JELLYFISH PATROL: Fishermen in Spain’s Gandia launch yearly summer campaign to clear unwanted pests from the sea
TEAMS of fishermen are working to clear jellyfish from the sea off the beaches of Gandia (La Safor, Valencia Province).
The yearly contract has once...
Debate rages in Spain’s Valencia region over introduction of tourist tax
THE controversy over the introduction of a tourist tax in the region of Valencia rumbles on in the region's parliament after a debate which...
Mercadona supermarkets in Spain to pay staff an inflation-matching wage increase
THE Mercadona supermarket chain is set to give its entire workforce a 5% pay rise on January 1.
Spain's biggest private company is the first...
Free regional public transport extended for young people in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
REGIONALLY-RUN public transport journeys in the Valencian Community will continue to be free for those aged under 31 years until the end of the...
Man runs cocaine lab out of empty property in popular expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 47-YEAR-OLD Spaniard has been jailed for running a cocaine laboratory out of an otherwise empty property in Benijofar on the Costa Blanca.
The cocaine...
EXCLUSIVE: British woman being driven crazy by mysterious high-pitched noise around her Costa Blanca home in Spain
A BRITISH expat is going out of her mind over a high-pitched shrill that’s been plaguing her around her Moraira home.
She believes it could...
Europe’s biggest producers of fake €500 notes arrested across Spain with Costa Blanca printing press seized
POLICE in Spain have smashed what has been described as Europe's 'most important' criminal gang producing fake €500 notes.
12 people have been arrested including...
Cafeteria customer fumes at ice cube charge on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante cafeteria customer has taken to social media to publish a photo of her bill, which included an unexpected charge.
Posting under the name...
17.6% of people aged 15 years and over smoke in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
THE VALENCIAN Health Ministry says that 17.6% of people aged 15 years and over classify themselves as regular smokers in the Valencian Community.
2.6% of...
New €7.2 million health centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca could be completed by end of 2024
A €7.2 million contract to build a much-needed new health centre in Elche will be advertised in April.
The Travalon health centre will serve 20,000...
RANKED: The place to be this summer season in Spain? It’s the Costa del Sol, baby
THE Costa del Sol dominates a new top 50 ranking of Spain’s hottest destinations for this summer - according to the Spanish themselves.
The golden...
Real estate fraudster arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after three-year search
A Costa Blanca real estate fraudster has been arrested in Calpe after a three-year search to locate him.
The Guardia Civil said the 49-year-old Slovakian...
Police smash Costa Blanca drugs gang who exported narcotics out of Spain
A Costa Blanca-based drugs gang has been brought down in a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional.
Four men and two women...
Escort website users blackmailed via instant messaging app used by Valencia gang in Spain
A Valencia-based gang made €150,000 in a year by blackmailing users of escort websites.
The crew ironically pretended to be members of a criminal organisation...
Outrage: Phone company threatens fine over missing router lost in house collapse that killed two in Spain’s Castellon
A MAN whose partner and son were killed when his house collapsed has been threatened with a fine by telecommunications company MasMovil for not...
YOU’VE GOT MAIL: Wireless internet connection overhaul planned for more than 1,500 primary schools in Spain’s Valencia region
PRIMARY schools throughout the Valencian Community will be fitted with fast and reliable Wi-Fi from March.
The central government in Madrid has announced the inking...
Teenage girl claims two-day kidnapping and sex assault ordeal after ‘needle spiking’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A teenage girl claims she was kidnapped by two men at a northern Alicante Province beach and held in a house for two days...
Gang sweeps through Costa Blanca shopping area car parks in Spain on robbery spree
SIX THIEVES who operated as a pack in Torrevieja shopping area car parks have been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Five men and a woman-...
Watching brief on forest fire area with no serious problems reported in Spain’s Castellon
SPECIALIST forest firefighting units and general fire crews spent the weekend carefully monitoring the area affected by the Alto Mijares fire in Castellon province...
Benidorm’s battered tourist businesses issue €72 million ‘pay-up’ demand on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM'S struggling shops and hospitality businesses have demanded €72 million in aid over six months from the Valencian government.
Pandemic restrictions have seen the normally-bustling...
Knifeman with black cat threatens pedestrians on busy Valencia street in Spain
A knifeman, with a black cat on his shoulder, threatened passers-by on Tuesday in a Valencia neighbourhood street.
The 45-year-old, with 12 previous arrests, demanded...
With elections looming, president of Spain’s Valencia region claims ten multinational companies plan to invest in area
THE PRESIDENT of the Valencian Community, Ximo Puig, has said that the region is waiting to close agreements with ten multinational companies with an...
Two men poisoned by carbon monoxide in wastewater tank in Spain’s Valencia’s area
FIREFIGHTERS rescued two men rendered unconscious by deadly carbon monoxide fumes at an Oliva business on Saturday.
An emergency call was made from a car...
British drug lord arrested in Benidorm loses extradition hearing in Spain
A British man arrested on his motorbike at a routine Benidorm checkpoint has been approved for extradition by Spain's National Court.
The Madrid court signed...
Spain’s Costa Blanca in week-long countdown to World Ocean Race start in Alicante
THE World Ocean Race will set sail from Alicante on January 15 for the fifth consecutive time.
11 teams will take part in the tough...
TERRIBLE DAY as new COVID-19 cases reach another record-high in Spain’s Valencian Community
NEW daily COVID-19 infection figures reached a fresh pandemic-high today(January 15) with 7,497 cases in the Valencian Community.
That easily beats last Saturday's record figure...
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