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Fraud Probe Launched Over Contracts For Three Covid 19 Emergency Hospitals In Spain S Valencian Community

Fraud quiz starts into contract for COVID-19 emergency hospitals in Spain’s Valencian Community

INVESTIGATORS are probing the way a contract was handed out this year to run three emergency field hospitals in the Valencian Community. The Valencian Antifraud

7 Dec, 2020 @ 20:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Thief Follows Cash Rich Targets Ahead Of Supermarket Car Park Snatch On Spain S Costa Blanca

Thief tracks cash-laden targets ahead of supermarket car park snatch on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COUPLE were robbed of €22,000 in a Mutxamel supermarket car park with the thief trying to run over one of them during his escape.

7 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Arms Importing Racket Stopped As Ringleader Is Arrested On Spain S Costa Blanca

East European-led gun-running racket busted as ringleader is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ARMS trafficking gang that shipped in weapons from Eastern Europe to sell to Spanish criminals has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Nine people

7 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish bakery strikes panettone gold in top Italian-based worldwide contest

A Valencian Community bakery has won a major Italian award by showing the locals how to make the world’s best panettone. The sweet bread was

6 Dec, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink

COVID-19 passports extended across hospitality and entertainment sectors in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Official announcement made over Xmas hospitality opening and curfew relaxations in Spain’s Valencian Community

SPAIN’S Valencian Community, including the Costa Blanca, will see bars and restaurants able to stay open until 1.00am over four nights of the festive season.

5 Dec, 2020 @ 17:02

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Ex-marine hits the heights to raise money for Benidorm school on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VILLAJOYOSA man is running the equivalent distance of climbing Everest and the world’s top peaks to raise money for Benidorm’s Doble Amor school. 49-year-old

5 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Both World Maritime Leader Expands In Alicante

Top maritime equipment maker plumps for expansion on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the world’s biggest nautical electronics firms will move its global marketing and digital transformation base to the Costa Blanca. Norwegian-based Navico already has

5 Dec, 2020 @ 10:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Technology

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

New COVID-19 cases continue downward spiral on Costa Blanca but are rising again in Spain’s Valencia area

NEW COVID-19 cases are continuing to fall on the Costa Blanca area, but the overall Valencian Community figure has shown an increase over seven days,

5 Dec, 2020 @ 08:47

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Russian man caught running a giant marijuana farm in his villa basement on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RUSSIAN man has been arrested for running a marijuana farm in the basement of his Pego villa. Guardia Civil agents from Pedreguer, Pego, and

4 Dec, 2020 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Inspectors find high number of bar and clubs breaking COVID health rules in Murcia area of Spain

Nightlife businesses in areas like Benidorm to reopen next week after long closure in Spain’s Valencian Community

NIGHTLIFE businesses will be able to resume trading next week during the day in the Valencian Community. Late bars and clubs were forced to close

4 Dec, 2020 @ 15:38

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

More days for festive curfew reductions but less time in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE Valencian Community, which includes the Costa Blanca, is to get six days of curfew time relaxations over the festive period. That’s three more days

4 Dec, 2020 @ 12:34

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

New Covid 19 Cases Continue To Rise In Spain S Valencian Community

Weekly falls in new COVID-19 cases are slightly turned round in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE weekly trend of new COVID-19 case falls has been bucked in the latest set of figures released in the Valencian Community. 1,722 infections were

4 Dec, 2020 @ 11:12

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm’s bars and restaurants issue ultimatum to top politician in Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM’S bar and restaurant owners are threatening to snarl up roads outside the regional parliament building in Valencia City if they don’t get immediate cash

3 Dec, 2020 @ 21:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

British teenager arrested for selling drugs to children on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH teenage girl has been arrested for selling drugs to children in the Jalon area of the Costa Blanca. The 16-year-old was detained with

3 Dec, 2020 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Toddler shocker as mum dumps son on rain-sodden and cold patio on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ELCHE woman has been arrested for child abandonment after she left her two-year-old son locked outside on the patio while she went to the

3 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

COVID-19 confinement to end this weekend for two towns in Spain’s Costa Blanca region

THE only two Costa Blanca towns to stop movement out of their localities due to high COVID-19 case rates will see the restrictions end from

3 Dec, 2020 @ 16:57

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases falling briskly in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain’s Costa Blanca mirrors national fall in new COVID-19 cases

NEW COVID-19 infections in the Valencian Community are continuing to fall on a weekly basis. Latest figures released last night(December 2) declared 1,419 new cases

3 Dec, 2020 @ 11:13

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Rubbish Dumpers Accused Of Igniting Rat Plague On Spain S Costa Blanca

Fly-tippers accused of igniting rat plague on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FLY-TIPPING is causing a plague of rats according to Orihuela Costa residents. People living on urbanisations in the Villapiedra area say that dumped garbage is

2 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Good news on COVID-19 cases as new infection rates continue to fall on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NEW COVID-19 case figures are continuing to fall over a week in the Valencian Community with a more dramatic drop in Alicante Province. Statistics released

2 Dec, 2020 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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Alicante’s nativity scene gets world recognition on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE has grabbed two world records after it built the tallest-ever nativity scene as well as it being the largest in area. The city’s Plaza

1 Dec, 2020 @ 15:43

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura

British-led drugs gang ran marijuana business out of restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE British men have been arrested in the Teulada-Moraira area of the Costa Blanca over a big marijuana growing operation. The ring-leader owns a restaurant

1 Dec, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Dramatic weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases reported across Spain’s Costa Blanca

LATEST coronavirus case figures for Alicante Province last night(November 30) have shown a major fall on a weekly basis. Valencian Health Ministry statistics declared 147

1 Dec, 2020 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead