Thursday, March 30, 2023
Home Tags Quesada

Tag: Quesada

Violent jewellery store robbers arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after five stick-ups

TWO men have been arrested in Rojales and Torrevieja over five gunpoint jewellery store robberies over the summer in Alicante Province. The Guardia Civil seized...

Costa Blanca’s Big FM celebrates ten years of broadcasting in Spain with charity ball

THE southern Costa Blanca's top radio station, BIG FM, will celebrate its tenth anniversary this month with a charity ball raising money for the...

British man loses attempted murder appeal after brutally stabbing ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca home in Spain

A British man has lost a Valencian Supreme Court appeal over an attempted murder conviction that saw him jailed last year for 15 years. William...

Council injecting €200,000 straight into shoppers’ pockets in campaign to boost economy in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa...

ROJALES City Council, which includes Ciudad Quesada, is putting €200,000 straight into the pockets of local shoppers from next week. The “Activa Rojales” voucher campaign...

Beleaguered town with as few as one policeman on duty recruits seven new officers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES and its expat urbanisation of Ciudad Quesada hit the news earlier this year, as The Olive Press revealed only one policeman was available...

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...

Pay dispute leaves only ONE policeman at a time patrolling an entire city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES Local Police have recently had only a single officer available patrolling the entire municipality at times, due a long-running pay dispute. Officers have REFUSED...

Shocking results for Rojales in national survey of financial transparency in Spain’s town halls

A NATIONWIDE survey of fiscal transparency and compliance among nearly 500 Spanish town halls listed Rojales in 479th place. The municipality is largely made up...

Only 1 in 50 drivers breathalyzed are over the limit in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES Local Police performed 473 roadside breathalyzer and drug tests during one week in December. Checkpoints were set up in various locations around the centre,...

Hot pursuit through streets after man tries to run policeman over in town popular with expats on Spain’s Costa...

ROJALES Policía Local have arrested a man after he tried to run over one of their officers at a traffic checkpoint. He was about to...

Expat pensioner forced to ‘sofa-surf’ in the UK after falling victim to alleged fake padron scam on Spain’s Costa...

LILY Higgins had bought her dream home in southern Spain and applied for the necessary TIE card to allow her to retire here. The 72-year-old...

NO VENDETTA: Just fair reporting of British gestor linked to fake padron probe as he takes on mayor role...

AN embattled British gestor has hit back on social media, after the Olive Press revealed his involvement in an alleged fake padron fraud. Expat Matthew...

Terrace tax suspended until 2023 in city with huge expat population on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council, which incorporates the popular expat town of Ciudad Quesada, has extended the suspension of the taxes due for outside seating and...

British woman caught driving on wrong side of road in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca was five...

ROJALES Policia Local surprised a woman when she was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The municipality includes the popular urbanisation of...

British man is jailed for nearly 15 years for trying to murder his ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca home...

A British man has been jailed for almost 15 years after he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca holiday apartment. William McDonald,...

British man tells court that he did not stab his ex-girlfriend and leave her in a ‘pool of blood’...

A British man has denied stabbing his ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca holiday apartment in 2017 and told an Alicante court that he...

EXCLUSIVE: British expats caught up in faked residency probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca face two-year legal limbo and travel...

EXPATS caught up in the alleged fraudulent residency scam on the Costa Blanca have been told by police that they can’t leave the country...

Victim ‘left for dead’ in Spanish holiday home after Costa Blanca horror stabbing says she is ready to move...

A SCOT waiting for justice to be served four years after she was brutally stabbed and left for dead in her Costa Blanca holiday...

British stabbing victim on Spain’s Costa Blanca says trial delay and COVID rules mean she has no money to...

THE victim of a 2017 stabbing says that she's trapped at her Costa Blanca holiday home because she cannot afford to return to Scotland. 60-year-old...

Covid crisis funding from Valencian government for city heavily populated with Brits is €684,000

ROJALES Council is getting a €684,000 grant from Valencia to help firms that suffered through the pandemic.This includes Ciudad Quesada, the Costa Blanca town...

Cycle lanes between popular expat town and local beaches mooted for Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROJECT linking the Guardamar coast with Rojales and Quesada was presented by Valencia’s Public Works minister, Arcadi España, this week. Specially-constructed lanes on the...

COVID-19 cases double over a week in densely-populated British expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES mayor, Antonio Perez, is appealing to all citizens to act responsibly in light of positive COVID-19 cases DOUBLING in a week. The Rojales municipality...

City council told to pay back over 100,000 euros of social services funding to regional government on Spain’s Costa...

ROJALES City Council has been told to return 103,000 euros to the Generalitat Valenciana. For the third year in a row, the council that also...

Christmas shoppers urged to stay local with ‘Super Basket’ giveaway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council is incentivising Christmas shoppers to stay local with a chance to win one of 10 ‘super baskets’ just before Three Kings. The...

Alleged Quesada killer named after fatal stabbing of Brit on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE alleged killer of young Brit Ben Nesbitt has been named as Wai Ming Lam. The Southport man is allegedly a well-known drug dealer and...

EXCLUSIVE: Expats are clogging up a ‘saturated’ Spanish administration with unnecessary TIE applications, claims Costa Blanca broker

THE EXPAT Centre in Ciudad Quesada has spoken out about the sheer volume of British applicants applying for Spanish residencia in recent weeks. Understandably, Brits...

FOLLOW OLIVE PRESS

27,836FansLike
2,316FollowersFollow
164FollowersFollow
20,475FollowersFollow
262FollowersFollow
9,903FollowersFollow
1,820SubscribersSubscribe

LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

Register / Login to Comment