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

Weekend city closures scrapped and bars to reopen next week as COVID-19 restrictions are eased in Spain’s Valencian Community

WEEKEND perimeter closures for Valencian Community cities of 50,000 people and over are to end after this weekend’s restrictions expire this Monday(March 1) at 6.00 am The widely expected news of relaxed

25 Feb, 2021 @ 17:48

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘HISTORIC MASS’ British booking surge for Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels in Spain amidst claim that 30% of them will not reopen this summer

COSTA Blanca hoteliers are reporting a ‘mass surge’ of UK bookings for the summer but have coupled the optimism with a warning that a third of the region’s hotels will not reopen.

25 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm’s beaches to get socially-distanced spaces again on Spain’s Costa Blanca in hope of Easter domestic tourist revival

BENIDORM will start dividing up its beaches from this Monday(March 1) in a repeat of last year’s safety measures. That’s in spite of the fact that are virtually no foreign tourists from

25 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

HEALTHY RETURN as Barcelona rock concert used as a COVID-19 test event causes very few infections in Spain

COVID-19 infections continue big downward spiral in Spain’s Valencian Community

JUST 530 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(February 24) in the Valencian Community, as this week’s daily infection figures continue to match early October levels. The total is 299 lower than yesterday’s

24 Feb, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Dogs get life-saving blood transfusions as farmers use illegal chemicals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Costa Blanca farmers have been arrested for using an illegal pesticide that poisoned two dogs. The animals needed blood transfusions to save their lives after coming into contact with the chemical

24 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca

Spain’s Valencian Community opts for ‘prudence’ ahead of announcing reduced COVID-19 restrictions this Thursday

BARS and restaurants in the Valencian Community will reopen next week for the first time since January 20. The return of the hospitality trade offering daytime terrace service is one of a

24 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

NEW COVID-19 cases drop to early autumn levels across Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infection rates are continuing to tumble in the Valencian Community with the lowest Tuesday total since October 13. Latest figures from the regional health ministry tonight(February 23) declared 829 new cases,

23 Feb, 2021 @ 19:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Man refuses to let historic sexual abuse by Jesuit priests at Alicante school in Spain go unpunished over 63 years later

A man who says he was abused by priests at a Jesuit-run boarding school in Alicante believes that there have been many similar cases that have been ‘brushed’ under the carpet for

23 Feb, 2021 @ 14:05

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Benidorm-based hotels create plan to fill up rooms during Easter holiday period on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOTELIERS with swathes of empty rooms are calling on the Valencian Government to allow people from around Spain to come into the area for Easter. Just 20% of Costa Blanca hotels are

23 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Spain’s Valencian Community drops to lowest COVID-19 infection rate since mid-December

NEW COVID-19 case rates have fallen to cumulative levels last seen on December 16 according to Valencian health ministry figures released this evening(February 22). Today’s new case total stood at just 189

22 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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‘IN A HOLE’ as golf courses on Spain’s Costa Blanca want to stop being bunkered by COVID-19 restrictions

A group representing 23 Costa Blanca golf courses has called for them to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ and branded COVID-19 restrictions as ‘unfair’. The Costa Blanca Golf Course Association says

22 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Restaurant On Spain S Costa Blanca Hides Diners To Avoid Arrest For Breaking Covid 19 Rules

ILLEGALLY-OPEN restaurant on Spain’s Costa Blanca hides diners to avoid arrest in COVID-19 rule swoop

A police raid on an Elche restaurant over COVID-19 rule-breaking proved to be far from a routine matter, as diners tried to hide from their clutches. The restaurant owner used delaying tactics

22 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mass Arrest Of Costa Blanca Based Prostitution Gang Members Who Made Bogus Promises To East European Women Of Jobs In Spain Germany And The Uk

BUSTED: Costa Blanca prostitution gang who cheated COVID-19 travel rules to lure victims into Spain

POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca-based European prostitution gang that supplied women with fake medical papers to beat COVID-19 border closures. Polish and Russian women were made false promises of employment in

