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Watch: ‘Supercell’ tornado tears through Spain following week of extreme weather

THIS is the moment a ‘supercell’ tornado tore through eastern Spain over the weekend. Video shared online shows the weather phenomenon passing through Castellon, in

5 Aug, 2024 @ 10:51

Lead·Weather

Watch: Huge balls of hail fall in Spain as freak August storms rock Barcelona and Madrid

FREAK August storms caused chaos in Madrid, Barcelona and other parts of Spain on Friday, as hail pelted down and heavy rain caused disruption to

3 Aug, 2024 @ 14:51

Barcelona·Madrid·Weather

German plane makes emergency landing on motorway in Spain before being hit by a lorry

A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing on a Castellon de la Plana motorway on Friday and was hit by a lorry. The incident happened

2 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Water supply restrictions ‘not ruled out’ for Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIAN president, Carlos Mazon, has not ruled out introducing domestic water restrictions in the region as the drought continues. Mazon emphasised there are no immediate

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

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

Masks are made mandatory in Spain’s Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

COMPULSORY mask wearing in hospitals and health centres in the Valencian Community has been reinstated this Friday. The decision was taken by the regional Ministry

5 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

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

Young man, 28, dies after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony in Spain while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms

A 28-year-old man has died after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms. The tragic event took place during the

2 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Covid cases quadruple in Spain: Surge in infections comes despite hotter temperatures

Covid and flu cases rise as temperatures fall in Spain’s Valencia region

COVID infections have increased by 83% in the last week to reach 247.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the Valencian Community compared to 135.1 the

28 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: How a British school in Spain received a ‘bomb threat email’ which sparked closures nationwide

THE British School of Villarreal in Castellon province has confirmed that it was one of several international schools in Spain that received an email threatening

20 Dec, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

A VIOLENT robbery gang that rented homes in Spain posing as famous footballers has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Operation ‘Neckars’ led to the

17 Dec, 2023 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Castellon·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

UK and foreign holidaymakers boost overnight hotel stays on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists are returning to booking hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca, figures suggest

OVERNIGHT hotel stays in the Valencian Community in October grew by 7.89% compared to a year earlier according to figures released by the National Institute

23 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This region in Spain has virtually abolished inheritance tax

THE VALENCIAN parliament passed a law on Wednesday to slash inheritance tax to just 1% for most beneficiaries. It will apply retrospectively to inheritances and

22 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

A DECREE to scrap the Valencian region’s controversial tourist tax was signed on Friday by president Carlos Mazon and Tourism Minister, Nuria Montes. The tax

10 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

This November was one of the hottest and driest on record in Spain, stark figures show

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

FORECASTERS have predicted the warmest average November daytime temperatures since at least 1950 for the Valencian Community between this Sunday and Tuesday. The State Meteorological

10 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

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

Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop ‘constant’ disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group

9 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

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

British tourist recovery continues with tourist tax to be scrapped 'soon' on Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of London’s

6 Nov, 2023 @ 19:50

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian

13 Oct, 2023 @ 14:20

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY welcomed 1.26 million international tourists during August- up by 19.68% on the same month last year with record levels of expenditure. It’s

3 Oct, 2023 @ 11:21

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marina d’Or tourist complex cuts 2023 season short, cancelling reservations with no explanations

THE SUMMER season has ended abruptly, unexpectedly and without any explanation at the Marina d’Or tourist complex in Oropesa del Mar, Castellón province. The hotel

20 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Castellon·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Cost of rent in Alicante surges by 10% in a year: British tourist hotspots are the most affected

British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca

HOTEL OCCUPANCY topped 90% in the Valencian Community in August, according to the Benidorm-based Hosbec hoteliers association. The figures though were not a record which

5 Sep, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across Spain’s Valencia region

EMERGENCY alert messages will be sent this weekend to mobile phones in the Valencian Community to warn about problems caused by predicted ‘Gota Fria’ storms.

1 Sep, 2023 @ 12:58

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

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area

AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at

28 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by showers.

23 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window

A BOY aged seven died on Wednesday after falling out of a fourth-floor apartment in Benicarlo in Castellon province. The Civil Guard told the Spanish

3 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Lead

Elderly woman struggles to breathe due to vapours from big drugs stash at her home in Spain

Elderly woman almost chokes to death from drugs stash vapours in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es AN ELDERLY resident in Vall d’Uixo(Castellon province) kept so many illegal drugs at her home that she could

2 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain's new anti-smoking law will increase smoke-free areas with bans for bar and restaurant terraces

Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos

2 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

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

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Watch: ‘Supercell’ tornado tears through Spain following week of extreme weather

Watch: Huge balls of hail fall in Spain as freak August storms rock Barcelona and Madrid

German plane makes emergency landing on motorway in Spain before being hit by a lorry

Water supply restrictions ‘not ruled out’ for Spain’s Costa Blanca

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

Masks are made mandatory in Spain’s Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

Young man, 28, dies after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony in Spain while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms

Covid and flu cases rise as temperatures fall in Spain’s Valencia region

Revealed: How a British school in Spain received a ‘bomb threat email’ which sparked closures nationwide

How a gang posing as famous footballers rented luxury homes in Spain’s tourist hotspots before staging violent robberies

Tourists are returning to booking hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca, figures suggest

This region in Spain has virtually abolished inheritance tax

This much-visited region in eastern Spain will abolish the controversial tourist tax from next week

Spain will see highest November temperatures since 1950 across Valencia from next week

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

Marina d’Or tourist complex cuts 2023 season short, cancelling reservations with no explanations

British tourists help secure record-breaking August in Valencia after filling up hotels in Benidorm and along the Costa Blanca

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across Spain’s Valencia region

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window

Elderly woman almost chokes to death from drugs stash vapours in Spain

Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

This wild mountain escape in Andalucia shines in every season – here’s what you need to know

British fugitive arrested over horror Marbella shooting that put children’s lives ‘at serious risk’

Will rain ruin Malaga’s Reyes Magos parade? Here’s all you need to know

Spain set to break foreign tourist visitor and spending records

Surge in Russian ships through the Strait of Gibraltar sparks underpolicing fears