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Zara sale is about to begin in Spain as social media user spills ‘secret’ start date

Zara sale is about to get started - social media user spill 'secret' start date BEFORE official reveal as shoppers gear up for the...

Spain’s iconic Osborne bull gets a redesign to mark anniversary

THE black bull silhouettes by motorways will be familiar to anyone who has travelled across Spain. Known as the Osborne bulls after the drinks company...

Everything you need to know about Spain’s vaccine plan for children

SPAIN has drawn up plans to vaccinate secondary school children against COVID-19 before the end of summer.  The county’s health minister yesterday revealed that pupils...

Help is at hand: British expats in Spain struggling to navigate Brexit red tape

BRITISH expats in Spain are facing a great deal of Brexit-related red tape over their immigration status post-Brexit. They are being urged to leave the...

European money helps finance improved facilities in unique palm grove on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE VEGA BAJA’S El Palmeral de Orihuela will be opening a brand new guest area for visitors to use just in time for the...

Coming clean: Spain making dash for hydrogen in bid to be European leader

SPAIN is to splash €1.55 billion on clean hydrogen production in a bid to become European leader in the new technology. It has earmarked EU...

Zara to open its biggest ever shop in Madrid’s Plaza de España

THE clothes chain Zara has announced plans for a flagship store that promises to be the world’s biggest in the newly renovated Edificio España...

Spain’s Andalucia plans to start vaccination of minors aged 12-15 years old in August

THE JUNTA plans to begin vaccinations of children aged over 12 this August. According to the director of the COVID-19 vaccination plan for the Junta,...

Spain’s Queen Sofia visits homeland of Greece

QUEEN Sofia of Spain embarked on a tour of her homeland Greece.  The royal, who was born Princess of Greece and Denmark, kicked off the...

COVID-19 hospital cases hit new low with levels similar to almost a year ago in Costa Blanca area of...

HOSPITAL admissions caused by COVID-19 reached their lowest figure of 2021 today(June 4) according to the Valencian health authority. There are now just 110 people...

All children in Spain aged 12 to 17 years could be vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the new school...

SPAIN'S Health Minister, Carolina Darias, wants all children between 12 and 17 to be vaccinated before the start of September's new school year. Speaking today(June...

Scaremongering! Spanish Wealth Tax – your Pensions & Investments.

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Without fail, every time there’s a new piece of legislation or an update that may affect...

Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain

TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs...

GET A JOB: Good news as Spain’s Castellon recovers pre-pandemic employment levels

EMPLOYMENT levels in Castellon Province have already returned to pre-pandemic levels. Social Security figures show that there are currently 212 workers paying into the system...

Only a quarter of under-60s jabbed with AstraZeneca in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain have so far...

OVER three-quarters of under-60s jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine in the Valencia region have requested to take their second anti-COVID inoculation with the same...

Police in Spain bust drug smuggling gang who disguised cocaine as charcoal

SPANISH police seized 300kg of cocaine smuggled into Europe by a drug trafficking gang who disguised it as charcoal. In a joint investigation by Spain’s...

SEND PLASTIC PACKING: Spanish food industry experts meet to discuss sustainable packaging and new Residue Law

MORE than 200 companies and organisations took part in a virtual meeting this week to discuss sustainable food packaging and the ever-growing problem of...

How to save money on your monthly electricity bills under Spain’s new tariffs from June 1

SPAIN is introducing new voltage tariffs from June 1 that will significantly affect households and could reduce your monthly bill. You may have noticed that...

COVID-19 health situation latest from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

LATEST coronavirus case figures from the Valencian health ministry stand at 205 new infections today(June 3). That's a fall of five on a week-to-week comparison...

BBVA bank bosses in Spain offer to cut compulsory job losses after one-day strike

THE BBVA bank has reduced planned compulsory redundancies in a last-minute bid to strike a deal with the CCOO union. Formal talks are due to...

Ars Magna presents summer concert series across Valencia region with candlelit performances in historical settings

History and art come together to create something magical.  The best artists on the music scene come together in these characteristic concerts organised for years...

Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in...

A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered...

RESTAURANT REVAMP: Five eateries on Spain’s Valencia beach will be demolished to make way for more ecological buildings

FIVE rice restaurants on Valencia’s Malvarrosa beach will be demolished to make way for ‘greener’ buildings that are more integrated into the surroundings. The green...

‘Phishing’ and ‘Smishing’ gang on the Costa Blanca in Spain used credit card details conned out of victims

EIGHT people have been arrested in Almoradi and Torrevieja for running a nationwide scam that stole the credit card details of least 48 people. The...

HEALTHCARE BOOST: Regional government in Spain’s Valencia triples investment into the public system

President Puig revealed that the funds will be shared out among the three provinces according to size and population, meaning Alicante will receive €244 million, Valencia €340 million, and Castellon €73 million.

Two dead in Ibiza resort in first balcony falls of the season

POLICE are investigating the deaths of two tourists who fell from a fourth floor balcony at a hotel in Ibiza’s Platja d'en Bossa. The couple,...

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