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Fake plumber pulls out gun and assaults elderly couple during failed eviction bid at Valencia home

Devious landlady ‘hired fake plumber to violently evict elderly couple at gunpoint’ in Spain’s Valencia

A DEVIOUS landlady is being investigated for hiring a man to violently evict an elderly couple from her flat in Gandia (Valencia province). The Policia

2 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man arrested for making death threats against Valencia’s president Carlos Mazon

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a man for posting death threats on social media against Valencian president Carlos Mazon. The 30-year-old was detained in Valencia

1 Apr, 2025 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia man accused of poisoning ex-wife with ammonia after she asked for water

A 32-YEAR-OLD Valencia man has been accused of giving his ex-wife ammonia when she asked for a drink of water. The victim had to spend

31 Mar, 2025 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain gets maximum advance payment of €100m from EU for flood damage repairs in Valencia

SPAIN’S government has received a first payment of €100 million from the EU’s Solidarity Fund to pay for recovery work in flood-hit areas of Valencia.

31 Mar, 2025 @ 14:02

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First seaside drowning tragedy in Valencia this year as warm weather brings out bathers

A 22-YEAR-OLD man drowned at a Valencia beach on Sunday in the first-such tragedy of the year in the Valencian Community. The warm weather brought

31 Mar, 2025 @ 12:10

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Families of Valencia flood disaster victims join thousands in new protest against president Carlos Mazon

AN ESTIMATED 25,000 people took part in Saturday’s march in Valencia calling for the resignation of regional president Carlos Mazon over the way he responded

31 Mar, 2025 @ 11:20

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police probe serious group assault on Grindr dating app user in Valencia

Police probe brutal group assault after Grindr user hooked up with just one man in Valencia

A 34-year-old Valencia area man was allegedly gang raped after setting up a date with just one person via the Grindr dating app. The man

26 Mar, 2025 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia flood death toll rises to 227 after two missing people are declared as dead

THE Valencia flood disaster death toll has risen to 227 after courts declared two missing people as dead. Two decrees have been issued in regard

25 Mar, 2025 @ 12:18

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vibrator sculpture sparks conversation at Valencia’s fallas festival

A VIBRATOR shaped sculpture championing ‘female empowerment’ was spotted at Valencia’s fallas festivities. The ‘satisfyer’ sex toy is seen coming out of a UFO with

22 Mar, 2025 @ 09:00

Lead·Valencia

Scammer duped Valencia flood victims out of €32k in deposits for house repairs Revealed: The number of emergency calls made about Valencia floods before warning was sent by regional government

Revealed: The massive financial cost of October’s Valencia flood disaster

THE Valencian government has revealed that the financial damage caused by October’s floods totalled €18 billion. The man in charge of coordinating reconstruction work, Francisco

21 Mar, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

King of Spain sparks fury among animal activists after attending ‘charity’ bullfight

THE KING of Spain has sparked fury amongst animal activists as he attended a ‘charity’ bullfight for DANA victims. Animal rights party PACMA has spoken

21 Mar, 2025 @ 12:10

Lead·Valencia·Video

Shackleton International School: Excellence in Global Education in Valencia

Since its opening in 2021, Shackleton has been focused on preparing students for a limitless future If you are looking for a school that provides

20 Mar, 2025 @ 11:34

Education·Valencia

Valencia's Fallas festivities finish this Wednesday night with the burning of the giant 'ninot' statues

Valencia’s Fallas festivities finish this Wednesday night with fires galore to burn giant ‘ninot’ statues

VALENCIA City’s annual Fallas celebrations reach a climax this Wednesday evening with the burning of the ninot statues in the Crema ceremony. The ninots are

19 Mar, 2025 @ 17:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

‘Spain helped us heal’: US expat on moving to Valencia after family tragedy – as she warns ‘nightmare’ process is ‘not easy’

