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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: How a British school in Spain received a ‘bomb threat email’ which sparked closures nationwide

THE British School of Villarreal in Castellon province has confirmed that it was one of several international schools in Spain that received an email...

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation 'Neckars' led to the...

Record highs of over 25C are forecast for Spain’s Costa Blanca from THIS weekend

TEMPERATURES could reach 'abnormally high' levels for early December over the next few days on the Costa Blanca and the rest of the Valencian...

Tourists are returning to booking hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca, figures suggest

OVERNIGHT hotel stays in the Valencian Community in October grew by 7.89% compared to a year earlier according to figures released by the National...

This region in Spain has virtually abolished inheritance tax

THE VALENCIAN parliament passed a law on Wednesday to slash inheritance tax to just 1% for most beneficiaries. It will apply retrospectively to inheritances and...

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

A DECREE to scrap the Valencian region's controversial tourist tax was signed on Friday by president Carlos Mazon and Tourism Minister, Nuria Montes. The tax...

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

FORECASTERS have predicted the warmest average November daytime temperatures since at least 1950 for the Valencian Community between this Sunday and Tuesday. The State Meteorological...

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop 'constant' disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group...

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of...

Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another...

STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents...

How to get yourself protected this winter against flu and Covid-19 in Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOUBLE vaccinations against flu and Covid-19 started being dosed out in the Valencian Community on Monday, with age categories extended at both ends of...

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian...

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY welcomed 1.26 million international tourists during August- up by 19.68% on the same month last year with record levels of expenditure. It's...

Marina d’Or tourist complex cuts 2023 season short, cancelling reservations with no explanations

THE SUMMER season has ended abruptly, unexpectedly and without any explanation at the Marina d’Or tourist complex in Oropesa del Mar, Castellón province. The...

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across...

EMERGENCY alert messages will be sent this weekend to mobile phones in the Valencian Community to warn about problems caused by predicted 'Gota Fria'...

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area 

AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province  The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at...

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia...

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by...

Emergency 112 number gets 11,177 calls about animals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY'S emergency 112 number has received 11,177 calls this year up to August 15 about animals. Over half of the calls- 58%- were...

Irrigators probed for killing fish due to illegal weir that dried up river in Spain’s Castellon area

FIVE Castellon province irrigators are facing prosecution after illegally installing a weir to divert water on the Palancia river which resulted in dead fish...

Neo-Nazi skinheads in Spain burst into mosque to interrupt prayers and threaten to blow it up

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested three men who burst into a Villareal mosque and threatened the congregation. The detained...

New summer heatwave with temperatures of 47? to hit Spain next week 

A NEW heatwave with temperatures of up to 47? will hit Spain next week, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).  Meteorologists have announced...

Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window

A BOY aged seven died on Wednesday after falling out of a fourth-floor apartment in Benicarlo in Castellon province. The Civil Guard told the...

Elderly woman almost chokes to death from drugs stash vapours in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es AN ELDERLY resident in Vall d'Uixo(Castellon province) kept so many illegal drugs at her home that she could...

Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos...

Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY'S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is 'sure' that the region will get a direct air link between New...

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