Police force hundreds of illegal drinkers to run away from an Alicante park on Spain’s Costa Blanca
DOZENS of Alicante Policia Local officers had to break large groups of young people drinking in the Santa Barbara castle area of the city on
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
