Tag: Valencian Community
COVID-19 pandemic does not cause rise in unsold new properties across Spain
SPAIN had 456,918 unsold new homes by the end of 2020, according to government figures. Despite the COVID pandemic, the total was virtually the same...
Near-perfect immunity response among the elderly to Covid vaccines in Spain’s Valencia region
NEARLY every single person among the elderly community in the Valencian region has shown immunity to Coronavirus three months after vaccination. And studies reveal that...
Rising COVID-19 warning for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain as a weekly record-number of vaccinations are...
VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, has warned that COVID-19 cases are rising and appealed for residents not to let their guard down. In a week where...
Latest COVID-19 infection and hospital numbers for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID-19 infections are remaining constant in the Valencian Community with a very minor underlying upward trend. The Friday(May 28) figures from the regional health ministry...
TRUST ABUSED as hospital worker in Spain’s Valencia region is accused of sexually assaulting teenage patient
A Valencian Community hospital worker has been accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl who was in a semi-conscious state after an operation. The Policia...
Top international hotel chain comes to Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca for the first time
THE international Accor Group will open its first-ever Benidorm hotel later this year, operating under the Mercure brand. The 'Mercure Benidorm' will be Spain's eleventh...
Hotels in Spain get busier with domestic bookings but they are desperate for UK and foreign tourists
DOMESTIC hotel bookings in Spain are experiencing a surge since the ending of the second State of Alarm on May 9, but its the...
COVID-19 hospital admissions fall below 150 patients in the Costa Blanca area of Spain as new infections creep up
COVID-19 hospitalisations have dropped to below 150 patients in the Valencian Community. The latest figures from the regional health ministry tonight(May 18) showed there were...
COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining...
VALENCIA'S Supreme Court(TSJCV) will decide this week whether the Valencian Community's midnight curfew can continue past May 24. Regional president, Ximo Puig, initially wanted the...
GANDIA VICE: Prostitution and drugs ring smashed in Spain’s Valencia
THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a prostitution and drug trafficking gang operating in Gandia and Alzira (Valencia Province). Four suspects - two men and two...
COVID-19 latest figures from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
133 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(May 12) in the Valencian Community, according to the regional health ministry. The key week-to-week comparison means there are...
Man leaps to his death after slashing his mother’s throat in Spain’s Valencia region
A 50-year-old man from Onda in Castellon Province took his own life after killing his mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. A resident on Avenida...
BLUE FLAG BEACHES: Check out the full list for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
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'...
NEW TOURISM PLEA to get the Costa Blanca and Spain onto UK ‘Green’ travel lists
VALENCIAN president, Ximo Puig, will ask the UK Ambassador, Hugh Elliott, why Spain is not appearing on 'Green' travel lists issued by the four...
COVID-19 numbers for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain continue to tumble over the weekend
NEW coronavirus case totals for the Valencian Community have recorded another significant weekend fall today(May 10). 286 additional COVID-19 cases were reported since last Friday...
AstraZeneca hitch causes 100,000 fewer vaccinations this week in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID vaccinations will drop by a third this week in the Valencian Community because AstraZeneca supplies have dried up. 325,000 doses were administered last week...
COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to July 2020 levels in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
HOSPITAL admissions attributed to COVID-19 have fallen below the 200 mark for the first time since last July across the Valencian Community. The regional health...
EXTRA FREEDOM as midnight curfew and extended bar hours are approved by top judges in Costa Blanca area of...
THE Valencian Community's top court has backed regional government plans to keep a night-time curfew going after the State of Alarm ends this Sunday(May...
Why UK tourists flying into Costa Blanca’s airport in Spain might spot a change
THE name of Costa Blanca's airport has got even longer with the Alicante-Elche facility now adding Orihuela poet Miguel Hernandez to its title. The Official...
NO FOURTH WAVE on the Costa Blanca in Spain as COVID cases and hospital admissions carry on falling
168 new coronavirus infections were announced tonight(May 6) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. COVID case numbers are continuing their downward spiral...
‘PEEPING TOM’ installed camera in his neighbour’s bathroom on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A 42-year-old man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Denia after he installed a spy camera in his neighbour's bathroom. The 'Peeping Tom'...
TYRE TANTRUM as angry elderly man on Spain’s Costa Blanca attacked cars because they blocked his garage
AN elderly Costa Blanca resident lost his temper over an increasing number of cars parking outside a motor repair workshop and punctured their tyres. A...
Why a Christmas Costa Blanca-made sweet that’s a Spanish favourite is making a move on the United Nations
COSTA Blanca politicians will ask the United Nations to designate November 7 as 'World Nougat Day'. The Alicante Provincial Council has approved the move to...
EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until...
THE Conhostor hospitality association has called for a two-hour extension on bar and restaurant hours in the Valencian Community to start from Monday(May 10). That's...
COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions continue to fall on Spain’s Costa Blanca
149 new COVID-19 cases were reported today(May 5) in the Valencian Community, according to the regional health ministry. The key week-to-week comparison means there are...
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president 'knock on the door of Downing Street' to get the UK to lift...
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COVID-19 hospital cases fall to double figures for the first time since July 2020 in the Costa Blanca area...
HOSPITAL admissions caused by COVID-19 have fallen into double figures for the first time since July 2020 in the Valencian Community. Today's(June 23) figures show...
