Spain’s Valencia to invest €1.5 million to attract British tourists
VALENCIA leader Ximo Puig has announced a plan worth €1.5 million designed to attract more British tourists to the region. He announced his “impact plan”
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
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
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
Torrevieja Hospital on Spain’s Costa Blanca is back in public management
TORREVIEJA Hospital, which serves 180,000 people, returned to public management at midnight this Saturday morning. The southern Costa Blanca facility had been managed privately since
Alicante area sweatshop owner in Spain ‘locked up’ workers for poorly paid 12 hour shifts with no COVID-19 protection
A textile factory owner has been arrested in Alicante Province for running a sweatshop that exploited employees. The businessman, 44, was detained by the Policia
International festival venue to host Spain’s first mass music event with entry via COVID-19 certificates
A Valencian Community rock and indie music festival will be the first mass music event in Spain to demand a COVID-19 certificate for attendees. The
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
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)
EXPLAINER: Why Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels don’t want to rely on UK tourists coming to Spain
BENIDORM and Costa Blanca hoteliers want to keep last summer’s domestic booking boost going rather than relying on traditional foreign visitors from countries like the
Nine firearms dumped in reservoir by criminal gang in Spain’s Valencian Community
Diving specialists were called in to search the body of water and here they located all of the missing weapons
New international school in Valencia area of Spain combines British teaching standards with a creative experience for children
A BRAND new international school with an innovative way of teaching has opened in the Valencia City area. The Shackleton International School in Burjassot is an
Property buyers with big pockets should go to Javea which has Costa Blanca’s most expensive road
JAVEA has kept its record as having the most expensive road for property buyers in the Valencian Community. The annual Idealista survey says the scenic
Summer holiday bookings were ‘better than expected’ in Costa Blanca area of Spain
SUMMER holiday bookings in the Costa Blanca and the Valencian Community were up to 30% higher than in 2020, according to Valencia’s general director of
Cash-strapped nightclubs and late bars on the Costa Blanca brand summer season as a disaster in Spain
LATE bars and nightclubs in the Valencian Community say they are only generating just over a quarter of their 2019 income levels. A survey from
Dramatic figures show teenagers dominating COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
COVID-19 case figures for the Valencian Community have shown unvaccinated teenagers and young people dramatically pushing up infection rates. The region as a whole now
Dramatic solar energy prediction for Spain’s Costa Blanca if majority of homes install panels
ALMOST 99% of the Valencian Community’s electricity could end up being generated by domestic solar panels according to a survey conducted by renewable energy firm,
Benidorm gets a beach drone in new move to prevent seaside drownings across four Costa Blanca resorts in Spain
DRONES will fly over beaches in four Costa Blanca areas for the rest of the summer in a bid to cut down on deaths caused
Increase in COVID-19 cases continues to slow down in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE rate of new COVID-19 infections is continuing to show signs of falling in the Valencian Community. 2,685 new infections were announced today(July 28) compared
COVID-19 cases fall on a week-to-week basis in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
A fresh set of COVID-19 infection figures are tentatively suggesting a possible slowing down of new cases in the Valencian Community. Health ministry figures today(July
Popular tourist spot on the Costa Blanca in Spain could get a €30 million revamp
PLANS to build a €30 million leisure area in Torrevieja’s port have been submitted to the Valencian Government. The proposal from local firm Inmuebles y
Hundreds of people conned into paying €500 for bogus holiday rentals on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A 67-year-old conman fleeced hundreds of people by charging for non-existent holiday rentals on the Costa Blanca. The Policia Nacional arrested the fraudster at an
Mercadona gets €2.5 million fine for installing facial-recognition cameras in their supermarkets in Spain
MERCADONA has been fined €2.5 million by Spain’s data protection agency over a ‘facial recognition’ system trial. The aim was to spot supermarket customers that
Property sales bounce back in Spain after last year’s pandemic restrictions
FRESH signs of a Spanish property market recovery have been reflected in two sets of new figures. May’s registered property sales figures went up by
Extra supplies of COVID-19 Moderna vaccine to go to Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE Valencian Community is get a higher percentage of new COVID-19 vaccine shipments to make up for lower supplies compared to other Spanish regions. Valencian