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COVID-19 infections continue to go down in tandem with hospital admissions in Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infection rates are maintaining their major downward trend according to today’s(February 19) briefing from the Valencian health ministry. 1,768 new cases were reported today,

19 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Gloomy times continue for Benidorm's bars and restaurants on Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca late bars and clubs to get €9 million pot of money from Spain’s Valencian Community

NIGHTLIFE bars and clubs that were forced to shut last August in Benidorm and across the Costa Blanca, will be able to apply for a

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Dumb Lorry Driver Is No Willy Wonka As He Flogs Off 12 Tons Of Chocolate For Virtually Nothing On Spain S Costa Blanca

Dumb lorry driver is no Willy Wonka as he flogs off 12 tons of stolen chocolate for virtually nothing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 36-year-old lorry driver has been arrested in Callosa de Segura after selling his stolen 12 ton consignment of German chocolate at a bargain-basement price.

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bogus computer expert cleared out over €250,000 from client's bank account on Spain's Costa Blanca

Hacker hijacks domestic violence Zoom link with Hitler videos and death threats to abused victim on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE or more hackers disrupted a Zoom conference about domestic violence to make death threats and post fascist videos. San Vicente del Raspeig council’s Equality

19 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Forest plantation further increases biodiversity on river bank in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RIPARIAN forest is being planted on the banks of the Segura river, east of Rojales in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca. The

19 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Environment

YEAR-LONG ordeal of malnourished woman exploited and imprisoned in garage of house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Algerian woman is recovering in an Alicante Province hostel after she was virtually imprisoned in an Agost house for over a year. She was

19 Feb, 2021 @ 12:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

Sports centre reopens on Spain’s Costa Blanca despite lack of emergency funds coming from regional government

ORIHUELA City Council made their feelings known when he visited the nearly-completed Municipal Sports Center of The Espeñetas this week. The refurbishment costs of €280,000

19 Feb, 2021 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Lead·Sport

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

RECENT FALLS in new COVID-19 infections slow down in Spain’s Valencian Community

3,065 new coronavirus cases were reported tonight(February 18) in the latest update from the Valencian health ministry. On a week-to week basis, that is a

18 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

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COVID-19 infections continue to go down in tandem with hospital admissions in Spain’s Valencian Community

Benidorm and Costa Blanca late bars and clubs to get €9 million pot of money from Spain’s Valencian Community

Dumb lorry driver is no Willy Wonka as he flogs off 12 tons of stolen chocolate for virtually nothing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Hacker hijacks domestic violence Zoom link with Hitler videos and death threats to abused victim on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Forest plantation further increases biodiversity on river bank in Spain’s Costa Blanca

YEAR-LONG ordeal of malnourished woman exploited and imprisoned in garage of house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Sports centre reopens on Spain’s Costa Blanca despite lack of emergency funds coming from regional government

RECENT FALLS in new COVID-19 infections slow down in Spain’s Valencian Community

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

Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez starts official visit to China this weekend – his fourth trip in four years

Malaga tax intake from foreigners nearly TREBLES thanks to non-resident property boom

Wheelchair-bound pensioner ‘stabs thief who tried to steal his chain to death’ in Barcelona horror robbery gone wrong

EU warns Spain that tax cut on fuel to help households cope with surging prices is ‘illegal’

Rental yields are slumping in some of Spain’s hottest property markets – here’s where savvy investors are looking for better value

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