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Unlicensed brothel to close following complaints on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Council is fast-tracking the forced closure of a notorious unlicensed brothel following a slew of complaints. Although officially licensed as a hostel, Policia Nacional

16 Dec, 2020 @ 21:30

Costa Blanca

Row over ‘needless’ 200 kilometre hospital trips from Orihuela to Villajoyosa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA area patients are allegedly having to do 200 kilometre round-trips to Villajoyosa in spite of Torrevieja Hospital being on their doorstep. The claim involves

12 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca mayors praised for their ‘leadership locomotive’ promoting €227m direct rail link into Spain’s Orihuela Costa

BOTH Orihuela and Torrevieja mayors have come together to promote a rail link project direct into the coastal part of the region. Emilio Bascuñana and

11 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Suicidal British expat saved from tragedy by local police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Police talked down an English national who was threatening to jump from a bridge on Saturday afternoon, November 7. Agents had been alerted by

9 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Court values a man’s lost testicle after hospital delay in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ORIHUELA man will get a €60,000 payout after a delay at the Vega Baja Hospital led to him losing one of his testicles. The

6 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

City’s local police awarded for work done during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Local Police have been awarded the “Lápiz Escuela Pública” (Public School Pencil) for the work done during both last year’s floods and the Coronavirus

5 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police on alert as ‘non-peaceful protest’ organised anonymously via social media on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Local Police have been alerted to an Instagram account that is actively encouraging a ‘non-peaceful protest’ on Saturday, November 7. Worryingly, the instigators are

3 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Halloween parties in one town result in 80 fines for non-compliance on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BREACHES of new social-distancing rules throughout the Orihuela area led to 80 fines at the weekend. Local police sanctioned party-goers at numerous Halloween parties on

2 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Bodies of executed Franco opponents to be exhumed from common grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE BODIES of 17 people executed because they opposed dictator General Franco, will be exhumed from a common grave and given individual resting places. The

24 Oct, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Public park described as ‘unique in the world’ to be transformed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council have presented their new image of El Palmeral de Orihuela, recently declared a Site of Cultural Interest (BIC). The plan to transform

23 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca

Council joins commemoration of the International Day Against Breast Cancer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has joined the commemoration for International Day Against Breast Cancer for another year by installing two pink bows on the facade of

19 Oct, 2020 @ 21:30

Costa Blanca

Spain’s Costa Blanca wakes up this morning to new 50% capacity rules as ‘the invisible enemy’ sweeps through the region

HUGE parts of Costa Blanca will be subject to new guidelines in the wake of increasing numbers of Coronavirus cases in the area. Records show

17 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Magnificent’ Moorish sanctuary to be restored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Council has obtained authorisation to proceed with the rehabilitation project of the old Savings Bank of Our Lady of Monserrate. Sabina-Goretti Galindo, the city’s

4 Oct, 2020 @ 12:03

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Extra meetings and hotline set up as council overwhelmed by Brits wanting official residency in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City had to arrange for a second information session as they were overwhelmed by Brits wanting to apply for Spanish residencia. Council officials welcomed

2 Oct, 2020 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Famous Son Celebrated Picture Two Miguel Hernandez

Famous anti-Franco poet gets two month tribute on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA is to stage two months of commemorations in honour of one of the area’s most famous figures, the poet Miguel Hernandez. Orihuela culture councillor,

26 Sep, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Millions of euros of public money wasted in council payout over revoked garbage contract on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMOST €5 million of public money will be paid out by Orihuela council to compensate a firm that had a waste disposal contract illegally removed

25 Sep, 2020 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

European beach handball tournament returns to resort popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA COSTA is to host the “Arena 1000” beach handball tournament for the next three years. The Spanish Federation of Handball visited the region yesterday,

23 Sep, 2020 @ 10:42

Costa Blanca·Sport

City street disinfection resumes after surge in COVID-19 cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has intensified the disinfection of streets against COVID-19 throughout the municipality. The work stepped up from yesterday, September 18, in public areas

19 Sep, 2020 @ 08:52

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Couple stole €148,000 from two orphaned nephews that moved into their Costa Blanca home in Spain

