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WATCH: Spain’s abandoned mega-resort ghost town rises from the ashes – and is targeting British tourists

A SPANISH resort that once promised to be the ultimate holiday destination – complete with three golf courses, an artificial ski slope and beaches filled

21 Jul, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News·Valencian Community

Five bodies in life jackets- likely from migrant boat- are discovered in Valencia waters

FIVE bodies in a state of decomposition have been found so far this July in Valencian Community waters. The Guardia Civil and Maritime Rescue believe

11 Jul, 2025 @ 13:43

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ex-Valencia president Francisco Camps launches spectacular comeback in bid to oust Carlos Mazon

FORMER Valencian president, Francisco Camps, says he wants to oust underfire Carlos Mazon as the Partido Popular(PP) nominee for the 2027 regional elections. Camps, 62,

10 Jul, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

100 bathers evicted by police from Costa Blanca beach that was ‘closed’ in 2007

JAVEA police had to evict around 100 people from a beach which was closed to the public in 2007 due to landslide risks. Despite warnings

8 Jul, 2025 @ 10:53

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

SPOTLIGHT: Denia in Spain has been itself for 2,000 years, being recognised by UNESCO

AS you pass the fleshpots of Benidorm and head north, you’ll feel the Spanish coastline exhale. The dense clusters of high-rises of the Costa Blanca

6 Jul, 2025 @ 14:49

Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News·Valencian Community

A Summer of Stars and Science: Live Planetarium Shows and a Leonardo da Vinci Immersive Exhibit at Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences

VALENCIA’S Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències is offering an extraordinary summer lineup that blends science, art, and family fun. Visitors can enjoy live

3 Jul, 2025 @ 12:10

La Cultura·Lead·Sponsored·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Local train services with restored stations and 50kms of new track return to ‘ground zero’ of Valencia floods

METROVALENCIA trains resumed services on Friday to ‘ground zero’ areas of the October floods. Reconstruction work cost €140 million to get the Valencia Sud to

27 Jun, 2025 @ 15:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘Who was El Cid?’ The real story behind Spain’s legendary warrior and medieval mercenary”

As Cambridge University professor Nora Berend releases her Spanish language biography of El Cid, Michael Coy takes a delve into the life of the legendary

24 Jun, 2025 @ 12:50

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Anti-squatter plan launched in Valencia after record number of complaints in 2024

VALENCIAN president Carlos Mazon has announced a plan to fight the rising number of squatters in the region. Mazon said on Thursday that measures will

19 Jun, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First-ever direct flights commence this Friday between Canada and Spain’s Valencia

THE first direct flight between Canada and the Valencian Community starts on Friday with Air Transat operating the route between Montreal and Valencia City. The

19 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Woman stabbed to death following street brawl involving Bulgarians in Alicante area

Body of young Irish woman discovered by partner inside Alicante area apartment

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of an Irish woman, 24, at an apartment in Albatera, Alicante province. She is understood to be from

2 Jun, 2025 @ 18:45

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

‘No crime’ verdict over Valencia apartment block fire that killed 10 people

A VALENCIA court says no criminal act took place regarding the city apartment block fire in February 2024 that killed 10 people. The blaze in

31 May, 2025 @ 07:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

15,000 people make fresh call for Carlos Mazon to resign over Valencia flood disaster

THE latest protest demanding the resignation of Valencian president Carlos Mazon over his handling of the October flood disaster attracted around 15,000 people on Thursday

30 May, 2025 @ 11:27

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

New protest demanding Carlos Mazon resignation to coincide with general strike call in Valencia

Fresh protest wanting Valencia president to quit over flood disaster handling will coincide with general strike

A SEVENTH demonstration demanding the resignation of regional president Carlos Mazon will take place this Thursday(May 29) in Valencia City. The date coincides with a

27 May, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, meets with Valencia flood victim groups

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez met with three Valencia flood victim groups on Thursday to brief them on the government’s response to the October 29 disaster.

23 May, 2025 @ 15:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pedro Sanchez challenges opposition parties to bring down Spain's government

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to meet Valencia flood victim groups

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will meet with three groups representing Valencia flood disaster victims on Thursday. Representatives will hold talks with Sanchez in the Government

21 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

BREAKING: Network outage leaves swathes of Spain without landline coverage

A NETWORK outage has left vast areas of Spain without landline coverage just weeks after the nationwide blackout. This morning, popular telecommunications company Telefonica announced

20 May, 2025 @ 10:36

Basque Country·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency services considered sending DANA alert an hour and a half before it was sent- court reveals

THE Valencian government considered sending the emergency DANA alert an hour and a half before it was actually sent, an emergency services employee has confirmed.

15 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EU chief Von der Leyen meets with Valencia flood victim families

REPRESENTATIVES of Valencia flood victims met with European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyn in Brussels on Tuesday. Three associations set up in the wake

13 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Six months on: Valencia still counting the cost of floods and leadership failures

IT HAS been six months since floods ripped through Valencia, killing 228 people and leaving entire communities drowning in grief. But while nature may have

9 May, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Opinion·Valencian Community·Weather

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

RYANAIR stopped an 89-year-old Castellon man from flying back to Spain because they claimed his ID card was not suitable for travel within the Schengen

8 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Castellon·Lead·National News

€64m boost for Valencia tourist attraction- acclaimed as one of ‘world’s best’

BIOPARC Valencia- one of the city’s biggest attractions- has announced a massive €64 million expansion plan. The zoological park will recreate elements of the famous

6 May, 2025 @ 10:47

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Leading charity claims 70,000 children are living in sub-standard homes due to Valencia flood disaster

THE Save the Children charity in Spain says over 70,000 youngsters are living in poor accommodation nearly six months on from the October flood disaster.

24 Apr, 2025 @ 18:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

More than two-thirds of all European flood deaths in 2024 occurred in Valencia

NEARLY 70% of all victims who lost their lives because of flooding in EU countries in 2024 died during the catastrophic floods in Valencia, according

18 Apr, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Dramatic testimony from sacked emergency chiefs in ‘blame game’ over late Valencia flood alert

THE former Valencian Emergencies Minister has said that president Carlos Mazon did not delay the sending of an emergency text flood warning on October 29.

11 Apr, 2025 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

E-scooter battery causes apartment block fire with five people injured on Costa Blanca

AN ELECTRIC scooter battery left on charge overnight sparked an apartment block blaze in Elche early Friday morning. The fire spread through the five-storey building

11 Apr, 2025 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community