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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

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,

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.

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.

29 Jun, 2020 @ 12:56

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 Jun, 2020 @ 17:33

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Sponsored

Spanish Cops On Costa Calida Ordered Home To Isolate After Boat Refugee Tests Positive For Virus

23 police officers in self-isolation after intercepting boat with COVID-19 positive illegal immigrants on Spain’s Costa Calida

A TOTAL of 23 police officers have been ordered to self-isolate after rescuing a boat containing COVID-19 positive illegal immigrants in Spain’s Murcia. The small

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Torrevieja rated ‘cheapest in Spain’ for holiday rentals – last year prices low as €22 per person per night

AN online holiday site has rated Torrevieja as the ‘cheapest place in Spain’ to get a one-night family vacation rental in 2019. The survey was

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:21

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Spain S Tourism Industry Says A Million Jobs Are At Stake As Government Rescue Plans Fall Short

One million tourism jobs ‘still at risk’ despite €4 billion emergency government plan, says leading Spanish tourism association

A LEADING tourism association has warned that ‘one million’ tourism-related jobs are still at risk in Spain, despite a €4 billion government plan to keep

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Mosquito War Stepped Up In Spain S Costa Blanca With Inflatable Boat Used To Help Kill Off Pests Pic Option 1

Orihuela council announce new ‘inflatable boat’ to tackle tiger mosquitos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN inflatable boat is being used by a Costa Blanca council as a new weapon in the annual war against mosquitoes. Orihuela’s pest control contractor,

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:50

Costa Blanca

Two arrested for scamming €143,000 from small-scale orange farmers in Spain’s Alicante

TWO men have been arrested for scamming small-scale Costa Blanca fruit farmers to the tune of €143,000. The con involved the duo buttering up a

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Olive Press journalist appears on TV’s ‘Sun Sea and Selling Houses’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca

EAGLE-EYED Olive Press readers may have noticed a guest appearance by Costa Blanca South journalist, Simon Wade, on TV earlier this week. Wade appeared on

26 Jun, 2020 @ 08:12

Costa Blanca·Lead