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Spain’s biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

SPAIN’S biggest supermarket chain, Mercadona, will give its staff an extra seven days of annual leave from next year, plus a one-month bonus salary. The

22 Dec, 2025 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Valencia

Cold air mass will cause big fall in temperatures and bring persistent rain and snow to parts of Spain

Coldest Christmas for 15 years predicted for the Costa Blanca with snow in some areas

THE State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has predicted this Christmas will be the coldest in the Valencian Community since 2010 plus there could be some snow

22 Dec, 2025 @ 09:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Weather

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

A GANG illegally selling ‘greenhouse’ fluorinated gases used in fridges and air conditioners has been brought down by the Policia Nacional and the Tax Agency.

19 Dec, 2025 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Madrid·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will form a joint commission between the national government and the Valencia region to coordinate reconstruction following the October 29, 2024

17 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bogus electricity inspector gang con €100k out of dozens of elderly people across Spain

Bogus electricity inspector gang steal €100k from dozens of elderly people across Spain

A VALENCIA-BASED gang posing as electricity inspectors conned €100,000 out of 85 elderly people across Spain. Once they got their foot through the door, they

17 Dec, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Storm Emilia brings torrential storms to Spain as RED alert issued for Valencia and Andalucia – 250mm of rain could fall on Sunday with severe risk of flooding

PARTS of eastern Spain are bracing for torrential weather after the state meteorological agency issued a rare red alert for heavy rainfall – indicating an

14 Dec, 2025 @ 14:38

Andalucia·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Blackspot Branded As The 'road Of Death' On The Costa Blanca In Spain Claims Another Victim In A Head On Collision Horrific crash at blackspot known as the ‘Road of Death’ on the Costa Blanca in Spain claims another victim

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

A 71-YEAR-OLD woman is under investigation after 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory were found at her Valencia City home. She faces charges for trafficking

12 Dec, 2025 @ 12:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

AN IRISH man has been cleared of attempted homicide after hitting a man with a glass outside a Valencia bar on Christmas Day, 2022. Gerard

3 Dec, 2025 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

VALENCIA could lose €150 million of European funding for not introducing a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) banning polluting vehicles from the city centre as of

2 Dec, 2025 @ 08:00

Environment·Green·Lead·Politics·Valencia

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

JUANFRAN Perez Llorca has been elected as the new Valencian president after winning an investiture vote in parliament on Thursday. Perez Llorca- who will step

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:52

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

AUTHORITIES have seized two tons of cocaine that arrived at the port of Valencia within a cargo of fruit from Ecuador. The drugs had been

27 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police search dental clinic after girl, 4, dies after being put under by anaesthetic and another child is hospitalised in Valencia

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

A DENTAL clinic in Alzira has been searched by the Policia Nacional after a girl, 6, died last Thursday after being put under anaesthetic. A

26 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Four people injured after Storm Samuel hits Spain - including gale-force 160km/h winds and record 13-metre-tall waves

Warning about wind gusts reaching 100 km/h in Catalunya and Valencia areas of Spain

CATALUNYA and the Valencian Community are on orange alert for strong gusts of wind until at least 5pm on Tuesday. The warning has been issued

25 Nov, 2025 @ 11:06

Catalunya·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

VALENCIA is under yellow weather warnings today as strong winds and a surge of Saharan dust sweep across the east of Spain, raising the risk

24 Nov, 2025 @ 12:44

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Text fraud warning in Spain: How hundreds of parents sent €850,000 to scammers posing as their children in distress

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

EASTERN European phone scammers have been preying on fellow expats across Spain, an Olive Press investigation has revealed – siphoning at least €45,000 from just

21 Nov, 2025 @ 11:44

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

THE Valencian socialist party(PSPV-PSOE) will complain to the Prosecutor’s Office about acting regional president, Carlos Mazon, ‘lying’ to Congress. Mazon, who resigned on November 3,

18 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

A DRAMATIC fall in temperatures will hit the Valencia region later this week due to a ‘very cold’ air mass coming down from the Arctic.

18 Nov, 2025 @ 11:47

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Weather

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

THE outgoing Valencian president, Carlos Mazon, told a Congress committee investigation into the October 29 floods that authorities did not know that people were drowning.

