EU to help fund €1.2 billion conservation project saving agriculture in Spain’s Valencia Region
SAFEGUARDING economic sustainability and water supplies in the Valencian region is to cost 1.2 BILLION euros, with the help of the EU.
A new Valencian...
SMOKE SIGNALS: Gandia bans smoking on Nord beach due to public health and environmental reasons
Each discarded butt is said to potentially pollute thousands of litres of seawater, leading to severe damage to marine life.
BENVINGUTS A CHINA: Plans revealed for the creation of Spain’s first Chinatown district in Valencia
There are currently an estimated 20,000 residents of Chinese origin in Valencia city.
Covid compensation payments to start with local mayor inviting affected businesses to apply for more on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO City Council has started making payment from the Resistir Plan, to SMEs and the self-employed.
They confirmed on Friday, March 18, that applicants...
VIDEO: Human trafficking gang that forced victims into prostitution is busted during dawn raids in south-east Spain and Romania
A CRIMINAL GANG that profited from human trafficking forced their victims into prostitution on the streets of Girona have been arrested.
The suspects belonged to...
COMMENT: Valencia President Ximo Puig deserves credit for COVID fightback on Spain’s Costa Blanca but why can’t we raise...
THERE is no disputing the amazing turnround in the Valencian Community's COVID-19 crisis which saw the virus running amok in January to make it...
Support group complains to police after autistic man was thrown off a Valencia City bus in Spain
AN autism support group has complained to the Policia Nacional and to the Valencia EMT bus company about the way a 34-year-old man was...
Hospitals and medical centres to relax restrictions in Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain
FACE-TO-FACE appointments are being increased in Costa Blanca and Valencia medical centres and hospitals as COVID-19 cases continue to fall.
Routine operations will be restored...
FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time...
Check www.aemet.es for updated weather information throughout Spain.
PLUG AND FLY: Spanish airline applies for EU COVID funding to electrify fleet
VALENCIAN airline Air Nostrum is in line to receive €42 million of European Union COVID recovery funds to convert its fleet to electric.
With car...
JAILED: Drink driver gets three years for killing 20-year-old scooter user in Spain’s Valencia
The test gave a reading of 0.64 mg of alcohol, when the permitted maximum is 0.25.
BEACH BARS VS THE BIRDS: Spain’s Castellon launches plans to reopen summer beach bars amidst environmental concerns
The clock is ticking for a summer campaign that is hoped will be better than last year’s
REWARDING RECYCLING: Valencia unveils new yellow bin scheme that earns points for deposits
Reciclos is expected to be launched throughout Spain this year.
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: Tourism sector in Spain’s Castellon optimistic that July will see a return to normality
CASTELLON tourism sector is very optimistic about the future – so much so that the experts believe the situation will be back to normal...
ONION SKINS: Local brand of onions from Spain’s Valencia featured in British smash hit series on Netflix
A BRAND of onions grown in a Valencian town has become famous after appearing in British Netflix hit series Skins.
The programme is a teen...
A billion euros of government aid planned for industries worst hit by pandemic in Spain’s Valencia region
THE VALENCIAN Community is to receive a total of over a billion euros of pandemic aid from the Spanish government.
The region will first get...
NO LIMITS IN SIGHT: Blind cyclist from Valencia’s Xativa to compete in 600km race through Morocco
Although he is partly there, having secured €5,000 of the necessary €11,000, Javier needs more help to realise his dream.
COVID-19 infections continue to be squeezed down in latest figures from Spain’s Valencian Community
LATEST COVID-19 infection figures from the Valencian regional health ministry have recorded another week-to-week fall today(March 12).
310 new cases have been reported, compared to...
COVID-19 case count maintains its downward slide in Spain’s Valencian Community
300 new COVID-19 cases were announced tonight(March 11) in the Valencian Community which on the indicative week-to-week comparison is 89 down on the total...
Bars and restaurants to reopen indoors in slight loosening of COVID-19 restrictions in Spain’s Valencia region
A very limited package of relaxing pandemic restrictions in the Valencian Community from March 15 has been announced today(March 11) by President Ximo Puig.
Gyms...
Does Your Financial Adviser Manage Your Pension or Investment In The Best Way Possible?
by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons)
Managing Partner
Chorus Financial
Chorus Financial strive to offer the best Investment Management in Spain, basing our client portfolios on...
WELCOME TO TREE CITY: Valencia’s Gandia earns international award for its trees and gardens
GANDIA has been officially named ‘Tree City of the World’ by the United Nations (UN).
The capital of La Safor district (Valencia Province) currently has...
NEW COVID-19 infections maintain their quick downward spiral in Spain’s Valencian Community
CORONAVIRUS infections are maintaining their steep fall in the Valencian Community with just 221 new cases reported today(March 10).
That's 128 lower than Tuesday's total...
A THIRD of COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community are down to the ‘British’ strain
THE 'British' strain of COVID-19 is accounting for 30% of coronavirus cases in the Valencian Community according to the regional health minister, Ana Barcelo.
She...
Vaccination roll-out for almost 120,000 teachers and support staff starts in Spain’s Valencia region
SCHOOL TEACHERS will soon be able to receive the Astrazeneca Covid-19 jab as vaccination points have been named across the Costa Blanca.
President of the...
GRIM VIEW over imminent indoor bar and restaurant reopening following health and hospitality meeting in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE chances of bars and restaurants reopening indoors next week in the Valencian Community appear to be very slim according to a regional hospitality...
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