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This region in Spain has the highest number of prestigious Blue Flag beaches – after adding three new winners

THE Valencian Community once again has the highest number of blue flag beaches in Spain- six more than in last year- totalling 159, three ahead

7 May, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Loan shark warning in Spain: How a woman who borrowed €120 amassed a €16,000 ‘debt’ with mobsters who ‘attacked and threatened her’ to pay up

SIX people have been arrested in Alicante for allegedly trying to extort €16,200 out of a woman for two loans totalling €120. The Policia Nacional

3 May, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

This hotel in a ‘pueblo’ in Alicante is among the best in Spain – according to new Michelin guide

A HOTEL in a small Alicante province town has been given star recognition by the Michelin Guide in its first hotel awards for Spain The

2 May, 2024 @ 14:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Nolotil killed our mum in Spain after she was given the drug for a slipped disc in Benidorm – this is how we sued and WON

THE family of a British expat who died after taking Nolotil have recalled their years’ long battle for justice. Yvonne Flowers had been living in

1 May, 2024 @ 15:49

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead

Audrey Fang murder latest: Prime suspect was made main beneficiary of Singaporean tourist’s assets before she was found butchered to death in Spain

Audrey Fang latest: Link between Singaporean tourist, 39, found butchered to death in Spain and her alleged killer is revealed – as dozens pay respect at her funeral

THE Singaporean woman, Audrey Fang, whose body was discovered this month in Murcia ditch, may have bought insurance policies from her suspected killer in 2016.

30 Apr, 2024 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Swimming pool ban in Spain: Holiday hotspot in Alicante brings in shock measure after suffering months of 'historic drought'

Wanted Russian oil tycoon is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after ‘stealing €35m of public funds’ – according to his home country’s authorities

A RUSSIAN oil tycoon has been arrested at his Costa Blanca home over an alleged €35 million fraud in his native country. The unnamed 58-year-old

29 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Motorcyclist killed after colliding with wild boar on Valencia area road

Cyclist, 59, is seriously injured after swerving to avoid a wild boar on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca cyclist was seriously injured on Saturday after veering out of the way of a wild boar and crashing to the ground. The

29 Apr, 2024 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Europe’s biggest electric car battery recycling factory set to launch this year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE is set to have Europe’s largest electric car battery recycling plant in operation by the end of the year. GDV Mobility has received backing

28 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Investigation into ‘controversial’ children’s costumes at a carnival in Spain will be reopened: Costa Blanca event saw kids dressed in lingerie-style outfits

A TORREVIEJA court has reopened its inquiries into a carnival parade that included underage girls in provocative costumes including stockings, lingerie, and heels. A complaint

28 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Foodie paradise: This Alicante town has the most Michelin Star restaurants per capita in Spain

Belgian man, 46, is critically injured after falling and hitting his head and chest during a hike on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CALPE’S municipal sports field was used as an emergency base for two helicopters on Thursday after a Belgian hiker suffered an accident on the Peñon

26 Apr, 2024 @ 11:16

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Colombian, 36, is arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine in his car boot’ on a ferry from Denia to Ibiza

A MAN has been arrested in Denia on the Costa Blanca for trying to board an Ibiza-bound ferry with over a kilo of cocaine hidden

25 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

British drug trafficker on the run for four years is arrested at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after a four-year search to bring him to justice.

24 Apr, 2024 @ 18:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Urgent appeal for two missing expat teens who disappeared in Spain 10 days ago: Latest sighting places them in Benidorm

AUTHORITIES are looking for two expat teens who disappeared in Spain 10 days ago. Fabian K, 17, and Niels B, 19, are orginally from northern

24 Apr, 2024 @ 17:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

This is how the Elche stadium in Spain’s Costa Blanca will look like after €40million makeover

ELCHE CF has announced plans for a €40 million revamp of their Martinez Valero stadium as the club battles to get promoted to La Liga’s

24 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Nazi symbol is spray-painted on bust of British merchant in Alicante: Archibald Dickinson saved Republican families at the end of Spain’s Civil War

AN ALICANTE bust of a Welsh hero who saved 2,638 people fleeing General Franco’s forces at the end of the Civil War in 1939, has

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

This little-known town on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘Europe’s Best Hidden Gem’ – according to travel experts

A TOWN just a few kilometres south of bustling Benidorm has been given the title of ‘Best Hidden Gem in Europe 2024’ by the European

23 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Revealed: Plans for new €16million beachside hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca that will count 200 rooms

PLANS for a €16 million beach-front hotel for Arenales del Sol have been submitted to Elche City Council. It will be built on Calle Albacete

22 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Pictured: Audrey Fang’s alleged 6ft1 killer who she knew ‘for many years’ before he ‘stabbed her 30 times during knife rampage in Spain’ – as police probe potential ‘financial motive’

THE alleged killer of Singaporean tourist Audrey Fang has been named as Mitchell Ong. The 43-year-old, also from the East Asian country, is accused of

22 Apr, 2024 @ 17:21

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca drugs gang led by a man who bought a €250,000 luxury car out of the proceeds, has been busted by the Guardia

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Murcia

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports will be ‘expanded’ in future investments by airport operator Aena. It’s chairman and CEO, Maurici Lucena, told a shareholders meeting in

19 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Designer for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga will create outfit for Spain’s Eurovision entry Nebulossa

FASHION designer Michael Costello- behind outfits for international pop stars Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Lopez- will be kitting out Spain’s Eurovision Song Contest representatives,

17 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead