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Tree crushes parked car in Gata de Gorgos as storm Gloria batters the Costa Blanca

A PALM tree has crushed a parked car in Gata de Gorgos on Spain's Costa Blanca. The incident occurred this afternoon, according to media outlet...

Schools to close in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca tomorrow, Monday, as municipality faces red alert for wind and...

JAVEA on the Costa Blanca has been the first municipality to suspend classes at its schools tomorrow as storm Gloria batters eastern Spain. The Marina...

WATCH: Surfers tackle storm as 8m-high wave warnings issued on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SURFERS have been spotted tackling waves on Spain's Costa Blanca in the midst of a red alert weather warning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRFy94Bbb4&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Olive Press TV The thrill-seekers...

IN VIDEOS: SNOW blankets Valencia, Alicante and Granada as Storm Gloria sweeps through Spain

https://twitter.com/meteojarafuel/status/822109242136129537 THESE are some of the scenes from Valencia and Alicante as Storm Gloria has brought plummeting temperatures and snow to the eastern peninsula today. Both...

Waves 8m high predicted off Costa Blanca as storm Gloria batters eastern Spain

SPAIN'S met office (AEMET) has predicted 8m-high waves will rock the Costa Blanca as storm Gloria sweeps south today. Denia, the capital of the Marina...

Alicante airport CLOSED from 1pm Sunday until 1pm Monday as snowstorms hit the Costa Blanca

ALICANTE airport will be closed from 1pm today until 1pm on Monday. Storm Gloria has this morning hit the Costa Blanca region, with snow falling...

Costa Blanca kicks off 2020 with month-long carnival in coastal city

TORREVIEJA starts it's annual carnival next week on January 31 with a programme packed with fun for all the family. Every year, dozens of floats...

Orihuela reopens sports centre only four months after it was “completely flooded” by DANA

FRIDAY saw the reopening of Palmeral Sports Centre of Orihuela, after €95,000 worth of flood damage was caused in September's storms. The Councillor for...

Costa Blanca town ‘choked’ by roadworks given temporary solution by council to ‘desperately-needed’ parking problem

ROJALES Town Council have provided temporary relief to the huge parking problem caused by essential roadworks. They have just started a €700,000 road improvement plan...

Murcia’s flu epidemic now raging through Spain

HAVING reached epidemic levels in the Murcia region earlier this week, the outbreak of influenza has spread throughout the country. Health ministers in the region...

RED and orange warnings for SNOW and rough seas in Spain’s Alicante and Valencia

WEATHER agency AEMET has issued dozens of warnings across Spain for this Sunday as another gota fria is expected to bring snow and rain.  Alicante...

OPINION: Consultant psychologist slams Alicante Airport’s ‘chaotic and inhumane’ response to paralysing Wednesday fire

I was on a flight from Alicante to Leeds yesterday. When the fire broke out in the airport it was noticed by passengers some 20mins...

Luxury Plaza Mayor shopping outlet on Spain’s Costa del Sol scammed out of €120,000 by Valencia-based scammers posing as...

SEVERAL cyber-scammers have been arrested after hacking high-ranking employees of a luxury shopping outlet and defrauding them of €120,000.  The four arrested in Valencia helped...

‘Floating sofas’ now on offer at Costa Blanca outdoor furniture supplier

JUST when you thought your garden was complete, someone invents a floating sofa. The new addition to Costa Blanca exterior furniture supplier Dumas Design takes...

Costa Blanca town celebrates citizens’ ‘titanic’ struggle against marching sands

GUARDAMAR will pay tribute to the people that prevented a movement of sand that could have engulfed the town, over a century ago. Saturday January...

Spanish MEP tells Brits: “the European Union will always be your home’

ON THE last session of European parliament before Brexit on January 31, a Spanish MEP had a clear message for expats wanting to remain...

Alicante airport re-opens 24 hours after blaze on roof caused mass diversions and cancellations

ALICANTE airport has re-opened 24 hours after a fire on its roof caused a wave of flight cancellations and diversions.  The fifth busiest airport in...

WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested

A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police. https://youtu.be/5ZxUd2i_3Ww A total of 18 arrests were...

Reopening at fire-ravaged Costa Blanca airport is postponed even further

Operations have been further affected at Alicante-Elche Airport, where a roof fire saw thousands evacuated, yesterday afternoon. The reopening is postponed and will not...

Campaigners slam ‘squandering of public money’ as Murcia’s trouble-ridden Corvera Airport celebrates its first anniversary

MURCIA region’s ‘new’ airport, Corvera, celebrates its first anniversary today, after an auspicious opening in January 2019. Although the hi-tech replacement for the much-loved and...

Fears that Alicante Airport could remain closed ‘all night’ as authorities say firefighters still working to extinguish fire in...

ALICANTE Airport could remain shut until tomorrow morning after authorities have said firefighting efforts will take 'all night'. The Valencian Community's 112 emergency service has...

Protests against ‘Multilingualism Law’ that will mandate Valenciano in schools to hit the Costa Blanca this Saturday, January 18

PROTESTS against the 'Multilingualism Law' that will mandate the use of Valenciano in all Valencian Community schools have been organised across the Costa Blanca...

WATCH: Roof catches fire at Alicante Airport while thousands of passengers remain outside terminal

THE roof at Alicante Airport caught fire today causing all passengers in the main terminal to evacuate while incoming flights have been diverted. The fire...

BREAKING: Fire at Alicante airport sees ‘thousands’ of passengers evacuated while flights diverted

ALICANTE airport has been evacuated this afternoon after a fire reportedly stopped flights. No one has been reported injured while a team of 15 firefighters...

Valencian government slices 20 days off waiting times for operations – but patients still wait an average of FOUR...

WAITING times for operations in the Valencian Community are currently averaging 113 days – or four months – across all the region's hospitals. Figures released...

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