Valencia City Council commercial bond sale interest crashes website
A WEB server that was set up to allow the sale of commercial bonds by the Valencia City Council crashed with minutes of going live.
Valencia Central Market Sellers Association ask for a helicopter landing pad to aid supply deliveries
THE VALENCIA Central Market Sellers Association has made a request to the city council that a heliport be built close to the market to speed
Two dead following cemetery shoot-out as rival families clash in Valencia area of Spain
TWO people died in a Valencia cemetery this Monday morning as gunshots were fired as part of an ongoing dispute between two Roma families. The
Benidorm hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca blame late holiday weekend cancellations on COVID-19 infection rate ‘disinformation’
BENIDORM area hotels have suffered late cancellations totalling 20% of all bookings for the Bank Holiday weekend due to concerns over COVID-19 infection rates. The
Mayor of expat and Costa Blanca tourist area of Spain slams Valencian silence over medical centre land offer
ORIHUELA council says it’s had no reply over an offer of land that could site a second health centre for the Orihuela Costa. Orihuela mayor,
Spanish city of Valencia chosen as Europe’s Capital for Smart Tourism 2022
A EUROPEAN COMMISSION jury has named València as next year’s European Capital for Smart Tourism. The European Union will promote the city’s status as a
Over 21% of ‘thirty-somethings’ are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
21.6% of Valencian Community residents aged in their thirties have still not got a COVID-19 vaccination, according to health department figures. The age group makes
Benidorm mayor attacks COVID-19 ‘extreme risk’ branding for Costa Blanca resort as first Delta Plus cases appear in Valencia area of Spain
The first two cases of the coronavirus ‘Delta Plus/AY 4.2’ variant have been detected in the Valencian Community with Benidorm placed in an ‘extreme’ risk
Art forgers in Spain’s Valencia tried online sale of a fake Goya painting for €900,000
POLICE have broken up a gang trying to sell forgeries of paintings by Spanish masters like Goya via the internet. The Valencian Historical Heritage police
Costa Blanca bar in Spain refuses to serve customer because he spoke in Valencian language
A complaint of language discrimination has been filed against a Costa Blanca bar. The premises in Gandia are accused of refusing to serve a customer
Old man conned by female fraudster’s ‘love scam’ in Valencia area of Spain
AN elderly love-struck Valancian man was conned out of €67,000 by a female fraudster. The woman, 33, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in
Making a splash: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra enjoys the delights of Benidorm and Spain’s Valencia
ACTOR Priyanka Chopra is making a bit of a splash during her recent trip to Spain’s Valencia region – quite literally. The Hollywood star –
Valencia’s brand-new CaixaForum in Spain is taking shape ahead of July 2022 opening
BUILDING of the new CaixaForum has passed the halfway mark within Valencia’s City of Arts and the Sciences complex. 55% of the project has been
Extra police officers called in to combat ‘botellones’ in Spain’s Valencia
ON TUESDAY the Mayor of Valencia promised to reinforce the city’s police, following growing political pressure over the problem of mass street drinking, known as
These are officially the 10 best tortillas served in Spain
With onions or without? Runny or well done? These are the questions that continue to divide Spanish society when it comes to Spain’s unofficial national
Youths arrested for attempted murder as they mowed down teenagers on bicycles on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A revenge attack has seen three young men arrested in Gandia for trying to kill three minors by ploughing into their bicycles with a car.
COVID-19 victims remembered in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, laid a floral tribute this Friday in memory of the 7,805 people who have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the
Dance academy in Spain’s Valencia shortlisted for International Awards
A VALENCIA Dance academy celebrated its second birthday last week after being shortlisted for the internationally prestigious Worldwide Dance School of the Year Awards. Cameron
EXPLAINER: The relaxed COVID-19 rules for the ‘new normal’ in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
COVID-19 restrictions will largely be abolished from this Saturday(October 9) in the Valencian Community. As expected, Valencian president, Ximo Puig, has announced the scrapping of
All Costa Blanca beaches in Spain may get life-saving drone patrols next summer
BEACH drones could be used at all Valencian Community beaches next year after a pilot scheme saved six lives during August and September. Valencian Interior
Spain’s Costa Blanca set for ‘vast majority’ of COVID-19 restrictions to be scrapped this weekend
THE ‘vast majority’ of COVID-19 restrictions will end this Saturday(October 9) in the Valencian Community according to regional president, Ximo Puig. Speaking this Monday(October 4)
40-year-old Irishman drowns off Costa Blanca beach in Spain’s Alicante
A MAN, confirmed as Irish by local police, drowned whilst swimming off the coast of Alicante at around 5.30pm on Thursday. The man got into
Debate rages in Spain’s Valencia region over introduction of tourist tax
THE controversy over the introduction of a tourist tax in the region of Valencia rumbles on in the region’s parliament after a debate which lasted
‘Mission Accomplished’: What you need to know about ‘new normal’ as COVID-19 restrictions lifted across Costa Blanca and Spain’s Valencia region
THE region of Valencia has moved into a new phase of ‘de-escalation’ of COVID-19 restrictions which begins on Tuesday, September 28 and will last until
No jab no entry: Spain’s Valencia region considers COVID-19 passports to enter bars and nightclubs
If you're not jabbed, you're not coming in. That could soon be the reality at late night bars and nightclubs across the Valencia region, writes