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Three Colombian men are found shot dead inside a car in Valencia after being ‘ambushed’

THREE Columbian men have been shot dead in the El Saler district of Valencia- one of them a major player in setting up a drug-trafficking ring with the Balkan mafia. Their bodies

28 Feb, 2024 @ 10:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain meet victims of the deadly Valencia fire

THE King and Queen of Spain have met families displaced by Thursday’s fire in Valencia that killed 10 people. Felipe and Letizia attended a special gathering on Monday at Valencia’s Palau de

27 Feb, 2024 @ 10:35

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: The most expensive areas to buy a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE costliest area for properties on the Costa Blanca has been revealed to be on the Calpe coast. Buyers looking to purchase a home by the town’s Arenal-Bol beach will have to

26 Feb, 2024 @ 09:52

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Police bike rammed and officer injured during dramatic high-speed pursuit of motorist who didn’t pay for petrol on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MOTORIST rammed two Guardia Civil motorbike riders at the end of a high-speed chase on the outskirts of Valencia City. The driver drove off from a Denia filling station in Alicante

20 Feb, 2024 @ 13:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss who snatched Costa Blanca couple during summer

New born baby is found dead in a closet in eastern Spain – after mother ‘hid her birth’

THE body of a newborn baby has been found inside a closet with the Guardia Civil arresting its 22-year-old mother for murder. Reports suggested ‘signs of violence’ on the baby with indications

20 Feb, 2024 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

School children who ‘created AI porn images of teenagers’ are quizzed by police in eastern Spain

FIVE Valencia teenagers are being investigated for posting images of naked females created by Artificial Intelligence. 17 females had their photos manipulated by AI- 13 of the victims being underage. Head teachers

19 Feb, 2024 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Guardia Civil officer who ‘brutally assaulted his wife when she said she wanted to leave him’ is arrested in eastern Spain

A GUARDIA Civil officer has been arrested in Valencia after brutally beating up his wife who told him she wanted a separation. The victim, 50, was hit on the head with a

19 Feb, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Polish fugitive, 34, is dramatically arrested in Spain’s Benidorm resort for ‘kidnapping, sexual assault, fraud’ and a list of other serious charges

A POLISH fugitive has been arrested in Benidorm after fleeing his home country where he had been serving a seven year jail term. The man, 34, had been convicted of fraud, kidnapping,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 10:16

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

Benidorm will FINALLY have a funeral home and crematorium after almost 20 years of waiting

BENIDORM is set to get its first funeral home/crematorium after plans have been mired in red tape since 2005. Families have been going to Villajoyosa and other centres to say goodbye to

17 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Sewage ‘is being dumped in the sea off Benidorm’: Ecologists in Spain demand action

COMPLAINTS about untreated wastewater being pumped into the sea off Benidorm have prompted two councils to demand urgent action. The El Xoriguer environmentalist group says that the sewage has been dumped since

16 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Revealed: How Britain’s MI6 tried to steal the ‘Holy Grail of Valencia’ during Spain’s Civil War – according to new study

AS anyone who has seen the third (and arguably best) instalment of the Indian Jones trilogy will remember, the Holy Chalice, or Holy Grail, is the vessel that Jesus used at the

16 Feb, 2024 @ 12:16

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This city in eastern Spain is the first in Europe to approve a Google parking app for disabled drivers

VALENCIA will be the first European city to utilise a phone app that helps people with reduced mobility locate car parking spaces. The pilot project will be tested in five areas of

15 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Other News·Technology·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain will host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024: Exact location still to be decided as regions put themselves forward

SPAIN’S national public broadcaster RTVE will host this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the very first time. The country won the second-ever competition in 2004 and came second in Nice last

15 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Entertainment·Lead·National News·Other News·Valencian Community

‘Christian Lawyers’ in Spain threaten legal action over underage girls dressed up in ‘sexy lingerie’ during the Torrevieja Carnival parade

