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Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

HOSPITAL CASES reach new COVID-19 high in Spain’s Valencian Community

HOSPITALISATIONS reached another pandemic high in the Valencian Community today(January 25) according to the regional health ministry. 4,777 patients are being treated for COVID-19 in

25 Jan, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Brothel with no masking or social distancing prompts police raid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante brothel has been raided by the Policia Nacional after reports that coronavirus health safety rules were broken. Authorities got a tip off that

25 Jan, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

El Ministro De Sanidad Salvador Illa Anuncia Nievas Restricciones Para Evitar Los Rebrotes De Covid19

New Spanish health minister to be announced tomorrow as Salvador Illa resigns to run in Catalunya elections

TOMORROW will be the final day for Salvador Illa in his role as Spanish Minister of Health, the office of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has

25 Jan, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead

Shocking TV special lifts the lid on drug crime in La Linea with gangsters smuggling coke & weed on boats

CROSSING the Line: The drug made in Spain will horrify viewers with scenes when it starts this week. The dramatic TV special delves deep into

25 Jan, 2021 @ 19:15

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Man arrested for ‘pinning teenage girl against wall and groping her breasts’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Investigators say the underage girl was pinned to a wall by the man in the station and had her breasts repeatedly groped

25 Jan, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

LISTED: Businesses which can remain open in municipalities with 1,000 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in Spain’s Andalucia

A STRING of municipalities in Andalucia have crossed the 1,000 cases per 100,000 people threshold on Monday. According to the region’s coronavirus plan, that places

25 Jan, 2021 @ 17:13

Coronavirus·Lead

16 months on after Vega Baja flood disaster, 300 full compensation claims still need sorting on Spain’s Costa Blanca

300 flood victims are still waiting for their full emergency pay-outs in the aftermath of the September 2019 disaster that ravaged the Vega Baja region.

25 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Court officials in Spain’s Mallorca busted for partying in bar despite COVID-19 restrictions

The Palma Court employees were found drinking at a bar near the capital's Via Alemania on Friday evening

25 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Mallorca

Volunteers sought to help with cactus clearance on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE ARIZONA cactus is alive and all-too-well in the mountains above Orihuela, and volunteers are being sought to help remove them. The city’s Environment Department

25 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Out Of Control Verdict On Covid 19 New Case Rates In Spain S Valencian Community

‘OUT OF CONTROL’ verdict on spiralling COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community

VALENCIAN Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, has described the spread of the coronavirus as ‘uncontrolled’ in the regional parliament today(January 25). Speaking to deputies in Las

25 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Health commissioner resigns over vaccine queue-jumping scandal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA’S Commissioner for the Department of Health has sensationally resigned following a row over his alleged queue-jumping for the Coronavirus vaccine. José Antonio García Gómez

25 Jan, 2021 @ 14:16

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s highest ranking military leader resigns after COVID-19 vaccine queue jump

CONTROVERSY over the COVID-19 vaccine has once again led to two high ranking officials resigning after news emerged of alleged ‘queue jumping’. On Saturday, Spain’s

25 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Lead·National News

SPECIAL REPORT: Business as usual for drug traffickers on Spain’s Costa del Sol as smuggler killed off Estepona beach during high-speed boat chase

During 2020, smugglers had to get savvy to deliver hashish, cocaine and pills across Spain, including posing as food delivery drivers

25 Jan, 2021 @ 14:09

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Shock for COVID death family in Spain when 85-year-old ‘victim’ turns up alive and well 10 days later

A GRIEVING husband who had been told his 85-year-old wife had died of COVID had the shock of his life when she turned up at

25 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Gang in Spain’s Malaga busted for selling out of date meat to takeaways and restaurants

A CRIMINAL organisation dedicated to the selling of out of date and damage meat to restaurants and takeaways across Spain has been busted by Malaga

25 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

SHUT DOWN: Marbella, Estepona, Manilva and two other Malaga municipalities must close ALL non-essential businesses from Wednesday following COVID-19 spike

IT’S official; Marbella, Estepona, Alhuarin de la Torre, Manilva and Mollina must close all non-essential businesses from Wednesday. The five Malaga municipalities must enforce the

25 Jan, 2021 @ 12:43

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

CONNECTED: Internet is increasingly being used in schools all over the world

YOU’VE GOT MAIL: Wireless internet connection overhaul planned for more than 1,500 primary schools in Spain’s Valencia region

PRIMARY schools throughout the Valencian Community will be fitted with fast and reliable Wi-Fi from March. The central government in Madrid has announced the inking

25 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Education·Technology·Valencian Community

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Tough COVID-19 home clampdown and weekend city border closures introduced in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW moves to limit social contact are being introduced today(January 25) across the Valencian Community to try to stem the large rise in new COVID-19

25 Jan, 2021 @ 11:46

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s Andalucia hopes the government ‘will be brave’ and extend curfew hours this week

THE Junta hopes the central government will give in this week and permit home confinement, where necessary, and extend curfew hours. The Andalucian Minister of

25 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead·Other News

A motor for digitization: The EU’s Green Deal fosters a new era of sustainability in Europe

From air pollution to waste management and global warming, the world is experiencing environmental degradation in many ways. Technology is key to responding to the

25 Jan, 2021 @ 10:50

Technology

Spain’s Andalucia to announce closure of more municipalities today

A NEW list of municipalities in Spain’s Andalucian facing perimeter confinement and closure of all non-essential activities will be notified by the Junta today. The

25 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead

IN VIDEOS: Biggest earthquake in a DECADE rocks Spain’s Granada as screaming shoppers flee shaking store and Youtuber’s bedroom shakes during live stream

TWO schools will be closed in Granada today after an earthquake damaged its ceilings at the weekend. A 4.4 magnitude tremor hit the Andalucian city

25 Jan, 2021 @ 08:00

Granada·Lead

New food delivery rider rules start for Glovo and Uber Eats in Spain

Big online sales rise for Spanish delivery ‘app’ leads to new Valencia area base

ON-DEMAND Spanish delivery app, Glovo, is looking to expand its ‘dark stores’ in Spain and across Europe. The pandemic has given a boost to on-line

24 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Valencia

It is not possible to be fat and healthy, say Spanish scientists

IT’S impossible to be ‘fat and fit’ and even if you are slightly overweight you are unhealthy, a new study has found. Researchers in Spain found

24 Jan, 2021 @ 14:00

Health·Lead·Other News

Spain hopes international tourists can ‘return by end of spring’

SPAIN has denied claims it will not allow tourists to return until after the summer, saying it hopes to welcome the first arrivals by the

24 Jan, 2021 @ 13:58

Lead·National News·Travel News

‘Beastly’ windmill project that ‘will endanger animal lives and the environment’ is universally slammed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POWER generation project across nearly 150,000 acres of Spanish countryside has been widely criticised by the four councils it would affect. Nine windmills, each

24 Jan, 2021 @ 13:21

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

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