Tag: Valencia City
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...
Woman does nothing after her boyfriend falls from a Valencia fifth-floor balcony in Spain
A mother-of-two was arrested after her boyfriend fell from a fifth floor apartment balcony in Valencia City this Tuesday morning.
He was taken to La...
Massive money laundering fraud worth €45 million is busted in Valencia area of Spain
A four-year investigation has led to the arrest of five members of a Valencia area family gang for laundering over €45 million.
They were detained...
Handbrake nightmare as chasing driver follows his van off edge of hill on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Valencia City couple were left counting the cost of stopping to take photos at a Costa Blanca beauty spot this morning(August 18).
They took...
IBI UPDATE: Valencia City Hall revamps land register to raise income through property tax
IBI is the main source of tax income for the city, accounting for €220 million last year – 25% of the total amount raised by the council.
CORRUPTION SWOOP: High-ranking politicians arrested in Spain’s Valencia on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for public contracts
According to police sources, firms paid illegal commissions in exchange for the right to purchase and build on publicly owned land in and around Valencia.
SWAN’S CORNER: Are you entitled to claim back an overpayment of Spanish Inheritance Tax?
THREE years ago, the Spanish Supreme Court issued a long-awaited judgment confirming that the Spanish inheritance tax legal framework breached the free movement of...
Costa Blanca used clothes dealer goes on trial in Spain for running ISIS terrorist supply operation
A Syrian-born Dutch national has gone on trial in Madrid for running an Alicante clothing company as a front to distribute supplies to ISIS...
‘FOUL DEED’ as DNA traps selfish dog owner 70 kilometres away from home in Spain’s Valencian Community
A Xativa dog owner who didn't clean up their pet's poop on a 70 kilometre trip was left to count the cost as the...
Man arrested for repeatedly raping teenage niece over a whole year in Valencia
A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Valencia on suspicion of raping his 15-year-old niece repeatedly for nearly a year.
The National Police launched an...
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...
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...
BLOWN OUT AGAIN: Valencia’s Fallas cancelled for second consecutive year due to COVID
THE world-famous Fallas festivities in Valencia have been cancelled again this year due to COVID-19.
City mayor Joan Ribo made the dreaded – but expected...
A RIGHT ROYAL COCK-UP: Three Kings parade in Valencia draws large crowds despite COVID clampdown
DESPERATE attempts by Valencia city hall to keep the exact schedule of the Kings parade on Tuesday (January 5) evening secret to prevent crowds...
Valencia police fine 56 people for breaking Christmas Eve COVID curfew
Local Citizen Protection councillor Aarón Cano highlighted the ‘exemplary’ behaviour of the vast majority of residents
Woman cheats death as she falls through balcony floor in Spain’s Valencia City
A 62-YEAR-OLD Valencia City resident suffered the shock of her life when she walked onto her apartment balcony and fell through the floor.
The woman,...
Lockdown fatigue in Valencia as COVID-19 rules flouted at market
AS Valencia city faces stringent new restrictions, residents showed that they are unlikely to put up with tougher COVID measures as they flouted existing...
Macaroni thief pulls a punch and faces jail in Spain’s Valencia City
A MAN who stole a pack of macaroni bolognese from a Valencia grocery store is facing 26 months behind bars.
The thief, who has a...
Angry father starts revenge fire that severely burns young boy in Spain’s Valencia City
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy suffered 50 per cent burns after an angry father set fire to a Valencia City house.
The man took the drastic action...
Man is sued for being gay nine years after separation in Spain’s Valencia City
A MAN who split from his wife in 2011 is now being sued by her for being gay when they got married.
Javi Vilalta's ex-partner...
Woman who fell on pavement due to mulberry tree berries loses payout bid in Spain’s Valencia City
A WOMAN has lost her bid to get €20,000 in compensation after she slipped on a pavement covered with fallen berries.
The case was rejected...
Husband in Spain’s Valencia defends vicious drunken attack on wife by saying women ‘must learn respect’.
A MAN was arrested for domestic violence in Valencia after attacking his wife and partially shoving her out of a window.
When Valencia Policia Local...
Enraged patient assaults two female hospital doctors in Spain’s Valencia City
A MALE PATIENT at Valencia's Hospital Clinico threw a chair and attacked two female doctors on Sunday(August 30), with one of them thrown to...
‘Several days’ of home alone for abandoned six-year-old boy in Spain’s Valencia City
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was left home alone for several days by his parents in a Valencian Community town, according to the Policia Nacional.
Agents were...
Decomposing woman’s body found in a car boot in Spain’s Valencia City
THE BODY of a 33-year-old woman was discovered in the boot of her car in Valencia City, a week after she was reported missing
The...
Man gets stabbed in the testicles in sex row in Spain’s Valencia region
AN argument over having sex took a violent turn as a 21-year-old woman stabbed her boyfriend in the testicles in the Valencian Community town...
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