A Torrevieja Carnival parade troupe has stirred up the ire of a Christian lawyers group who are planning legal action over underage ‘girls dressed in erotic lingerie’. Comparsa Osadia took part in

14 Feb, 2024 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Benidorm to open a huge new resort called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ – here’s everything we know

BENIDORM will get a new themed tourist resort in 2025 called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ which will include 270 cabins. Work has started in the Marina d’Or tourist complex next to the city’s

14 Feb, 2024 @ 13:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British prisoner's plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably

Expat, 33, is assassinated in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE bullet-ridden body of a Ukrainian man was found in a Villajoyosa community garage on Tuesday. The victim, 33, had been shot at least five times with some reports suggesting he may

14 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

This expat hotspot on the Costa Blanca wants to become Spain’s first ‘crypto-friendly’ city – but what does that involve?

TORREVIEJA has unveiled plans to become Spain’s first cryptocurrency-friendly city. The Costa Blanca resort hopes to achieve that goal through an initiative launched by the local merchants association, Apymeco. The plan’s first

14 Feb, 2024 @ 10:20

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Economy·Lead·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Arson is behind yet another devastating forest fire in eastern Spain, say investigators – following string of similar attacks last summer

THE Guardia Civil are investigating whether a suspected arsonist has struck once again in the Devesa del Saler area of Valencia’s Albufera natural park. A small fire was ignited and put out

14 Feb, 2024 @ 06:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Violent serial abuser locked up girlfriend to use her as a prostitute in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Man in Spain who killed and cooked his girlfriend’s pet rabbit before forcing her to eat it faces 12 years in jail

PROSECUTORS want a man jailed for 12 years for a series of violent attacks on his girlfriend with his abuse including the slaying of her pet rabbit which he cooked and forced

13 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘Stop complaining about chemtrails!’ Prosecutor in Spain insists the visible vapor from planes is NOT toxic after being inundated with denuncias from conspiracy theorists

A SENIOR prosecutor says increasing numbers of people are filing denuncias about ‘chemtrails’- the white trails left by planes in the sky due to condensation. Teresa Gisbert- the Valencian Community’s head prosecutor-

13 Feb, 2024 @ 10:49

Lead·National News·Other News·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

Spain’s Alicante airport smashes January record thanks to influx of British visitors

A LARGE number of UK travellers have helped take Alicante-Elche airport to a record January high with 958,088 passengers. That’s the best-ever start to a year and 20.5% more than 12 months

12 Feb, 2024 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Deadly Red Palm Weevil spreads after claims that council didn’t maintain palm trees on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PALM tree pruning has started on the Orihuela Costa after residents said that not enough maintenance for two years has allowed the deadly Red Palm Weevil to spread. Just one tree infected

12 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Unspoilt stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca WILL be the site of 2,200 homes after environmentalists lose years-long battle to halt the project

A CONTROVERISAL plan to build 2,200 homes at Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa will definitely go ahead after two groups decided not to appeal a Valencia Supreme Court ruling(TSJCV) made last

12 Feb, 2024 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

On the rise: Erotic toy start-up in Spain rakes in MILLIONS as customers splurge on their unique designs ahead of Valentine’s Day

A COMPANY making and distributing erotic toys on the Costa Blanca has become a major success story and is currently enjoying a boom period up to Valentine’s Day. Diversual in Sant Joan

11 Feb, 2024 @ 13:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Boy, 14, who learned to drive via social media tutorials is chased by cops during a joy ride on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 14-year-old boy who learned to drive in social media tutorials led police on a high speed chase in the Alicante area. With no licence, insurance or an ITV certificate, the teenager

11 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

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

EXCLUSIVE: British expat, 81, is ordered to stop feeding a feral cat colony on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Animal lover is threatened with €600 fine

A BRITISH animal lover has been left exasperated by a threat to fine him and volunteers up to €600 if they carry on feeding a Costa Blanca feral cat colony- something they

10 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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