Sixth annual Festival de Les Arts attracts 40,000 in Spain’s Valencia
THE SIXTH annual Festival de les Arts took place last weekend in Spain’s Valencia, attracting more than 40,000 visitors. The event took place last Friday
‘Fake news’ ignites new social media push from Costa Blanca and Valencia area health bosses in Spain
VALENCIA’S health region has opened up new social media accounts to fight ‘fake news’. It wants to increase the number of people that access important
HELP FIND HIM: European appeal launched to find dangerous felon behind Spain’s triple Alcasser murders. And he could be in the UK or Ireland!
By Jon Clarke and Elena Gocmen Rueda ONE of Spain’s most famous murder cases is being re-opened. Almost three decades since a trio of teenage
Benidorm will stage Spain’s Eurovision Song Contest search through to at least 2025
BENIDORM will host Spain’s search for a winning Eurovision Song Contest entry for at least four years. Broadcaster, RTVE, signed an agreement in July with
Celebrating a Christmas tradition in Spain in Alicante Province’s Jijona
THE heart of nougat making in Alicante Province will be hosting this Sunday’s World Nougat Day. Jijona will be offering ‘open days’ in its nougat
Town in Spain’s Castellon province offers €2,000 reward for each birth or adoption in bid to reverse declining population
LA MATA DE MORELLA, a town of just 170 residents, will welcome each new birth or adoption with €2,000, an incentive to boost numbers where
All Saints’ Day shooting at cemetery in Spain’s Valencia was revenge attack
THE family of the Valencia shooting sought a revenge attack from an incident that occurred five years ago. The Policia Nacional in Valencia have launched
Police rescue woman forced into prostitution who phoned them from Valencia-bound coach in Spain
POLICE boarded a coach that arrived at Valencia bus station from Sevilla to rescue a victim of human trafficking. A Columbian man, 33, has been
Valencia Central Market Sellers Association ask for a helicopter landing pad to aid supply deliveries
THE VALENCIA Central Market Sellers Association has made a request to the city council that a heliport be built close to the market to speed
Valencia City Council commercial bond sale interest crashes website
A WEB server that was set up to allow the sale of commercial bonds by the Valencia City Council crashed with minutes of going live.
Spain’s Castellon spends €26 million on memorial statue to civil war dead
CASTELLON authorities have allocated €26,000 euros to the construction of a memorial statue which will pay homage to the victims of the Spanish Civil War.
Major congestion at main access roads to Valencia brings traffic to a standstill
TRAFFIC gridlock has blocked access to four of the main access roads to Valencia this morning. The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has alerted drivers
Spain’s Valencia to invest €1.5 million to attract British tourists
VALENCIA leader Ximo Puig has announced a plan worth €1.5 million designed to attract more British tourists to the region. He announced his “impact plan”
Woman does nothing after her boyfriend falls from a Valencia fifth-floor balcony in Spain
A mother-of-two was arrested after her boyfriend fell from a fifth floor apartment balcony in Valencia City this Tuesday morning. He was taken to La
Important announcement over reopening of Benidorm train link with Denia on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A contract worth nearly €10 million to build a new rail viaduct at Quisi in Benissa has been awarded, in another key stage to reopening
Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca comes to London to tempt British tourists back for COVID-safe holidays
COSTA Blanca tourism chiefs will start a new campaign this December to woo back British holidaymakers to the region. The strategy was unveiled on Monday
ANALYSIS: Spain’s Costa Blanca now has a ‘tropical climate’ thanks to global warming as experts warn to expect ‘more intense’ storms
ALICANTE province is now suffering a ‘tropical climate’ which will rapidly increase the frequency of storms, according to the Climatology Lab at the area’s university.
Two dead following cemetery shoot-out as rival families clash in Valencia area of Spain
TWO people died in a Valencia cemetery this Monday morning as gunshots were fired as part of an ongoing dispute between two Roma families. The
Man gored to death during bull running festival in Valencia region of Spain
A MAN has bled to death from his injuries after being gored in during a bull-running festival in the Valencia region of eastern Spain. The
Cirque du Soleil back on the road with new dates announced for Spain tour in 2022
THE spectacular Cirque du Soleil is returning to Spain in 2022 after a COVID-enforced break of a year-and-a-half. It’s new show called Luzia can be
Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca blame late holiday weekend cancellations on COVID-19 infection rate ‘disinformation’
BENIDORM area hotels have suffered late cancellations totalling 20% of all bookings for the Bank Holiday weekend due to concerns over COVID-19 infection rates. The
The famous Valencian paella gets ‘Cultural Interest’ seal of approval in Spain
THE traditional Valencian paella has been classified as an ‘Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest’ by the Valencian government. A decree published this Friday(October 29) establishes
Bouncer jailed for nine years for leaving clubber in vegetative state during nightclub brawl in Spain’s Castellon
A BOUNCER has been sentenced to nine years in prison for leaving a client in a vegetative state during a nightclub brawl. The injuries occurred
Man accused of murdering and chopping up his wife before dumping body parts in waste bins in Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Finnish man, 70, has been arrested for killing and chopping up his wife, 68, before dumping her body parts in Torrevieja rubbish containers. A
Italian man found dead in suspicious circumstances in Spain’s Valencia
SPAIN’S national police have launched an investigation after discovering the body of a 31-year-old man, thought to be an Italian national, in the city of
Thug who tried to flee Spain caught for brutal attack on off-duty police on board bus
A MAN has been arrested after launching a brutal attack on an off-duty police officer on a bus. The victim was traveling onboard a bus