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Valencian Community

Denia to Calpe tram service fully restored on Spain’s Costa Blanca after 2016 suspension

TRAM services between Calpe and Denia are back on track after going off the rails in 2016 due to safety concerns. The final piece of...

Valencia area to host special ‘Blue Flag’ celebration for Spain and Europe

CULLERA in Valencia Province has been chosen to host a 36th anniversary celebration for Blue Flag winners in Europe. Blue Flags are awarded annually by...

Iconic Benidorm hotel dating back to pioneering tourist boom faces demolition on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the first hotels to be part of Benidorm's tourist boom in the 1960's is set to be demolished. Goya Real Estate wants to...

Rolex watch snatching gang caught in Spain’s Valencia area

A Rolex watch snatching gang that stole from people walking around Oliva in Valencia Province has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. A man...

Benidorm shops in Spain caught selling fake-branded clothes with €200,000 retail value

FOUR Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for selling fake-branded clothes and accessories. 1,913 items with a retail value of €200,000 were removed by the...

Home invasion gang posing as Guardia Civil officers threaten to cut off baby’s ear in Spain’s Valencia

A brutal gang is still at large after torturing a well-known Valencian businessman and threatening to cut off an ear belonging to his baby...

Spain’s Costa Blanca announces push to get first-ever direct air link with United States

WORK has started on trying to establish the first direct air link between the United States and Alicante-Elche airport. Speaking at Madrid's Fitur tourist fair...

Woman angry with husband exits car to walk along Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

POLICE rescued a black-dressed woman walking on the hard-shoulder of an unlit Alicante Province motorway after an argument with her husband. The incident happened on...

Businessman in Spain’s Valencia tortured with electric dog collar by organised gang of thieves

A BUSINESSMAN in Valencia was held captive by a gang of four hooded individuals, who tortured him using an electric dog collar in a...

Psychologists launch teenage mental health workshops at Valencia region schools in Spain

Rising suicide rates, bullying cases, and self-harming incidents among young people has prompted the introduction of mental health workshops in Valencian Community secondary schools. 50...

Vending machine thief armed with drill caught in special police operation in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia area vending machine thief struck so frequently that the Guardia Civil had to launch a special probe to catch him. Operation Baldy started...

Home robbers caught in the act in Costa Blanca area of Spain

FOUR members of a Torrevieja home robbery gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The men- aged between 30 and 45- were caught red-handed...

Valencia is Spain’s most expensive city for water bills

VALENCIA is Spain's most expensive city for water with charges of €36.51 per 13 cubic metres, according to consumer group Facua. They surveyed rates in...

Power firm Iberdrola fined €68,000 after griffon vulture is electrocuted in Spain’s Valencia

IBERDROLA'S power distribution division has been fined €68,667 after a griffon vulture was electrocuted on a Valencia Province power line. The penalty was imposed by...

78.8% of ‘second’ home buyers in Spain’s Valencia region during 2022 were foreigners

78.8% of people who bought a second home through Valencian Community real estate agencies in 2022 were foreigners while 70.1% of those who acquired...

Gay couple arrested for domestic violence after one month of living together in Spain’s Alicante area

A gay couple came to blows in their Petrer home with both men arrested for domestic violence. One of them was taken to hospital with...

Antique gun collector kills himself by accident on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 62-year old antique weapons collector died in Santa Pola after one of his pieces discharged accidentally. Concerned relatives contacted the Policia Nacional saying they...

Elderly bank customers hit by distraction robbery gang in Spain’s Valencia and Murcia areas

A distraction robbery gang that stole from elderly people who made bank withdrawals in the Valencia and Murcia regions has been arrested by the...

Police simultaneously raid six indoor marijuana farms in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia

AN investigation spanning several months has culminated in simultaneous raids on six indoor marijuana farms in Alicante Province and Murcia. 2,181 plants were removed by...

Storm Gerald causes severe orange weather alert to parts of Spain’s Valencia region

A yellow extreme weather was activated on Monday for the Valencian Community with westerly winds caused by Storm Gerald bringing gusts in excess of...

Mother viciously assaults son, 10, with toy just because he was doing homework in Spain’s Valencia

A 33-year-old Valencia woman has been arrested for family ill-treatment after hitting her son, 10, with a toy. The boy had bruises all over his...

Gang drugged girls and sexually assaulted them in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting girls at a Gandia house in Valencia Province. The mother of one of the victims...

Costa Blanca parcel delivery man stole items for online resale in Spain

A 20-year-old Alicante parcel delivery driver stole at least €5,000 of items to make money selling them online. His ruse was rumbled after a woman...

Big forest fire forces residents to be evacuated in Alicante area of Spain

A forest fire has forced the evacuation of residents in the Aigues municipality of Alicante Province on Monday morning. The blaze was reported at 7.30...

Staff sacked by UK health company in Spain’s Costa Blanca taking legal action after pre-Christmas dismissals

A GROUP of disgruntled expats are taking legal action after their UK health company shut down without warning in Spain just before Christmas. The 40...

Spain’s Valencia celebrates the patron saint of animals with a fiesta and church blessing

THE popular San Antonio festival is being staged in Valencia this weekend, culminating with Tuesday's blessing of animals. San Antonio Abad became the patron saint...

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