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![Winter sun-seeking UK tourists boost Costa Blanca airport to make a landmark breakthrough in January](https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Airport-AENA-490x327.jpg)
Winter sun-seeking UK tourists lift Costa Blanca airport to January landmark breakthrough
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has broken the one million passenger mark for January for the first time in its 58-year history. Airport operator Aena said 1,057,214 people
![Toll-free driving extended on key Alicante road for at least another year with plans for permanent abolition](https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Toll-free-driving-extended-on-key-Alicante-road-for-at-least-another-year-with-plans-for-permanent-abolition-490x368.jpg)
Toll-free motoring joy on key Alicante road with plans to scrap charges for good
MOTORISTS will be able to travel toll-free for at least another year on the AP-7 Alicante ring road. The extension runs until February 15, 2026
![Alicante cracks down on tourism as it closes nightclubs and removes HALF of all bar terraces in 'saturated' areas](https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Alicante-cracks-down-on-tourism-as-it-closes-nightclubs-and-removes-HALF-of-all-bar-terraces-in-saturated-areas-490x333.jpg)
Alicante cracks down on tourism as it closes nightclubs and removes HALF of all bar terraces in ‘saturated’ areas
BARS, restaurants, and nightclubs will have to close earlier in two areas of Alicante City designated as Acoustically Saturated Zones(ZAS). One zone will cover parts
![Staff shortages mean just 13% of COVID-19 rule breakers have so far been fined in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain](https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Six-Frenchmen-gang-up-on-and-rob-man-on-street-in-Spain´s-Costa-Blanca-490x276.jpg)
Alicante’s new law against noise is in effect from TODAY: All you need to know to avoid fines of up to €300,000
NEW Noise laws came into force in Alicante on Tuesday including a ban on noisy house parties after 10pm. The city’s rules have been updated
![British drug trafficker faces 30 years in prison after being arrested at Costa Blanca airport](https://www.theolivepress.es/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/British-drug-trafficker-faces-30-years-behind-bars-for-crimes-committed-in-2007-after-arrest-at-Costa-Blanca-airport-1-490x327.jpg)
British drug trafficker on the run since 2007 faces 30 years in prison after arrest at Costa Blanca airport
A BRITISH man wanted for drug trafficking by Turkey has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport after flying in from London Stansted. The 44-year-old had an