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Mark Petrie MBE has been running his insurance business on Spain’s Costa Blanca for nearly five decades

Staff Reporter - 26 Mar, 2022 @ 10:00

HE moved to Spain when he was just 11-years-old and opened his first business here in 1977. Today he counts on hundreds of loyal clients...

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Police drones to patrol skies above popular expat areas on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Simon Wade - 12 Mar, 2022 @ 12:45

DRONES armed with cameras, spotlights and loudspeakers will soon be patrolling the skies over Orihuela and Orihuela Costa - areas popular with British expats. Orihuela...

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International Day of The Disabled commemorated this week on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Simon Wade - 1 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

COUNCIL BUILDINGS across Orihuela and Orihuela Costa will light up this Friday, December 3, to commemorate International Day of The Disabled. The Social Welfare Department,...

Andalucia

Volunteers clear up almost half a TONNE of waste from Costa del Sol beach

Elisa Menendez - 30 Oct, 2018 @ 18:20

Since starting the foundation, Plastic Free Seas Worldwide have cleared a total of 3,400 kilos in 10 beach clean ups

Sport

Costa and Torres among those dropped from Spain Euro 2016 squad

Laurence Dollimore - 17 May, 2016 @ 14:30

The reigning champions will be looking to make up for their 2014 World Cup failure

Mark Rickard: Money Mark

Beyond compare: the micro-economies of the Spanish Costas

Mark Rickard (Columnist) - 6 May, 2015 @ 09:00

Mark Rickard returns to examine the micro-economies of the Spanish Costas

Andalucia

Costa del Coffee

Imogen Calderwood - 6 Jun, 2014 @ 12:54

A new café will open in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol in June

Andalucia

Costa manhunt after British pensioner was attacked in her own garden

Pedro Rodrigues (Reporter) - 18 Oct, 2013 @ 06:00

Police search for Scottish couple following horrific assault on British pensioner

Andalucia

Toni Muldoon’s right-hand men convicted of money laundering

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 25 Jun, 2013 @ 16:07

Former UK police detective and a Fuengirola expat convicted for Costa del Sol mega-scam

Andalucia

Axarquia gets tourism boost

Rund Abdelfatah - 27 Aug, 2012 @ 14:30

Spain's Tourism Ministry hopes to convert the region into a popular holiday destination

Andalucia

Boxing champ becomes official member of the Costa ‘fist and chip brigade’

Rund Abdelfatah - 19 Jul, 2012 @ 16:00

Tony Tucker took a detour to Marlows Fish and Chip Restaurant near Duquesa while in Spain to promote his new gym

Andalucia

Have you got the best home on the Costas?

Eloise Horsfield - 3 Jun, 2012 @ 11:46

This is your to show off your place on national television

Entertainment

Sexy Beast returning to the Costa del Sol

Amie Keeley - 12 Feb, 2011 @ 09:00

Costa comeback for Ben Kingsley in new Marbella gangster flick

Andalucia

Leap of madness

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Aug, 2010 @ 09:45

Four lives wasted as lethal balcony-jumping craze - known as 'balconing' - takes hold

Andalucia

Staycationers save Spanish tourism

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 3 Aug, 2010 @ 11:03

Spaniards are choosing to spend their cash on the Costas

Other News

Does it costa bit more in Spain?

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 27 Jan, 2010 @ 16:27

For most people, living in Spain certainly trumps life back in the UK, but is it still as cheap as we once thought it was? Andrew Pearce and Asha Stuttard whipped out their calculators, pencils and notepads to shed further light on the price-playing field.

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Squatter nearly drowns in building’s underground water cistern on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 17 May, 2022 @ 18:00

A female squatter in Sant Joan d'Alacant almost drowned after falling into a building's underground water cistern. A passer-by heard shouting coming from the block...

Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia industrial estate in Spain

Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia region industrial estate in Spain

17 May, 2022 @ 17:15

British boy, 16, arrested over alleged rape of British girl staying in same Mallorca hotel in Spain

British boy, 16, quizzed over alleged rape of British girl staying in same Mallorca hotel in Spain

17 May, 2022 @ 16:30

Thieving Costa Blanca Pool Man In Spain Arrested For Killing Villa Owner, 96, Who Surprised Him

Thieving Costa Blanca pool man in Spain arrested for killing Javea villa owner, 96, who surprised him

17 May, 2022 @ 15:45

Basque separatist group ETA dropped from US foreign terrorist blacklist

17 May, 2022 @ 15:00

Negotiators are ‘within touching distance of historic treaty’ over Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future, insists Chief Minister Fabian Picardo

17 May, 2022 @ 14:15

Museums in Spain’s Malaga host special activities to celebrate International Museum Day

17 May, 2022 @ 14:15

Spain fails in latest bid to extradite rapper from Belgium who insulted monarchy

Spain fails in latest bid to extradite Mallorca rapper from Belgium

17 May, 2022 @ 13:30

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Calarreona – € 140,000

17 May, 2022 @ 13:05

Tourists are pouring back to Spain but still fall short of pre-Covid pandemic numbers

LATEST: Spain extends ban on unvaccinated travellers until mid-June

17 May, 2022 @ 12:45

One dead and dozens injured after trains collide in Barcelona area of Spain

17 May, 2022 @ 12:15

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Sextorsion warning on Spain’s Gran Canaria after spate of cases

17 May, 2022 @ 11:45

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Wolfgang on Travel against Putin: Germany encourages pensioners to holiday in Spain to save on household fuel bills: “Sitting 24/7 in an unheated Mallorca room at 12° C is not really what German pensioners are longing for. Better…” May 14, 16:16
SEC on Rental crisis in Spain as supply of properties plummets by a third within a year: “Very unsurprising when people outside of Spain are buying up apartments and homes to use as holiday rentals. The Costa…” May 2, 10:25
tom.walder@gmail.com on Confusion as Brits fall foul of beefed up Spanish border rules crossing from Gibraltar: “I am not sure why this is “news”. We voted leave the EU and thus give up our EU citizenship.…” Apr 30, 13:26
Rubicons on Project to restore ancient Arab irrigation system underway in Spain’s Sierra Nevada: “Hmmm, that’s interesting? But it seems this particular archaeology professor skipped class the day that they explained about Roman aqueducts,…” Apr 12, 14:58
Wolfgang on OPINION: Why Ukraine’s foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War: “After I have carefully read this article I still don’t understand why Ukraine’s foreign fighters have little in common with…” Mar 18, 21:25
Rubicons on Abramovich yacht sets sail from Barcelona to avoid seizure under sanctions against Russian oligarchs: “Huh? The invasion and sanctions began weeks ago… Why was his yacht not already seized? And why did the Harbour…” Mar 14, 19:45
Ottohund1 on EXPLAINED: How many Ukrainians and Russians are resident in Spain and where do they live?: “I think it is more than unfair, that people now blame all people from Russia for what is happening in…” Mar 2, 20:29

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