Tag: Costa Calida
WATCH: Tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz stars in new video promoting his home Murcia region to tourists across Spain
MURCIA teenage tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is the new face of tourism for his home region in €1.5 million campaign to attract more Spanish...
Mother confesses to burying deceased baby under rocks in Murcia area field in Spain
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the circumstances behind a deceased baby found buried in a field in Aguilas, Murcia.
Medical examiners believe it was not...
Fishing boat catches a human skull in its nets off the Murcia coast in Spain
A fishing boat has netted a human skull in Murcia region waters.
The shock catch happened yesterday afternoon(June 30) off Puerto de Mazarron.
The discovery was...
Warning of €450 million summer losses if UK tourists can’t go to the Mar Menor and Costa Calida areas...
MURCIA'S Tourism Minister says the region's tourist sector could lose up to €450 million this year if British people do not come for a...
Foiled by fruit – tardy pair of Costa Calida criminals impeded by booty of ‘berries
POLICIA Nacional arrested a pair of serial thieves fleeing from a Cartagena bar, last week.
Observant locals had contacted police after witnessing a fruit shop,...
Unlucky pair arrested for flouting lock-down rules, then see sizeable stash of hash and cash seized, too
TWO MEN from Molina de Segura, near Costa Calida's Murcia, lost out in a number of ways when they were pulled over by Guardia...
People power prevails as Costa Calida councils make good muddy Mar Menor
FOLLOWING a series of high-profile protests by businesses and citizens around the Mar Menor, one council is taking action in time for the Easter...
Costa Calida cops chase fake fundraisers out of town in high-speed pursuit
A ROMANIAN family posing as fundraisers for a deaf-and-dumb charity, have been detained after fleeing from Cabo de Palos, on the Mar Menor peninsula.
One...
Costa Calida mayor slams €80m flood defence budget as being less than a third of what’s needed in Spanish...
A COSTA CALIDA mayor has pointed out that although the regional government of Murcia is supporting an €80m plan to prevent flood damage in...
Costa Calida mayor blasts president of Spain’s Murcia region over flood solutions, as residents brick up their own doorways
THE mayor of Los Alcazares has publicly lambasted the president of the autonomous region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras.
Mario Pérez Cervera took to social...
Costa Calida shows continued growth in house prices, but Spain averages are still a THIRD less than 2007
THE Costa Calida saw some of the biggest property price increases last year.
Murcia as a region saw an 11% increase in value of property,...
WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid
GUARDIA Civil have dismantled at gun-point a drug smuggling gang in the Mar Menor region of Murcia.
https://youtu.be/Xzv5Q_83yHo
Investigations began in September, when the number of...
Over a dozen authorities call for instant action against mosquito plagues in Spain
PLAGUES of mosquitoes are causing havoc across Costa Blanca and Costa Calida, from Alicante down to Cartagena.
Council representatives right across the region have met...
Flood victims in the Vega Baja can apply for up to €4,500 emergency aid – here’s the form
VICTIMS of the Vega Baja’s worst floods for 140 years can now request emergency funds ‘up to €4,500’ from their respective Town Halls.
Residents can...
Migrants intercepted off Costa Calida as ‘steady flow’ resumes following respite from gota fría storms
GUARDIA Civil have apprehended four unauthorised migrants that reached the municipality Águilas on Tuesday night.
Eleven more were caught as they landed close to Cartagena,...
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