Valencian president calls for European COVID-free travel zone
VALENCIAN president Ximo Puig is calling for the creation of a European ‘safe travel’ zone to relaunch tourism as soon as possible after the lockdowns.
Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Polish businessman who disappeared last autumn may have been murdered at his Costa Blanca rental villa by members of a drugs gang. The Guardia
WELCOME TO ‘MANHATTAN’: Plans for mega development complex in Valencia’s Cullera to go ahead despite court setback
THE highly controversial development known as ‘Manhattan’ will finally go ahead as planned in Cullera (Valencia Province) despite a court sentence against it. Now 17
Valencian ‘star surgeon’ included on Forbes list of 100 best doctors in Spain
THE new edition of the Forbes list of the 100 best doctors in Spain now has a Valencian name on it. Star surgeon Pedro Cavadas
COVID-19 deaths pass 6,000 mark but infection rate hits another big weekend fall in Spain’s Valencian Community
COVID-19 infections are continuing to tumble in the Valencian Community as pandemic deaths broke the 6,000 barrier today(February 15). An additional 44 fatalities were announced
ABOUT TURN as bars and restaurants back down from Tuesday reopening threat in Spain’s Valencian Community
PLANS to illegally reopen hospitality businesses tomorrow(February 16) in parts of the Valencian Community have been scrapped. The call was made last week by the
No ‘conclusive’ evidence found of gun match with Veronica Guerin murder in Irish mobster’s garden on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BALLISTIC analysis of a gun found at the Torrevieja home of Irish drug racketeer, John Gilligan, has proved inconclusive as to whether it was used
LIQUID GOLD: Valencian nurses discover method to squeeze extra jab out of COVID vaccination vial
TWO Valencian nurses have found a way to increase the number of doses available in each Pfizer anti-COVID vial. The pharmaceutical company states that each
Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante man pretended to be an Interpol officer in an elaborate ruse to threaten women if they refused to meet him. Meetings were arranged
SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community
So you have found your perfect fixer upper home in the Valencia region and now its time to put your own stamp in it! Here
SWAN’S CORNER: Do I really need to make a Spanish will?
It is all too common for many of us to put off making a will in Spain. After all, it is very much part of
Holiday home burglary gang stole from at least 30 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Guardia Civil have arrested a ten-strong gang that stole and then sold items pinched from at least 30 Torrevieja holiday homes. Over €40,000 of
DOWNWARD CURVE is maintained in new COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community
NEW COVID-19 cases are continuing to spiral downwards in the Valencian Community, with figures almost two-thirds lower than a week earlier. The latest briefing from
SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720
SPRING is on the way and so you MUST check if you are obliged to file a 720 Declaration by the end of March to
IT’S OFFICIAL: Valencia hospitality closures extended until March
Regional president Ximo Puig finally confirmed the measure this morning after a week full of negotiations, speculation and protests
FIRST INFECTIONS from South African COVID-19 variant are found in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE first cases of the ‘South African’ COVID-19 variant have been reported in the Valencian Community. The regional health ministry said that three cases of
Romanian arrested in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca for his part in multi-million US dollar online scam
A Romanian man accused of being part of gang that ripped off seven million US dollars in an online scam has been arrested in Benidorm
SWAN’S CORNER: A Quick Guide to Tax Aspects of Remote Working in Spain
BECAUSE of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote working has increased considerably. Thanks to the use of new techs, it is presented as a way to reduce
COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations continue to show big falls in Spain’s Valencian Community
2,911 coronavirus cases were reported in last night’s(February 11) daily update from the Valencian health ministry. That is a fall of 120 new infections compared
BREAKING: Hospitality workers and business owners protest outside regional government HQ in Valencia
AN estimated 200 employees and business owners within the hospitality sector are at this moment protesting outside the regional government headquarters in Valencia city. Angry
Valencia tourism board launches campaign to attract Chinese visitors
THE Valencian tourism board has launched an intensive campaign to attract Chinese visitors to the region. Planned to coincide with Chinese New Year tomorrow (February
BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Iberian wolves expected to return to Spain’s Valencia region within the next five years
WOLVES are expected to return to the Valencia region. Leading biologists believe that the combination of dwindling population figures in rural areas and the increasing
TWO-THIRDS drop over two weeks for new COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE Valencian Community last night(February 10) reported 3,031 new COVID-19 cases over 24 hours. That’s a fall of 1,279 on the Tuesday total and is
One child dies and another is critically injured in unrelated suicide attempts in Valencia within 12 hours of each other
A CHILD aged 13 committed suicide just 12 hours after another 10-year-old boy reportedly attempted to take his own life in Valencia city this week.
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH: Surge in COVID-related hospital refuse triggers storage chaos in Valencia
THE huge increase in disposable hospital refuse due to the COVID pandemic is causing severe storage and disposal problems. In Valencia city, six refrigerated lorries
Spain’s Valencian Community president Ximo Puig set to announce extension of most COVID-19 restrictions through to March
MOST of the current restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the Valencian Community are set to be extended until the end of the