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Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Tough COVID-19 home clampdown and weekend city border closures introduced in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW moves to limit social contact are being introduced today(January 25) across the Valencian Community to try to stem the large rise in new COVID-19

25 Jan, 2021 @ 11:46

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

New food delivery rider rules start for Glovo and Uber Eats in Spain

Big online sales rise for Spanish delivery ‘app’ leads to new Valencia area base

ON-DEMAND Spanish delivery app, Glovo, is looking to expand its ‘dark stores’ in Spain and across Europe. The pandemic has given a boost to on-line

24 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Valencia

The minors were arrested and remanded in custody

Three teenagers arrested for raping 15-year-old girl in Valencia

THREE teenagers have been arrested in an undisclosed town in Valencia Province on suspicion of gang-raping a 15-year-old girl. The suspects are aged between 14

21 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

SHINE ON ME: Tax cuts announced for fitting solar panels on houses in Valencia city

In addition, property owners who fit the panels will also be able to apply for grants covering 95% of the so-called ‘Icio’ tax, payable upon

21 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Technology·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia man rapes and tries to strangle wife before being set free

The woman was eight weeks pregnant at the time, which her husband apparently knew

20 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

The hospitality sector has been one of the worst-hit by the restrictions

BAILED OUT: Valencian government announces €340 million aid package for self-employed workers and businesses

THE Valencian regional government has announced a €340 million bailout plan for small businesses and self-employed workers to help mitigate the disastrous economic effects of

19 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

THE FUTURE IS ORANGE: Valencian citrus farmers finally on the money ‘thanks’ to COVID

Valencian orange and lemon producers saw their income go up at last

19 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

ANIMAL HOUSE: Another good year for Valencia’s Bioparc

LAST year was yet another success for Valencia city’s Bioparc animal refuge. Always keen to escape the ‘zoo’ tag due to its negative connotations, the

18 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

A statue to the three girls at Alcasser cemetery

Alcasser killer caught in Madrid squat

The main perpetrator disappeared without trace and his whereabouts are still unknown

18 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Valencia·Valencian Community

UNREAL CITY: Dubbed Calatravaland after its homegrown architect, is Valencia’s €1.2 billion City of Arts a world wonder or a monumental waste of taxpayers’ money

IT’S undoubtedly Valencia’s unique selling point, a surreal city of swooping white concrete and glass undulating along the banks of the old Turia riverbed

17 Jan, 2021 @ 13:16

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

A recent protest calling for the abolition of prostitution

Teenage prostitute goes missing in Valencia

Three street prostitutes have been murdered in the Valencia area over the last year and a half.

15 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Valencia·Valencian Community

BLOWN OUT AGAIN: Valencia’s Fallas cancelled for second consecutive year due to COVID

THE world-famous Fallas festivities in Valencia have been cancelled again this year due to COVID-19. City mayor Joan Ribo made the dreaded – but expected

15 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Valencia·Valencian Community

The regional government has offered several drones to keep an eye on problematic areas

EYE IN THE SKY: A helicopter and drones to reinforce local lockdowns in the Valencia region

TOWNS and cities throughout the Valencian Community that are currently under municipal lockdown could begin using helicopters and drones to control access points. So far,

14 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Valencia·Valencian Community

SAVE OUR COAST: Spanish ministry announces urgent project to regenerate the shoreline off Valencia’s Cullera

CULLERA (Valencia Province) will recover the historic sand dunes that dotted its shores more than 60 years ago in a bid to prevent coastal erosion.

13 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Environment·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Weather alerts for freezing temperatures continue in Spain’s Andalucia

IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: Animal welfare experts in Valencia warn that leaving pets out in the cold can lead to prison

LEAVING pets outside in extreme weather conditions is a crime punishable with prison, animal welfare societies in Valencia are warning. With images doing the rounds

13 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia region leads industrial recovery in Spain

THE Valencia region is spearheading the gradual recovery of industry in Spain following the COVID-inflicted crash. Led by the energy sector, the Valencian Community registered

12 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Business & Finance·Valencia·Valencian Community

A group of nuns singing carols in Valencia over Christmas

FROM SILICON VALLEY TO THE CONVENT: Leading Valencian entrepreneur gives everything up to become a closed order nun

A 36-YEAR-OLD technological entrepreneur from Valencia who launched a hugely successful start-up company in the US’ Silicon Valley has given it all up to become

8 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Technology·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencian government to pass new law regulating holiday lets

The decree is aimed at regulating the tourism accommodation market and weeding out illegal practices.

7 Jan, 2021 @ 18:30

Business & Finance·Valencia·Valencian Community

Snow forces school closures as Valencia’s Castellon Province is put on orange alert

THE storm known as Filomena that is currently sweeping Spain landed in Castellon Province today (Thursday January 7), forcing several schools to close their doors

7 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

The Three Wise Men looked somewhat different this year...

A RIGHT ROYAL COCK-UP: Three Kings parade in Valencia draws large crowds despite COVID clampdown

DESPERATE attempts by Valencia city hall to keep the exact schedule of the Kings parade on Tuesday (January 5) evening secret to prevent crowds –

6 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

Harry Winks with Jose Mourinho during the Carabao Cup match in Stoke on December 23

Spurs star to make a move to Valencia

TOTTENHAM Hotspur star Harry Winks could sign for Valencia CF on loan, it has emerged this week. The 24-year-old midfielder has grown frustrated with his

6 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

Sport·Valencia

Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Bars and restaurants in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca and across Valencian Community slam enforced early closing times

TWO leading hospitality associations in the Valencian Community have branded new closing times as a ‘coup’. Bars and restaurants will have to stop service from

5 Jan, 2021 @ 20:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

BABIES WANTED: 73 towns and villages in Spain’s Valencia region register no births over a whole year

THAT natality rates in Spain have been dropping alarmingly over the last few years is no longer a secret. Fears over who will pay the

4 Jan, 2021 @ 21:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

BRRR! Winter lands with a bang in Spain’s Valencia region

Today (January 2), the mercury was expected to continue falling throughout the region

2 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Environment·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

A waiter sets out a small table ready for New Year's Eve in Valencia

HAPPY END OF YEAR: New Year’s Eve afternoon parties in Valencia go off without a hitch

The terraces of bars and restaurants throughout the region welcomed similar numbers of customers as any other afternoon or evening so far since the end

1 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

A council worker takes down a street plaque bearing the name of a fascist general

THE FALL OF FRANCO: Valencia Guardia Civil remove fascist symbols from city barracks

Shields had previously been taken down from schools, churches, and army headquarters

31 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Valencia·Valencian Community

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