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Costa Blanca arriving passenger at Alicante-Elche airport taken to hospital with COVID-19 symptoms

A passenger who flew into Alicante-Elche airport today(July 16) has been taken to Alicante General Hospital after a routine check discovered that he presented symptoms

16 Jul, 2020 @ 17:29

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Costa Blanca could get extended mask wearing within days

THE Costa Blanca could join other Spanish regions like Andalucia, Catalunya, the Balearic Islands, and Murcia in extending mandatory mask wearing within a few days.

15 Jul, 2020 @ 16:10

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Family Of Robbers Hit Multiple Costa Blanca Shops

Supermarket sweep on Spain’s Costa Blanca as family robbing trio enjoy daily spree

A family gang that robbed supermarkets and large stores across the Costa Blanca has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Two Armenian men and a

15 Jul, 2020 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca

Spain´s Costa Blanca gets first coronavirus flare up since national emergency was lifted in June

THE Costa Blanca region has recorded the first significant flare up of the coronavirus since the State of Alarm emergency measures ended on June 21.

14 Jul, 2020 @ 11:47

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels report best week of the summer as Spanish room bookings keep them goin

Spain´s Benidorm and Costa Blanca holiday hotels are reopening quicker than predicted says local group

HOTEL reopening figures in the Costa Blanca area of Spain are higher than expected according to the regional hotel and accommodation association, Hosbec. The group

13 Jul, 2020 @ 17:37

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Valencia Civil Servant Who Got 500 000 For Decade Of Doing Nothing Loses Newspaper Court Case

Spain´s press freedom gets court backing in case of Costa Blanca civil servant who got €500,000 for doing nothing

A Valencian civil servant who got €50,000 per year for a job that he did not do, has lost a legal case against a newspaper

13 Jul, 2020 @ 12:49

Costa Blanca·Lead

Paedo caged after ‘sexually abusing girlfriend’s six-year-old granddaughter’ in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN has been arrested in Valencia for sexually abusing his girlfriend’s granddaughter.

11 Jul, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Russian fugitive swindler arrested in Benidorm hotel two years after flying to Spain's Costa Blanca

British visitors to Spain´s Costa Blanca holiday hotspots like Benidorm will enjoy full outdoor bar and restaurant space from this weekend

BAR and restaurant terraces on Spain´s Costa Blanca will be able to expand to full 100 per cent capacity from as soon as tomorrow(July 10),

9 Jul, 2020 @ 18:07

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Hundreds turn out to welcome King Felipe and Queen Letizia during official visit to Spain’s Benidorm

They landed by helicopter in the Parque Comarcal de Bomberos before travelling to the Belroy Hotel

3 Jul, 2020 @ 14:31

Costa Blanca·Lead

Two beaches get black flags on Spain’s Costa Blanca – here’s a list of 72 Blue Flag beaches to enjoy this heatwave

BLACK flags have this week been given to two Costa Blanca beaches for being among the most-polluted in all of Spain. Activist group Ecologists in

30 Jun, 2020 @ 18:56

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Pensioner drowns at popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The woman is understood to have been found unconscious in the water after she had gone swimming

27 Jun, 2020 @ 21:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

WISH YOU WERE HERE -Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca ready and waiting for Brit tourists

BENIDORM’S beaches are ready, tourism services are in place, bars and restaurants are starting to reopen and hotels are on standby – all that is

21 Jun, 2020 @ 20:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat community group saves charity from bankruptcy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of expats in Torrevieja have prevented homeless charity Reach Out going bankrupt amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The ‘U3A’ group is a self-help organisation

21 Jun, 2020 @ 12:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

Boiler room gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over €10 million swindle of at least 250 victims

A GANG has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in the Torrevieja area for fleecing at least €10 million from investors looking for high returns

16 Jun, 2020 @ 15:18

Crime & Law·Lead

British expats ‘outraged’ as dogs BANNED from all beaches in town on Spain’s Costa Blanca apart from ‘dangerous’ rocky outcrop

THE mayor of Torrevieja has said that dogs will be banned from every beach in the town. Eduardo Dolon’s controversial announcement means that previously dog-friendly

7 Jun, 2020 @ 13:27

Costa Blanca·Lead

Teenager on Spain’s Costa Blanca files denuncia against his father who beat him because he wanted to become a musician and not attend university

A MAN has been denounced in Murcia for beating his son because he wanted to become a musician and not go to university.

1 Jun, 2020 @ 15:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Iconic beachfront bar La Siesta shut down in Javea on Spain’s Costa Blanca as petition begs Costas to save over 100 jobs

AN iconic expat-run chiringuito in Spain’s Alicante has been suddenly shut down by authorities, leaving over 100 workers afloat amid coronavirus lockdown. La Siesta, part

29 May, 2020 @ 18:17

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink

Squatter crackdown U-turn in Spain as politicians send ‘game-changing’ amendment back to Congress - in crushing blow to victims

Squatters on Spain’s Costa Blanca took over TWO houses – one to live in, the other to store stolen loot

A GANG of squatters stole so much loot in a series of burglaries they had to occupy a second home to use as a warehouse.

27 May, 2020 @ 16:19

Costa Blanca·Lead

Five people who faked kidnapping of COVID-19 victim in Spain’s Alicante arrested

A GANG of bogus kidnappers have been arrested after it emerged that the man they had allegedly grabbed was actually in hospital. Police have revealed

27 May, 2020 @ 14:53

Costa Blanca·Lead

Rest of Valencia region will enter Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus de-escalation plan, sources claim

THE entire region of Valencia will move into Phase 1 from Monday, El Mundo sources have claimed.

15 May, 2020 @ 17:38

Costa Blanca·Lead

Emu left homeless on Costa Blanca after owner dies from coronavirus

AN emu has become the latest victim of coronavirus. The flightless bird has been left homeless in Verdegas, Alicante, after its owner died of COVID-19.

13 May, 2020 @ 18:29

Costa Blanca·Lead

11 cybercriminals cuffed in Spain’s Valencia, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca for ‘CEO sting’ which scammed more than €2.4 million from companies across the globe

Investigators claim the detainees took part in a 'CEO sting' which asked high ranking employees to transfer money

13 May, 2020 @ 16:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police call out ‘barbaric’ traps on cycle path in Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWISTED pranksters have been laying dangerous traps for cyclists in Albacete. Several routes have been dotted with nails protruding from the earth while barbed wire

10 May, 2020 @ 13:10

Costa Blanca·Lead