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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

15 Jan, 2020 @ 15:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Valencian government slices 20 days off waiting times for operations – but patients still wait an average of FOUR months to see the surgeon

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

15 Jan, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Health

Two plumbers die in septic tank servicing urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO plumbers have tragically died after attempting to repair a septic tank at an urbanisation on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The workers, aged 59 and 38,

15 Jan, 2020 @ 13:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Sniffer dog Piba finds Alzheimer’s sufferer, 70, after going missing for three days on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SNIFFER dog with the Policia Nacional has discovered an Alzheimer’s sufferer, 70, who went missing for three days on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The dog,

15 Jan, 2020 @ 12:56

Costa Blanca·Lead

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SNOW JOKE: Gota fría warnings as Alicante Climate Lab predicts rain and snow to hit the Costa Blanca this Sunday

A ‘PRETTY POWERFUL’ gota fría weather event has been predicted to hit the Costa Blanca from this Sunday, according to Alicante University’s Climatology Laboratory. The

15 Jan, 2020 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions

LAST YEAR closed with over 81,000 holiday apartments registered in the region, nearly double the number recorded in 2015. Figures released by the Valencian Community

15 Jan, 2020 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm's Intempo building has sold its most expensive homes for €2 million each on Spain's Costa Blanca

PICS: View inside a €500,000 apartment from Spain’s tallest residential building set for 2021 completion date

BELEAGUERED by elevator crashes, worker strikes and five years of paralysis, Spain’s tallest residential building finally has a completion date set for next year. The

14 Jan, 2020 @ 22:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Flu epidemic in Spain’s Murcia region sees 150 extra medics drafted in to cope with ten-fold increase in cases

EPIDEMIC levels of influenza have been reached in Murcia according to the regional Department for Health. An extra 150 medics are being drafted in to

14 Jan, 2020 @ 13:44

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

NO WAY JOSE: Most popular baby names ‘José’ and ‘Josefa’ replaced by what two newcomers on Spain’s Costa Blanca?

JOSE and Josefa continue to be the most common names for men and women in the Marina Alta region of Spain’s Costa Blanca. But changing

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca

Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018

TWO men responsible for a dozen robberies at empty holiday homes near Cartagena have been arrested. Guardia Civil officers have been tracking the pair, aged

14 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Expat arrested on suspicion of murder after pushing stepfather through French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-year-old expat has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly pushing his stepfather through a French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The man,

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

FIVE reasons why Moraira is the Costa Blanca’s priciest place to own a home

THE municipality of Moraira has once again been named as the jewel in the crown of the Costa Blanca property market. At the close of

13 Jan, 2020 @ 12:46

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Children and elderly warned as air pollution reaches record levels in Spain’s Murcia

MURCIA city has been forced to introduce special measures after its air pollution levels rose to new heights. The San Basilio measuring station saw record

13 Jan, 2020 @ 09:24

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain’s Murcia region enjoys it’s warmest December this millennium

THE MURCIA region has just enjoyed its warmest December since 1995. Figures from the State Meteorological Agency (SMA) show that the average temperature last month

12 Jan, 2020 @ 17:23

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Costa Calida shows continued growth in house prices, but Spain averages are still a THIRD less than 2007

THE Costa Calida saw some of the biggest property price increases last year. Murcia as a region saw an 11% increase in value of property,

12 Jan, 2020 @ 10:06

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

‘Titanic’ prize in special raffle for exhibition visitors to Spain’s Murcia

A FASCINATING exhibition on the world’s most famous sunken ship has opened in Murcia. On display will be items of memorabilia from the fabled ship,

11 Jan, 2020 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Overdue roadworks to cause four months of disruption in Costa Blanca town

AS REPORTED in The Olive Press last year, Ciudad Quesada’s much-anticipated €700k road improvements will start this month. From January 13 until the end of

11 Jan, 2020 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

The new Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – and here’s where you can get your copy

THE FIFTH edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South & Murcia is out now. From exposing British con-men to showing how an

10 Jan, 2020 @ 20:14

Costa Blanca·Lead

Conman accused of stealing expat’s BMW claims his transport company left it in northern Spain due to ‘paperwork problems’

A CONVICTED British conman has been accused of striking again in a car transport scam running up and down the Costa Blanca. Simon Davies, 58,

10 Jan, 2020 @ 10:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Olive Press TV visits the world-famous Cavalcade of the Three Kings in Alcoy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

8 Jan, 2020 @ 19:48

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Popular Party rages at feminist Valencian Three Queens parade that has ‘nothing to do with tradition’ and will shut down streets amidst January sales

A ‘THREE Queens’ parade in Valencia city has come under fierce criticism from the spokesperson for the city’s Popular Party (PP). María José Catalá hit

8 Jan, 2020 @ 12:27

Costa Blanca·Lead

Patisserie Porn – Sex toys baked into festive dishes at Costa Blanca baker in celebration of Reyes.

VIBRATORS, Chinese balls and other sex toys were baked into pastries by an Elche pastry company to celebrate Reyes, this weekend. More than 300 of

8 Jan, 2020 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

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FAIR PLATE: Valencian bar pins notice threatening that annoying children will be made to ‘wash plates’

A THREAT of enforced child labour has bizarelly turned a Valencian bar into the most popular spot in town. Fed up with messy and unruly

8 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Costa Blanca

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Mother demands €200 government compensation after her daughter was poked in the eye at Costa Blanca school

A MOTHER is demanding compensation from the Murcian government after a boy poked her daughter in the eye at school. The woman has asked €200

7 Jan, 2020 @ 09:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Woman hospitalised after struck in eye by airborne toy during Reyes Magos parade in Alicante

A 74-year-old woman has been hospitalised after a toy thrown during the cavalcade of the Three Kings struck her in the eye in Alicante. The incident occurred

6 Jan, 2020 @ 14:04

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Three-time presidential candidate and author of ‘Make Wealth Anywhere’ arrested for posing as UN president and raising money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SPANISH-NIGERIAN woman has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misappropriation of funds after she was caught posing as a UN president on Spain’s

6 Jan, 2020 @ 13:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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