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WHERE’S THE BEEF? Castellon businessman sentenced to four years in prison for selling horse meat disguised as beef

A 60-YEAR-OLD businessman from Castellon has been sentenced to four years in prison for selling horse meat disguised as beef. The Supreme Court this week

6 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Castellon·Food & Drink·Valencian Community

The nutty and sweet Spanish Christmas treat that can be tough to bite!

Why a Christmas Costa Blanca-made sweet that’s a Spanish favourite is making a move on the United Nations

COSTA Blanca politicians will ask the United Nations to designate November 7 as ‘World Nougat Day’. The Alicante Provincial Council has approved the move to

6 May, 2021 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

BREXIT TRAVEL HELL: 25-year-old woman from Spain’s Valencia, kept for three days at UK immigration centre for lacking EU Settlement status

Reports suggest that she had already been working in the UK for several months in 2019 and has family in the capital.

6 May, 2021 @ 12:45

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants on Spain's Costa Blanca desperately want to stay open until midnight

EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until midnight

THE Conhostor hospitality association has called for a two-hour extension on bar and restaurant hours in the Valencian Community to start from Monday(May 10). That’s

6 May, 2021 @ 12:00

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

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue to fall on Spain’s Costa Blanca

149 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(May 5) in the Valencian Community, according to the regional health ministry. The key week-to-week comparison means there are

5 May, 2021 @ 19:21

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel association demands UK treat the region the same way as Spain's Canary Islands

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands

HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president ‘knock on the door of Downing Street’ to get the UK to lift travel

5 May, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER:- The latest vaccination state of play for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

DATE REVEALED for start of COVID vaccinations for people aged under 60 in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A new age bracket will get their first COVID vaccines in the Valencian Community from May 17. The regional health ministry says that vaccinations will

5 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

GREEN TOWNS: Small village in Castellon among the 10 most environmentally friendly towns in Spain according to Greenpeace

A SMALL mountain village in inland Castellon is one of the 10 most environmentally friendly towns in Spain, according to Greenpeace. A study by the

5 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Castellon·Environment·Valencian Community

LIGHTS OUT: Valencia region is third worst in Spain for light pollution and energy efficiency

Regional government sources insist that a project is currently being drawn up ready for the approval of a regional energy efficiency law in the near

5 May, 2021 @ 13:30

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

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

No UK tourists means many hotels in Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca will not reopen before July

HALF of Costa Blanca’s hotels are not going to reopen before July according to a leading hotel association. Benidorm-based Hosbec says that 50% of its

4 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

LATEST COVID-19 case numbers from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain continue in the right direction

127 new coronavirus infections have been reported in the Valencian Community today(May 4) according to the regional health ministry. That is a fall on a

4 May, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain refunds fines imposed on thousands of people who broke 2020 lockdown rules

LATE VERDICT as Costa Blanca residents in Spain will be told this Saturday about COVID restriction changes that start two days later

RESIDENTS in the Valencian Community will have to wait until the last minute to find out what health restrictions they will have to follow once

4 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

NO FIBBING: Live music festivals in Spain’s Benicassim could welcome larger crowds this year

A proposal to allow 10,000 spectators into Valencia’s open-air La Marina for a number of shows this summer is already on the cards and, if

4 May, 2021 @ 15:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Coastal resort gets top tourism award for Valencian region on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA has come top out of all Valencian Region towns for its business website. “Marketplace in Guardamar del Segura” is developed by their

4 May, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

SHIPS LOCKED DOWN: Two container carriers quarantined at Valencia port due to COVID outbreaks on board

Spokespeople for the port management have guaranteed full compliance with all existing COVID measures and sanitary guidelines on behalf of the crews.

4 May, 2021 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

WELL, NOT ENTIRELY: Up to 21 towns in Spain’s Valencia region maintain zero COVID infections over the last two months

JUST like the village of Asterix and Obelix, surrounded on all sides by the Romans, 10 towns in Castellon Province have managed to completely ward

3 May, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Stranded British family launch appeal to raise funds to return home from Spain after coronavirus blights Benidorm dream

A BRITISH family who moved to Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca and have been left penniless after losing their jobs in the coronavirus crisis are

3 May, 2021 @ 15:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencian Community

BUY LOCAL: Agricultural union in Spain’s Valencia urges consumers to support regional and national producers

To set the balance right, the Valencian co-op makes a simple suggestion: buy Valencian and Spanish produce, if possible directly from farmers at markets or

3 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

NOT BAD: Valencia claims mid-table slot on list of Spanish cities for quality of life according to resident survey

A recent survey among expats from all over the world revealed Valencia as the number one favourite place to live out of a list of

1 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·Property·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

What’s the worst that can happen to your investment or pension in Spain?

