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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

Breeders accused of toy poodle scam by charging over €6,000 for a puppy with fake pedigree documents in Spain

A VALENCIA gang that sold toy poodle puppies with bogus claims over their pedigree has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Seven people were allegedly

28 Feb, 2025 @ 11:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Man arrested for sending bomb warnings to schools in four Valencia towns with threat to 'kill as many people as possible'.

Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.

A MAN suffering with mental health problems has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sending bomb warnings via email which claimed devices were going

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll as tragic accounts describe what happened before belated emergency warning

Elderly people made up majority of Valencia floods death toll with many fatalities before emergency warning was issued

THE majority of the 224 deaths in last October’s Valencia floods were elderly people according to figures obtained by the El Pais newspaper. Almost half

26 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘We’ll never go back’: British family praise Spain’s ‘opposite’ attitude to work after moving to Valencia

A BRITISH couple who made the move to Spain have praised the country’s attitude to work while declaring they will ‘never go back’ to the

26 Feb, 2025 @ 15:33

Lead·Other News·Valencia

Mercadona supermarket owner Juan Roig donates €1.5million to repair flood-damaged parks and squares in Valencia

JUAN Roig, the owner of the Valencia-based Mercadona supermarket chain, has donated €1.5 million to repair parks and squares damaged by last October’s floods. The

25 Feb, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia’s world-famous Fallas celebrations start with spectacular fireworks display

VALENCIA’S Fallas celebrations started on Sunday with a show and fireworks display at the city’s Serranos Towers. The traditional grand opening saw thousands of people

24 Feb, 2025 @ 12:22

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

Hi-tech immersive and unique Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in Valencia offers VR flight over Renaissance Florence

VALENCIA’S City of Arts and Sciences will host a unique interactive exhibition including virtual reality to pay tribute to Leonardo da Vinci. The complex’s Science

23 Feb, 2025 @ 08:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia

First anniversary of Valencia fire disaster that killed 10 people with €30m reconstruction of ‘Spain’s Grenfell’ starting this summer

SATURDAY is the first anniversary of the fire that devastated an apartment block in the Campanar district of Valencia- leaving 10 people dead and 138

22 Feb, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ inside his car following drive-by attack

Ex-mayor is assassinated in Valencia: Body of Arturo Torro is found ‘shot and strangled’ by his car following drive-by attack

A MURDER inquiry has been opened after the body of former Gandia mayor, Arturo Torro, was found by his car on Wednesday night. 62-year-old Torro

20 Feb, 2025 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Judge investigating Valencia flood disaster says lives would have been saved if phone warnings had been sent earlier

A JUDGE coordinating legal investigations into the handling of the Valencia flood disaster has said that emergency phone alerts on October 29 were ‘notably late’

19 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia

Parents get first-ever vote to pick main language for school lessons in Valencia in choice between Spanish and regional Valenciano

Parents will decide over main language for school lessons in Valencia with choice between Spanish and regional Valenciano

VALENCIA region parents will decide whether their children are mainly taught in Spanish or the Valenciano language from the 2025-26 school year. A majority vote

17 Feb, 2025 @ 18:00

Education·Lead·Valencia

Experience the hidden inland riches of the Valencia region by being pampered with a warm welcome at the Hotel Raimblanc

Experience the hidden beautiful inland riches of the Valencia region and stay at the Hotel Raimblanc where rustic and modern unite

THE Valencia region, in recent years, has become a magnet for expats, tourists, digital nomads, and retirees, offering a harmonious blend of cultural charm, modern

16 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00

Exploring Spain·Olive Press Travel·Valencia

Fury in Spain as church foundation is investigated for offering ‘gay conversion therapy’ to children from SIXTY schools

A CATHOLIC Church foundation is facing criminal investigation for allegedly conducting gay conversion therapy on children across 60 state-funded schools. Prosecutors are examining potential hate

14 Feb, 2025 @ 17:00

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