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SIGN UP! Campaign to make Alicante the province with MOST HOLIDAYS in Europe as new petition demands December 4 be declared Dia de Santa Barbara

A PETITION is demanding a new holiday for the province of Alicante in honour of the city’s patron Saint Barbara. The Change.org campaign from organisation Alacant a Part aims to right a

26 Nov, 2019 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News

Gang leader who trafficked more than 100 migrants into Britain last year in ‘deadly’ freezing-cold refrigerated lorries is JAILED in Spain

THE LEADER of a human trafficking gang that brought more than 100 migrants into the UK inside refrigerated lorries has been jailed for four years in Spain. Iraqi-born Shwana Rafiq put the lives

26 Nov, 2019 @ 10:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

NOT SO SLICK: Eight months prison for government mechanic who filched €1,800 using unauthorised fuel card on weekends in Alicante

A GOVERNMENT mechanic has been sentenced to eight months prison for filling up his car using an unauthorised fuel card in Alicante. The man took €1,800 using the official card between December

26 Nov, 2019 @ 09:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

¿QUE? New road marking reads SOTP instead of STOP at Costa Blanca T-junction

NEW road markings in a Costa Blanca town have come under fire after photographs surfaced of a T-junction reading ‘SOTP’ instead of ‘STOP’. The translation flop was spotted on Camí Montanya Llarga

26 Nov, 2019 @ 08:57

Costa Blanca·Lead

Alicante conquers eastern Spain with 16 STARS in the Michelin Guide Spain & Portugal 2020 – find a restaurant near you

ALICANTE has been crowned the gastronomy king of the Comunidad Valenciana with 16 Michelin stars. The province outshone Castellón and Valencia – which bagged two and nine stars respectively during last week’s

25 Nov, 2019 @ 18:08

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

Rojales can spend ‘much more’ than a now-promised €600,000 on Quesada if an estimated 19,000 expats get officially registered

IT’S ON – after years of complaints about perceived under-spending, Rojales Town Hall promises Olive Press that €600,000 will be spent in Quesada after Christmas. Finance councillor, Fernando Lorenzo, admitted much work

24 Nov, 2019 @ 18:40

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

The Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out, here’s where to get your copy!

The Olive Press’s second Costa Blanca South and Murcia edition is out. From Mazarron to Gran Alicant and everywhere in between, the region’s hottest new English newspaper represents your voice in Spain.

24 Nov, 2019 @ 17:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca people power prevents puppies perishing

HALF the dogs threatened with an ‘unknown future’ from the closure of a Costa Blanca refuge, have been re-homed after an Olive Press campaign. It comes after our launch issue reported that

22 Nov, 2019 @ 15:22

Costa Blanca·Lead

Hit the Tapas Trail in Torrevieja this weekend, 36 bars involved – download map here!

IF YOU missed out on the Tapas Trail in San Fulgencio at the weekend, you still have time to prepare for Torrevieja’s celebration of the dish that starts today, Thursday 21, to

21 Nov, 2019 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Vega Baja bounces back after recent floods with top tapas trail

ONLY two months after devastating floods wrecked hundreds of lives and even killed a local man, the Vega Baja town of San Fulgencio bounced back with it’s fifth ‘Ruta de la Tapa’.

21 Nov, 2019 @ 12:03

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Court in Spain BANS Ryanair’s ‘abusive’ hand luggage fees

RYANAIR’S policy of charging a fee for hand luggage is ‘abusive’ and can no longer be applied in Spain, a court ruled today. The decision came after a passenger took the Irish

20 Nov, 2019 @ 21:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

‘Fit and healthy’ British man, 23, dies from meningitis after ‘dream holiday’ to Spain’s Costa Blanca before saving three people’s lives as an organ donor

The local lad's parents Del and Viv, both 52, believe the flight home from his Benidorm trip may have triggered the deadly infection

20 Nov, 2019 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Mystery as Chinese trio – including pensioner – caught smuggling €1 MILLION in CASH into Spain’s Valencia

A TRIO of travellers have been arrested at a Valencia airport after trying to smuggle almost €1 million into the country. The three passengers, from China, were intervened by Guardia Civil at

20 Nov, 2019 @ 08:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Costa Blanca canine crowned ‘the most beautiful dog in Spain’

