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Angry Families Take Action Over Missing Valuables From Elderly Covid 19 Victims In Spanish Hospital

Four families seek legal action over missing valuables from relatives who died of COVID-19 at same Valencian hospital

FOUR families are demanding answers over missing valuables from bereaved elderly relatives who all died from COVID-19 at the same Valencia hospital. Arturo Rocher, 80, passed away at the Doctor Peset Hospital

30 Jun, 2020 @ 19:12

Costa Blanca

Two beaches get black flags on Spain’s Costa Blanca – here’s a list of 72 Blue Flag beaches to enjoy this heatwave

BLACK flags have this week been given to two Costa Blanca beaches for being among the most-polluted in all of Spain. Activist group Ecologists in Action stage their black flag awards every

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:56

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Shame Of Guardia Civil Agent In Spain Who Used Spy Camera To Watch Woman In Shower

Guardia Civil agent gets 8-months jail after taking ‘garden peppers’ to woman’s house and installing secret camera in her bathroom

A GUARDIA Civil agent has been suspended for 15 months after putting a spy camera into a shower to record images of a naked woman. The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Internet Ivory Sellers In Spain S Costa Blanca Get Surprise Police Visit Over Illegal Trading

Six arrested for marketing illegal ivory objects online in Spain’s Alicante – inc. €200 hairbrushes

SIX Costa Blanca residents advertising illegal ivory online have been arrested following an undercover police sting. Guardia Civil agents contacted vendors of suspicious ivory products on an Alicante-based website that acted as

30 Jun, 2020 @ 17:56

Costa Blanca·Environment

Restaurants Fully Booked On Spain S Costa Blanca As Denia S Tables Get Swamped By Madrid Tourists Enjoying Unrestricted Travel

Family on Denia holiday complain 8 restaurants ‘fully booked’ last weekend as Valencian government pushes to lift further restrictions on hospitality

A FAMILY on holiday in Denia have complained of ringing ‘eight’ top restaurants last Sunday but not finding a single table free. The mother of the family, named Maria in local reports,

30 Jun, 2020 @ 17:24

Costa Blanca·Travel News

Holiday Area On Spain S Costa Blanca Gets Virus Free Report Ahead Of Tourist Return

Marina Alta region of Spain’s Alicante celebrates one month without new COVID-19 infections

THE Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca has been free of new coronavirus cases for one whole month, according to figures from the Valencian Community’s health department Sanitat. The northernmost comarca

30 Jun, 2020 @ 15:24

Costa Blanca·Health

Care Home Chief Says Valencian Government Ignored His Pandemic Warnings Over Elderly Residents

Care home sector slams Valencian government for ‘taking away’ health workers to shift at hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

VALENCIA’S care home sector has slammed its regional government for stripping them of health workers from at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. President of the AERTE regional care home body, Jose

30 Jun, 2020 @ 14:51

Costa Blanca·Health

Costa Blanca on yellow weather warning for 40°C Saharan heatwave starting Wednesday July 1 – heatmap inside

THE Costa Blanca is set to crank up the heat from tomorrow, with temperatures predicted to hit 40 degrees in certain areas. Spain’s state met office (AEMET) has issued a yellow alert

30 Jun, 2020 @ 14:28

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Andalucia to continue without COVID-19 restrictions on capacity and opening hours until May 19

Valencian region looks at reducing table distances to 1.5m in bid to boost hospitality economy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DISTANCES between tables in bars, restaurants, and outside terraces could be reduced to just 1.5m in the Valencian Community in a bid to boost takings for struggling businesses. President Ximo Puig has

30 Jun, 2020 @ 14:16

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Health

Three boats carrying illegal immigrants land in three hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca following calm seas

Three boats carrying illegal immigrants landed within three hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca last Monday. The first arrived on Vega Baja shores at 6.50am yesterday, Monday June 29 at Albuferata, followed by

30 Jun, 2020 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca

Elche’s world-famous Nit de l’Alba fireworks display cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

ELCHE’S world-famous ‘Nit de l’Álba’ firework display has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The city’s major summer fiestas have already been called off due, but the Costa Blanca city

30 Jun, 2020 @ 12:40

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Family Party Causes Coronavirus Spike In Spain S Valencian Community

‘Family party’ in Spain’s Valencian Community leads to largest cluster of new infections since end of state of alarm

A FAMILY party has led to 16 new COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community. The family gathering was held in La Plana, in Castellon Province, to celebrate the religious festival of San

30 Jun, 2020 @ 11:59

Costa Blanca·Health

Unused Field Hospitals On Stand By If Tourists In Spain S Costa Blanca Caused Big Virus Surge

Valencian Community reveals it has ‘6,000 hospital beds’ on standby due to concerns of COVID-19 outbreaks from tourism

