Costa Blanca’s top summer music festival ‘kicked out of Benidorm’ but finds new home in Torrevieja
A MAJOR summer music festival has quit Benidorm after 14 years and found a new home on the southern Costa Blanca in Torrevieja. The Low
Costa Blanca Russian mafia money laundering gang faces €22m in fines and six-year jail terms
A BENIDORM court has green-lit the trial of a Russian mafia money laundering gang operating on the Costa Blanca- five years after they were arrested.
Drivers in Alicante beware: Three new ‘average speed check zones’ are being rolled out – all you need to know
NEW speed cameras that calculate how the average speed of a vehicle between two points will be activated soon in Alicante province. Many drivers familiar
EXCLUSIVE: British expats despair as their Alicante community is terrorised by feral squatters – while authorities do nothing
A BAND of British expats have told the Olive Press they have almost given up hope for their Alicante community, which has been terrorised by
Big night TONIGHT for ‘nougat’ town that’s one of Spain’s first to switch on its Christmas lights
AN ALICANTE province town is switching on its Christmas lights this Friday night- nearly seven weeks before December 25. Xixona will be the first to
Thief made special trips to Benidorm just to steal electric scooters parked outside supermarkets
A SERIAL electric scooter stealer has been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional. The man, 36, travelled regularly from Alicante to plunder at least
The Agency Costa Blanca: How Moraira-based luxury estate agency has the phone ringing “constantly” with valuation requests
ASK any agent in the Costa Blanca luxury property market and they’ll say the same thing. Plenty of demand – but not enough homes. Spain’s
WATCH: Police seize 2.5 million cigarettes and 5,200 litres of laughing gas set for illegal export from Spain via lorries
AN EAST European and Spanish gang that used its own international transport firm to smuggle cigarettes and laughing gas within legal cargo has been busted
Crazy high-speed car chase sees pedestrian run over and vehicles hit before drug traffickers are arrested in Costa Blanca city
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked over and parked cars damaged in Torrevieja during a high-speed Guardia Civil pursuit of two drug traffickers. Two men, aged 25
Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for death threats against left-wing Podemos leader and threatening mass theft of personal data
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested in the Vinalopo region after making online death threats to the leader of the left-wing political party Podemos. He
EXCLUSIVE: Fears of more victims in the Costa Blanca’s ‘very own Jimmy Savile case’ after Brit charity worker is jailed for raping teenage girl in UK
THE rape conviction of a Costa Blanca-based British charity worker for a crime dating back 30 years has prompted fears many more victims could come
‘Most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm to be found in years is raided in Alicante with entry via ‘secret’ door
THE Guardia Civil have dismantled one ‘of the most sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farms to be discovered in Alicante province in recent years. Two warehouses in
The uneasy colonisation of Spain’s costas: Spanish home buyers are now a minority in Alicante — and Malaga is close behind
A DEEP disquiet is beginning to set in along Spain’s coastal regions after the release of the latest numbers from the Spanish General Council of
Large vulture flies into Costa Blanca home to chill out on living room sofa
A LARGE griffon vulture flew into a Torrevieja home last Thursday at around 9.30pm and made itself comfortable on top of a sofa. The homeowner
TV detective drama ‘Death in Benidorm’ to bring Costa Blanca intrigue to UK screens
A NEW British detective drama set in Benidorm is now filming on the Costa Blanca, promising seaside sunshine, expat bar culture and murder mystery in
Dozens of illegal homes built on protected land face demolition after police probe in Alicante
A MAJOR operation against illegal homes on protected rural land in Alicante province has resulted in 64 people being investigated and 70 inspections. Besides facing
Alicante stretch of road retains top position for most accidents and victims in Spain
A STRETCH of Alicante City motorway has maintained its unwanted position for the most accidents and victims on Spain’s State Road network. The A-77a at
Man with fake gun robbed victims outside Alicante’s biggest tourist attraction
POLICE have arrested a 26-year-old man who used a fake gun to rob two couples outside Alicante’s Santa Barbara castle. He was detained outside a
IN PICS: ‘Poppy Appeal’ on Costa Blanca launched at Royal British Legion parade in Benidorm
THE UK ambassador to Spain, Sir Alex Ellis, made his first official visit to Benidorm on Saturday for the official Poppy Appeal launch on the
Benidorm expat makes millions playing poker after owning local restaurants and a hotel
A NORWEGIAN who fell in love with Benidorm as a young boy and moved there, has made his name in the world of poker as
Body is found in the hunt for Brit who went missing from Torrevieja last month
The body of a missing British expat- originally from Oxfordshire- has been discovered in a wooded area near to the Torrevieja salt lake. Marc Tulloch
WATCH: Benidorm theme park opens its own solar farm to supply clean energy
BENIDORM’S Terra Natura park has opened a solar power plant capable of generating over 1,000 kW clean energy. The park says it is a major
Farmers and growers rejoice over heavy rain which has revived drought-hit crops in Alicante
TORRENTIAL rain caused by DANA Alice in Alicante province has been welcomed by local farmers and growers. They say the downpours have been beneficial for
Four arrested for brutal assault outside Alicante night club that left victim with ‘brain damage’
FOUR people including a minor, 17, have been arrested following a brutal ‘mob’ assault outside an Alicante night club left an 18-year-old man with a
Shade with soul: Toldos Guardamar is the Alicante-based company transforming outdoor spaces in just 24 hours
IN a region blessed with more than 300 days of sunshine each year, finding the perfect balance between light and shade is not a luxury
Alicante’s Old Town bars and restaurants MUST close earlier to stop excess late-night noise
ALICANTE has implemented the Old Town area’s first ZAS zone to curb noise late at night. The measure provisionally came into force on Tuesday- pending