22 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Noises Off As Benidorm Area Residents Get Council Backing Over Rumbling Ap 7 Traffic On Spain S Costa Blanca

NOISES OFF as Benidorm area residents get council support over rising decibels of AP-7 traffic on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RESIDENTS on a Costa Blanca urbanisation have the proof they need over their complaints concerning a noisy road that is just metres away from some of their properties Home owners on the

21 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Mixed messages over first set of 2021 property sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROPERTY sales in Alicante Province during January fell by 24% compared to a year earlier, but the region still remains one of the busiest in Spain for house deals. Last month’s fall

21 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Property

Executed victims of General Franco to be exhumed from mass grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WORK will start at Alicante cemetery next week to exhume the bodies of 11 people murdered between 1939 and 1945 during the fascist regime of General Francisco Franco. The only previous exhumation

20 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Money Matters With Chorus Financial On Why Expats Cannot Retain A Uk Financial Adviser

MONEY MATTERS with Chorus Financial on why expats in Spain cannot retain a UK financial adviser

MONEY MATTERS answers all of your questions on finance, tax, pensions, investments and more here in Spain. Chorus Financial ‘s Tracy Storer, has received this question from Mrs Sue B, Orihuela Costa

20 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·UK pensioners living in Spain·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca-made orange liqueur goes ‘viral’ after childhood cough medicine nostalgia in Spain

AN orange liqueur has created a social media buzz in Spain as drinkers say it reminds them of their childhood days of taking a particular brand of cough syrup. Months of debate

20 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink

Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Top court rebuffs bar and restaurant reopening bid as being ‘against public interest’ in Spain’s Valencian Community

JUDGES at the Valencia Superior Court (TSJ) have thrown out a bid to reverse the closure of bars and restaurants in the Valencian Community. The case was brought by the Castellon Hospitality

20 Feb, 2021 @ 08:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

COVID-19 infections continue to go down in tandem with hospital admissions in Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 infection rates are maintaining their major downward trend according to today’s(February 19) briefing from the Valencian health ministry. 1,768 new cases were reported today, compared to 3,065 yesterday, and in the

19 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Gloomy times continue for Benidorm's bars and restaurants on Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm and Costa Blanca late bars and clubs to get €9 million pot of money from Spain’s Valencian Community

NIGHTLIFE bars and clubs that were forced to shut last August in Benidorm and across the Costa Blanca, will be able to apply for a cash lifeline from early March. €9 million

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Dumb Lorry Driver Is No Willy Wonka As He Flogs Off 12 Tons Of Chocolate For Virtually Nothing On Spain S Costa Blanca

Dumb lorry driver is no Willy Wonka as he flogs off 12 tons of stolen chocolate for virtually nothing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 36-year-old lorry driver has been arrested in Callosa de Segura after selling his stolen 12 ton consignment of German chocolate at a bargain-basement price. The bumper bundle was scheduled to arrive

19 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Bogus computer expert cleared out over €250,000 from client's bank account on Spain's Costa Blanca

Hacker hijacks domestic violence Zoom link with Hitler videos and death threats to abused victim on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE or more hackers disrupted a Zoom conference about domestic violence to make death threats and post fascist videos. San Vicente del Raspeig council’s Equality department set up an online public meeting

19 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

YEAR-LONG ordeal of malnourished woman exploited and imprisoned in garage of house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Algerian woman is recovering in an Alicante Province hostel after she was virtually imprisoned in an Agost house for over a year. She was enticed to come over to Spain by

19 Feb, 2021 @ 12:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

Over 9,000 COVID-19 deaths recorded since start of pandemic in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

RECENT FALLS in new COVID-19 infections slow down in Spain’s Valencian Community

3,065 new coronavirus cases were reported tonight(February 18) in the latest update from the Valencian health ministry. On a week-to week basis, that is a rise of 154 new infections compared to

18 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Freeloading motorhome owners who snub ‘approved’ overnight sites could be fined in Spain’s Valencian Community

MOTORHOME owners looking for illegal overnight stays by ignoring registered sites are set to break the law in tourist zones across the Valencian Community from May 8. The new rule mirrors a

18 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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