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Violent criminal with multiple arrests is charged with attempted nightclub killing in Spain’s Valencia

A HABITUAL criminal who stabbed a man four times in a Valencia nightclub has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The 38-year-old Spaniard had over...

Man saved from drowning in Benidorm hotel swimming pool in Spain

A 54-YEAR-OLD man was found unconscious in a Benidorm hotel swimming pool on Wednesday evening. He was spotted in the pool at the hotel on...

Deutsche Telekom announces new ‘IT centre’ at existing base in Spain’s Valencia

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM has announced its set up a new 'IT Value Centre' at its existing Valencia technology centre. The facility will be the third such...

Level crossing blackspot claims third victim in less than a year in Spain’s Valencia

A 20-YEAR-OLD woman died on Wednesday when she was run over by a train at Alfafar level crossing in Valencia province. It's the third death...

Vaping teenagers overtake tobacco smokers in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

MORE teenagers in the Valencian Community are vaping as opposed to smoking tobacco according to a study from the AECC cancer charity in the...

Vast majority of people aged 20 years and under can’t speak English in Spain’s Costa Blanca area

OVER TWO-THIRDS of young people in the Valencian Community have told a survey that they cannot speak or understand any English, with just one...

Spain based car rental company starts implementing 32-hour working week

Spain-based car hiring company Wiber rent a car has introduced a 32-hour working week across all its offices in the country.  The company has offices...

Resident kept awake at night by barking dog loses €60,000 compensation bid in Spain’s Valencia region

THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJCV) has rejected a €60,000 compensation bid by an Antella resident for being kept awake at night by a barking dog. The...

The University Paellas festival returns to Valencia

VALENCIA'S popular University Paellas festival returns on Friday 21 April with festivities kicking off at 5pm.  There will be a total of five music stages...

Bogus nurse employed with no qualifications gets suspended jail sentence in Spain’s Valencia

A VALENCIA court has handed down a two-year prison sentence to a man who pretended to be a nurse and was employed for over...

Public hospital surgery waiting lists lowest since Covid pandemic broke out in Spain’s Valencia region

WAITING LISTS for non-emergency surgery in a public hospital in the Valencian Community have fallen to their lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic broke...

Extra summer ferries announced between Spain’s Costa Blanca and the Balearic Islands

FERRY company Balearia has announced extra summer services from Denia on the Costa Blanca to Ibiza and Palma in the Balearic islands. The Bahama Mama...

Angry Amazon delivery driver in booze-fuelled revenge ramming of Valencia police car in Spain

A 26-YEAR-OLD Amazon delivery driver deliberately drove his van into a parked Valencia police car because he was angry for being penalised for using...

Onion furore as farmer faces lawsuit for saying police officers stole vegetables in Spain’s Valencia

A Mislata farmer could end up in court after accusing Policia Local officers of stealing onions in the middle of last Saturday night. Police say...

Son taking medication fatally stabs mother at Valencia holiday home in Spain

A 24-year-old man stabbed his mother to death on Sunday evening inside a cabin at Los Carasoles campsite in Enguera, Valencia province. The assailant- said...

No return to Spain with Cuba changing mind over loaning works by great Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla

SEVEN years of talks with the Cuban government to bring 30 paintings by Valencia artist Joaquin Sorolla back to Spain for an exhibition to...

Plans to reopen tram line moves forward for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE RESTORATION of the Denia-Gandia tram link that shut in 1974 has moved a step forward with regional operator FGV being told to start...

EXCLUSIVE: Dizzy spell ends British man’s hunger strike over residency rejection in Spain’s Valencia

A DIZZY spell on a staircase has forced a British man to end his hunger strike in protest over being refused Spanish residency after...

Man dies after leaping between balconies to escape fire in Spain’s Valencia area

A 52-year-old man died in Gandia's Francesc de Borja hospital on Sunday after escaping from a fire in his Oliva flat the previous evening. The...

Thieves distracted travellers in well-planned robberies at Spain’s Valencia airport

THREE thieves operating at Valencia airport have been arrested in the terminal departure area by the Policia Nacional. The trio- all Serbian nationals- have been...

Holidaymakers robbed after coach luggage door is forced open in Spain’s Valencia area

TWO MEN broke into a French tourist coach outside a hotel in Albalat dels Tarongers in Valencia province on Saturday lunchtime and stole items...

Mayoral candidate wants cap on cruise ships visiting Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA'S deputy mayor and socialist candidate for the top job in May's municipal elections says she wants a cap on cruise ships docking at...

March passenger numbers continue ‘record’ trend for Costa Blanca and Valencia airports in Spain

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports recorded a record-breaking March for passenger numbers to add to records achieved in the first two months of 2023. Barring a...

British man arrested as marijuana gang used luxury villas to grow drugs on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEVEN people including a British national have been arrested for growing marijuana in luxury villas on urbanisations in the Calpe area. Six of the gang...

Union says man’s life could have been saved but for ambulance bungle on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DOCTORS union says the life of an Alicante province man could have been saved last Sunday if the nearest available ambulance had been...

Nearly 80 tons of garbage ‘fished’ from Valencia’s coastline last year

Almost 80,000 kg (176,370 lb) of garbage were gathered from the sea in the Valencian region in 2022, according to a recent report from...

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