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Famous St. Patrick's Day parade returns to Spain's Costa Blanca after four years

Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know

SPAIN’S biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday on the southern Costa Blanca. Cabo Roig on the Orihuela Costa will be a sea of green with at least 25,000 visitors

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Malaga to Madrid from €7: Renfe launches sale on train fares starting TODAY

New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities

HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities from next month. From April 8, people

13 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·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

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

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

Spanish priest is removed from his Costa Blanca parish for calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’

THE bishop of the Orihuela-Alicante diocese has suspended San Isidro’s parish priest for branding Pope Francis a ‘heretic’. Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla took the tough stance after statements made by Francisco Jose

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties built or started in 2023 was 8,783-

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Popular shopping centre reports record footfall and unveils changes on Spain's Costa Blanca|

Popular shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca reports record visitors and announces improvements

A REVAMPED cinema and three new restaurants are some of the improvements promised this year for Elche’s L’Aljub Shopping Centre. Around seven million people visited the complex last year to exceed pre-pandemic

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Grave robber strikes at cemetery several times and rifles through skeletal remains on Spain's Costa Blanca

Grave robber rummages through skeletons to search for valuable metal items on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GRAVE robber who plundered an Alicante province cemetery several times has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 43-year-old man struck at his local cemetery in Almoradi and would then pawn

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:40

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

Warning for dog owners: Killer caterpillars are on the move in these areas along Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROCESSIONARY caterpillars- lethal to dogs if they come into contact with them- have been spotted in parts of Alicante province. Sightings have been reported in the Bigastro area and also on Orihuela’s

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

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

Couple who ‘tricked auction houses around Spain to sell their fake designer bags for up to €10,000 a pop’ are finally arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A TORREVIEJA couple have been arrested for selling fake luxury high-end branded leather goods to auction houses across Spain. The Policia Nacional said the quality of the counterfeits was so good that

17 Jan, 2024 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Corrupt former mayor gets convicted and jailed for taking public cash on Spain's Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is convicted yet again and jailed for stealing public money on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the most corrupt ex-mayors in Alicante province has been in court again to pick up a a four-and-a-half year jail term and an 11 year public office ban for misappropriating

9 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Recorded earth tremors rose by over 70% in 2023 across Spain's Alicante area

Recorded earth tremors leapt up by 70% in 2023 across Spain’s Alicante area

SEISMIC activity increased by 70.3% in Alicante province last year according to the National Geographic Institute. There were 91 tremors ranging between 1.5 and 3.8 degrees on the Richter scale, with the

5 Jan, 2024 @ 16:05

Alicante·Costa Blanca·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

Violent and dangerous fugitive with links to Italian mafia is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FUGITIVE with links to the Italian mafia who was wanted by Belgian and Dutch authorities has been arrested on a Costa Blanca urbanisation. The man- described as ‘violent and dangerous’ was

28 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency call centre nurse helps save life of choking young baby on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE PARENTS of a two-month-old baby saved her life on Sunday night after following instructions from an emergency call centre nurse. The youngster was taken to Torrevieja Hospital and released after a

26 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Earthquake shakes popular tourist areas on Spain's Costa Blanca

Earth tremor felt in expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE National Geographic Institute reported a Monday morning earthquake measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale in the southern Costa Blanca. It happened at 10.27am with the five-kilometre deep epicentre under Torrevieja’s La

18 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British fugitive who murdered his wife is found hiding on Spain's Costa Blanca

British killer is found hiding on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive convicted of murdering his wife in 1999 has been arrested in Torrevieja, after being paroled in 2015 and breaching his bail conditions. Glen Wathall, 65, from Burton-on-Trent in East

18 Dec, 2023 @ 12:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Why Christmas lights are not twinkling yet in one major area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

CHRISTMAS lights have been switched on across the Costa Blanca but Orihuela council has been left on the starting line as politicians blame each other for a big festive foul up. Orihuela

5 Dec, 2023 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Popular iconic beach restaurant is getting torn down on orders of Costas authority after 80 years of trading on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESTAURANT that has been a landmark on Torrevieja’s Playa del Cura for 80 years is being torn down on the orders of the provincial Coastal Authority(Costas). It’s the culmination of a

24 Nov, 2023 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

Five teenage boys accused of raping girl, 15, in Spain’s Alicante

FIVE teenage boys have been interned in juvenile centres after being arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Dolores. The Guardia Civil arrested the teens- aged between 15 and 17- on

23 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Infamous traffic black spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca inches forward to getting a major overhaul

A LONG-STANDING pledge to turn the N-332 into a dual carriageway as it passes through Torrevieja appears to be moving one step closer to reality. The government announced in 2018 that the

21 Nov, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Popular tourist beach bars closed all during 2023 to reopen at Easter on Spain's Costa Blanca

Popular tourist beach bars closed all throughout 2023 WILL reopen for Easter holidays on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council has promised that Orihuela Costa beach bars will reopen at Easter after they were shut all year after an old contract held by Chiringuitos Del Sol ended on January 1.

21 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7 motorway in Alicante province. An Orihuela-based Guardia

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Century-old derelict mansion with majestic gardens to be slowly restored to its former splendour on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN HISTORIC building bought by Jacarilla council in 2009 from a real estate entrepreneur may soon be restored to some of its former glory thanks to €1.3 million of grants. The Marquis

13 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional paid them a visit. They clambered up

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community