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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

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Beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca to hit 30 degrees this weekend – inc. Denia and Alicante

COSTA Blanca beaches will break 30 degrees on the thermometre this weekend as Spain gets ready for its summer season. Beaches in the northern Costa

25 Jun, 2020 @ 16:47

Costa Blanca·Lead

Virgin on the ridiculous: restorer in Spain wrecks 17th century picture of Mary

A BUNGLING restorer has wrecked a 17th century painting not once but twice. The owner of the copy of The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

23 Jun, 2020 @ 15:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

Obsessed ex tracks down former girlfriend for whole year before kidnapping her for nine days in Spain’s Murcia

A MAN who spent a year looking for his ex-partner, only to slash her face with a knife and then hold her captive for nine

22 Jun, 2020 @ 15:06

Costa Blanca

UK budget flights return to Alicante airport following official end of Spain’s state of alarm

BUDGET flights from the UK have resumed into Alicante-Elche airport as of yesterday (June 21) following the end of Spain’s coronavirus State of Alarm. Eight

22 Jun, 2020 @ 14:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

WISH YOU WERE HERE -Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca ready and waiting for Brit tourists

BENIDORM’S beaches are ready, tourism services are in place, bars and restaurants are starting to reopen and hotels are on standby – all that is

21 Jun, 2020 @ 20:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

Son arrested over dad’s murder by ‘slitting his throat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca and is caught standing over body with knife

POLICE have detained a 30-year-old schizophrenic man for allegedly killing his father by slitting his throat. The Spanish national, undergoing medical treatment for the condition,

21 Jun, 2020 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat community group saves charity from bankruptcy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of expats in Torrevieja have prevented homeless charity Reach Out going bankrupt amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The ‘U3A’ group is a self-help organisation

21 Jun, 2020 @ 12:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

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