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Self-employed and small businesses in hospitality sector to receive 24 million euros of aid in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Provincial Council has approved two aid plans to help businesses devastated by the Covid pandemic and lockdown. Some nine million euros is coming from

17 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao installs an impressive work by Lucio Fontana in the Atrium

THE Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is unveiling the installation of spectacular work by Lucio Fontana in its Atrium, which museum visitors will be able to enjoy

17 Feb, 2021 @ 16:39

Woman issues ‘Liam Neeson-style’ threat to person who shot her cat in the leg on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN angry cat owner, whose pet was shot in an Alicante area street, has quoted Liam Neeson’s famous line from the ‘Taken’ movies in a

17 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Police discover body of British man in his Alicante City flat on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 45-year-old British man has been found dead in an Alicante city centre apartment. Initial Policia Nacional investigations show that there were no suspicious circumstances

17 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca

More job cuts as children’s toy store becomes latest victim of Spain’s COVID-19 downturn

THE common sight of the unique twin arch entrances of toy store Imaginarium will soon be no more as the company announces that it will

17 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Milena Smit during the premier of No mataras

LIGHTS, CAMERA… : New ‘Almodovar girl’ is from Valencia

IF there is one term that sums up Spanish cinema, it is ‘Almodovar girl’. The country’s most famous and successful director Pedro Almodovar has a

17 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Celebrity·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·National News·Valencian Community

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: Bars and restaurants in the Valencia region to reopen in March

BARS and restaurants in the Valencian Community will reopen gradually from March 1 – COVID permitting. A meeting between the regional Health department and representatives

17 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

Alicante·Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia

Expert predicts new Aldi-Lidl price war in fresh challenge to Mercadona’s place as Spain’s leading supermarket

A fresh supermarket price war between Aldi and Lidl has been predicted by one of Spain’s major retail market research analysts. Florencio Garcia from Kantar

17 Feb, 2021 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead

'SAFETY FIRST' as nursing group in Spain's Valencia region appeals Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients to see their doctor if they get serious side-effects

Spain’s Cordoba cases fall as majority of province open their borders to travel

AS of yesterday, just 10 of municipalities in the province of Cordoba have COVID-19 cases above 500 per 100,000 people after a steady period of

17 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Cordoba·Coronavirus·Lead

‘Public hanging’ outside church in protest of ‘unnecessary’ lockdown of hospitality trade in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CHEF mannequin was hung from a lamp-post in Torrevieja as hospitality workers protested against what they see as an unnecessary lockdown of trade. Almost

17 Feb, 2021 @ 11:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bar in Spain’s Marbella busted with 100 people inside flouting COVID-19 regulations

POLICIA Local have raided a bar in Marbella with over 100 people inside, exceeding the establishment’s capacity and violating coronavirus regulations. The premises, in the

17 Feb, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Andalucia starts vaccinating over 80s living in the region

THE Andalucian health service (SAS) has begun vaccinating people over 80 years of age who do not live in retirement homes. The vaccination plan against

17 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW COVID-19 infections fall by half in just a week in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases have more than halved over a week in the Valencian Community. Latest figures from the regional health ministry declared 2,065 coronavirus infections

16 Feb, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Top Court Rules Out Ordering An Urgent Reopening Of Hospitality Sector In Spain S Valencian Community

Top court rejects ordering an ‘urgent’ reopening of bars and restaurants in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE Valencian Supreme Court(TSJ) has ruled out ordering an ‘urgent’ and ‘immediate’ reopening of hospitality businesses in the Valencian Community. Judges will now take the

16 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Horse Rescue Centre helps National Police with drugs raid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN EMERGENCY call from Policia Nacional this week led to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales being involved in a drug raid operation.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Raids on hash smuggling ring based in Gibraltar Campo see 37 arrests

A POWERFUL hashish smuggling syndicate has been dismantled this morning after 35 arrests were made in San Roque and La Linea.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 18:05

Gibraltar·Lead

Energy Firm Iberdrola Announces Massive Floating Wind Power Farm For Spain S Coast

Energy firm Iberdrola announces plan for massive floating wind power farm off Spain’s coast

SPANISH energy company Iberdrola wants to spend over €1 billion on a massive floating wind power farm off the coast, so long as it can

16 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Valencian president calls for European COVID-free travel zone

VALENCIAN president Ximo Puig is calling for the creation of a European ‘safe travel’ zone to relaunch tourism as soon as possible after the lockdowns.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Travel News·Valencia

Benidorm area riddle of missing Polish businessman flush with cash on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Polish businessman who disappeared last autumn may have been murdered at his Costa Blanca rental villa by members of a drugs gang. The Guardia

16 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

Far-right march in Madrid sparks outcry as 300 neo-Nazis gather in support of Blue Division

AN investigation has been launched after 300 people attended a far-right gathering Madrid. Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has officially launched a criminal probe following the event

16 Feb, 2021 @ 15:50

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

Stray pets saved from perishing thanks to new council strategy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER six months in one Costa Blanca municipality, a score of abandoned animals have been saved from termination thanks to a new policy from local

16 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Two men arrested for brutally assaulting elderly women in robberies in Spain’s Mallorca

The thefts were particularly violent with all of the victims being followed home before being beaten and robbed

16 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two Policia Nacional officers arrested for bar brawl that caused weekend riot in Spain’s Jaen

TWO active Policia Nacional officers have been jailed for the bar brawl that led to last weekends riots in the Andalucian town of Linares, Jaen.

16 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Jaen·Lead

The site of the future Cullera 'Manhattan'

WELCOME TO ‘MANHATTAN’: Plans for mega development complex in Valencia’s Cullera to go ahead despite court setback

THE highly controversial development known as ‘Manhattan’ will finally go ahead as planned in Cullera (Valencia Province) despite a court sentence against it. Now 17

16 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Environment·Property·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police arrest vicious home robbers who tied up and assaulted victims on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE members of a violent home robbery gang have been arrested on the southern Costa Blanca in a joint operation by the Guardia Civil and

16 Feb, 2021 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead

EXCL: British expats furious and ‘disappointed’ as Spanish mayors refuse to resign after ‘jumping queue’ to receive COVID-19 vaccine

BRITISH expats are demanding the resignation of any Alicante politicians who jumped the queue to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. They believe it would be ‘despicable’

16 Feb, 2021 @ 12:14

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

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