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial Often the first question asked by clients considering an investment or pension with Chorus

30 Apr, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Asturias·Barcelona·Benidorm·Business & Finance·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Murcia·National News·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

WELL CONNECTED: Spain’s Valencia and Alicante aim to become major hubs for data processing centres

Data centres store all the information digitalised by companies, some of which are operative 99.99% of the time – meaning they are only switched off

30 Apr, 2021 @ 14:15

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

Where is Mark Palmer? Family of missing British expat restart search after he vanished from Spain five years ago

TWO YEARS ON: Still no news about British man who went missing in Spain’s Valencia area in 2019

THIS week makes two years with no news about a British resident who went missing in Ontinyent (Valencia Province) on April 27, 2019. Then 32-year-old

29 Apr, 2021 @ 17:45

Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 incidence rate on the rise in five of the six health districts in Spain’s Malaga

AT LAST! Facemasks may cease to be obligatory in Spain’s Valencia region by end of summer

The Spanish government insists that the obligation to wear a mask in public will be maintained until herd immunity is officially reached.

29 Apr, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

CASTELLON TAKES OFF: Aeroplane construction and maintenance course planned for Castellon-Costa Azahar airport

CASTELLON airport will host professional plane building and maintenance courses from September. The Generalitat announced yesterday (Wednesday April 28) that up to 30 young students

29 Apr, 2021 @ 09:15

Castellon·Education·Travel News·Valencian Community

90% of COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the highly-infectious Delta variant

COVID SUCCESS: More people fully vaccinated than infected with COVID in Spain’s Valencia region

Despite the successful advance of the inoculation campaign, the department led by councillor Ana Barcelo warns that the pandemic is far from over.

28 Apr, 2021 @ 21:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

World’s FIRST sustainable ‘fast ferry’ will connect Spain’s Mallorca to Denia from this weekend

Priced at a startling €90 million, Balearia's Eleanor Roosevelt is the first ferry of its type in the world, operating with innovative natural gas engines

28 Apr, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Mallorca·Valencian Community

Valencian Community - Page 89

WHERE’S THE BEEF? Castellon businessman sentenced to four years in prison for selling horse meat disguised as beef

Why a Christmas Costa Blanca-made sweet that’s a Spanish favourite is making a move on the United Nations

BREXIT TRAVEL HELL: 25-year-old woman from Spain’s Valencia, kept for three days at UK immigration centre for lacking EU Settlement status

EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until midnight

COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue to fall on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands

DATE REVEALED for start of COVID vaccinations for people aged under 60 in Costa Blanca area of Spain

GREEN TOWNS: Small village in Castellon among the 10 most environmentally friendly towns in Spain according to Greenpeace

LIGHTS OUT: Valencia region is third worst in Spain for light pollution and energy efficiency

No UK tourists means many hotels in Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca will not reopen before July

LATEST COVID-19 case numbers from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain continue in the right direction

LATE VERDICT as Costa Blanca residents in Spain will be told this Saturday about COVID restriction changes that start two days later

NO FIBBING: Live music festivals in Spain’s Benicassim could welcome larger crowds this year

Coastal resort gets top tourism award for Valencian region on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SHIPS LOCKED DOWN: Two container carriers quarantined at Valencia port due to COVID outbreaks on board

WELL, NOT ENTIRELY: Up to 21 towns in Spain’s Valencia region maintain zero COVID infections over the last two months

Stranded British family launch appeal to raise funds to return home from Spain after coronavirus blights Benidorm dream

BUY LOCAL: Agricultural union in Spain’s Valencia urges consumers to support regional and national producers

NOT BAD: Valencia claims mid-table slot on list of Spanish cities for quality of life according to resident survey

What’s the worst that can happen to your investment or pension in Spain?

WELL CONNECTED: Spain’s Valencia and Alicante aim to become major hubs for data processing centres

TWO YEARS ON: Still no news about British man who went missing in Spain’s Valencia area in 2019

AT LAST! Facemasks may cease to be obligatory in Spain’s Valencia region by end of summer

CASTELLON TAKES OFF: Aeroplane construction and maintenance course planned for Castellon-Costa Azahar airport

COVID SUCCESS: More people fully vaccinated than infected with COVID in Spain’s Valencia region

World’s FIRST sustainable ‘fast ferry’ will connect Spain’s Mallorca to Denia from this weekend

Marbella homes now three times pricier than Spain’s national average reveals influential Panorama Market Report

Revealed: How conmen in Spain are targeting foreign arrivals with illegal €200 ‘address-for-cash’ service

WATCH: Coastguards save man floating on blow-up mattress almost 40km off Spain’s Costa del Sol

Renting in Spain? It requires more income than buying a property, alarming study reveals

Bad news for boozers: US study shows heavy drinkers likely to suffer strokes ‘earlier, deeper and more severely’