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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...

ANOTHER British holidaymaker scammed as Spanish villa rental companies use SAME website under different names

A STRING of Spanish villa rental companies have been allegedly defrauding British holidaymakers by using the SAME website under different names. The Olive Press...

Why have discretionary fund managers (dfm’s) and model portfolios (mps’s)  produced negative returns in 2022?

If you have placed your pensions, savings and investments with a financial adviser there is a strong possibility you are invested in a model...

MONEY MATTERS with Chorus Financial on why expats in Spain cannot retain a UK financial adviser

MONEY MATTERS answers all of your questions on finance, tax, pensions, investments and more here in Spain. Chorus Financial 's Tracy Storer, has received this...

Surveillance helicopter catches man travelling at 223 km/h while ‘on drugs’ near Gandia on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SURVEILLANCE helicopter has caught a man travelling at 223 km/h on the AP-7 motorway near Gandia, on the Costa Blanca. The Pegasus helicopter from...

El Mirador de Castillo in Benidorm demolished before tourist season in search of ruins the town hall ‘doesn’t know’...

ONE of Benidorm’s most iconic landmarks has been partially demolished in search of ruins that authorities ‘don’t know’ if they will find. Tourists, families and...

COVID-19 case figures carry on climbing in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 cases are over six times higher than four weeks ago according to today's(July 20) figures for the Valencian Community. 2,112 new infections were reported...

Man dies in house fire as daughter escapes to raise alarm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 51-year-old man died in a fire that started in the kitchen of his l'Alfas del Pi property in Alicante Province on Tuesday. His daughter,...

‘Legend’ off-duty pilot flies himself to Alicante holiday after passengers faced two-hour delay on EasyJet flight from Manchester

SUMMERTIME, and the living is easyJet! This video shows the moment an off-duty pilot flew himself to his own holiday in Alicante. EasyJet captain Michael Bradley...

Improved Covid rates lead to calls for extra high-speed trains to Madrid from Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE TOURISM Department of Orihuela has demanded that ADIF (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) provide extra trains to cope with the increase in demand for...

Key health services ‘100%’ guaranteed in Torrevieja area during busy Costa Blanca summer in Spain

TORREVIEJA Health Department has guaranteed '100%' coverage in key patient services during the summer season with €2.8 million funding from its 2023 'Holiday Plan'. There...

At least six feared dead in Costa Blanca flooding after roads, railways and airports close

SIX people have died following two days of the worst flooding on record to hit the Costa Blanca flooding. Emergency services and the military stepped...

Covid and flu cases rise as temperatures fall in Spain’s Valencia region

COVID infections have increased by 83% in the last week to reach 247.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the Valencian Community compared to 135.1...

REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain

FRENCH and Portuguese drivers are far worse than British, when it comes to driving offences in Spain. The country’s Traffic Department, the DGT, have just...

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands

HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president 'knock on the door of Downing Street' to get the UK to lift...

Police fines of €760 for dumping waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca as two popular expat cities plead with public...

TORREVIEJA and San Fulgencio have both taken to social media in joint pleas for the public to correctly dispose of waste - or face...

New COVID-19 restrictions ‘not ruled out’ if hospital pressure increases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, has not ruled out expanding restrictions in the Valencian Community if rising COVID-19 infections increase pressure on hospitals. Coronavirus cases have...

VALENCIA RULES THE CHARTS: Zoo, a young band from Gandia, claim high spot on Spanish record sales list above...

Zoo has achieved the feat in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, and at a time when record sales – especially CDs - are at an all-time low

Can you spot him? Eagle-eyed Guardia Civil catch midnight burglar hiding in Guardamar tree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUARDIA Civil have arrested a suspected burglar who hid in a tree after triggering a security alarm in a Guardamar restaurant last Tuesday.  Agents were...

COVID certificate keyrings are latest must-have accessory in Spain

A VALENCIAN T-shirt printing and design company has seen a spike in business after offering personalised keyrings printed with your own COVID certificate. Goatxa boss...

BREAKING: Spain sees record number of coronavirus deaths as cases near 29,000 and one BILLION people quarantined worldwide

THE COVID-19 pandemic has not yet reached its peak in Spain, new figures have suggested.  According to the health ministry, between Saturday and Sunday, 394...

Man kills ex-wife in front of kids before slaying her mum and sister in shocking machismo killing in Spain

It has since been revealed the couple were going through divorce proceedings, however police said there were no records of domestic violence complaints

Spain´s press freedom gets court backing in case of Costa Blanca civil servant who got €500,000 for doing nothing

A Valencian civil servant who got €50,000 per year for a job that he did not do, has lost a legal case against a...

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,...

Manchester torture and blackmail gang member on run from police is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FUGITIVE named as one of Britain's 'most wanted' criminals, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil on the Costa Blanca. 36-year-old Micah Walfall was...

EXPLAINER: The relaxed COVID-19 rules for the ‘new normal’ in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

COVID-19 restrictions will largely be abolished from this Saturday(October 9) in the Valencian Community. As expected, Valencian president, Ximo Puig, has announced the scrapping of...

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Expat family chain themselves to a digger to halt new development being built next to their finca on Spain’s...

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