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JELLYFISH PATROL: Fishermen in Spain’s Gandia launch yearly summer campaign to clear unwanted pests from the sea

TEAMS of fishermen are working to clear jellyfish from the sea off the beaches of Gandia (La Safor, Valencia Province). The yearly contract has once

14 Jul, 2021 @ 14:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Balearic Islands at risk of going back to amber on UK travel list

WITH Covid-19 cases tripling over the last two weeks in Spain, the islands of Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca could be bumped to amber in Thursday’s

14 Jul, 2021 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Car salesman threatened with knife during test drive as customer steals car in Valencia area of Spain

Car hire firms defrauded by gang who sub-leased vehicles to criminals in the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol areas of Spain

A gang defrauded Spanish car rental companies by hiring vehicles and then leasing them out to criminals who wanted to stay anonymous. 12 people have

14 Jul, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia

Man admits to claiming his dead mother’s pension for 16 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man has pled guilty to claiming over €91,000 of his dead mother’s state pension for 16 years. He was given a two-year jail

14 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

BAD APPLE: Farmer in Spain’s Valencia investigated for exploiting 26 workers and housing them in ‘precarious and unsanitary’ conditions

A CITRUS fruit farmer in Picassent (Valencia) is being investigated by the Guardia Civil after he was found to be employing 26 workers without contracts

14 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Madrid Spain 04 01 2021 The Spanish Minister Of Health Salvador Illa

Self-testing Covid-19 kits will soon be available from pharmacies across Spain

SPAIN has said it will soon allow the sale of self-diagnosis COVID-19 tests from pharmacies as fifth wave sweeps across nation. Minister of Health, Carolina

14 Jul, 2021 @ 11:30

Lead

Volunteers wanted to guard rare turtle eggs on beach in Spain

AS summer jobs go, this doesn’t get much easier: two hours per day, watching a patch of sand on a Spanish beach – in case

14 Jul, 2021 @ 10:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Estepona has the only smoke-free beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FOR the third year running, Estepona has once again been declared the only place on the Costa del Sol with a smoke-free beach. The 1,000

14 Jul, 2021 @ 09:50

Lead

More than 13,500 music fans pack out 10-day festival in Spain’s Castellon

THE second edition of the Peñiscola From Stage festival ended on Sunday after 11 consecutive days of live music that drew more than 13,500 spectators

14 Jul, 2021 @ 09:15

Castellon·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Restoration work in Spain’s Valencia unearths children’s graves from Islamic period

AN archaeological dig in Valencia city centre has unearthed several small graves belonging to children. Experts working on the restoration of the Islamic wall in

13 Jul, 2021 @ 21:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 infections and hospital cases record new falls in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

New COVID-19 cases more than double in a fortnight in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NEW coronavirus infections have more than doubled in two weeks in the Valencian Community and are five times more than three weeks ago on June

13 Jul, 2021 @ 19:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Family of five-year-old killed by a drunk-driving legionnaire speak of ‘devastation’ as killer walks free in Spain’s Roquetas de Mar

THE family of the five-year-old girl that was killed by a drunk driving soldier on July 6, in Roquetas de Mar, are devastated that the

13 Jul, 2021 @ 19:00

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

COVID-19: Pandemic leads to 10% increase in the number of undernourished people in the world

WORLD hunger and malnutrition levels skyrocketed last year with unprivileged nations sinking further into poverty due to the impact of COVID-19, according to a United

13 Jul, 2021 @ 18:30

Health·Lead·Other News

Man in wheelchair airlifted to hospital after falling into water in Nerja’s La Torrecilla

A MAN with Spina bifida was raced to hospital following an incident on a beach in Nerja on Sunday (July 11). Emergency services rushed to

13 Jul, 2021 @ 17:00

Other News

Costa Blanca bar owners in Spain say early closing time is 'nonsense' as young people carry on drinking illegally

Costa Blanca bar owners in Spain say early closing time is ‘nonsense’ as young people resort to illegal drinks parties

A Costa Blanca hospitality association has branded the 12.30 am closure of bars and restaurants as ‘nonsense’ because it forces young costumers to have illegal

13 Jul, 2021 @ 15:50

Costa Blanca·Lead

HEALTHY RETURN as Barcelona rock concert used as a COVID-19 test event causes very few infections in Spain

Delta variant cases in Spain soar by 15% in a week

THE Delta coronavirus variant that swept the UK has become dominant in Spain and could be attributed to the country’s recent spike in COVID cases.

13 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Health·Lead·Other News·Politics

Illegal Costa Blanca outdoor drinks party is broken up by police at Alicante's El Postiguet beach in Spain

Police stop illegal Costa Blanca drinks party on Alicante’s El Postiguet beach in Spain

POLICE chased up to 140 young people around an Alicante beach after spotting them drinking alcohol illegally. Around 20 were caught and sanctioned for breaking

13 Jul, 2021 @ 14:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Farmers head for Madrid in tractor convey to protest lack of support over storm damage

SPAIN’S farmers are bringing their agricultural woes to the capital with a protest over the lack of state support in the wake of Storm Filomena.

13 Jul, 2021 @ 14:26

Lead·Madrid·National News

Dogfighting gang who bred and abused animals for organised illegal fights to the death across Spain to go on trial in Madrid

POLICE have uncovered a network of 23 people across Spain, including a vet and members of the security forces, accused of breeding and abusing animals

13 Jul, 2021 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

New restrictions for some bars and restaurants in Murcia region of Spain as COVID-19 cases double in a week

New restrictions for bars and restaurants in parts of Spain’s Murcia region as COVID-19 cases double in a week

BARS and restaurants in 13 Murcia region municipalities will cut indoor capacity by 70% to 30% from tomorrow(July 14) due to rising COVID-19 cases. The

13 Jul, 2021 @ 12:30

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

VIDEO: More than 300 people evacuated from hotel as wildfire breaks out in Manilva on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A forest fire broke out in the El Gotelo area of Manilva, forcing the evacuation of hotel apartments and homes in the area and leaving

13 Jul, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga

Fifth wave puts Spain back among top COVID-19 infection zones in Europe

Spain is in the grip of a fifth wave of infections that have placed it among the top three danger zones in the European Union.

13 Jul, 2021 @ 11:13

COVID SPAIN: Catalan vaccination booking site leaks people’s personal data

HEALTH bosses in Catalunya are scrambling to revise the process for booking COVID vaccinations in the region after discovering medical details of patients had leaked from

13 Jul, 2021 @ 09:08

Catalunya·Health·Other News

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

COVID-19 vaccinations: Nearly 22 million people in Spain have had both coronavirus jabs

NEARLY 22million people in Spain are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government. A total of 21,789,996 people have had both doses of

13 Jul, 2021 @ 08:49

Health·Lead·Other News

BLAZING HOT as parts of the Costa Blanca in Spain reach their highest temperature since 2009

‘BLAZING HOT’ as parts of the Costa Blanca in Spain reach highest temperatures since 2009

SAHARAN-style weather brought scorching temperatures to the southern Costa Blanca today(July 12) with the highest values in nearly 12 years. Hot westerly winds ensured that

12 Jul, 2021 @ 20:55

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Weekend COVID-19 infections leap up by almost a thousand cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE significant rises in COVID-19 cases continued over the weekend in the Valencian Community with a total of 4,636 new infections. Today’s(July 12) figure of

12 Jul, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

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