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Drunk Husband In Spain S Valencia Defends Vicious Attack On Wife By Saying Women Must Be Taught To Respect

Husband in Spain’s Valencia defends vicious drunken attack on wife by saying women ‘must learn respect’.

A MAN was arrested for domestic violence in Valencia after attacking his wife and partially shoving her out of a window. When Valencia Policia Local

16 Sep, 2020 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Valencia

Couple stole €148,000 from two orphaned nephews that moved into their Costa Blanca home in Spain

Crooked businessmen fined almost €20 million over tax fraud scandal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT ORIHUELA area businessmen have been convicted of a €9.6 million tax fraud and will have to pay back double what they embezzled. Their ringleader

16 Sep, 2020 @ 16:21

Costa Blanca·Lead

Association Chief Toni Mayor Slams Absurd Travel Restrictions

Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca are struggling to fill up even a third of their rooms

A COSTA BLANCA hotel association leader has branded travel quarantines and restrictions as ‘absurd’. Toni Mayor, president of the Benidorm-based Hosbec group, made the comment

16 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

New COVID-19 record but hospital admissions are way down on 2021 numbers in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

New daily COVID-19 case figures are way higher than March peaks on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE PROVINCE is continuing to see an upsurge in new COVID-19 cases as daily figures continue to easily surpass those seen in March and April.

15 Sep, 2020 @ 19:26

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Minister in Spain’s Valencian Community may be grilled over health staff safety

VALENCIAN Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, could be quizzed in court over complaints that health workers were short of personal protection gear during the early stages

15 Sep, 2020 @ 15:21

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencia

Bar And Club Owners Protest In Spain S Costa Blanca Over Future Fears For Hospitality Sector Photo Two

Bar and club owners protest in Spain’s Costa Blanca over fears for hospitality sector

PROTESTORS from the Costa Blanca hospitality industry demonstrated in Alicante City on Monday(September 14) against early closing hours for bars and restaurants and the shutdown

15 Sep, 2020 @ 11:43

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish government slammed over spending in flood-damaged Costa Blanca: ‘Vega Baja needs investments, not advertisements’

AID to help the flood-damaged parts of the Costa Blanca has yet to arrive, a local politician has said. President of the PPCV Party (Popular

15 Sep, 2020 @ 09:47

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Vega Baja town records its FIRST Covid-19 outbreak, as three more areas are hit in Spain’s Costa Blanca

DATA released by Valencia’s Ministry of Health last night, September 14, revealed that for the first time, Benijofar, has recorded an outbreak of the COVID-19

15 Sep, 2020 @ 08:46

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

ONE YEAR ON: ‘Heroes’ of 2019 floods remembered with commemorative plaque on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The town hall of Almoradi, which was massively hit by the storms and subsequent flooding over the weekend of September 14 and 15 last year,

14 Sep, 2020 @ 23:04

Costa Blanca

Hunted: Machete madman on most-wanted list could be in Spain years after evading capture

ONE of the UK’s most wanted criminals is said to be living among the expat community on the Costa del Sol. Fugitive Jonathon Kelly has

14 Sep, 2020 @ 20:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Fake solicitor creams off over €300,000 from unsuspecting client in Spain’s Valencian Community

A BOGUS lawyer is accused of syphoning off €311,000 from a trusting client in the Valencian Community. The Guardia Civil arrested a 33-year-old woman from

14 Sep, 2020 @ 16:42

Costa Blanca·Lead

Police break up illegal all-night rave in a field on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ILLEGAL rave party attended by around 150 people in Pego on the northern Costa Blanca was broken up by police on Sunday morning(September 13).

14 Sep, 2020 @ 12:26

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Perilous pavements put right in ‘Preventative Programme’ for pedestrian paths on Spain’s Costa Blanca

REPAIRS to dangerous pavements in Torrevieja are to be made as a matter of urgency. The City Council aims to ‘detect damage and repair as

13 Sep, 2020 @ 14:01

Costa Blanca

More ancient history uncovered in medieval city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEVERAL ancient walls have been uncovered by workers in Orihuela’s medieval city. The find is believed to be part of a fortified enclosure from the

13 Sep, 2020 @ 11:43

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Residents raise a stink over manure plant on border of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia regions

PLANS to build a manure processing factory on the Murcia-Alicante Province border have caused a big stink amongst residents and environmentalists. The proposed plant, to

13 Sep, 2020 @ 10:02

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

‘We are STILL in fear’ admits mayor on anniversary of floods that killed seven on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NOTHING is in place to stop a repeat of the devastating floods that happened this weekend, exactly a year ago. That’s the verdict of a

12 Sep, 2020 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead

New Orders For Franco Era Villa On Northern Costa Blanca

New orders for controversial Franco era villa built on historic site on Spain’s northern Costa Blanca

THE OWNERS of a Javea villa built on Roman land in the Franco era have received a second demand in two months from the Provincial

12 Sep, 2020 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Worst Weekend For Covid 19 Cases In Valencian Community

Nine deaths and almost 1,000 new COVID-19 cases throughout Spain’s Valencia region

SPAIN’S Valencian Community has suffered 960 new coronavirus infections, bringing the cumulative number to 30,906 people. Details published last night, September 11, showed that since

12 Sep, 2020 @ 11:04

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

World Record Bid On Spain S Costa Blanca

World record bid announced on Spain’s Costa Blanca for tallest nativity scene

ALICANTE is to stage a world record bid to build the tallest-ever nativity scene with a 15-metre high figure of Joseph alongside figurines of the

12 Sep, 2020 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Bullfighting teacher is arrested for sexually abusing children and young students in Spain’s Murcia

A TEACHER at Murcia’s bullfighting school has been arrested for sexually abusing children and young students. The Policia Nacional said that the 69-year-old man may

11 Sep, 2020 @ 13:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

British duo arrested as drugs gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca kidnap and torture supplier who conned them

TWO BRITISH men were among a 18-strong drug trafficking and kidnapping gang arrested by the Guardia Civil on the southern Costa Blanca. One of the

11 Sep, 2020 @ 12:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm Hotels See 85 Per Cent Drop In July For Overnight Stays On Spain S Costa Blanca

Benidorm wants to create its own ‘safe travel’ corridor for UK visitors to Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM mayor, Toni Pérez, says that the resort wants to set up a ‘safe travel corridor’ for UK tourists. That follows a summer where many

10 Sep, 2020 @ 14:27

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

New COVID-19 cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca are continuing to escalate upwards

NEW coronavirus outbreaks in Elche and Dénia have contributed to the upward rise in COVID-19 cases across the Costa Blanca. Latest figures from the Valencian

10 Sep, 2020 @ 12:56

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm and 12 other towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca are ordered to tighten up on COVID-19 rule breakers

13 COSTA BLANCA councils, including Benidorm and Dénia, have been told to take the ‘strictest possible measures’ to clamp down on too many people meeting

9 Sep, 2020 @ 18:29

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Angry patient threatens to kill doctor in hospital emergency department in Spain’s Valencia City

AN IRATE patient at a Valencia City hospital threatened to kill a doctor and then splashed his blood on Policia Nacional agents. The 23-year-old Spaniard

9 Sep, 2020 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Valencia

Crucial stage reached in producing major tourist plan to revive popular British holiday spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA is one step closer to launching a ten-point plan to revive tourism in the city. Strategies are being set for the future of the

9 Sep, 2020 @ 15:42

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