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Teenage dognappers demand €150 ransom from pet owner in Spain’s Valencia area

Alex Trelinski - 27 Apr, 2022 @ 16:30

THREE teenagers tried to extort €150 from a Paterna dog owner after breaking into her house and stealing her pet. Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old...

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Lorry drivers charged after leaving motorcyclist to die on highway in Spain’s Valencia region

Alex Trelinski - 27 Apr, 2022 @ 12:30

TWO lorry drivers who fled the scene of a fatal Valencia area accident in mid-February have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. One of the...

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Teenager dies after eight metre fall through derelict textile factory roof in Spain’s Valencia region

Alex Trelinski - 26 Apr, 2022 @ 20:30

A 13-year-old boy died on Tuesday evening after falling through the roof of a derelict Ontinyent textile factory in Valencia Province. His body was discovered...

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Family tragedy as mother dies trying to save young son who fell into Valencia waterfall in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 25 Apr, 2022 @ 12:00

A mother, 37, died trying to save her five-year-old son, who drowned in a Valencia area ravine after slipping into a waterfall. The...

Foreign home buyers reach record levels in Spain

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Costa Blanca property sales led the pack for 2021 house deals in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 29 Mar, 2022 @ 18:00

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...

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Man kills girlfriend’s ex-partner by running him over in the street of Spain’s Valencia area

Alex Trelinski - 29 Mar, 2022 @ 16:30

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...

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Italian mafia crime boss and two henchmen arrested in Valencia area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 29 Mar, 2022 @ 12:08

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...

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Dodgy delivery man steals €10,000 of items including laptops and bicycles in Spain’s Valencia area

Alex Trelinski - 24 Mar, 2022 @ 12:43

A Valencia Province delivery worker who stole €10,000 of goods has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The man, 40, from Beneixida, has been charged...

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Farmers threatened by cheap imports use tractors to snarl up centre of Spain’s Valencia City

Alex Trelinski - 25 Feb, 2022 @ 17:05

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...

Costa Blanca

British man found dead by reservoir a week after going missing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Alex Trelinski - 21 Feb, 2022 @ 11:53

THE body of a British man reported missing for a week from his Costa Blanca home has been found 70 kilometres away in a...

Costa Blanca

Elderly German woman identified as driving 35 kilometres on wrong side of AP-7 motorway in Costa Blanca area of...

Alex Trelinski - 12 Jan, 2022 @ 15:24

THE Guardia Civil have found the motorist who travelled for 35 kilometres on the wrong carriageway of the AP-7 motorway on Sunday. A 75-year-old German...

Disorientated British Expat, 80, Is Found Next To Highway In Spain Suffering With Hypothermia

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Disorientated British expat, 80, with hypothermia is found on Valencia area roadside in Spain

Alex Trelinski - 28 Dec, 2021 @ 19:35

A British man, 80, was found on the side of a Valencia Province highway in a cold and disorientated state. The discovery was made in...

Spain-wide appeal to find kidnap gang boss who snatched Costa Blanca couple during summer

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

Alex Trelinski - 22 Dec, 2021 @ 17:15

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

Crime & Law

Massive money laundering fraud worth €45 million is busted in Valencia area of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 26 Oct, 2021 @ 20:00

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...

Costa Blanca

Police arrest marijuana growers and dealers on Spain’s Costa Blanca linked to Polish football hooliganism

Alex Trelinski - 4 Aug, 2021 @ 16:32

LUXURY villas, cars and boats worth €5 million were seized on the Costa Blanca in police raids against a Polish gang that grew and...

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Coronavirus

New COVID-19 cases are trebled in a week in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 30 Jun, 2021 @ 19:10

COVID-19 cases have more than tripled over seven days in the Valencian Community. The latest report(June 30) from the regional health ministry says that there...

Spain’s Andalucia achieves all-time record for number of blue flags awarded this year, 2023

Costa Blanca

BLUE FLAG BEACHES: Check out the full list for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Alex Trelinski - 11 May, 2021 @ 20:30

SPAIN'S Valencian Community continues to be number one in the country for the number of beaches and port areas awarded the coveted 'Blue Flag'...

Costa Blanca

BUSTED: Costa Blanca prostitution gang who cheated COVID-19 travel rules to lure victims into Spain

Alex Trelinski - 22 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

POLICE have smashed a Costa Blanca-based European prostitution gang that supplied women with fake medical papers to beat COVID-19 border closures. Polish and Russian women...

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Need a job? Club Med Marbella on ambitious hiring spree for 320 staff to boost their team this winter

Staff Reporter - 3 Oct, 2023 @ 19:01

AS the summer season comes to a close and the winter chill approaches, one all-inclusive resort has set Marbella's hospitality industry abuzz. While many hotels...

WATCH: E-scooter rider is caught travelling on the A-7 motorway near Guadalmina on Spain’s Costa del Sol as cars...

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Family in Spain stunned to discover genuine Van Dyck painting worth up to €13million had been hanging on their...

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Ryanair reveals FOUR new cities you can fly to from Spain’s Valencia – including one in the UK

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Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says he will seek parliamentary majority in Spain's Congress

Spain’s King Felipe nominates Pedro Sanchez for prime ministerial investiture vote

3 Oct, 2023 @ 15:30

Feral cats claim to be disrupting protected areas and species including nesting birds in Spain’s Costa Blanca

3 Oct, 2023 @ 15:30

Mobile phone company duped by €240,000 credit card con in Spain

Number of schoolboys under investigation for creating deep-fake nudes of classmates rises to 26

3 Oct, 2023 @ 14:55

Woman gets €450,000 pay out after shoulder surgery causes arm amputation at Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

Woman wins €450,000 pay out after shoulder surgery causes arm amputation at Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

3 Oct, 2023 @ 14:07

Police in Madrid arrest man suspected of sexually assaulting months-old daughter and offering her to others to do the...

3 Oct, 2023 @ 13:30

After years of campaigning, British expat areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca will finally get home postal deliveries

3 Oct, 2023 @ 13:11

Motorcyclist crashes at 220km/hr while trying to avoid a traffic police helicopter in Valencia

3 Oct, 2023 @ 12:12

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

3 Oct, 2023 @ 11:21

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