Crooked businessmen fined almost €20 million over tax fraud scandal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT ORIHUELA area businessmen have been convicted of a €9.6 million tax fraud and will have to pay back double what they embezzled. Their ringleader

16 Sep, 2020 @ 16:21

Costa Blanca·Lead

ONE YEAR ON: ‘Heroes’ of 2019 floods remembered with commemorative plaque on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The town hall of Almoradi, which was massively hit by the storms and subsequent flooding over the weekend of September 14 and 15 last year,

14 Sep, 2020 @ 23:04

Costa Blanca

More ancient history uncovered in medieval city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SEVERAL ancient walls have been uncovered by workers in Orihuela’s medieval city. The find is believed to be part of a fortified enclosure from the

13 Sep, 2020 @ 11:43

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

‘We are STILL in fear’ admits mayor on anniversary of floods that killed seven on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NOTHING is in place to stop a repeat of the devastating floods that happened this weekend, exactly a year ago. That’s the verdict of a

12 Sep, 2020 @ 15:25

Costa Blanca·Lead

City in Spain’s Costa Blanca receives over €2m for flood relief, but mayor keeps the news to himself

ORIHUELA City Council was told it would get over €2 million to alleviate the damage caused by the floods of September 2019, but the mayor

16 Aug, 2020 @ 19:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Scores of Franco’s victims to be exhumed and given dignified burials across Spain’s Costa Blanca

VICTIMS of Spain’s notorious dictator, General Franco, are to be exhumed across the region, with a tender process for the contract recently launched. The €88,000

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Free Outdoor cinema programme launched for families on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROGRAMME of Summer Cinema is due to start in Orihuela Costa, on the popular Costa Blanca. Different neighbourhoods and districts throughout the area will

10 Aug, 2020 @ 12:27

Costa Blanca

National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria

ORIHUELA is to host Spain’s National Flood Congress with dozens of experts looking for preventative measures against flash storms and the subsequent devastation. The two

1 Aug, 2020 @ 16:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Unlicensed brothel to close following complaints on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Row over ‘needless’ 200 kilometre hospital trips from Orihuela to Villajoyosa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca mayors praised for their ‘leadership locomotive’ promoting €227m direct rail link into Spain’s Orihuela Costa

Suicidal British expat saved from tragedy by local police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Court values a man’s lost testicle after hospital delay in Spain’s Costa Blanca

City’s local police awarded for work done during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Halloween parties in one town result in 80 fines for non-compliance on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Bodies of executed Franco opponents to be exhumed from common grave on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Public park described as ‘unique in the world’ to be transformed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Council joins commemoration of the International Day Against Breast Cancer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Spain’s Costa Blanca wakes up this morning to new 50% capacity rules as ‘the invisible enemy’ sweeps through the region

‘Magnificent’ Moorish sanctuary to be restored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Extra meetings and hotline set up as council overwhelmed by Brits wanting official residency in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Famous anti-Franco poet gets two month tribute on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Millions of euros of public money wasted in council payout over revoked garbage contract on Spain’s Costa Blanca

European beach handball tournament returns to resort popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

City street disinfection resumes after surge in COVID-19 cases on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Crooked businessmen fined almost €20 million over tax fraud scandal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE YEAR ON: ‘Heroes’ of 2019 floods remembered with commemorative plaque on Spain’s Costa Blanca

More ancient history uncovered in medieval city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘We are STILL in fear’ admits mayor on anniversary of floods that killed seven on Spain’s Costa Blanca

City in Spain’s Costa Blanca receives over €2m for flood relief, but mayor keeps the news to himself

Scores of Franco’s victims to be exhumed and given dignified burials across Spain’s Costa Blanca

Free Outdoor cinema programme launched for families on Spain’s Costa Blanca

National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria

How a shoot-out in the marshes of Spain’s cocaine superhighway led crack investigators to track down two narco hitmen living lives of luxury on the Costa del Sol

Digital sex crimes against children increase in Spain, new report finds

Benidorm applies for €55m government loan to stave off bankruptcy risk over €350m land compensation payment

Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine

Spanish scientists cure pancreatic cancer in mice – raising hopes for a breakthrough in humans