VALENCIA: Summer food fights, festivals and candle-lit tributes
Temperatures have hit the roof and the whole city is feeling it, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over for summer. We’re switching...
Noisy beach bar blaring out illegal music concerts ordered to stop for disturbing residents in Spain’s Valencia
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ONE OF Gandia's beach bars is being investigated by prosecutors to see if it has committed a crime...
Court investigates death of Benidorm man who suffered severe blood loss after getting ten dental implants in Spain
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A VALENCIA court is investigating the death of a Benidorm man who died after getting ten dental implants...
Man performs Lazarus act to wake up on coroner’s autopsy table in Spain’s Valencia
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A VALENCIA man literally rose from the dead on Friday as he lay on a coroner's table just...
Bogus shipment company sold off customer items in Spain’s Valencia
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Valencia province for pretending to have a logistics firm that despatched items internationally but kept the goods...
Baby gazelle gets bottle fed after rejecting mother’s breast-feeding in Spain’s Valencia
A Thomson's gazelle born at BIOPARC Valencia in late July is doing well after rejecting her mother's attempts to breastfeed her.
In the first hours...
New summer heatwave with temperatures of 47? to hit Spain next week
A NEW heatwave with temperatures of up to 47? will hit Spain next week, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Meteorologists have announced...
First vertical solar energy park tests in Spain taking place in Valencia
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THE PORT of Valencia could become the home of Spain's first large-scale vertical solar energy park.
Tests are being...
Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
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SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos...
Gay mayor and partner suffer alleged homophobic assault in Spain’s Valencia area
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THE MAYOR of a Valencia province town says he and his partner suffered a homophobic attack in the...
Bar and restaurant robbery gang brought down in Spain’s Valencia
A ROBBERY gang that struck at 15 bars and restaurants in the Horta Nord area of Valencia province has been broken up by the...
Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024
THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY'S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is 'sure' that the region will get a direct air link between New...
Three dead after drowning in a beach closed to bathing in Valencia
THREE locals have drowned in a beach closed for swimmers in Valencia.
The bathers, two men and a woman aged between 57 and 63, went...
Five popular Valencia beaches reopen after being closed to bathing due to water pollution
ALMOST half a dozen beaches have reopened after being closed for swimmers due to water pollution in the Valencia region.
The well-known beaches of Pobla...
Passengers stuck in Valencia train station after flood
A TOTAL of 15,300 people have been affected by a delay on a high speed line between Valencia and Madrid at 5 a.m. on...
Member of religious association arrested for sexually assaulting three young girls in Valencia
On July 17 police arrested a senior member of a religious association for sexually assaulting three minors in Valencia.
The accused is from Paraguayan origin...
Spain’s Valencia gears up for ‘Battle of the Flowers’ where using a racket is certainly not for tennis
OVER A MILLION locally-grown carnations will feature in one of Valencia's brightest coloured events on July 30- the traditional 'Battle of the Flowers'.
40 floats...
Police swoop on far-right football hooligans for assault on rival group in Spain’s Navarra area
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 13 members of the ultra-right Boixos Nois group who attacked a rival faction in a mass assault inside a...
Car maker Seat to build battery cell assembly plant in Spain’s Catalunya
SEAT has announced that it will build a vehicle battery cell assembly plant in Martorell, Catalunya.
The car maker- owned by Volkswagen- says the project...
Boost in Americans buying properties in Spain according to notaries report
MORE AMERICANS are coming to Spain for longer, whether as digital nomads or simply to retire.
The number of Americans living in Spain grew by...
Extreme weather brutalises melon and watermelon harvest in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
FARMING UNION, Unio Llaudadora, says extreme weather has forced a 50% fall in this year's melon and watermelon harvest in the Valencian Community.
The union...
Woman, 74, left hospitalised in Valencia region after bull escapes and rampages through streets
A 74-YEAR-OLD woman was left in a critical condition on Saturday, after a bull escaped from a local taurine event in the Valencia region...
Major investment in robotic surgery equipment for hospitals in Spain’s Valencia region
ROBOTIC SURGERY equipment is to be installed in five public Valencian Community hospitals at a cost of €13.5 million.
Units will be supplied to the...
Partido Popular’s Carlos Mazon invested as new president of Spain’s Valencia region
CARLOS MAZON from the Partido Popular was invested on Thursday as the new president of the Valencian Community with 53 votes in favour-made up...
Police stop woman being forced into arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia
POLICE have prevented a young Valencia woman from being forced into an arranged marriage set up by her family.
Valencia's Policia Local took a call...
Places to visit in Valencia this July
The summer heat is here in full force, and it’s time to embrace those long days, sultry evenings and Valencia’s amazing outdoors. There are...