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Record number of people used Costa Blanca airport in March led by UK passengers

Two major airports in Spain ‘are on the brink of collapse’ as record passenger numbers put a strain on resources

SOARING tourism numbers are threatening to overwhelm airports in two of Spain’s most popular holiday destinations. Both Valencia Manises and Alicante-Elche airports are experiencing record

20 Jun, 2024 @ 13:30

Alicante·Lead·Travel News·Valencia

Two beluga whales rescued from war-torn Ukraine and flown over to new home in Spain

TWO beluga whales have been rescued from a dolphinarium in war-torn Ukraine and brought to the Oceanografic in Valencia. A 15-year-old male called Plombir and

19 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Animals·Lead·Valencia

The sheer volume of pills given to him- a total of 4,000 had been purchased- led to severe diarrheoa resulting in heart disease, muscle weakness, and fatigue.

Spain’s infamous ‘laxative killer’ is found guilty of murder: How female ‘predator’ killed her partner by poisoning him with so many laxatives he died of chronic diarrhoea

A VALENCIA jury has convicted a woman of murder after she systematically poisoned her boyfriend with laxatives so she could steal over €120,000 from his

18 Jun, 2024 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Roof collapses in departure zone as passengers are injured by falling debris and cough up dust at Spain's Valencia Airport

Departure lounge ceiling collapses with passengers coughing up dust after being struck by debris at Spain’s Valencia Airport

FOUR passengers escaped with only minor injuries after part of a Valencia Airport departure lounge ceiling collapsed on them. Airport operator, Aena, said the incident

17 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Giant solar trees planted to charge up vehicles, bikes, and electronic devices in eastern Spain

VALENCIA City Council has erected four solar trees to charge electronic devices at a cost of over €370,000. The project uses solar panels in tree-shaped

17 Jun, 2024 @ 13:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Ford announces up to 1,600 job cuts at its Valencia plant but pins hopes on production of a new hybrid car

UP to 1,600 jobs at the Ford car manufacturing plant in Valencia are under threat after the company announced job cuts. The grim news follows

15 Jun, 2024 @ 08:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Valencia

Valencia Low Emission Zone will not fine offenders in 2025

Valencia’s city centre Low Emission Zone will not fine motorists with polluting cars throughout 2025

DRIVERS with vehicles that don’t qualify to enter Valencia’s upcoming Low Emission Zone(ZBE) will not be fined for entering the area in 2025. Valencia mayor,

14 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Three Valencia supporters who shouted racist abuse at Real Madrid’s Vinicius apologise before a court in Spain

THREE Valencia football fans have been given eight-month prison sentences and a two-year football stadium ban for shouting racist insults at Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr.

10 Jun, 2024 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Horrific animal abuse discovered at home with dozens of badly-injured fighting cocks in Spain’s Valencia

TWO people face animal abuse charges after the Guardia Civil found 107 fighting cocks in a Betera home in Valencia province. Guardia officers said 70

10 Jun, 2024 @ 11:17

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Fake clergyman cons thousands of euros out of parish priests on Spain’s Costa Blanca with sob story of dying father and inheritance

A BOGUS priest has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after conning over €15,000 out of two clergymen in Alicante province. He was detained in

7 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Battle plan for tiger mosquito plague is revealed in Spain’s Valencia: Experts will release 1.3 million sterile blood suckers into the population

VALENCIA City Council will release 1.3 million sterile tiger mosquitoes in a bid to reduce the tiger mosquito population. Sterile male specimens will released for

5 Jun, 2024 @ 14:25

Health·Lead·Valencia

British yacht washes up on a beach in Spain’s Valencia: Captain is investigated for potential negligence

A BRITISH yacht has run aground on a Valencia province beach and has been stranded there since Monday. The craft called ‘Nordic Lily’ went onto

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm

VALENCIA is using city graveyards to help it reach climate neutrality by 2030. Finding suitable sites for solar farms in urban areas isn’t easy, so

4 Jun, 2024 @ 14:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Nearly 12,000 holiday rental properties purged from official registry in Valencia

Airbnb crackdown in Valencia: Tourist flats will not keep their licences when they are sold

THE Valencian government will tighten controls on holiday accommodation lets in the region with changes coming into force ‘probably before the summer season. The measures

31 May, 2024 @ 13:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Woman gives birth on a bus in Spain’s Valencia: Driver and other passengers helped deliver healthy baby boy

PASSENGERS on a Valencia bus got a shock detour to hospital on Thursday after a woman gave birth to a baby boy- helped by her

30 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Year-long tourist apartment ban set to be imposed in parts of Spain's Valencia as debate rages on over 'visitor saturation'

Year-long tourist apartment ban set to be imposed in parts of Spain’s Valencia as debate continues over ‘visitor saturation’

VALENCIA’S mayor, Maria Jose Catala has announced a year-long moratorium on tourist apartment licences covering private buildings administered by owner communities and ground floors of

24 May, 2024 @ 15:13

Lead·Valencia

Hit and run driver with extensive criminal record including hate offences, turns himself in four days after running over a boy on a pedestrian crossing in Spain's Valencia

Hit and run suspect with extensive criminal record surrenders- four days after young boy is seriously injured on pedestrian crossing in Spain’s Valencia

A MOTORIST sought after a boy was run over on a Valencia pedestrian crossing, has handed himself into the police four days after the incident.

