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Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN’S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday’s ‘Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023’ staged at Valencia’s Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured

21 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

New Perimeter Wall Could Stop Flooding At Major Costa Blanca Hospital In Spain

New perimeter wall plan to stop floods at major Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

€2.5 MILLION has been allocated to the Valencian Government to protect Orihuela’s Vega Baja Hospital against flooding after services came close to collapsing during the

21 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design

Man and woman locked up children for at least two years in horrific conditions in Spain’s Valencia

A SPANISH man and woman aged 51 and 57 have been arrested and charged with family mistreatment in the Valencia area after four children were

21 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man jailed for slashing neck of person who refused to give him cigarette in Spain's Valencia

Man jailed for slashing neck of passer-by who refused to give him cigarette in Spain’s Valencia

A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been convicted of attempted murder in a Valencia court after he slashed the neck of a man who refused to give

20 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Precious time wasted as over 11 million people miss appointments to see doctor in Spain

OVER 11 million primary care appointments have been lost in the last year in Spain because patients do not attend scheduled appointments with their family

20 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Iberdrola gets approval for three solar energy farms in Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain

ENERGY company Iberdrola has obtained approval to build three new solar farms in Villena (Alicante province), Ayora and Cofrentes (Valencia province). The three locations had

20 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Business & Finance·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vertical X Ray Scanner Being Used For First Time In A Public Hospital In Spain

Vertical x-ray scanner being used for first time in Spain at a public hospital

A REVOLUTIONARY new x-ray scanner that cuts radioactive emissions by up to 85% is being used for the first time in a Spanish public hospital.

20 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Data centres, mega factories and Volkswagen: How Valencia’s reindustrialisation programme is attracting big business

Valencia has long been considered an industrial hub with its agro-food, automobile and manufacturing industries. But now, a new generation of companies is doing business

19 Jun, 2023 @ 18:08

Business & Finance·Valencia·Valencian Community

One of Finland’s ‘Most Wanted’ is caught on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 44-YEAR-OLD fugitive from Finnish justice has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Torrevieja. The man was branded as one of Finland’s ‘Most Wanted’

19 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Man suffers 11-day kidnapping ordeal as gang demands €350,000 ransom on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 27-year-old Villajoyosa man suffered a kidnapping and hostage ordeal for 11 days as his captors demanded €350,000 ransom from his family in Algeria He

19 Jun, 2023 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Benidorm Wildlife Park In Spain Welcomes Baby Flamingo Second Birth In Two Years

IN PICS: Benidorm wildlife park in Spain welcomes baby flamingo- second birth in three years

BENIDORM’S Mundomar wildlife park has a new resident- a baby flamingo born on June 8. It’s the second flamingo birth at the park since it

18 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Animals·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Full blown Sunday shopping returns to tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia

SUNDAY shopping returns this weekend to large stores and commercial centres in designated tourist areas of the Valencian Community. Prior to 2018, stores in tourist

18 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

King's Birthday Honours sees BEM awarded to charity worker in Spain's Costa Blanca

Charity worker in Spain’s Costa Blanca recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

ALICANTE PROVINCE resident Sylvia Gallimore has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her 50 year involvement in

17 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

African Lynx Surprises Police Trying To Arrest Robber In Spain's Valencia Area

IN PICS: African Lynx surprises police trying to arrest robber in Spain’s Valencia

GUARDIA CIVIL officers were taken aback during a visit to a Valencia area home when they were greeted by an African Lynx as they sought

16 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

PLANNING AHEAD: Valencia in July

With temperatures soaring and cerulean skies, it’s officially summer in vibrant city of Valencia. And in true Mediterranean style, that means a fantastic line-up of

16 Jun, 2023 @ 15:15

Don't Miss·Olive Press Travel·Valencia·Valencian Community

Six Black Flags Handed Out To Beaches In Spain's Costa Blanca And Valencia Areas

Six black flags handed out to ‘problem’ beaches in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

ENVIRONMENTAL group Ecologists in Action have announced their annual ‘black flag’ awards to beaches they say have suffered from pollution and poor management in Spain.

16 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Italian mafia fugitive arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in association with their Italian counterparts have arrested a fugitive who belonged to the Calabrian mafia known as the ‘Ndranghueta’. The man

16 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Shark sighting forces bathers out of water at Costa Blanca beach in Spain

BATHERS were ordered to get out of the water at a popular Orihuela Costa beach on Thursday morning after the sighting of a two-metre long

15 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Couple Used Fake Prescriptions To Get Pharmacy Drugs For Social Media Sales In Spain

Fake prescriptions created by drug dealers allow pharmacy drugs to be sold via social media from Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for using bogus prescriptions to get barbiturates from pharmacies. The drugs were then sold online

15 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Body of homeless man found floating in port waters of Spain’s Valencia

THE BODY of a homeless man was recovered on Wednesday from the waters of the Marina Sur area at the port of Valencia. A worker

14 Jun, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Partido Popular leader Feijoo says deal with Vox in Spain’s Valencia region was only way to avoid new elections

THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has said that fresh elections would have been called in the Valencian Community if a

14 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spraying Boost To Stop Mosquitoes Hatching In Perfect Conditions On Spain's Costa Blanca

Spraying boost to stop mass hatching of mosquitoes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COMBINATION of stagnant water areas caused by recent heavy rain and higher temperatures are providing perfect hatching grounds for mosquitoes across Alicante province. That’s

14 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Partido Popular to form coalition government with far-right Vox party in Spain’s Valencia region

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party will get a first taste of power in the Valencian government after a coalition deal was struck on Tuesday which will

13 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm bankruptcy fears remain after court rejects challenge to €330m compensation award

British tourist in Spain’s Benidorm dials his stolen mobile phone with police answering it

A 49-YEAR-OLD Spanish woman has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing a €1,000 mobile phone from a British tourist in Benidorm. While she

13 Jun, 2023 @ 15:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Frustration for car owners over ITV test delays at some centres in Spain’s Costa Blanca

MOTORISTS in parts of Alicante province are suffering long delays in getting an ITV vehicle test with some centres full up into August. The issue

13 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca airport smashes November passenger record boosted by big number of UK visitors

Air passenger numbers break May record for Costa Blanca and Valencia airports in Spain

OVER 25 MILLION passengers used Spanish airports in May, a 3.4% increase on the previous ‘record-breaking’ May in 2019, with Alicante-Elche and Valencia airports recording

12 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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