VALENCIA’S health ministry has revealed it has 6,000 hospital beds on standby should tourism create a new spike in coronavirus cases. Emergency field hospitals have been set up in Spain’s Valencian Community,

30 Jun, 2020 @ 11:55

Costa Blanca·Health

Coronavirus Cases Rise In Valencian Community Meat Processing Plant

14 test COVID-19 positive in Valencian meat-processing plant as factories become centre of coronavirus outbreaks in Spain

A MEAT-processing plant in the Valencian Community has become the centre of a significant coronavirus outbreak after 14 workers tested positive on Monday, June 29. The Grupo Evesa facility in Rafelbunyol, Valencia

30 Jun, 2020 @ 11:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Five arrested in Alicante for online villa rental fraud that netted €250,000

FIVE have been arrested in Spain’s Alicante after conning holidaymakers via fake villa rental websites to the tune of €250,000. The fraudsters reeled in victims by advertising pictures of Spanish villas they

29 Jun, 2020 @ 13:52

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Underage Driver Caught Deputising For Drunk Dad In Beach Resort On Spain S Costa Blanca

16-year-old son caught driving drunk dad home in Spain’s Elche – both face charges

A FATHER and son are facing charges in Elche after Guardia Civil caught the 16-year-old minor behind the wheel next to his horrendously drunk dad. The father was three times over the

29 Jun, 2020 @ 13:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Costa Blanca Toll Booth Smash Next To Big Shopping Centre Popular With Expats

54-year-old woman trapped in car after being hit from behind at toll booth on AP-7 in Spain’s Orihuela Costa

A PASSENGER was trapped in her car after two vehicles collided at a toll booth close to the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre on Orihuela Costa. The drama unfolded on Saturday (June 27)

29 Jun, 2020 @ 12:56

Costa Blanca

The Original Charity Shop Library Javea 4 Gt

Two expat-run charities on the Costa Blanca launch campaign to end Spain’s IVA taxation of charity shops

TWO expat-run charities on the Costa Blanca have launched a campaign to end the Spanish government’s 21% VAT taxation on goods sold through second-hand shops. David Young, newly-elected president of Torrevieja-based Reach

29 Jun, 2020 @ 12:47

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead

How Murcia’s ‘cool streets’ technology helps prevent pets burning their paws as temperatures rise across Spain

RED-HOT pavements can be a danger to both children and pets, as summer temperatures spike in Spain. Vienna-based animal welfare charity Four Paws International, warns that an asphalt temperature of 52°C is

28 Jun, 2020 @ 09:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Pensioner drowns at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The woman is understood to have been found unconscious in the water after she had gone swimming

27 Jun, 2020 @ 21:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca awakens to earthquake with 3.1 magnitude ‘shaking ground beneath the house’

TORREVIEJA and surrounding areas were awoken early this morning by an earthquake that rattled windows right across the southern areas of Costa Blanca. The quake with a magnitude of 3.1 was centred

27 Jun, 2020 @ 08:32

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

WATCH: Grenade launcher and other weapons of war seized as ‘largest’ arms smuggling racket dismantled – arrests in 15 Spanish provinces

WEAPONS of war, explosives and firearms have been seized in a nationwide swoop with 21 arrests. Policia Nacional worked with a number of other law agencies across 15 Spanish provinces to smash

26 Jun, 2020 @ 19:03

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Goldfinches See Freedom On Costa Blanca After Illegal Trappers Get Arrested

23 goldfinches released into wild by Guardia Civil after arrest of two trappers in Spain’s Torrevieja

TWO men have been arrested for illegally capturing goldfinch birds in the San Miguel de Salinas area. Guardia Civil agents from Torrevieja stopped the men’s car at a checkpoint in San Miguel

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment

Diner wins €2,000 in compensation after breaking tooth on ‘stuffed olive’ that still had pip inside in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIAN diner has won €2,000 in compensation after breaking a tooth on a ‘stuffed olive’ that still had the pip inside. The woman took manufacturer Aceitunas y Encurtidos Molero to court

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:48

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Flood Fears As A Costa Blanca Council Creates Stink Over Sewage Plant To Be Built By Neighbouring Town

Dolores slams neighbouring Costa Blanca town hall’s proposal to build sewage works in floodplain next to a school and houses

DOLORES town hall has united against a neighbouring authority’s proposal to build a new sewage works right next to houses and a school. Dolores mayor José Joaquín Hernández slammed Almoradi council over

26 Jun, 2020 @ 18:27

Costa Blanca

How to look for hidden fees and commission in your Spanish compliant investment bonds – by Chorus Financial

NOW that Spain is returning to some semblance of normality, many of you are deciding to take control of your financial affairs. This inevitably means exploring options with the various financial advisory

26 Jun, 2020 @ 17:33

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Sponsored

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