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Chef Jose Andres to donate money from Spain’s top humanitarian award to La Palma’s victims

CELEBRATED chef Jose Andres who scooped Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for his humanitarian work feeding those in the midst of crisis and natural

20 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Lead·National News

Local Police get new kit to help with floods and other emergencies in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRAND new radio device network has been set up for the local police cars of San Fulgencio in the Vega Baja region of Costa

20 Oct, 2021 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Valencia’s brand-new CaixaForum in Spain is taking shape ahead of July 2022 opening

BUILDING of the new CaixaForum has passed the halfway mark within Valencia’s City of Arts and the Sciences complex. 55% of the project has been

20 Oct, 2021 @ 17:20

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cocaine and crystal meth sellers arrested in major operation on Mallorca in Spain

Cocaine and crystal meth dealers arrested in major operation on Mallorca in Spain

FIVE people were detained this Wednesday morning(October 20) in a major Policia Nacional operation against a Mallorca drugs gang. The dealers sold cocaine, crystal meth

20 Oct, 2021 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Campaign to promote ‘politeness and respect’ among late night revellers launched in Spain’s Valencia

A CAMPAIGN to promote civility and respect for public spaces has been launched in Valencia, amid growing concern over anti-social behaviour at night. Hosteleros, which

20 Oct, 2021 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Flood Prevention Work Intensified In Costa Blanca Town To Reduce Risks During Storms In Spain

Flood prevention work increases in Costa Blanca town to cut incidents during storm season in Spain

MAJOR work has started to clear ravines and land of objects that could cause floods in the rainfall season in l’Alfas del Pi on the

20 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Environment

15 years jail time for gym coach who abused students in Spain’s Castellon

A FORMER gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for abusing his students. Carlos Franch Calpe, a former Betxí

20 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Man electrocuted in tub after dropping charging mobile phone into bathwater in Madrid

A man in Madrid died from an electric shock while taking a bath after apparently dropping his mobile phone into the water while it was

20 Oct, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·Madrid

Crooks break into empty Costa Blanca houses and rent them out at premium prices in Spain

SEVEN men have been arrested for operating a property rental scam in the Alicante area of the Costa Blanca. The gang broke into empty houses

20 Oct, 2021 @ 14:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Exposed: How a gang paid Spanish women to marry foreign expats in bid to gain them residency

Priest avoids jail time after approving marriages of convenience in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

A former Murcia City parish priest has avoided time in prison after being convicted of carrying out 16 marriages of convenience between 2001 and 2012.

20 Oct, 2021 @ 13:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

8 bedroom Villa for sale in Salinas with pool garage – € 225,000

Villa Salinas, Alicante 8 beds 3 baths € 225,000 We are often asked for properties for two families or a property that has

20 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

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Divers remove trash dumped in waters off the smallest populated island in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Divers remove rubbish dumped in Costa Blanca waters off a popular day-trip island in Spain

MEMBERS of Alicante Province diving clubs joined forces on Sunday(October 17) to clear up rubbish from the marine reserve of Tabarca island. Hundreds of volunteers

20 Oct, 2021 @ 12:25

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Spain makes fresh plea for EU to do more to fight rising energy prices

SPAIN has repeated its call for the European Union to do more to combat rising energy prices. EU leaders meet at a summit in Brussels

20 Oct, 2021 @ 11:36

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

WATCH: Soldier rescues cat engulfed by volcanic ash on La Palma by performing ‘mouth-to-mouth’

IT IS said that cats have nine lives, and this lucky feline on the island of La Palma certainly owes one of them to the

20 Oct, 2021 @ 11:00

Canary Islands·Lead

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Spanish businessmen on trial over Valencia offshore gas project which caused series of mini earthquakes in 2013

TWO businessmen are on trial for their role in an offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern coast

20 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Mission impossible: Drone rescue operation given green light to attempt to save three dogs trapped by lava in La Palma volcano

A Spanish drone operator received permission on Tuesday to attempt to rescue three emaciated dogs trapped by lava flow near a volcano on the Spanish

19 Oct, 2021 @ 19:55

Canary Islands·Lead

Extra police officers called in to combat ‘botellones’ in Spain’s Valencia

ON TUESDAY the Mayor of Valencia promised to reinforce the city’s police, following growing political pressure over the problem of mass street drinking, known as

19 Oct, 2021 @ 19:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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The Boris bounce: Costa del Sol tourism gets boost from British PM visit as well as filming of The Crown

A COMBINATION of a visit from Britain’s Prime Minister and the filming of the Crown has handed the Costa del Sol a key tourist boost.

19 Oct, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga·National News

Big eyesore hotel overlooking a Costa Blanca beach in Spain is being demolished

BULLDOZERS have started knocking down a southern Costa Blanca eyesore hotel that was abandoned in 1997. Plans to convert the Arenales del Sol beachside hotel

19 Oct, 2021 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

Drinkers Watch Man Pour Out Cans Of Petrol In An Alicante Bar In Spain Before Waving Around A Lighter

Drinkers watch man douse petrol around a Costa Blanca bar in Spain and threaten to set it on fire

A man went into an Alicante bar early this Tuesday morning and emptied two cans of petrol before threatening to set fire to the premises.

19 Oct, 2021 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Controversy in Spain’s Castellon over withdrawal of LGTBI library books

A HEATED debate is raging in Castellon in Spain’s Valencia region after 32 book titles, affecting 11 libraries, have been temporarily withdrawn after a local

19 Oct, 2021 @ 16:15

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

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Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage

Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.

19 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Murcia·National News·Nature

Why victims of a cooking oil poisoning scandal that claimed up to 5,000 lives occupied Spain's most famous museum

EXPLAINER: Why victims of a cooking oil poisoning scandal staged a lock-in at Spain’s top museum

SURVIVORS of a cooking oil poisoning scandal locked themselves in for 90 minutes inside a room at Madrid’s El Prado museum this Tuesday morning. The

19 Oct, 2021 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

British 'narco' baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain

British drugs smuggler Brian Charrington starts ‘narco’ yacht retrial in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE retrial of British drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, started in Alicante on Monday(October 18). His original 2018 trial and conviction was quashed by the Supreme

19 Oct, 2021 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Mijas – € 255,000

Apartment Mijas, Málaga 3 beds 2 baths € 255,000 This beachside duplex 3 bedroom 2 bathroom penthouse is definitely worth a visit! It's

19 Oct, 2021 @ 13:07

Featured Property

Thieves stole from passengers loading up hire cars at Costa Blanca airport car park in Spain

Thieves steal from passengers in car rental zones of Costa Blanca airport in Spain

THREE men have been arrested for stealing from arriving passengers at Alicante-Elche airport. They’ve been charged with six thefts as well as document forgery and

19 Oct, 2021 @ 12:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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