23 May, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

A pin in a tourist bike in Valencia with the message 'Tourist go Home'

Anti-tourism tactics escalate in Spain: Bicycle wheels in a holiday hotspot are punctured with pins carrying ‘tourist go home’ message

BIKE tour companies in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia have denounced the fact that their two-wheeled transports are being targeted by anti-tourism protesters. The

23 May, 2024 @ 15:39

Lead·Travel News·Valencia

Record number of illegally-kept 'protected' turtles found on farm in Spain

Farmer is arrested after police unearth 229 protected turtles on his land in Spain’s Valencia

THE Guardia Civil has removed 229 of Moorish turtles being kept illegally on a Valencia area farm- the largest seizure of its kind in Spain.

18 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Environment·Lead·Valencia

Two Brits cleared of Benidorm group sex attack after languishing in Spanish jail for 20 months

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

A CHOIRMASTER at a Valencia area evangelical church has been jailed by a Mislata court as investigations continue into allegations concerning eight sexual assaults on

17 May, 2024 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Valencia far-right Vox councillor faces three years in prison for posting hate messages on social media

Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments

PROSECUTORS have launched a hate crime probe into a Vox councillor in Valencia over social media postings about a black Podemos politician. Cecilia Herrero- a

16 May, 2024 @ 09:00

Lead·Politics·Valencia

Huge haul of counterfeit art including 15 Salvador Dali fakes is discovered in Spain’s Valencia

THE Policia Nacional’s Heritage Group based in the Valencia region has seized 22 fake works of art including 15 paintings attributed to Salvador Dali. They

15 May, 2024 @ 15:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

War on birds in Spain: Valencia to use air cannons and nets to control starling and pigeon populations

VALENCIA city council will spend €450,000 on a war against pigeons and starlings. A contract has been advertised for a company to use air cannons

14 May, 2024 @ 11:37

Animals·Lead·Valencia

Legendary singing star Sir Tom Jones to perform in Valencia this Summer

SINGING legend Sir Tom Jones will be performing at the Valencia Bullring on Sunday June 23, starting at 10.00pm. Sir Tom, 83, has wowed fans

11 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Entertainment·Valencia·Valencian Community

Students camp at the Complutense University in Madrid

Madrid students join a growing number of protest camps across Spain calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza

STUDENTS in Madrid have become the latest to set up a protest camp to call for an end to the conflict in Gaza. The tents

8 May, 2024 @ 16:18

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Valencia

Chimpanzee carries her dead baby around for months in heartbreaking scenes at a wildlife park in Spain

A FEMALE chimpanzee at the Valencia Bioparc is still grieving over the death of her baby three months on, by carrying its body in her

8 May, 2024 @ 11:36

Animals·Lead·Valencia

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Two major airports in Spain ‘are on the brink of collapse’ as record passenger numbers put a strain on resources

Two beluga whales rescued from war-torn Ukraine and flown over to new home in Spain

Spain’s infamous ‘laxative killer’ is found guilty of murder: How female ‘predator’ killed her partner by poisoning him with so many laxatives he died of chronic diarrhoea

Departure lounge ceiling collapses with passengers coughing up dust after being struck by debris at Spain’s Valencia Airport

Giant solar trees planted to charge up vehicles, bikes, and electronic devices in eastern Spain

Ford announces up to 1,600 job cuts at its Valencia plant but pins hopes on production of a new hybrid car

Valencia’s city centre Low Emission Zone will not fine motorists with polluting cars throughout 2025

Three Valencia supporters who shouted racist abuse at Real Madrid’s Vinicius apologise before a court in Spain

Horrific animal abuse discovered at home with dozens of badly-injured fighting cocks in Spain’s Valencia

Fake clergyman cons thousands of euros out of parish priests on Spain’s Costa Blanca with sob story of dying father and inheritance

Battle plan for tiger mosquito plague is revealed in Spain’s Valencia: Experts will release 1.3 million sterile blood suckers into the population

British yacht washes up on a beach in Spain’s Valencia: Captain is investigated for potential negligence

This region in Spain wants to turn graveyards into solar farm

Airbnb crackdown in Valencia: Tourist flats will not keep their licences when they are sold

Woman gives birth on a bus in Spain’s Valencia: Driver and other passengers helped deliver healthy baby boy

Year-long tourist apartment ban set to be imposed in parts of Spain’s Valencia as debate continues over ‘visitor saturation’

Hit and run suspect with extensive criminal record surrenders- four days after young boy is seriously injured on pedestrian crossing in Spain’s Valencia

Anti-tourism tactics escalate in Spain: Bicycle wheels in a holiday hotspot are punctured with pins carrying ‘tourist go home’ message

Farmer is arrested after police unearth 229 protected turtles on his land in Spain’s Valencia

‘Serial predator’ and evangelist is arrested in Spain’s Valencia for ‘sexually abusing eight young girls’

Far-right Vox councillor in Valencia is investigated for ‘racist’ comments

Huge haul of counterfeit art including 15 Salvador Dali fakes is discovered in Spain’s Valencia

War on birds in Spain: Valencia to use air cannons and nets to control starling and pigeon populations

Legendary singing star Sir Tom Jones to perform in Valencia this Summer

Madrid students join a growing number of protest camps across Spain calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza

Chimpanzee carries her dead baby around for months in heartbreaking scenes at a wildlife park in Spain

Snapshots of Ceuta still counting the cost of 72,000 people arriving from Morocco

Spain torpedoed hunt for Britain’s €6.4bn treasure wreck off Gibraltar coast 20 years ago

Spain could be a paradise for pooches this summer

Fuengirola crash during orange heat alert reignites row over horse carriage rides on the Costa del Sol

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