HAPPY END OF YEAR: New Year’s Eve afternoon parties in Valencia go off without a hitch
The terraces of bars and restaurants throughout the region welcomed similar numbers of customers as any other afternoon or evening so far since the end
THE FALL OF FRANCO: Valencia Guardia Civil remove fascist symbols from city barracks
Shields had previously been taken down from schools, churches, and army headquarters
Paedophile coach in Valencia convicted to 223 years in prison
A 24-YEAR-OLD football coach in Valencia has been sentenced to 223 years in prison for sexually abusing 26 children aged 11 to 14. This is
Intelligent bins to reward recycling in Valencia province
An IT system will be fitted to the containers that will open after reading an ID card or code and measure the amount of refuse
CHRISTMAS VS THE VIRUS: Valencia offers a wide range of events to guarantee festive cheer while staying safe
Residents and visitors to Valencia city can enjoy a wide range of festive events while staying perfectly safe from COVID-19 and abiding by the health
Plans to instal 588 football pitches’ worth of solar panels in Valencia’s Chiva spark mass opposition
A multinational company has purchased land to the tune of €12.6 million to instal 420 hectares of solar panels – the equivalent of 588 football
SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building in Valencia
SO you have found your perfect fixer upper home in Valencia and now its time to put your own stamp in it. Here we consider
Create your dream home with Found Valencia’s construction services
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Kidnapped man forced to hide drugs in his genital area during trip from Spain’s Murcia region to Valencia
A 34-year-old man from Monovar in Valencia Province has been charged with kidnapping a man and forcing him to pay him around €1,000. The coercion
Alicante mayor demands answers over ‘illegal’ immigrants flying into Spain’s Costa Blanca from the Canary Islands
ALICANTE’S mayor, Luis Barcala, wants answers from the Madrid government over illegal immigrants flying to the area from the Canary Islands, amidst fears that some
Killer blaze takes young boy’s life as family are trapped on apartment block stairwell in Spain’s Valencia City
A three-year-boy has died in a fire in a Valencia City apartment block after he and his family were trapped in the blaze. The fire
Nightlife businesses in places like Benidorm can reopen straight away in Spain’s Valencian Community
NIGHTLIFE businesses that were forced to shut in mid-August in the Valencian Community due to pandemic restrictions can now resume trading. As the Olive Press
Hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca plead for local tax cuts to help them through crisis
A LEADING Costa Blanca hotel association says local councils are not doing enough to help its members through the current crisis caused by the pandemic.
Valencia is open says tourism chief
By Eugene Costello VALENCIA remains open for visitors, with COVID restrictions more relaxed than most other regions, insists tourist chiefs. The city has been praised
Fraud quiz starts into contract for COVID-19 emergency hospitals in Spain’s Valencian Community
INVESTIGATORS are probing the way a contract was handed out this year to run three emergency field hospitals in the Valencian Community. The Valencian Antifraud
Buses burnt to a crisp in big fire at depot in Spain’s Valencia City
16 BUSES in the Valencia City EMT fleet were destroyed in a blaze at the company’s San Isidro depot. EMT said that ten other damaged
Official announcement made over Xmas hospitality opening and curfew relaxations in Spain’s Valencian Community
SPAIN’S Valencian Community, including the Costa Blanca, will see bars and restaurants able to stay open until 1.00am over four nights of the festive season.
New COVID-19 cases continue downward spiral on Costa Blanca but are rising again in Spain’s Valencia area
NEW COVID-19 cases are continuing to fall on the Costa Blanca area, but the overall Valencian Community figure has shown an increase over seven days,
Elderly bus passenger in the money after breaking hip in Spain’s Valencia City
A VALENCIA City bus passenger who broke her hip when the bus made a sudden manoeuvre will get €47,340 in compensation. The EMT bus company
Nightlife businesses in areas like Benidorm to reopen next week after long closure in Spain’s Valencian Community
NIGHTLIFE businesses will be able to resume trading next week during the day in the Valencian Community. Late bars and clubs were forced to close
More days for festive curfew reductions but less time in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE Valencian Community, which includes the Costa Blanca, is to get six days of curfew time relaxations over the festive period. That’s three more days
Barcelona: new jack city?
EXCLUSIVE: BY EUGENE COSTELLO A BRITISH businessman and his wife have been robbed in a car-jacking incident in Spain by criminals posing as ‘good Samaritans’,
Earthquake season continues in Spain as FOUR more tremors hit Andalucia and Costa Blanca in one morning
FOLLOWING earthquakes of varying intensity on Spain’s Costa Blanca on Monday, both Andalucia and areas north of Valencia suffered tremors this morning, November 5. With
Grim day for COVID in Valencia amid talk of new lockdown
TUESDAY saw a record number of new COVID-19 cases in Valencia since the pandemic began, while talk of another lockdown and a return to home
Ryanair introduces four new services as it claims ‘big domestic demand’ in Spain
LOW COST carrier Ryanair is launching four new domestic routes in Spain this December while cutting back its pan-European services due to the pandemic. The
Dinosaur eggs among illegal shipment of 4,000 fossils seized at Spain’s Port of Valencia
A HUGE shipment of stolen fossils was seized as it landed in the Port of Valencia. In all, 4000 pieces described as having ‘great paleontological