Tag: Rojales
3 bedroom Villa for sale in Rojales – € 375,000
VillaRojales, Alicante
3 beds
3 baths
€ 375,000
Detached villa, front line golf on La Marquesa golf course in Ciudad Quesada, Rojales,...
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...
British gang grew marijuana and ran drugs mail-order service from Costa Blanca area of Spain
A British trio of marijuana farmers who ran a mail-order service out of the Costa Blanca have been busted by the Guardia Civil.
The illegal...
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...
British businessman on Spain’s Costa Blanca uses chainsaw to slice through nose of suspected robber
A British man took the law into his own hands after using a chainsaw to attack a man who he wrongly believed was a...
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...
Man brutally beat his partner to death within hours of arriving on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A Hungarian man, 51, has been convicted by an Alicante jury for killing his partner in a brutal assault at their Costa Blanca home...
Park dedicated to women that fought against gender violence opens on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A NEW PARK in Rojales, has been designed as a “space for hope”, and a tribute to women that have fought for equality and...
“Respect” called for as able-bodied children damage swing intended for disabled on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A BRAND NEW swing installed for the sole use of wheelchair-bound people has been damaged by large numbers of able-bodied children using it.
The facility...
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...
VIEW WITH CAUTION: Charity rescues ‘skeletal’ horse in “worst case of neglect in years” on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ANOTHER sick horse was rescued from Almoradi this week, as the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre responded to an emergency call from local authorities.
“It...
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...
Dramatic solar energy prediction for Spain’s Costa Blanca if majority of homes install panels
ALMOST 99% of the Valencian Community's electricity could end up being generated by domestic solar panels according to a survey conducted by renewable...
Farm robbers end up in a ditch after being spotted in Costa Blanca area of Spain
FOUR robbers who targeted farms in Alicante Province were caught after their getaway van ended up in a ditch in Rojales.
They were spotted by...
Dual carriageway for a busy Costa Blanca tourist road in Spain is announced 14 years after original plans were...
€30 million will be spent on major changes to the CV-95 between Orihuela City and San Miguel de Salinas on the southern Costa Blanca.
It's...
Irrigation halted due to pollution in Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLLUTION in waters around the Vega Baja towns of Rojales and Guardamar del Segura halted irrigation last week.
The Water Courts of Rojales and Guardamar...
‘EYES WIDE OPEN’ as a major chain of opticians keeps getting robbed on the Costa Blanca in Spain
POLICE on the southern Costa Blanca are trying to confirm that a single robbery gang is targeting a chain of opticians.
€100,000 of branded designer...
Alicante and the Costa Blanca area of Spain get a real wet lashing in May record
ALICANTE City yesterday(May 23) suffered its wettest day in May for 74 years.
The State Meteorological Agency(AEMET) said that rainfall reached 53.8 litres per square...
GETTING BATTY for home comforts to fight off mosquitoes in a park area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BATS and birds are being coaxed to have a home in a Costa Blanca park in order to fend off nasty pests and mosquitoes.
Boxes...
Historic museum to get €300,000 facelift on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES council is to spend over €300,000 on the town's Archaeological Museum to fix all of the problems uncovered in a survey by its...
Forest plantation further increases biodiversity on river bank in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A RIPARIAN forest is being planted on the banks of the Segura river, east of Rojales in the Vega Baja region of Costa Blanca.
The...
Solitary bees encouraged to reproduce in fight against climate change on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ROJALES City Council, in the Vega Baja region of Alicante province, has just launched a second project to fight climate change along with the...
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Green light finally given to complete roof over Malaga Cathedral on Spain’s Costa del Sol
PLANNING has been approved to finally finish Malaga’s cathedral after 240 years.
The construction work was given the green light by the government's culture ministry...
