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New cycle lane costing nearly quarter of a million euros to get built on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has agreed the contract to commence works on the cycle-lane between Orihuela and Montepinar. Once layout verification is signed off on the

19 May, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Zoom conferences to be held on post-Brexit issues just for British expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO online advisory talks aimed specifically at foreign residents are being organised by Orihuela City Council in June. The first will deal with ‘Post Brexit’

19 May, 2021 @ 08:00

Brexit·Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 hospital admissions fall below 150 patients in the Costa Blanca area of Spain as new infections creep up

COVID-19 hospitalisations have dropped to below 150 patients in the Valencian Community. The latest figures from the regional health ministry tonight(May 18) showed there were

18 May, 2021 @ 19:20

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Ryanair threatens more cuts in Spain if government does not block proposed 21% airport tax hike

Ryanair resumes UK flights this week to Murcia area airport in Spain

RYANAIR is resuming UK flights to Murcia’s international airport from this Friday(May 21). The first service to Corvera will be from Manchester, followed by flights

18 May, 2021 @ 18:37

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Travel News

GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes

A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto

18 May, 2021 @ 17:48

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining night-time closures

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court(TSJCV) will decide this week whether the Valencian Community’s midnight curfew can continue past May 24. Regional president, Ximo Puig, initially wanted the

18 May, 2021 @ 17:10

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July

BENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park will welcome visitors from July 3 after being shut throughout 2020. It will be the first time the park will

18 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain deploys army in Ceuta after migrants swim across to enclave from Morocco border in record numbers

Spain has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after at least 6,000 migrants swam around fences to reach the north African

18 May, 2021 @ 15:05

Lead·National News

Museum Day celebrated on Spain’s Costa Blanca with free trips through empty underground reservoirs

ROJALES Council will be taking local people through its historical heritage on a train over the days running up to Museum Day on Saturday, May

18 May, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain health study shows Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine mix gives better COVID protection than two AstraZeneca doses

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is set to allow Pfizer vaccinations for around two million ‘essential’ workers like police, teachers, and fire-fighters who have got just one

18 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

IN COURT FOR DEFENDING MUM: Young man in Spain’s Valencia faces murder trial for defending mother against violent ex-partner

The incident was also witnessed by the man’s seven-year-old daughter, who was also cross-examined by the court, and took place after the mother had called

18 May, 2021 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pregnant woman and her seven-year-old son murdered by ex-husband in Spain’s Mallorca

The 28-year-old woman, named locally as Warda Ouchene, and her son Mohamed were found dead inside of their apartment in Sa Pobla yesterday evening

18 May, 2021 @ 13:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Gibraltar pre-departure PCR tests get price cut after ‘difficult’ year for UK travel

THE Government of Gibraltar has announced that it will be cutting the price of pre-flight COVID-19 testing in an effort to return travel links to

18 May, 2021 @ 12:45

Gibraltar·Lead

‘RELIEF’: Expat couple who saw home demolished in Spain’s Andalucia finally get legal right to live in their garage

THE elderly British couple who have been living in a garage since their dream villa was demolished over so-called planning irregularities 13 years ago have

18 May, 2021 @ 12:30

Almeria·Lead·Property

EXPLAINED: The latest rules on people from the UK travelling to and from Spain

EXPLAINED: The latest ‘must read’ rules for travelling between the UK and Spain

SPAIN’S tourist board has launched a new ‘one-click’ feature on its website to allow foreign tourists to check on COVID-19 travel restrictions. UPDATE: Spain removes

18 May, 2021 @ 12:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

FROM PITCH TO PLATE: Spain’s Villareal football club opens own restaurant in Ceramica stadium

THESE are great times to be a fan of Villareal football club. Not only has Castellon’s ‘Yellow Submarine’ fought its way through to its first

18 May, 2021 @ 12:00

Castellon·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

EU-funded law agency helps smash complex Spanish VAT fraud scheme that netted €26 million

EUROPOL, the EU’s international law enforcement agency, worked with authorities across five countries to arrest 22 suspects belonging to an organised crime group which swindled

18 May, 2021 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

CATCH YOUR FLIGHT: EasyJet to hide orange envelopes in Spain’s Malaga giving away free flights

THE British low-cost airline easyJet is running a ‘Catch your flight’ competition this Thursday in the old town of Malaga City. To mark the opening

18 May, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga·Other News

U-Turn: Gibraltar to continue rapid COVID-19 testing for all UK arrivals due to increasing ‘Indian Strain’ cases

THE Government of Gibraltar has announced that it will continue to provide COVID-19 testing for all UK arrivals from today due to increasing concern over

18 May, 2021 @ 10:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Malaga breaks all-time record for sizzling temperatures in May

MALAGA has broken its all-time record for scorching temperatures in the month of May since official records began in 1942. The gauge, located at the

18 May, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Weather

NO jail time for two Neo-Nazis found guilty of paralysing black man in racist attack in Spain’s Mallorca

At the time of the attack, the defendants were wearing t-shirts adorned with Nazi slogans with witnesses attesting to the men shouting racial profanities during

17 May, 2021 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

police checkpoint border regions restrictions coronavirus

Green crackdown: owners of polluting cars face fines in Spain’s Catalunya

OWNERS of cars which pollute the atmosphere could face fines in Catalunya, the first Spanish region to consider such plans. Vehicle owners will be penalised

17 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Environment·Lead·Other News

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Highest weekend COVID-19 case figures this month across Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have produced their highest May weekend total in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures released tonight(May 17) show 387 new infections since

17 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Curfew pushed back to midnight in Spain’s Balearic Islands and interior areas of bars and restaurants can open under one condition

Announcing the measures at a press conference today, government spokesman and tourism minister, Iago Negueruela, said that the Balearics Islands were approaching the 'final stages

17 May, 2021 @ 19:15

Lead·Mallorca

Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Council has cancelled this year’s San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations to extinguish the chance of an autumn rescheduling. It’s the second year that the Hogueras

17 May, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Brexit Answers To Come For Brits On The Costa Blanca Thanks To Special 'zoom' Sessions

BREXIT ANSWERS to come for Brits on the Costa Blanca in Spain thanks to special ‘Zoom’ sessions

BRITISH residents in Alicante Province can join a series of ‘Zoom’ webinars to ask questions about living in Spain in the post-Brexit era. The events

17 May, 2021 @ 17:45