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Travel Spain: Valencia breathes new life into dying villages with Camino de Santiago style tourism route

THE Valencian Community has announced its very own ‘Camino de Santiago’ where travellers win stamps of recognition through 24 villages. But rather than leading towards

25 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gibraltar’s Chief Minister dismisses ‘false nonsense’ circulating over mark-up of lateral flow tests on the Rock

THE Gibraltar government was pushed to reveal details of the Rock’s procurement of Lateral Flow Tests (LFTs) after rumours circulated that it was profiting from

25 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Anti-vaxxers scammed in Spain:”I paid €200 for a fake COVID certificate and it never arrived”

Fraudsters charge anti-vaxxers in Spain up to €1,000 for bogus COVID-19 passports and PCR test results

SEVEN members of a gang who sold fake COVID-19 passports to anti-vaxxers have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Spain. The Spanish branch of

25 Jan, 2022 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Coronavirus·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Organic waste bins installed across Valencia city

VALENCIA has finished the rollout of organic waste bins across the city. The fourth and final phase concluded in January with the installation of 1,468

25 Jan, 2022 @ 16:15

Environment·Valencia

What is the ‘moon landing’ method used to rob highstreet shops in Valencia?

ROBBERS smashed a black people-carrier into the front window of a Vodafone shop in Xativa before stealing handsets and burning the car in a nearby

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Battle of the sexes: New format chess festival in Gibraltar pits women against men for £100,000 prize

GIBRALTAR is capitalising on the huge success of the movie, ‘The Queen’s Gambit’, by showcasing female talent in the world of chess with a Battle

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Drink Driver Almost Doubles Costa Blanca Motorway Speed Limit Before Getting Arrested In Spain

Drink-driver whizzes car to almost twice the Costa Blanca motorway speed limit in Spain

A speeding motorist shocked Guardia Civil officers who clocked him smashing a motorway speed limit while being double over the drink-drive limit. A Guardia Civil

25 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

36 years in prison and €17,700 fines for ‘forcibly’ evicting squatters in middle of night in Valencia

FOUR people in Valencia are facing charges including illegal occupation, coercion and assault after kicking squatters out of two apartments in the middle of the

25 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

How Spain compares to the rest of the world in fighting corruption

How Spain compares to the rest of the world over fighting corruption

THE image of how tough Spain is on corruption has barely changed in a year, according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index(CPI). The CPI, published

25 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Mass Vaccination Centres To Reopen For Covid 19 Booster Shots In Costa Blanca And Valencia Areas Of Spain

Mass vaccination centres reopening for COVID-19 booster shots in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

SIX mass vaccination points will reopen in the Valencian Community on Monday(January 31) to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine booster programme. The so-called ‘vacunodromos’ were used

25 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Alicante·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Buenas Noches with pool – € 319,000

Apartment Buenas Noches, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 319,000 TRUE LIVING An authentic quality of life. Beautifully designed, high quality contemporary 2,

25 Jan, 2022 @ 12:07

Featured Property

Moors & Christian festival in popular expat area cancelled at short notice on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES will be without the traditional Moors & Christian Festival for another year, thanks to rising Covid-19 figures. The popular expat community of Ciudad Quesada

25 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Guide dog ‘graduates’ with History degree from university in Spain

A GUIDE dog has been included in the official photo of students graduating with a History degree from Spain’s University of Castilla-La Mancha. Desi, a

25 Jan, 2022 @ 11:15

National News

TRAVEL UPDATE: Day 2 COVID tests scrapped in England and Scotland for fully vaccinated travellers

TRAVELLERS arriving in England and Scotland from Spain will no longer need to buy day-two COVID tests, if they are fully vaccinated. The rules will

25 Jan, 2022 @ 11:03

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Aap Primadomus Tigers Portugal Rescue Villena Alicante

Portugal’s ‘last remaining’ circus tigers rescued by wildlife sanctuary in Spain’s Alicante

ONE overweight lion and two suffering tigers have arrived in Alicante after escaping a life in a Portuguese travelling circus. They are some of Portugal’s

25 Jan, 2022 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Valencia

Impressive fireball streak across sky in Spain’s Andalucia

WATCH: SpaceX satellite disintegrates over Spain in spectacular fireball

A SPECTACULAR fireball has been sighted from numerous astronomical observatories in Spain—the phenomenon in question, however, was not a meteorite, rather a SpaceX Starlink satellite

25 Jan, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Other News

Catholic Church In Spain Admits To Nearly 1,000 Properties Being Wrongly 'nodded Through' As Belonging To Them

Catholic Church in Spain admits to owning nearly 1,000 unregistered properties

THE Catholic Church in Spain has admitted to owning 965 properties despite no documented evidence to verify the claim. There were even instances where evidence

24 Jan, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·National News

From shelf stacker to Our Man in the Balearics: Meet the British consul awarded an MBE for his work with Brits in Spain

WHEN Lloyd Milen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t quite

24 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Brexit·Lead·Mallorca·Must Read·National News

Two Salvador Dali paintings are stolen from Barcelona apartment in Spain

Salvador Dali paintings stolen from Barcelona apartment in Spain

POLICE are investigating the theft of two Salvador paintings from a Barcelona apartment. The Mossos d’Esquadra were contacted on Sunday afternoon by the home owners.

24 Jan, 2022 @ 18:06

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police appeal for witnesses after dramatic car blaze in Gibraltar

POLICE on the Rock are appealing for anyone who witnessed a blaze that damaged cars parked on Witham’s Road to come forward. One car was

24 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Gibraltar·Lead

Benidorm Residents In Spain Feared An Explosion After Butano Gas Cylinders Were Left In Direct Sunlight On Apartment Patio

Benidorm explosion risk as gas cylinders are exposed to the sun on Costa Blanca apartment patio in Spain

TWO Benidorm residents have been arrested for keeping 95 butano cylinders on a rental apartment patio. Worried neighbours called the police over serious concerns that

24 Jan, 2022 @ 17:14

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Scandal-hit Princess Cristina of Spain splits from husband Inaki Urdangarin days after photos appear of him with female co-worker

Scandal-hit Princess Cristina of Spain splits from husband Iñaki Urdangarin days after female co-worker photos appear

KING Felipe’s sister, Cristina, has split from husband Iñaki Urdangarin by ‘mutual agreement’ just days after photos were published of him with another woman. A

24 Jan, 2022 @ 15:54

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Belgian fugitive, 78, faces extradition for sexually abusing child after Costa Blanca arrest in Spainion For Child Sexually Abuse After Costa Blanca Arrest In Spain

Belgian fugitive, 78, faces extradition for child sex abuse following arrest on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Belgian man wanted in his country for child sex abuse and pornography charges faces extradition after being arrested on the Costa Blanca. The 78-year-old

24 Jan, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

German expat shoots daughter-in-law and grandson before turning gun on himself in Spain’s Balearic Island of Formentera

A GERMAN expat turned the gun on himself after shooting his daughter-in-law and grandson in a row outside their home in Formentera. The 82-year-old man,

24 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Lead