AN ALMORADI dog named ‘A Blaser de Mil Lunas’, received the accolade of being named Spain’s most beautiful dog in his class. The German Bracco breed was crowned at the weekend as

19 Nov, 2019 @ 14:33

Costa Blanca·Lead

Chronic shortages see patients treated ‘through pictures’ and MRI scans done ‘in a lorry in the carpark’ as demands reignite for Denia hospital’s nationalisation

DEMANDS to re-nationalise one of north Costa Blanca’s biggest hospitals are growing after exposes have revealed bizarre outsourcing practices. Last month news broke that patients at Denia’s Marina Salud hospital were being

19 Nov, 2019 @ 12:16

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Dozy Burglar In Denia Mayor Vicent Grimalt

Dozy burglar caught watching TV and sipping soft drink at mayor’s house in Denia

A DOZY burglar in Denia has been nabbed by police after he was caught watching television and drinking a soft drink at the mayor’s summer house in the campo last week. Denia

19 Nov, 2019 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Denia composting plant on fire AGAIN as uncontrollable combustion releases very carbon procedure is supposed to recycle

EXASPERATION has returned to Denia as its municipal recycling plant is on fire AGAIN in what increasingly appears an annual tradition. Flames erupted on Sunday, November 10, in the 15m-high black mountains

19 Nov, 2019 @ 09:39

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Valencian con artist lied his ‘brother was a policeman’ to win trust of unwary victims

A VALENCIAN con artist has been arrested after lying his ‘brother was a policeman’ to win the trust of unwary victims. Ricardo M. G., 43, chatted online to prospective buyers of his

19 Nov, 2019 @ 08:39

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

“F**king Nazi, no one will cry when they come for you.” Councillor’s fury as Vox in Denia refuse to stand during minute silence for expat murdered in her sleep

VOX’S leader in Denia has reacted to accusations of being a ‘f**king Nazi’ after he refused to stand during a minute’s silence for an expat murdered in her sleep by an ex-partner.

18 Nov, 2019 @ 22:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics

Shoplifter hid leg of jamón in ‘baggy clothing’ before caught by undercover police in Calpe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SHOPLIFTER has been charged with theft after undercover police caught her stealing a leg of jamón from a supermarket in Calpe. The suspected criminal reportedly used ‘baggy clothing’ to hide the

18 Nov, 2019 @ 18:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante airport named Spain’s most disruptive destination with boozy Brits blamed for 75% of airborne incidents

BOOZY Benidorm-bound Brits are back in the spotlight after figures revealed they have made Alicante airport Spain’s most disruptive destination. Alicante’s main El Altet airport received 216 criminal complaints this year due

18 Nov, 2019 @ 17:52

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

REVEALED: How a ‘new generation’ of ruthless Dutch gangs are ‘helping Irish drug mafia operate along Spain’s Costa del Sol from Dubai’ after third suspected assassination in three months

Since the end of summer, a dead body with signs of violence has been found between Marbella and Mijas every month

17 Nov, 2019 @ 09:50

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

BREAKING: One man killed and another injured in suspected mafia shooting in upmarket Marbella urbanisation

A MAN has been killed and another injured in a new shooting on the Costa del Sol. The fatal shots were fired at around 7.25pm tonight in the Andasol Urbanisation in Marbella.

15 Nov, 2019 @ 23:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

“Finally someone’s paying attention” – Costa Blanca animal protector praises Teulada-Moraira councillor for government-funded cat sterilisation programme

A COSTA Blanca animal protector has praised Teulada-Moraira’s council following a government-funded ‘catch and release’ programme to sterilise stray cats. Grace Boas, who volunteers with Pluto Protectora Animales, said ‘finally someone’s paying

15 Nov, 2019 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

90% of Costa Blanca expats choose cremation over burial to allow mobile families to ‘keep remains with them’

NINE out of ten expats in the northern Costa Blanca choose cremations over burials, according to recent figures. A study from the Alicante funerary sector found that foreigners in the Marina Alta

15 Nov, 2019 @ 11:58

Costa Blanca·Lead

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First SNOW in the Valencian Community as Spanish met office predicts temperatures will drop to 4 degrees on the Costa Blanca this weekend

THE first snows of the season have hit the Valencian Community during a cold blast of polar air predicted to last until Sunday. The icy weather front that has put the northern

15 Nov, 2019 @ 09:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

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