers fall below 2,000 for first time since January 1 in Spain’s Valencian Community

Self-employed and small businesses in hospitality sector to receive 24 million euros of aid in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Woman issues ‘Liam Neeson-style’ threat to person who shot her cat in the leg on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Police discover body of British man in his Alicante City flat on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘Public hanging’ outside church in protest of ‘unnecessary’ lockdown of hospitality trade in Spain’s Costa Blanca

NEW COVID-19 infections fall by half in just a week in Spain’s Valencian Community

Top court rejects ordering an ‘urgent’ reopening of bars and restaurants in Spain’s Valencian Community

Horse Rescue Centre helps National Police with drugs raid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Stray pets saved from perishing thanks to new council strategy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Police arrest vicious home robbers who tied up and assaulted victims on Spain’s Costa Blanca

COVID-19 deaths pass 6,000 mark but infection rate hits another big weekend fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

Columbian terrorist and mass murderer is arrested in Spain’s Alicante Province

No ‘conclusive’ evidence found of gun match with Veronica Guerin murder in Irish mobster’s garden on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community

SUPREME COURT says newspaper was right to publish name and photo of abuser on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spain’s biggest sporting event returns to the Costa Blanca and Murcia this summer

Holiday home burglary gang stole from at least 30 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOWNWARD CURVE is maintained in new COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community

SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720

FIRST INFECTIONS from South African COVID-19 variant are found in Spain’s Valencian Community

Romanian arrested in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca for his part in multi-million US dollar online scam

‘Don’t even think about coming to rob us’: Chaos in Malaga as over 40 machete-wielding masked youths gather to shoot fireworks and film rap video

Lining up the legends – the world’s golfing stars are descending on Spain three times this year

IN PICS: Firefighters struggle to rescue horse trapped all night in mud in southern Spain

At last! Spring arrives early in Costa Blanca and Andalucia with highs of 28C – this is where you can hit the beach this weekend

Body of missing British tourist, 79, discovered on the Costa del Sol after week-long search