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Fruit fraudsters with connections to Italian mafia arrested in Spain’s Valencia

NINE alleged members of a criminal gang connected to the Italian mafia have been arrested in La Safor district (Valencia Province) for allegedly conning Valencian

24 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccine shots will be offered at the same time in some parts of Spain

Balearic Island’s leads the way in vaccination of Spain’s secondary school students

THE Balearic Islands will start the academic year on September 10 with one of the highest rates of vaccinated secondary school students in Spain. The

24 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Madrid Couple Are Killed On A Pedestrian Crossing While On Holiday In The Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Elderly holidaying couple are killed on a pedestrian crossing in the Costa Blanca area of Spain

A couple on holiday from Madrid were killed on a Torrevieja pedestrian crossing last night(August 23). The French driver of the van that hit them

24 Aug, 2021 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

90% of COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the highly-infectious Delta variant

NINE out of ten COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the Delta variant, according to Ministry of Health figures. The more contagious coronavirus variant

24 Aug, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Unidentified brown stain forces closure of three beaches in Spain’s Valencia

The same experts pointed out that similar incidents have been reported along the Valencian and Catalan coastlines in previous summers, and that it is completely

24 Aug, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police fines of €760 for dumping waste on Spain’s Costa Blanca as two popular expat cities plead with public to act responsibly

TORREVIEJA and San Fulgencio have both taken to social media in joint pleas for the public to correctly dispose of waste – or face fines

24 Aug, 2021 @ 10:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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Baby loggerhead sea turtles hatch from nest in Spain’s Mojacar

EIGHT loggerhead turtles have hatched on the beach of Granatilla in Mojacar (Almeria). The nesting was detected on July 5 by a citizen who called

24 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Almeria·Environment·Lead

Spain’s Met Office places 9 regions in Spain—including Andalucia—under alert for abrupt change in weather

SPAIN’S national weather agency AEMET has activated yellow weather warnings in Andalucia, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia for

24 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Weather

Health chiefs say a new COVID-19 wave is hitting Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Weekend COVID-19 cases are 60% down on early August figures in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 infections have recorded another weekend fall in the Valencian Community. The total, which takes in reports from Friday to Monday, has been declared today(August

23 Aug, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Swimmer gets bitten in the leg by a fish at a popular Costa Blanca tourist beach in Spain

Swimmer gets bitten by a fish at a popular Costa Blanca tourist beach in Spain

A fish took a tiny bite out of a Costa Blanca swimmer at a popular tourist beach today(August 23). The middle-aged female bather was at

23 Aug, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Afghan Refugees Arrive At TorrejÛn De Ardoz Military Base In Madrid, Spain 19 Aug 2021

Two military bases in southern Spain will receive Afghan refugees who worked for US government

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has struck an agreement with President Joe Biden to allow two military bases in southern Spain to receive Afghan refugees

23 Aug, 2021 @ 19:15

Cadiz·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Hotels on Spain's Costa Blanca look forward to bumper New Year's Eve

Cut-price local holidays return for Costa Blanca and Valencia residents in Spain

HOLIDAY discounts of up to 70% in the Valencian Community are available again this autumn for regional residents. The Viatgem voucher scheme came in last

23 Aug, 2021 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia

Britain’s most notorious conman Mark Acklom heading back to prison in Spain after early release from UK jail

SERIAL fraudster Mark Acklom has agreed to be extradited to Spain when he is released early from a UK prison later this month. Acklom who

23 Aug, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Frontex would be ‘honoured’ to step in at Gibraltar frontier in proposed solution to post-Brexit strife

THE chief of European border agency Frontex has said ‘it would be an honour’ to handle control at Gibraltar’s frontiers under the post-Brexit agreement currently

23 Aug, 2021 @ 17:30

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

Third prison fire in two weeks leaves one inmate dead in Spain’s Castellon

AN inmate at Castellon’s Albocasser prison died in the early hours of this morning (Monday) after setting fire to the mattress in his cell in

23 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

British tourists in Spain are increasingly booking all-inclusive stays in areas like Benidorm due to inflation - in bad news for local restaurants and bars British tourists in Spain are increasingly booking all-inclusive stays in areas like Benidorm due to inflation - in bad news for local restaurants and bars

Benidorm thief goes on restaurant cash register spree in Costa Blanca area of Spain

BENIDORM’S Policia Local have arrested a thief who went on a restaurant robbery spree in the city. The serial stealer mainly operated around the Levante

23 Aug, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Teen dies after an electric scooter accident in Mijas

A teenager has died at a hospital in Marbella nearly one week after falling off an electric scooter in Mijas. The crash occurred at around

23 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead

Paralympics Spain: Which Andalucian athletes are competing in Tokyo?

THE Paralympics are just around the corner meaning the Paralympics Spain team are in the final stages of preparation. 139 Spaniards have been selected to

23 Aug, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·Sport

FALLAS ARE GO! Monuments begin arriving at their usual locations ready to be set up for the strangest festivities ever in Spain’s Valencia

FINALLY, more than two years later, the Fallas have returned to Valencia city. By far the region’s most characteristic and world-famous festivity, last year’s cancellation

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British tourist dies while on holiday in Marbella after getting run over on motorway

A BRITISH holidaymaker has died after he was hit by a car on a motorway on the Costa del Sol. The 20-year-old was killed on

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:23

Costa Blanca Teenager Goes Public Over Homophobic Assault In Spain That 'could Have Killed Him'

Costa Blanca teenager speaks about homophobic assault in Spain that ‘could have killed him’

A Petrer teenager says he was the victim of a homophobic assault outside the town’s sports centre last Friday night(August 20). Adrian Palazon, 17, said

23 Aug, 2021 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Alicante Martial Arts Tobacco Store Thief

Violent teenage robber floors tobacco shop owner with martial arts kicks on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante tobacco shop owner was subjected to martial arts-style kicks on her body after confronting a teenage thief. The 19-year-old youth was caught by

23 Aug, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Couple who offered ‘spirtual healing’ retreats with toad venom and ayahuasca arrested in southern Spain

A COUPLE have been arrested in Callosa de Segura, inland from the Costa Blanca in Spain’s Alicante province after posting videos of their weekend retreats

23 Aug, 2021 @ 11:05

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Four arrested in Spain’s Malaga for distributing 10,000 antigen tests without complying with health regulations

POLICIA NACIONAL, in coordination with the Provincial Inspection of Health Services of the Junta have dismantled a criminal organisation dedicated to the distribution of unregulated

23 Aug, 2021 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Andalucia’s health districts are set to be given the green light to transition into Alert Level 0.

LISTED: 416 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia at extreme risk of COVID-19—including the eight provincial capitals

416 MUNICIPALITIES in Spain’s Andalucia, out of a total of 778, are at extreme risk of COVID-19 for exceeding a 14-day cumulative incidence rate of

23 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Health·Lead

MALLORCA: The Island of reinvention

MALLORCA forces you to re-evaluate who you are and what you want in life. After moving here at the start of the COVID crisis I

22 Aug, 2021 @ 18:32

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is

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