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
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
LIGHTS, CAMERA… : New ‘Almodovar girl’ is from Valencia
IF there is one term that sums up Spanish cinema, it is ‘Almodovar girl’. The country’s most famous and successful director Pedro Almodovar has a
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: Bars and restaurants in the Valencia region to reopen in March
BARS and restaurants in the Valencian Community will reopen gradually from March 1 – COVID permitting. A meeting between the regional Health department and representatives
‘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
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
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
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.
Valencian president calls for European COVID-free travel zone
VALENCIAN president Ximo Puig is calling for the creation of a European ‘safe travel’ zone to relaunch tourism as soon as possible after the lockdowns.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
IT’S OFFICIAL: Valencia hospitality closures extended until March
Regional president Ximo Puig finally confirmed the measure this morning after a week full of negotiations, speculation and protests
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
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
SWAN’S CORNER: A Quick Guide to Tax Aspects of Remote Working in Spain
BECAUSE of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has increased considerably. Thanks to the use of new techs, it is presented as a way to reduce