Alex Trelinski, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Everybody in Spain can get a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose this autumn

All children in Spain aged 12 to 17 years could be vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the new school year in September

SPAIN’S Health Minister, Carolina Darias, wants all children between 12 and 17 to be vaccinated before the start of September’s new school year. Speaking today(June

4 Jun, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

WET-SUITED BODY discovered yesterday off the Costa Blanca in Spain is female and not male

NEW details have emerged today(June 4) about a body in a wetsuit discovered by a Javea fishing boat yesterday off the Costa Blanca. First reports

4 Jun, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain's Tourism Minister Says That Her Government Is Having 'daily' Contact With British Counterparts Onto 'green' Travel List

Spain’s Tourism Minister says government is having ‘daily’ contact with British counterparts to get country onto ‘Green’ travel list

SPAIN’S Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, has said that her government is in contact on a ‘daily’ basis with UK counterparts to try to persuade them

4 Jun, 2021 @ 18:51

Lead·National News·Travel News

Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain

TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs gang.

4 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

European Commission ‘ticks off’ Spain for allowing in non-EU visitors from countries like the UK without a negative COVID-19 test

SPAIN has been told off today(June 4) by the European Commission for allowing non-EU visitors into the country without a negative COVID test. But the

4 Jun, 2021 @ 16:59

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Only a quarter of under-60s jabbed with AstraZeneca in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain have so far chosen Pfizer for their second shot

OVER three-quarters of under-60s jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine in the Valencia region have requested to take their second anti-COVID inoculation with the same vaccine.

4 Jun, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

Pedro Sanchez is told to use diplomacy to boost Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourism by getting Spain onto UK ‘Green’ travel list

ALICANTE Provincial Council president, Carlos Mazon, wants Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, to exert more diplomatic pressure on the UK to get the country onto ‘Green’

4 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

COVID 19 figures rise above 100 cases per 100,000 mark...

COVID-19 health situation latest from the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

LATEST coronavirus case figures from the Valencian health ministry stand at 205 new infections today(June 3). That’s a fall of five on a week-to-week comparison

3 Jun, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Mystery Over A Male Body In A Wetsuit Discovered 16 Miles Offshore By A Costa Blanca Fishing Boat In Spain

SEA RIDDLE over male body in a wetsuit discovered 16 miles offshore by a Costa Blanca fishing boat in Spain

A Javea fishing boat discovered a body floating in the sea today(June 3), some 16 miles off Cabo de la Nao on the northern Costa

3 Jun, 2021 @ 19:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

BBVA bank bosses in Spain to reduce compulsory redundacies after one-day strike

BBVA bank bosses in Spain offer to cut compulsory job losses after one-day strike

THE BBVA bank has reduced planned compulsory redundancies in a last-minute bid to strike a deal with the CCOO union. Formal talks are due to

3 Jun, 2021 @ 18:10

Business & Finance·Lead

Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in Galicia, Spain

A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered

3 Jun, 2021 @ 17:34

Crime & Law

'phishing' And 'smishing' Gang On The Costa Blanca In Spain Stole Credit Card Details Supplied By Victims

‘Phishing’ and ‘Smishing’ gang on the Costa Blanca in Spain used credit card details conned out of victims

EIGHT people have been arrested in Almoradi and Torrevieja for running a nationwide scam that stole the credit card details of least 48 people. The

3 Jun, 2021 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

COVID-19 curfews end with nightlife late openings permitted in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

EXPLAINER: Four new major rule changes in COVID-19 restrictions for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

FOUR major changes have been announced today(June 3) to COVID-19 safety measures in the Valencian Community. As expected, Valencia President, Ximo Puig, confirmed that the

3 Jun, 2021 @ 13:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Must Read·Valencia

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 cases hold steady with zero deaths and falling hospital numbers in Costa Blanca area of Spain

NEW COVID-19 cases have fallen on a week-to week basis according to figures published today(June 2) by the Valencian health authority. 183 new infections were

2 Jun, 2021 @ 19:22

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

San Juan feast beach fun gets banished by COIVD-19 for a second year in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

San Juan beach celebrations cancelled again by COVID-19 in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

TRADITIONAL San Juan festival beach parties will be strictly prohibited in the Valencian Community later this month. Regional Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, said: “If we

2 Jun, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain

A couple who committed at least ten ‘hugging’ robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been arrested

2 Jun, 2021 @ 16:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia

Green list special status for low risk parts of mainland Spain unlikely says UK ambassador during Benidorm visit

THE UK ambassador to Madrid has said that it is unlikely that parts of mainland Spain will be allowed on the UK’s travel green list

2 Jun, 2021 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencian Community

Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother’s state pension for over six years

A 48-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for claiming over €90,000 from his mother’s state pension after she died in 2014.

2 Jun, 2021 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

A new ‘contemporary’ corporate logo costing €33,000 is unveiled by a Costa Blanca council in Spain

TORREVIEJA mayor, Eduardo Dolon, has unveiled a new corporate logo for the Costa Blanca city. €33.000 of public money has been spent on producing the

2 Jun, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Squatters evicted under new four-week ‘quickie’ process in Costa Blanca town in Spain

VILLAJOYOSA council has successfully triggered a new fast-track eviction process to clear an apartment block of squatters. The block in the northern Costa Blanca town

1 Jun, 2021 @ 18:28

Costa Blanca

COVID-19 case latest from the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

NEW coronavirus cases are maintaining a very marginal rise on a week-to week basis in the Valencian Community. The Tuesday(June 1) report from the regional

1 Jun, 2021 @ 17:49

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

NIGHT CURFEW will definitely end in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain this coming Monday

A night curfew introduced in late October in the Valencian Community will end this Monday(June 7). Despite a slight rise in new COVID-19 cases, Valencian

1 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia

55 Year Old Costa Blanca Man In Spain 'groomed' Boy Aged Under 14 To Meet For Sex

55-year-old Costa Blanca pervert in Spain ‘groomed’ boy aged under 14 to meet for sex

A 55-year-old Orihuela pervert was stopped from hooking up for sex with a boy aged under 14 after the Policia Nacional tracked down his IP

1 Jun, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Knife-wielding bank robber in Murcia area of Spain stabs policeman in the groin

THREE Policia Nacional officers were injured as they stopped a man robbing a bank in Murcia City this morning(June 1), One of the officers was

1 Jun, 2021 @ 11:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

‘WEEKEND WORRIES’ as new COVID-19 cases hit May highpoint in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE weekend COVID-19 case figures have produced May’s largest total for the Valencian Community, according to the regional health ministry tonight(May 31). A total of

31 May, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

International cruise ships are coming back to Alicante on Spain’s Costa Blanca this June

FOREIGN cruise ships will return to docking in Alicante next month to give an economic boost to the area. The news comes after the Spanish

31 May, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News