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Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug

THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of Moroccan, Dutch and Spanish nationalities have been

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Fraudster arrested for not paying €10k for 'Indecent Proposal' style sex meet in Spain's Valencia|

Sex pest who ‘paid’ €10,000 to have consensual sex with a young woman in a toilet is arrested in Spain after the bank transfer never arrived

A VALENCIA man has been arrested for fraud after agreeing to pay €10,000 to have sex with a woman, but then didn’t meet his end of the bargain. In a scenario straight

24 Jan, 2024 @ 06:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

End of the road for brutal but highly-sophisticated Costa del Sol heist gang who ‘used sports cars to hijack narco drug stashes’

A BRUTAL Costa del Sol stick-up gang notorious for targeting fellow drug traffickers has been arrested in a complex operation by the Policía Nacional in Velez-Malaga and the Guardia Civil in Valencia.

24 Jan, 2024 @ 05:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Travel: Costa del Sol·Valencia

Young expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’|

Murder probe is launched after a PRIEST is found dead in his home in eastern Spain ‘with signs of violence’

A CATHOLIC priest has been found dead in his Valencia home bed on Tuesday with police suspecting foul play, citing asphyxiation as a possible cause of death. Alfonso Lopez Benito, 77, had

23 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s National Police arrests five in Madrid and Valencia on suspicion of exporting an anti-drone system to Libya

THE National Police have made five arrests in Madrid and Valencia after they detected a group that was trying to illegally export an anti-drone system to Libya. The four suspects detained in

22 Jan, 2024 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Valencia

Rapper Daddy Yankee will receive €1m in compensation from a hotel in Spain’s Valencia over a 2018 robbery

A VALENCIA hotel has been ordered to pay almost one million US dollars in compensation to the rapper Daddy Yankee after he was robbed of his jewellery in August 2018. The singer’s

21 Jan, 2024 @ 15:00

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

American woman dies after 30 metre plunge in popular climbing spot in Spain's Valencia|

American climber, 25, dies after plummeting 30 metres during excursion in eastern Spain

AN AMERICAN rock climber was killed on Wednesday after falling 30 metres in the Penya Roja de Marxuquera area of Gandia. The 25-year-old woman died before a rescue helicopter arrived to take

18 Jan, 2024 @ 10:21

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

State of the art environmentally friendly water fountains to fill up water bottles are being rolled out across Spain's Valencia City|

State of the art fountains for filling up water bottles are being rolled out across Spain’s Valencia

WATER fountains to fill up plastic drinking bottles have been appearing around Valencia City in recent weeks, with more to come as part of a €315,000 project. Work started in December with

17 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

While Tyson Fury dodges Marbella for Morecambe, Oleksandr Usyk searches for sparring partners at his Valencia training camp to prepare for Saudi Arabia clash

TYSON Fury’s opponent for his upcoming undisputed title fight has been canvassing for sparring partners at his Valencia training camp. Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO belts, has

17 Jan, 2024 @ 10:34

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Sport·Valencia

Woman with Down syndrome is praised around the world after being sworn into parliament in Spain following historic election win

Woman with Down’s syndrome is praised around the world after being sworn into parliament in Spain following historic election win

SPAIN’S first elected parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome has said that ‘society can now see that people with Down’s have a lot to contribute’. 46-year-old Mar Galceran took up her place in the

16 Jan, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Outrage as three beaches lose 70% of their sand on Spain’s east coast following the expansion of a nearby port

SATELLITE images have been analysed to show that three beaches in the port area of Valencia lost 70% of their sand over three decades. The University of Valencia study published in the

15 Jan, 2024 @ 17:40

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: The areas in Spain which welcome the most immigrants, according to latest official data

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY, Catalunya, and the Madrid region received the largest number of foreign immigrants in 2022 according to figures released by the National Institute of Statistics(INE). At the other end of

15 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·National News·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Is the Holy Grail in Spain? Study claims to have found rightful owners of the chalice ‘used by Jesus at the Last Supper’

A STUDY carried out by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia has revealed the rightful owners of the supposed ‘Holy Grail’, one of the most important Christian relics. The relic is one of

13 Jan, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Child hooligan gang attacks people of all ages but they are too young to be prosecuted in Spain's Valencia

How a ‘child gang’ led by a 10-year-old attacked and terrorised random people in the street in Spain’s Valencia – but are too young to be prosecuted

A GANG of children led by a 10-year-old boy has been accused of attacking youngsters indiscriminately in Gandia without fear of prosecution because of their age. The attacks have taken place across

13 Jan, 2024 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Renfe launches new high-speed rail route in Spain connecting Madrid with Alicante and Murcia

Renfe sale: High-speed train tickets across Spain and beyond from just €7

SPANISH national rail service Renfe has kicked off the year with a promotion offering reduced fares to destinations throughout Spain and France. Renfe’s high-speed Avlo trains have the cheapest prices with fares

11 Jan, 2024 @ 14:42

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Montpellier·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of cocaine seized. Two Policia Nacional cars were

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This city in eastern Spain is among the best holiday destinations in the WORLD – according to the New York Times

VALENCIA has been included in the prestigious New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2024 list. It’s the only Spanish destination included and the paper reviews it as ‘Spain’s third-largest city

10 Jan, 2024 @ 11:29

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: The most popular cities in Spain for British digital nomads

BRITISH digital nomads rate Spain, and especially the Valencian Community, as their favourite country for remote working. A study of 400 UK professionals carried out by global payments platform Nebeus saw 23%

9 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Why this city in eastern Spain will begin its reign as the Green Capital of Europe this week

VALENCIA CITY officially launches its year as the European Green Capital 2024 this Thursday with two days of ‘opening’ events at the Palau de la Musica. With the Green Capital status, Valencia

8 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Price of cocaine falls by almost a HALF in Spain: Why the drug is cheaper despite ‘record’ seizures by police

THE tidal wave of cocaine engulfing Europe has seen its price nearly halve in Spain due to overproduction in Latin American countries. An enormous surge in cocaine shipments through ports like Valencia,

8 Jan, 2024 @ 12:04

Algeciras·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Masks are made mandatory in Spain’s Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

COMPULSORY mask wearing in hospitals and health centres in the Valencian Community has been reinstated this Friday. The decision was taken by the regional Ministry of Health following a rise in flu

5 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Paedophile athletics coach who ‘abused girls as young as 12 and put spy cameras in changing rooms’ is jailed

A 49-YEAR-OLD Valencia area athletics coach has been arrested and jailed for sexually assaulting children and recording indecent images on spy cameras placed in bathrooms. The victims are girls aged between 12

3 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Young man, 28, dies after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony in Spain while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms

A 28-year-old man has died after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms. The tragic event took place during the early hours of December 31 in Castellón

2 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's Valencia lays down a New Year fireworks challenge to the likes of London and Sydney

Spain’s Valencia throws down New Year fireworks gauntlet to the likes of London and Sydney

VALENCIA is claiming to have lined up an ‘unprecedented’ fireworks display to usher in the New Year on Sunday night. The City Council says it will put it on a par with

30 Dec, 2023 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Far-right writer gets prison time for using offensive language to say that gay people caused monkeypox virus in Spain

Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website using ‘offensive’ language to claim that the

29 Dec, 2023 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Men using sex contact website extorted to pay hush money totalling thousands of euros in Spain

Blackmailers extort vast sums of money from men wanting sex in Spain

A GANG who blackmailed website users looking to meet young women for sex has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 13 people have been arrested in Sevilla and Valencia provinces with

28 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia·Valencian Community

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