MARIA Robertson-Justiniano was living a ‘fairytale’ life with her husband and son in Chicago when tragedy struck. In 2018, her husband Alex died unexpectedly, shattering

18 Mar, 2025 @ 13:17

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Valencia

Electricity fully restored in Valencia as president demands 'explanation' for blackout 'as soon as possible'

Embattled Valencia president Carlos Mazon says ‘no’ to illegal migrants after striking budget deal with far-right Vox party

VALENCIA president Carlos Mazon says his region won’t accept any further illegal migrants in temporary reception centres paid for by the national government. Monday’s announcement

17 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia

IN PICS: Las Fallas sculptures reveal scathing criticism of Valencian officials following deadly flooding

VALENCIANS have used the traditional Fallas festival to voice their outrage after hundreds were killed in tragic flooding last October. The region’s iconic festival celebrates

16 Mar, 2025 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

Burning issue: The origins and history of the spectacular Las Fallas festival in Valencia

LAS FALLAS is one of Spain’s most iconic festivals. It is a spectacle of fire, creativity, and joy that transforms the city (and many towns

14 Mar, 2025 @ 14:31

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thousands of hotels still for sale in Spain despite booming tourism sector - here's where to pick one up

Spain’s new ‘big brother’ law for tourists is ‘driving hotels mad’: Technology ‘does not work’ and ‘threatens success of high season

HOTELIERS in the Valencian Community say a new computerised system to register guests is driving them mad and will cause serious problems during the tourist

12 Mar, 2025 @ 11:06

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

‘Die guiri!’: Violent graffiti appears in Spain ahead of fresh wave of anti-tourism protests

AS Spain gears up for a fresh wave of anti-tourism protests, violent graffiti has appeared in tourism hotspots. On April 5, Spanish cities will erupt

11 Mar, 2025 @ 10:41

Lead·Valencia

Judge orders sacked emergency chiefs to explain why Valencia flood warning was sent too late to save many lives

Judge orders sacked emergency chiefs to explain why Valencia flood warning was sent so late

TWO former bosses of Valencia’s emergencies team will have to explain why the October 29 flood alert was sent so late. Ex-emergencies minister, Salome Pradas

10 Mar, 2025 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Scammer duped Valencia flood victims out of €32k in deposits for house repairs

A SCAMMER pocketed over €32,000 from Valencia flood victims for non-existent home repairs. The 41-year-old Spaniard went round a flood-hit estate next to a ravine

10 Mar, 2025 @ 11:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Daughters of man missing since 1984 discover he was living in Valencia before being killed in last year’s DANA disaster

A GRANADA man who vanished without trace in 1984, died 40 years later in October’s Valencia floods. Miguel Morales, 72, was declared officially dead in

5 Mar, 2025 @ 11:13

Granada·Lead·Valencia

Revealed: The number of emergency calls made about Valencia floods before warning was sent by regional government

OVER 15,000 people made calls to the 112 emergency number in Valencia on October 29 before Carlos Mazon’s regional government issued a flood warning to

4 Mar, 2025 @ 18:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Roads and schools closed as heavy rain lashes across Valencia

Valencia weather latest: Mass school and road closures due to heavy rain and flooding – as orange alerts are extended to Thursday

HEAVY rain caused road and school closures in Valencia and Castellon provinces on Tuesday with more bad weather on the way. 16 roads have been

4 Mar, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia·Weather

30,000 people demand Carlos Mazon resignation in latest Valencia protest over flood disaster response and lack of warning

THOUSANDS of people protested in Valencia City on Saturday in the latest demonstration calling for regional president Carlos Mazon’s resignation over his handling of the

3 Mar, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drugs gang copied 'Breaking Bad' TV series by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

Drugs gang copied ‘Breaking Bad’ narco TV drama by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

A BULGARIAN drugs gang took a leaf out of the hit US TV drama Breaking Bad by laundering the profits of a marijuana operation via

28 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

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