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Shackleton International School joins prestigious IB World Schools

SHACKLETON International School in Burjassot, Valencia has recently reached a major milestone, officially joining the global network of IB World Schools. From September 2026, Sixth

12 Sep, 2025 @ 16:20

Education·Sponsored·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bars and restaurants say turnover is 15% down despite record tourist numbers in Valencia

TOURISTS tightening up spending and heatwaves are two of the reasons why bars and restaurants in the Valencia area say turnover is down by as

4 Sep, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia

Man fatally shot three times at 'point blank range' amidst town centre shoppers in Valencia area

Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

40,000 households devastated by Valencia floods to get extra aid of €3k each by mid-October

A NEW €350 million aid package for households and workers affected by last October’s Valencia flood disaster has been announced by regional president, Carlos Mazon.

2 Sep, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead·Valencia

Valencia's spectacular €400m Juan Roig Arena hosts its first concert this Saturday

Valencia’s spectacular new €400m Juan Roig Arena hosts its first concert this weekend

VALENCIA’S Roig Arena- named after the Mercadona supermarket boss Juan Roig- opens its doors this Saturday. The first event will see 20 artists taking part

2 Sep, 2025 @ 16:45

Entertainment·Lead·Valencia

Petrol station besieged after pumps prices are displayed at just 13 cents per litre in Spain

Petrol station besieged after pump prices are displayed at just 13 cents per litre in Spain

POLICE had to be called in to restore order at a Valencia region petrol station after a computer glitch showed pump prices at a meagre

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:50

Lead·Valencia

Heartless gang impersonates charity workers to steal clothes for needy worth €1m in Spain

THIEVES pretended to be charity workers to steal second-hand clothing worth around €1 million from containers in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional have arrested

1 Sep, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

DANA death toll rises to 222 in Valencia as body of unidentified man is found almost a month after disaster

Digital storm: How fake news flooded Spain alongside the deadly DANA floods in Valencia

WHEN a torrent of water ripped through Valencia last September, drowning streets, sweeping away cars and leaving a trail of destruction, another flood surged in

1 Sep, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Belgians caught with 20 kilos of marijuana stuffed in their suitcases at Valencia Airport

TWO Belgian men were caught trying to smuggle 20 kilos of marijuana onto a Frankfurt-bound flight at Valencia Airport. The narcotics had been stuffed into

30 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia has biggest city property rental demand from foreign tenants in Spain

VALENCIA has become the biggest in-demand city for foreigners looking for long-term rentals in Spain. A study from online property portal Idealista looking between January

29 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Property·Valencia

Tenth anti-Carlos Mazon flood disaster protest takes place in Valencia tonight

THE latest in a series of pubic displays of anger over Valencian president Carlos Mazon’s handling of the October 29 flood disaster will be held

29 Aug, 2025 @ 17:30

Lead·Valencia

Manhunt for jealous ex-convict who killed man who had affair with his wife when he was jailed in Spain

A JEALOUS ex-prisoner shot dead a man in his Valencia area home after finding out he had an affair with his wife when he was

29 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Serial sex attacker who ‘dressed up as a police officer to approach and assault six women’ arrested in Valencia

A SERIAL rapist who posed as a Guardia Civil officer has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Valencia. The man, 33, assaulted six women

26 Aug, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Trucks are filled with 120,000kg of tomatoes ahead of annual La Tomatina festival in Spain’s Valencia

Lorries filled with 120 thousand kilos of tomatoes travel to Valencia for Wednesday’s La Tomatina fight

BUÑOL in Valencia is getting ready to see red once again at the world-famous La Tomatina festival this Wednesday(August 27) with 120,000 kilos of tomatoes

26 Aug, 2025 @ 07:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

Crooked carer steals €30k from dead client by using her bank account and cash cards in Valencia

A WOMAN who cared after an elderly female client in Valencia helped herself to over €30,000- mainly after she died last September. The carer, 43,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 15:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man shot dead by police after trying to stab officers on his doorstep in Valencia

Man shot dead after trying to stab police officers on his doorstep in Valencia

A MAN was shot dead after lunging at two Policia Nacional officers with a knife in a Valencia building on Monday. The assailant was a

19 Aug, 2025 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Two young American tourists sexually assaulted in separate incidents in Spain’s Valencia

TWO female American tourists- one aged 17- have allegedly been sexually assaulted in separate incidents in Valencia. One of the victims, 21, reported she had

14 Aug, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

New extreme heat alerts issued as even higher temperatures are expected this weekend in Spain’s Valencia

THE current heatwave is set to spike this weekend in the Valencian Community with state forecaster Aemet issuing an orange alert for Friday and warning

14 Aug, 2025 @ 12:26

Lead·Valencia·Weather

Collapse in European sales of Tesla cars spells bad news for Spain’s Valencia

TESLA has put a halt to expansion plans in Valencia after a drop in two-thirds of its European sales. This comes after a promising deal

13 Aug, 2025 @ 11:21

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia area road

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia road

A MOTORCYCLIST died on Friday after crashing into a wild boar crossing a Valencia province road. The accident happened at around 10.50pm on the CV-675

11 Aug, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Light plane crashes and explodes in flames- killing two people in Valencia

THE son of a former Valencian Finance Minister died in a light aircraft crash on Saturday. Two men lost their lives at around 11.25am, shortly

11 Aug, 2025 @ 11:04

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Nearly 12,000 holiday rental properties purged from official registry in Valencia

Nearly 12,000 holiday rental properties purged from official register in Spain’s Valencia region

THE Valencian government has removed 11,952 holiday home rentals in the last 12 months from its official regional registry, after owners failed to follow tougher

8 Aug, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Property·Valencia

Ex-government Valencia flood tsar who quit over bogus CV allegations is hospitalised after suicide attempt

THE former Spanish government special commissioner appointed to oversee reconstruction following last October’s floods in Valencia is in hospital after trying to take his life.

8 Aug, 2025 @ 11:18

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community