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Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables

A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,

8 Feb, 2024 @ 09:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

'Very jealous' man locked up girlfriend before going to work in Pontevedra area of Spain

Man ‘murders mother-of-two partner’ before ‘driving 95km to a brothel’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN has been arrested in a Costa Blanca brothel for killing his girlfriend on Monday at their L’Alfas del Pi home. Juan Vicente A.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Hugely popular craft market in Alicante is being forced to close this year with no new site agreed

TRADERS have demanded with an urgent meeting with Alicante City Council after being told that they will have to stop selling on the city’s Esplanade

5 Feb, 2024 @ 15:01

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular city for UK tourists hits important target not seen for over 10 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA’S population has gone into six figures with 100,421 registered residents- a 8.690 rise last year, according to the City Council. Almost half of the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:22

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Hospital in Spain’s Benidorm area will get extra beds in change to €47m project that started construction last year

CHANGES will be made in the current expansion project at Villajoyosa’s Marina Baixa Hospital to create more spaces for beds. Work started last year to

1 Feb, 2024 @ 16:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Other News·Valencian Community

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades

1 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

General Franco is STILL an honorary son of this town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S former fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco, still has his name attached to Javea as the municipality’s ‘adopted son’- an honour dished out by the

1 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular shopping centre reports record footfall and unveils changes on Spain's Costa Blanca|

Popular shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca reports record visitors and announces improvements

A REVAMPED cinema and three new restaurants are some of the improvements promised this year for Elche’s L’Aljub Shopping Centre. Around seven million people visited

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Grave robber strikes at cemetery several times and rifles through skeletal remains on Spain's Costa Blanca

Grave robber rummages through skeletons to search for valuable metal items on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GRAVE robber who plundered an Alicante province cemetery several times has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 43-year-old man struck at his local

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Warning for dog owners: Killer caterpillars are on the move in these areas along Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROCESSIONARY caterpillars- lethal to dogs if they come into contact with them- have been spotted in parts of Alicante province. Sightings have been reported in

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow

COMPULSORY mask wearing in Valencian Community medical centres and hospitals will end after it was imposed regionally on January 5 in a response to rises

30 Jan, 2024 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Air pollution spikes on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to warmest January on record

A RECORD warm January has worsened air quality rates in Alicante province due to the ever-present anticyclone over Spain resulting in fewer winds. The month

30 Jan, 2024 @ 11:24

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community·Weather

New illegal rave in Spain: 1,000 revellers party for FOUR days on the Costa Blanca – as music is heard more than 20km away

AN ILLEGAL rave was staged in Novelda last weekend with music levels so high that the noise was heard 20 kilometres away. The event started

30 Jan, 2024 @ 10:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.

29 Jan, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

British climber, 80, is seriously injured after falling from a cliff on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN 80-year-old British climber suffered serious injuries on Sunday after falling 10 metres in Murla. He was airlifted by helicopter to the Denia Park fire

29 Jan, 2024 @ 11:02

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Body of elderly man is found floating in Alicante port: Police are struggling to identify him

AUTHORITIES are trying to identify a man’s body which was found floating on Sunday morning in Alicante port waters. The Guardia Civil were notified of

29 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Olive Press January Winter Sale: 50% off subscriptions

WHAT’S going on in politics today? What are the latest law changes affecting expats? What are the travel trends for 2024 and where should I

26 Jan, 2024 @ 13:44

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: The 10 most expensive and in-demand neighbourhoods for buying property in Spain - featuring a string of British expat hostpots in Malaga, Mallorca and the Costa Blanca|

Revealed: The 10 most expensive and in-demand neighbourhoods for buying property in Spain – featuring a string of British expat hotspots in Malaga, Mallorca and the Costa Blanca

A MALAGA province town has Spain’s highest average property prices coupled with high demand, according to a survey by the Idealista property portal. Examining figures

26 Jan, 2024 @ 11:49

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Other News·Property

Revealed: The costliest and cheapest winter holiday rentals on Spain's Costa Blanca

Body of missing expat boy, 16, is discovered weeks after he vanished while canoeing in Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon

THE body of 16-year old Ivailo ‘Ivo’ Petrov has been found by the Guardia Civil, 20 days after he disappeared whilst canoeing in Mar Menor.

25 Jan, 2024 @ 16:16

Costa Blanca·Lead

Illegal cigarette factory busted in Spain's Costa Blanca

Illegal cigarette factory making 12,000 ‘branded’ fags per hour is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A ROBBERY alert led to the discovery of an illegal cigarette factory featuring two sophisticated machines inside a Costa Blanca house. The Guardia Civil visited

25 Jan, 2024 @ 12:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug

THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Wanted Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after showing police a ‘manipulated’ photo of his ID

AN IRISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and the illegal possession of weapons has been arrested on the Costa Blanca after an anonymous tip off.

24 Jan, 2024 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

How much of my salary do I need to put aside for rent or mortgage costs in Spain? Figures reveal HUGE differences between the British expat hotspots

OWNING or renting a property is getting more expensive in Spain- especially in tourist areas popular with British expats. A survey conducted by online portal

24 Jan, 2024 @ 10:15

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Canary Islands·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Property·Travel: Costa del Sol

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