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Lifeguard is attacked by swimmer who ignored red flag warning on a popular Costa Blanca beach in Spain

Seven bar-restaurants on Javea’s Arenal beach ordered to close ‘within months’

VALENCIA’S anti-fraud agency has ordered seven businesses on the popular Arenal beach in Javea to close. Javea’s town hall has three months to shut bar-restaurants

8 Feb, 2022 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

TRAVEL UPDATE: Do I need a COVID-19 booster shot to travel to Spain?

NEW rules come into play from February 1 in Spain that mean vaccination certificates are only valid if you have received a jab against COVID

8 Feb, 2022 @ 15:20

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Spain’s fat cats under renewed investigation over corporate spying

SEVERAL of Spain’s most powerful businessmen are once again implicated in a far-reaching spying scandal. On Monday Spain’s High Court has placed Antonio Brufau, chairman

8 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

Police raid illegal Vietnamese Pig farm and seize 12 animals in Murcia area of Spain

A dozen Vietnamese pigs have been seized from an illegal breeding farm in Aguilas, Murcia. Officers from the Guardia Civil’s environment division, Seprona, raided the

8 Feb, 2022 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Nature

British tourists splash the cash in Benidorm restaurants as Spaniards cut back

Cheap Benidorm accommodation offer to tempt bar and restaurant workers from around Spain into filling vacancies

BENIDORM is wooing new hospitality workers from around Spain by offering somewhere cheap to stay in the resort. The hospitality industry’s biggest-ever crisis caused by

8 Feb, 2022 @ 13:02

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Chiclana de la Frontera – € 230,000

Villa Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz 3 beds 2 baths € 230,000 Great property next to a golf course, just 10 minutes by

8 Feb, 2022 @ 12:06

Featured Property

Drunk man urinates inside a taxi on Spain's Costa Blanca and then posts social media footage of cab driver's reaction

Drunk man urinates inside taxi on Spain’s Costa Blanca and then posts social media footage of cab driver’s reaction

A drunk man who urinated in an Alicante taxi and posted social media footage of the driver’s reaction, may face legal action over his behaviour.

8 Feb, 2022 @ 12:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Estrella Damned? How Boris birthday bash is proving great publicity for Catalan lager brand

THEY say that no publicity is bad publicity and while a photograph showing Boris Johnson clutching a beer during a lockdown event at Downing Street

8 Feb, 2022 @ 12:01

Food & Drink·Lead·Politics

What happens in Elche, stays in Elche: Vegas-style ‘weddings’ in shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MONTH of love has brought mock Las Vegas-style weddings to Elche on Spain’s Costa Blanca. L’Aljib Shopping Centre, on the outskirts of the city,

8 Feb, 2022 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Jellyfish population surge on southern Spanish beaches as rising sea pollution kills predators

MALAGA’S beaches could soon be inundated with record numbers of jellyfish, marine experts have warned. Climate change, water conditions, the urbanisation of the Mediterranean coast

8 Feb, 2022 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Valentine invitation to ‘fall in love’ with local business from city council on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BUSINESS boost for commerce and hospitality in an area popular with expats has been launched. Orihuela City Council launched the Saint Valentine-themed initiative in

7 Feb, 2022 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Dog falls six metres down Costa Blanca well in Spain followed by man who tries to rescue it

A man fell six metres down a Torrevieja well on Monday after he tried to rescue a dog. Both were both rescued within an hour.

7 Feb, 2022 @ 18:33

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Los Reyes De Holanda Continuan Su Visita En La India

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Like normal tourists’ Dutch King and Queen make incognito visit to romantic Ronda in Spain’s Andalucia to celebrate wedding anniversary

RONDA has had a royal visit. The King and Queen of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, visited the iconic Andalucian town to celebrate their 20th

7 Feb, 2022 @ 18:30

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga

Guns under the hammer in bumper weapons auction in Costa Blanca area of Spain

A bumper public auction of seized weapons is being organised by the Guardia Civil in Alicante Province. It’s the first sale since November 2019, when

7 Feb, 2022 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish government proposes raising minimum wage to €13,944 per year

THE Spanish government has proposed increasing the minimum salary to €13,944 a year, or €996 per month if paid in the traditional 14 installments. The

7 Feb, 2022 @ 17:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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Spain set to probe church sex abuse with independent commission

SPAIN’S prime minister wants to launch the first nationwide official investigation into the full extent of sexual abuse committed by Roman Catholic clergy. Pedro Sanchez

7 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Dance floors reopening next week if COVID-19 cases continue falling in Spain’s Murcia region

DANCE floors in Murcia region nightclubs and concert venues are likely to reopen next week if COVID-19 case rates continue to fall. Infection rates have

7 Feb, 2022 @ 16:37

Coronavirus·Lead·Murcia

Serial Burglar Breaks Into 70 Homes In A Few Weeks In Murcia Area Of Spain

Serial burglar breaks into dozens of homes within a few weeks in Murcia area of Spain

A serial burglar targeting Murcia City homes has been hit with 70 robbery charges. The Policia Nacional have also thrown in three fraud charges against

7 Feb, 2022 @ 15:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Gibraltar finally looks into truth behind Police Commissioner’s shock retirement

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister has announced a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the sudden retirement of a former police commissioner half way through his term.

7 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Gibraltar

Woman loses €44,000 after man uses her phone to steal personal banking details on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man tricked a woman out of €44,000 after arranging to meet her at the Finestrat Shopping Centre on the Costa Blanca. The fraudster, 20,

7 Feb, 2022 @ 14:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British man steals dozens of gas cylinders from stores and petrol stations across Costa Blanca area of Spain

A British resident from Javea has been arrested for stealing 150 butano cylinders from northern Costa Blanca retailers. The thefts started in late October 2021

7 Feb, 2022 @ 13:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Teenage Trafficker Charged With 12 Deaths After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Spain's Costa Blanca

Underage trafficker charged over 12 deaths after migrant boat sinks off Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Algerian minor has been charged with 12 counts of reckless homicide after a dinghy transporting migrants sank off the Alicante Province coast. Only five

7 Feb, 2022 @ 12:52

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead