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Top men’s tennis players coming to Valencia and Malaga for 2024 Davis Cup finals in Spain

VALENCIA will once again be a host city for the world’s premier men’s tennis team competition, the Davis Cup. The Fuente de San Luis arena will jointly stage the Group Stage of

14 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

Senate votes to end ‘unique’ coastal homes being classified as being on public domain land in Spain BUT decision could be overturned

SPAIN’S upper house of parliament, the Senate, has passed an amendment to the Coastal Law to protect the ‘unique homes’ on the coast. The measure was approved by the Partido Popular(PP) who

14 Mar, 2024 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Iconic hotel in Spain’s Torrevieja goes up for sale at €6million

A POPULAR Torrevieja hotel with stunning sea views has gone up for sale for €6 million in a quiet residential area of the city The three-star Hotel Masa International is three kilometres

13 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Tap water had toxin levels up to 1,000 times over safety limit on Valencia industrial estate in Spain

Drought latest in Spain: Water pressure to be reduced on the Costa Blanca – this is all you need to know

OVERNIGHT water pressure levels have been cut in Alicante City to conserve reduced supplies due to the ongoing drought. The Jucar Hydrographic Confederation (CHJ), which is the body responsible for water supplies

12 Mar, 2024 @ 15:44

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

Expat fugitive is arrested in Benidorm after being caught with trunk filled with cannabis and cash

A MONTENEGRAN fugitive sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking led police on a high-speed chase around Benidorm’s streets. The 33-year-old man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional and

12 Mar, 2024 @ 12:22

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

This airport in Spain has been crowned the ‘Best in Europe’ by travel experts

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has once again been recognised as the best airport in Europe that serves 15 to 25 million passengers. The prestigious award for 2023 is given by the Airports Council International

11 Mar, 2024 @ 16:09

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son's friend at a hotel in Spain's Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

‘Wolf pack’ of French teens who gang raped a tourist in Benidorm are jailed

THREE French tourists have been given prison terms after pleading guilty to raping a woman in Benidorm five years ago- but they will not be jailed. A further two members of the

11 Mar, 2024 @ 15:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Annual Fallas In Spain's Valencia Come To A Spectacular And Noisy End

This is the most popular festival in Spain according to Google searches – so have YOU been yet?

VALENCIA’S Fallas celebrations were the most-searched Spanish fiesta on Google worldwide last year, with 1.3 million searches. It’s the second successive year that the March event has topped the search engine with

11 Mar, 2024 @ 14:10

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Faulty kitchen appliance is identified as cause of deadly Valencia fire in Spain that killed 10 people

A FAULTY kitchen appliance caused last month’s Valencia apartment block fire that killed 10 people. A secrecy order on the court investigation into the blaze in the Campanar district of the city

11 Mar, 2024 @ 11:27

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cleaning lady supplies security alarm codes of homes and shops to robbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CLEANING lady supplied two burglars with security alarm code numbers to ease their task of robbing Alicante homes and shops. The trio- in their thirties- have been arrested by the Policia

9 Mar, 2024 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Massive fire that killed 10 people in Spain’s Valencia was not down to a criminal act, say police

THE Policia Nacional has ruled there was no ‘criminality’ behind the tragic Valencia apartment block fire that claimed 10 lives on February 29. Among those who died were a family of four,

8 Mar, 2024 @ 14:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Masked thief who robbed tourist bars and restaurants since 2022 is caught by brave residents on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF who robbed 37 Costa Blanca bars and restaurants met his match when three Javea residents spotted him jumping the fence of a house that he was going to plunder. He

7 Mar, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Benidorm posts best February tourism figures for years: Resort in Spain continues to attract millions of Brits

FEBRUARY is often regarded as the final month of the off-peak tourist season but hotel occupancy figures of over 70% across the Valencian Community have countered that assumption. Averages were even higher

6 Mar, 2024 @ 12:19

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain narrowly avoids its worst terror attack in YEARS: How Jihadist, 17, successfully built a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb and planned to blow up a school in Andalucia

Jealous ex-husband who placed a GPS tracker on the car of his ex-wife’s new lover is arrested in Spain

A JEALOUS ex-husband has been arrested for putting a GPS tracker on a car belonging to his former partner’s new boyfriend. The 44-year-old man from Alicante had 12 complaints of domestic violence

6 Mar, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Thieves loot building destroyed by tragic Valencia fire: Police make multiple arrests

TWO men have been arrested for looting the building complex destroyed by fire in Valencia on February 28. The Algerian nationals, aged 23 and 51, were surprised by two Valencia Policia Local

5 Mar, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourist seriously injured when part of a building ledge falls onto his head in Spain’s Valencia

AN ITALIAN tourist was taken to Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Sunday after strong winds dislodged part of a building ledge that fell onto his head. The 58-year-old man was on Calle

4 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Valencia·Valencian Community

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000 registered non-Spaniards in 1998 compared to nearly

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thousands join protest against ‘senseless’ solar power plant being built on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ESTIMATED 3,000 people hit the streets of San Miguel de Salinas on Sunday to oppose controversial plans for a massive solar farm. The San Miguel Arcangel Neighbourhood Association organised the protest

4 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Italian gangster, 38, is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Fugitive hid among the expat community for years to avoid jail at home

AN Italian fugitive who faces 20 years in prison for drug trafficking charges has been arrested in a holiday apartment in Arenales del Sol. The Policia Nacional were told that the 38-year-old

4 Mar, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Three family members are killed in a tower block fire on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE members of the same family died in an apartment block fire in the early hours of Monday morning in Villajoyosa. The blaze started in an eleventh-floor home on Avenida dels Mariners

4 Mar, 2024 @ 10:54

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Council has to pay ‘millions’ in compensation for illegally-granted building licence approved by law-breaking mayor in 2008 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca council will have to pay the equivalent of a third of its annual budget as compensation for an illegally-approved building that was nodded through in 2008. The current San

2 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located next to Alicante’s Gran Via shopping centre

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Plan for major new route moves forward to link motorway with popular expat city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PLANS costing around €30 million for a third exit road between the AP-7 and the Marina Alta are set to move forward. The Ministry of Transport says that it has approved a

29 Feb, 2024 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular urban park set for summer reopening after three-year closure after contractor walked away from project on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POPULAR Javea park could reopen in time for the summer, after it was closed for renovation work- way back in September 2021. A contractor was appointed to make improvements at Thievers

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Brits account for 40% of non-resident mortgages in Spain: These are the most popular locations according to new figures

DESPITE fears of a post-Brexit slowdown and the negative effects of interest rate rises, UK buyers dominated mortgage application requests for home purchases in Spain last year. The conclusion comes from the

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·National News·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain meet victims of the deadly Valencia fire

THE King and Queen of Spain have met families displaced by Thursday’s fire in Valencia that killed 10 people. Felipe and Letizia attended a special gathering on Monday at Valencia’s Palau de

27 Feb, 2024 @ 10:35

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