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Six people treated for smoke poisoning caused by frying pan fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A blaze started by a frying pan resulted in six people being taken to hospital in Alicante on Thursday morning. The fire broke out after
Clean sweep with serial stealer going on laundromat robbery spree in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A serial stealer went on a two-month spree of robbing self-service laundries and car wash businesses in Callosa de Segura. The Spaniard, 30, had an
Storms form dramatic ‘tornado-like’ waterspout off southern Costa Blanca in Spain
A heady meteorological cocktail of hail, rain, and storms produced a tornado-like waterspout off the southern Costa Blanca on Wednesday morning. The waterspout appeared at
Massive €1 million airport car parking swindle exposed on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Belgian man has been arrested over a €1 million car parking scam at Alicante-Elche airport. The man, 50, ran an off-site long and medium-stay
Man stabs himself in bogus assault claim after expensive night out on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A San Juan de Alicante man reported a fake crime after stabbing himself in the chest. He self-harmed after spending a long and expensive night
Work continues to banish cars from centre of major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
CARS will soon be banished from Alicante city centre, as pedestrianisation work continues from today, April 19, in the streets around the Teatro Principal. The
Tourist app for Spain’s Alicante area reaches landmark of over 100,000 downloads
A multi-lingual Alicante City tourist app has notched up over 100,000 downloads since being launched in May last year. The Passporter app allows easy access
Planned tourist tax ‘driving away’ British tourists from Spain’s Costa Blanca, despite Alicante and Benidorm councils refusing to charge it
A Valencian tourist tax proposal has been slammed by an Alicante Province small business federation, despite no plans for any local council to implement it.
Benidorm creates new ‘green’ space for residents and visitors to enjoy on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A new garden area covering 4,500 square metres has been created in Benidorm. The ‘green’ space is located at the junction of Avenida Columbia and
Brits provide ‘spectacular’ results in Benidorm as Easter tourism figures boost a ‘desperate’ hospitality sector
THE BOUNCE-BACK from Covid continues with a remarkable Easter in Benidorm, largely thanks to Brits. Record figures see pre-pandemic levels of visitors in the Costa
Costa Blanca tax consultant in Spain launders nearly €1 million through bank transfers and buying property for Norwegian couple
AN Alicante Province tax consultant has been arrested for helping two Norwegians launder part of €11.5 million they defrauded from Norwegian tax authorities. A man
Ukraine’s Honorary Consul condemns Russians beating up Ukrainian man in bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca
UKRAINE’S Honorary Consul in the Valencian Community has attacked the beating up of a Ukrainian resident in Torrevieja by allegedly three Russian nationals. Pablo Gil
Fresh tragedy strikes scenic Costa Blanca ravine in Spain after hiker falls down waterfall
A hiker, 24, died on Sunday after falling down a waterfall into an Alicante Province ravine at Bolulla. It’s the third death in nine days
Tapas festival brings post-Covid joy as familiar faces meet up again on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TAPAS FESTIVALS are one of many reasons why people love Spain – and the Olive Press always promotes the positivity that they bring to towns
Unusual prize offered as incentive for collecting rural waste in towns on Spain’s Costa Blanca
PEOPLE in the Vega Baja towns of Costa Blanca South are being offered an unusual incentive to encourage collection and composting of rural waste. All
Archaeologists uncover 120,000 year-old Neanderthal camp site in Spain’s Alicante area
AN archaeological team has discovered an open air Neanderthal camp site in Alicante Province dating back around 120,000 years. Researchers from Alicante and Valencia universities
Free Spanish lessons and training courses for refugees as Ukrainian population doubles in one city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FURTHER help is being offered to refugees after fleeing war-torn Ukraine. Training courses have been launched by the network of Tourism Centres (CdT) with the
Russians probed over vicious beating of Ukrainian man inside Costa Blanca bar in Spain
TWO Russians are being investigated over the beating up of a Ukrainian man in a Torrevieja bar last Sunday(April 10). The victim, 43, was repeatedly
Young families among bar customers threatened by man with fake gun on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 65-year-old man created a commotion in an Alicante bar after waving a fake gun around in the air. The Policia Nacional were called to
Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca
OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they
Local mayor slammed as ‘grotesque’ following his support of Torrevieja skyscraper ‘aberration’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
PUBLIC PRESSURE groups and political parties are being invited by Sueña Torrevieja to join together in a bid to ban a building project by Torrevieja’s
Fugitive TikTok healer who ‘cures’ Covid-19 patients is jailed after fleeing long prison term for child sex abuse in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A self-styled preacher who posted TikTok videos claiming he could cure people of Covid-19 has been arrested in the Basque Country after skipping a 17-year
Alicante City hotels are nearly 75% full for Easter holidays on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EASTER holiday bookings for the Alicante City area are seeing a return to levels last seen in 2019- the year before the start of the
Fresh bill of health for Benidorm as big tender gets advertised on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A €4.6 million construction tender has been advertised for Benidorm’s new Rincon de Loix health centre. The new facility will replace the current two-floor clinic
Drug traffickers convert ‘squatted’ homes into cryptocurrency and marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca
FIVE members of a Costa Blanca drugs gang have been jailed in a major strike by the Guardia Civil. Six people were bailed and two