17 Nov, 2025 @ 17:45

Lead·Madrid·Politics·Valencia

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

AN INDOOR puppy farm has been discovered in the Quatre Carreres district of Valencia City. The property owner did not have a breeding licence according

17 Nov, 2025 @ 14:00

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

SPAIN’S coastal property market has undergone one of its sharpest transformations in decades, with new data showing that affordable homes have almost vanished from the

16 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·Malaga·Property·Valencia

Police find 'love hug' robbers hiding out in Barcelona after multiple thefts on the Costa Blanca

‘Love hug’ robbers arrested in Barcelona after multiple thefts from elderly people on the Costa Blanca

A MAN and a woman have been arrested in the Barcelona area after committing ‘love hug’ robberies on the Valencia region coast. The couple of

12 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Conservative Partido Popular name candidate to replace ‘resigned’ Valencia president, Carlos Mazon

THE Partido Popular(PP) has named Juan Francisco Perez Llorca as the party’s candidate to replace Carlos Mazon as Valencian President. Perez Llorca is seen as

11 Nov, 2025 @ 14:15

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Santiago Calatrava’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciencesin Valencia celebrates its 25th anniversary

VALENCIA’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Museo de les Ciencies – and it’s still one of Europe’s

9 Nov, 2025 @ 13:49

La Cultura·Lead·Property·Valencia

Fury and grief led to downfall of Valencian President Carlos Mazon, blamed by many for the deaths of 229 people in 2024’s DANA floods

TEARS, fury and frustration gripped Valencia as the region marked one year since the catastrophic floods that claimed 229 lives and left entire communities in

8 Nov, 2025 @ 12:24

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lorry kills woman on Valencia pedestrian crossing with driver testing positive for drugs

A VALENCIA woman died on a pedestrian crossing on Friday after being mowed down by a DHL lorry. The driver tested positive for cannabis and

7 Nov, 2025 @ 12:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencian president Carlos Mazon quits after blonde lunch scandal erupted over floods which killed 229

THE day of reckoning has finally arrived. Valencian President Carlos Mazon officially resigned, confessing to ‘unbearable’ moments after a poll revealed a staggering 75% of

6 Nov, 2025 @ 12:20

Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Spain’s biggest supermarket chain Mercadona hands out an early Xmas present to all its workers

Coldest Christmas for 15 years predicted for the Costa Blanca with snow in some areas

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

Pedro Sanchez agrees to joint commission on flood disaster reconstruction after meeting new Valencia president

Bogus electricity inspector gang steal €100k from dozens of elderly people across Spain

WATCH: Storm Emilia brings torrential storms to Spain as RED alert issued for Valencia and Andalucia – 250mm of rain could fall on Sunday with severe risk of flooding

Police seize 32 pieces carved from elephant ivory worth €3.6m from Valencia home

Irish Gaelic Football star cleared of attempted murder after glassing man outside Valencia bar

Valencia City could lose €150m of European money after failing to agree on a Low Emission Zone

New Valencia president voted into office to replace Carlos Mazon with the help of far-right Vox party

WATCH: Police seize two tons of cocaine in Valencia shipped in from Ecuador- hidden in fruit crates

Tragedy in Valencia as girl, 6, dies while under anaesthetic ‘dental clinic staff not qualified to administer’

Warning about wind gusts reaching 100 km/h in Catalunya and Valencia areas of Spain

Valencia weather alert for high winds as plume of Saharan dust brings threat of blood rain

REVEALED: How fake police and bank officials are targeting expats in Spain-wide phone scam

Prosecutors to get complaint about Carlos Mazon ‘lying to Congress’ during Valencia flood inquiry hearing

Arctic blast will cause temperatures to plummet in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Acting Valencia president Carlos Mazon ‘roasted’ by Spain’s parliamentarians over his response to 2024 flood disaster

Illegal puppy farm with poodles and Yorkies is found inside urine and excrement-infested Valencia home

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

‘Love hug’ robbers arrested in Barcelona after multiple thefts from elderly people on the Costa Blanca

Conservative Partido Popular name candidate to replace ‘resigned’ Valencia president, Carlos Mazon

Santiago Calatrava’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciencesin Valencia celebrates its 25th anniversary

Fury and grief led to downfall of Valencian President Carlos Mazon, blamed by many for the deaths of 229 people in 2024’s DANA floods

Lorry kills woman on Valencia pedestrian crossing with driver testing positive for drugs

Valencian president Carlos Mazon quits after blonde lunch scandal erupted over floods which killed 229

Spain demands release of Gaza flotilla activist ‘kidnapped’ by Israel in international waters

Young woman is stabbed to death in wealthy Barcelona suburb as attacker is arrested at gunpoint

Tragedy on the Costa del Sol as motorcyclist, 54, dies in late-night crash on the A-7 motorway in Mijas

Marbella police announce sudden crackdown on beach bars with a week of inspections just as summer party season kicks off

Catalunya vs the Basque Country: Which illustrious region wins Spain’s culinary crown?