Tag: Valencia City
Opinion polls: Conservative Popular Party expected to win elections in Madrid, Valencia and Aragon regions
OPINION POLLS released at 8pm today, as the polls closed in the 2023 local and regional elections, suggest that tonight will see the conservative...
Sick day: 44 people left with food poisoning after eating dishes prepared during Spanish version of MasterChef
A TOTAL of 44 people were left with food poisoning in Valencia after sampling dishes that had been prepared during an edition of the...
Shop robber arrested on over 100 occasions finally gets jailed in Spain’s Valencia
A serial shop robber operating in Valencia City has finally been jailed after notching up over 100 arrests.
The 45-year-old Spaniard at one stage racked...
A special unforgettable experience for meat lovers at Vera Restaurante in Spain’s Valencia
If you love dining out and fancy a wide range of meat dishes cooked to perfection, then you must give Vera Restaurante in Valencia...
Man in Spain’s Valencia threatens to blow up flat with female house-mate inside
A man threatened to blow up his flat after police were called about a domestic assault in the Barrio de la Torre area of...
A big tourist welcome this winter in Benidorm and Valencia areas of Spain
AFTER two 'pandemic' winters, around 88% of tourist accommodation will remain open in the Valencian Community during the next few months according to the...
Heroic police officers save life of unconscious baby in Spain’s Valencia
POLICIA Nacional officers in Valencia City saved the life of an unconscious 11-month-old boy on Sunday.
Two patrol cars were sent to a property on...
Cut-price shopping voucher scheme launched in Spain’s Valencia City
CUT-PRICE shopping vouchers worth a total of €1.6 million are now available to Valencia City residents.
The vouchers have a value of €100 each with...
Valencia city could get four-day work week trial in spring 2023
FOR anyone in the city of Valencia who hates getting up to go to work on a Monday morning, there is good news awaiting...
Wicked carer in Spain’s Valencia steals €100,000 of jewellery from elderly couple
A female carer broke the trust of a couple in their eighties after stealing around €100,000 of jewellery from their Valencia home since the...
Valencia City bookshop wins best bookstore in Spain title
THE honour of being called Spain's best bookstore has gone to a Valencia City shop.
The award has been given to the Ramon Llull store...
Riddle of body found semi-submerged in water by dam in Valencia area of Spain
THE body of a 35-year-old man was recovered on Monday in Valencia Province after emergency services were called by someone who sighted it.
It was...
Man grabs semi-naked woman by neck and tries to drown her in Valencia park fountain in Spain
A 52-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after trying to drown a woman by forcing her head into the water of a...
Thief banned from beach in Spain’s Valencia gets nicked for making illegal return
A man breached a judge's order banning him from going onto a Valencia beach and found himself arrested again.
The 20-year-old previously stole from bathers...
Police in Spain’s Valencia called to home of dead person are shocked to find him alive
POLICIA Nacional officers discovered a corpse was still very much alive on Tuesday after getting an emergency call.
They were summonsed to a property in...
Crossing Valencia City streets in Spain to be made safer for autistic people
NEW painted signs are appearing by Valencia City pedestrian crossings to help people with autism cross the road safely.
A pilot project has been launched...
Alicante City hotels are nearly 75% full for Easter holidays on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EASTER holiday bookings for the Alicante City area are seeing a return to levels last seen in 2019- the year before the start of...
Costa Blanca property sales led the pack for 2021 house deals in Spain
THE Valencian Community had the most home sales per head of population of any Spanish region in 2021, according to the College of Registrars.
Their...
Man kills girlfriend’s ex-partner by running him over in the street of Spain’s Valencia area
A 21-year-old Valencia Province man has been charged with homicide after running over and killing his girlfriend's ex-partner, also 21.
The incident happened in Serra...
Italian mafia crime boss and two henchmen arrested in Valencia area of Spain
AN Italian mafia drugs lord and his two lieutenants have been arrested in Valencia Province.
The leader has been detained by the Policia Nacional in...
Farmers threatened by cheap imports use tractors to snarl up centre of Spain’s Valencia City
ANGRY farmers complaining about unfair competition caused by cheap non-EU imports took to the streets of Valencia City on Friday.
Over 220 tractors led the...
Man gets police fine after complaining over poor service from prostitute in Spain’s Valencia area
A man who paid a prostitute €30 ended up with a big fine after complaining about her to Albal's Policia Local.
The disgruntled customer walked...
Mass vaccination centres reopening for COVID-19 booster shots in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
SIX mass vaccination points will reopen in the Valencian Community on Monday(January 31) to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine booster programme.
The so-called 'vacunodromos' were used...
Neonazi gang blamed for spate of violent attacks in Valencia city on Spain’s eastern coast
THREE people have been arrested in Valencia over the attack of a young man who was beaten-up by a mob of ‘neonazis’ after a...
Javier Bardem-starring movie scoops record number of Goya award nominations in Spain
A film starring Javier Bardem has broken a Goya record by getting 20 nominations for the prestigious Spanish Film Academy awards.
The Good Boss(El Buen...
Social media bomb hoaxer is arrested after fruitless search of a Valencia Metro station in Spain
A Valencia man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for spreading a bogus bomb threat via social media.
Police swooped on the 21-year-old after...