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Social Media Hoax Proclaims New Covid 19 Night Curfews In Costa Blanca And Valencia Areas Of Spain

Fake news as social media hoax ruffles feathers over bogus COVID-19 night curfews in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE Valencian government has warned residents about a ‘bulo'(hoax) notice being posted on social media about COVID restrictions. The official-looking advert announcing a curfew has

23 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Catalunya becomes first of Spain’s regions to reimpose curfew as COVID-19 infections soar

CATALUNYA has become the first of Spain’s regions to reimpose a night-time curfew in a bid to curb COVID-19 infections over the Christmas period. The

23 Dec, 2021 @ 17:49

Catalunya·Coronavirus·Lead

Hospitality and non-essential businesses ordered to close each night at 1.00 am starting on Christmas Eve in Murcia area of Spain

THE Murcia region has rushed in a new set of restrictions ahead of Christmas which results in all non-essential businesses having to close between 1.00

23 Dec, 2021 @ 17:38

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Costa Blanca mayor who got early COVID-19 vaccine jab in Spain may get 12-year top job ban

LA NUCIA’S mayor, Bernabe Cano, could be barred from holding his area’s highest office for 12 years if convicted of COVID-19 vaccine queue jumping. Cano

23 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police Swoop On Big Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Enterprise In Alicante And Valencia Areas Of Spain

Police collar major drug-trafficking and money laundering criminals in Alicante and Valencia areas of Spain

TWO drug and money-laundering gangs that did business with each other have been brought down in the Valencian Community. A seven month joint-probe between the

23 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Barcelona’s Gerard Pique gets big tax break from Spain’s Supreme Court

BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique has landed a €2.1 million pre-Christmas windfall courtesy of Spain’s Supreme Court. Pique, 34, has been given a refund of a

23 Dec, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Business & Finance·Catalunya·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Angry business leaders attack 'unacceptable' tourist tax plans for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Angry business leaders rebel against ‘unacceptable’ tourist tax plans for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

PLANS for a tourist tax in the Valencian Community have been slammed by business and tourism associations. The levy could take effect in Spring 2023

23 Dec, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

“The wife and I are going on holiday”: Retiring lottery vendor whose Madrid railway kiosk gifted €516 million across Spain this Christmas

WHEN Spain’s high-speed rail service first connected Madrid Atocha train station to rest of the nation, lottery vendor Javier Garcia saw an opportunity for business.

23 Dec, 2021 @ 13:48

Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News

Be inspired to make your own natural Christmas decorations with a walk in the Spanish countryside

Having trouble with your Christmas decorations? Just take a look in the nearby hills, writes Gabriella Chidgey

23 Dec, 2021 @ 13:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Barcelona's Hospital Clinic In Spain 22 Apr 2021

COVID-19: Unvaccinated patients up to 24 times more likely to enter intensive care in Spain

COVID-19 figures from Spain’s health ministry show unvaccinated patients are up 24 times more likely to enter intensive care wards (UCI), according to data from

23 Dec, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Benahavis – € 225,000

Apartment Benahavís, Málaga 3 beds 2 baths € 225,000 Apartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with private garden and one parking space.

23 Dec, 2021 @ 12:07

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Costa del Sol hotels hit by wave of cancellations as Omicron concerns grow across Spain

HOTELS in Spain have been hit by a wave of Christmas cancellations as holidaymakers call off bookings amid concerns about the spread of the Omicron

23 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Beauty salon owner in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol charged with sexually assaulting employees

A FUENGIROLA beauty salon owner allegedly sexually assaulted five employees, according to a report. The man, who has not been named, was charged Wednesday at

23 Dec, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Warning to Brits travelling to Spain with children this summer over one important rule

Health Centre set up to help maintain family relationships on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA now has a ‘Family Meeting Point’, set up just in time for Christmas and the Three Kings, when familial relationships are under most stress.

23 Dec, 2021 @ 11:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Man arrested in Spain’s Costa del Sol over violent kidnap attempt on young woman

COPS have arrested a man after a woman was left with injuries and bruising following an attack in Malaga. The young woman was assaulted by

23 Dec, 2021 @ 10:30

Lead·Malaga

Activists battle to stop ‘cruelty’ of world’s first octopus farm in Spain’s Canary Islands

WHEN Craig Foster filmed a ball-shaped creature covered with seashells in a South African kelp forest he had no idea the resulting My Octopus Teacher

23 Dec, 2021 @ 09:15

Business & Finance·Canary Islands·Environment·Lead

Poached parrot: Watch police rescue two parrots that were about to be cooked alive in a Chinese restaurant in Spain’s Madrid

THE Madrid Municipal Police have rescued two Aratinga parrots, a genus of American parakeets, which were about to be cooked in an Asian food restaurant

23 Dec, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Madrid·Other News

Christmas Lighting In Barcelona, Spain 25 Nov 2021

LATEST: What you need to know about Spain making face masks compulsory again even outdoors

MASKS will have to be worn outdoors at all times in Spain as COVID-19 infections rise to new record levels. Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, told

23 Dec, 2021 @ 08:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·National News

Multimillion euro transformation of Spain’s Malaga Airport begins

THE first stages of regeneration at Malaga Airport are underway as work begins on the site’s oldest runway. The airport kick-started its €7.8million transformation on

22 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

Lead·Malaga

EXPLAINER: The areas of Spain that still use COVID-19 passports and where you have to show it

Judges endorse COVID-19 passports for all bars and restaurants in Costa Blanca area of Spain

THE Valencian Superior Court(TSJ) has approved a new list of indoor areas where a COVID passport will have to be used. The TSJ backed the

22 Dec, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Blaze in Spain: Fire breaks out at Ronda property as man rushed to hospital

A MAN was treated in hospital after an early morning fire at a home in Ronda. Emergency services were called to the building in Plaza

22 Dec, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead

New Year City Celebrations Cancelled Due To Covid 19 In Costa Blanca And Valencia Areas Of Spain

New Year celebrations cancelled due to COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

MANY Valencian Community cities have cancelled their New Year celebrations for a second successive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tradition of thousands of

22 Dec, 2021 @ 19:30

Alicante·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tributes paid to Spain’s rugby international Kawa Leauma who dies aged 32 after ‘freak accident’

THE rugby world has paid tribute to one of Spain’s star players, Kawa Leauma, 32 who died at the weekend after sustaining head injuries in

22 Dec, 2021 @ 18:06

Lead·Sport

Irishman arrested in southern Spain after 'ramming police car and leading cops on 15km chase with loaded down drug-filled carrier bags in the boot'

Woman bludgeons man to death with a hammer in Valencia area of Spain

A woman has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after using a hammer to bludgeon a man to death at her Betera home in Valencia

22 Dec, 2021 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Battery Test Centre Seat Martorell Barcelona Pic Seat

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: SEAT opens new battery test and research plant for electric vehicles in Spain’s Barcelona

SEAT has opened a new €7 million battery research and development centre for electric and plug-in hybrid cars. The centre (known as TCE) at the

22 Dec, 2021 @ 16:30

Business & Finance·Environment·Lead

Teenage tourist, 18, in coma in Spain after headache turns out to be blood clot on brain

AN 18-year-old tourist who collapsed on holiday in Spain has been put into an induced coma and had two brain surgeries in 48 hours. Jamie

22 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Lead

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