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Mayor suggests 'bank loan' could offer hope for long campaign to get walkway over motorway on Spain's Costa Blanca

Cabo Roig area residents get ‘breakthrough’ promise in decade-long dangerous bridge battle on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PEDESTRIANS who have risked life and limb to get to shops and medical facilities in Cabo Roig have been promised a bridge pavement within two

3 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 cases falling briskly in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

GOOD NEWS continues with new cases of COVID-19 maintaining big fall in Spain’s Valencian Community

LATEST figures released tonight(March 2) by the Valencian health ministry declared 585 new COVID-19 infections. As expected, it is 225 rise on the Monday total

2 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER:- The latest vaccination state of play for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Health chiefs in Spain say anybody who gets AstraZeneca COVID vaccines should take paracetamol beforehand

SPAIN’S Health Ministry is recommending that paracetamol is taken before anybody gets a jab of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine. The new edict also suggests that

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Coronavirus·Lead

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

Only up to 50% of Benidorm’s bars and restaurants have reopened on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE return of the hospitality sector to Benidorm and other parts of the Costa Blanca has been very low key with only half of all

2 Mar, 2021 @ 18:50

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Choppy Waters Ahead For Spain S Pandemic Hit Small Businesses And Self Employed

More jobs on the line in 2021 for Spain’s pandemic-hit small businesses and self-employed

OVER 300,000 jobs will be lost this year in Spain’s small businesses and self-employed sector due to the economic hit caused by the COVID pandemic.

2 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Business & Finance

Costa Blanca’s Alicante-Elche airport wins top award for COVID-19 safety in Spain

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has won a health safety award to recognise its measures to reduce the chances of travellers catching COVID-19. The accolade comes from the

2 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Francia Ordena El Cierre De Bares Y Restaurantes Desde Las 0 Horas De La Pasada Noche

FIND OUT if you can sit indoors at your local bar and restaurant in Spain’s Murcia region from this Wednesday

BARS and restaurants in a large part of the Murcia region will be able to resume serving customers from inside their premises from tomorrow(March 3).

2 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Another big weekly fall in new COVID-19 cases is reported in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Weekend COVID-19 totals are under a SIXTH of early February figures in Spain’s Valencian Community

A total of 1,231 new COVID-19 cases were reported since last Friday in the Valencian Community according to regional health ministry figures published this evening(March

1 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante ‘mafia gang’ squatted in homes and then rented them out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have broken up an Alicante home-squatting gang that illegally rented out properties to vulnerable people who were forced into high monthly payments. A portfolio

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Man To Go On Trial For Lacing Smoothies With Drugs To Sexually Abuse Little Girl On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man to face trial for lacing smoothies with drugs to sexually abuse little girl in his holiday home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man will face an Alicante court this Wednesday(March 3) accused of sexually abusing a young girl after he laced her milk shakes with drugs.

1 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Fresh Hint That Spain Could Do Travel Corridor Deal With Uk If Vaccine Passports Are Not Introduced In The European Union

Fresh hint that Spain could reach travel deal with UK if vaccine passports are not introduced in the European Union

TOURISM Secretary, Fernando Valdes, has hinted that Spain would consider bilateral travel deals and corridors with ‘third party countries’ if the European Union does not

1 Mar, 2021 @ 18:10

Lead·National News·Travel News

‘UNSOCIAL NETWORK’ as teenage boy hijacks teachers social media sites in ‘sex for grades’ postings in Spain’s Valencian Community

A 14-year-old boy has got himself into hot water after hijacking social media accounts belonging to two of his teachers. He posted messages that offered

1 Mar, 2021 @ 17:03

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Fc Barcelona Introduce New Player Pedro Gonzalez Lopez Pedri

Former FC Barcelona president arrested in police corruption probe over La Liga club in Spain

CATALAN police raided FC Barcelona’s Nou Camp headquarters and various homes this morning(March 1) to arrest several people including ex-club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The

1 Mar, 2021 @ 14:35

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

COVID-19 vaccine jabs stepped up as mass vaccination plans are unveiled for Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 vaccinations are being stepped up this week across the Valencian Community, with plans for mass vaccinations also announced for the region. Valencian President, Ximo

1 Mar, 2021 @ 12:11

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

47 Year Saga Of Unfinished Eyesore La Manga Hotel Continues On Murcia S Mar Menor

Saga to demolish an eyesore La Manga hotel dating back to 1974 continues on Murcia’s Mar Menor

PLANS to demolish an unfinished La Manga hotel continue to be in limbo as a structural survey says the building has not yet reached a

28 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

UP, UP AND AWAY for space-bound hot air balloon ride from Spanish company

A SPANISH company is to offer a somewhat different balloon ride with a chance to hit the earth’s atmosphere and get some spectacular views. Barcelona

28 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Technology·Travel News

‘POWER GRAB’ as luxury villa used so much electricity for marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca that it blacked-out a Calpe urbanisation

A Spanish couple rented a luxury villa in Calpe to set up a fully-fledged massive indoor marijuana farm. Their operation came unstuck as they drained

27 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Property experts in Spain say it is a good time to buy with lower prices on Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol

BETTER weather and the arrival of spring traditionally sees the start of the key time of the year for Spanish property sales. That in turn,

27 Feb, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Mallorca·Mar Menor·Property·Valencian Community

SUN LAWYERS: Why you need to find the right lawyer to guide you through buying a house in Spain

BUYING a property is one of the biggest decisions most of us will make. Making a purchase in Spain has extra complications like a different

27 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Property·Sponsored·Valencian Community

King Emeritus Don Juan Carlos Announces His Retirement From Public Life

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos coughs up another massive chunk of his tax bill

Spain’s former King Juan Carlos, who quit the country last August with financial scandals hanging over him, has paid a €4.4 million tax bill. It

26 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Lead·National News

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

COVID-19 daily case figures fall by 70% in a week across Spain’s Valencian Community

COVID-19 daily infection rates continued their big recent falls according to today’s figures(February 26) from the Valencian health ministry. 539 new cases were reported today

26 Feb, 2021 @ 18:17

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca scammers with €1.5 million of fake notes con businessman in €50,000 switch in Spain

AN Altea business owner was scammed out of €50,000 by a Torrevieja-based family gang who switched genuine bank notes for fakes. The victim was reeled

26 Feb, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Dumb thieves travel 400 kilometres to break Benidorm curfew and are identified after supermarket robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE young robbers travelled over 400 kilometres from Zaragoza to Benidorm to break into a couple of supermarkets by smashing the windows with manhole covers.

26 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘ARRIVERDERCI’ to Benidorm Italian restaurant boss on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over 78 cash point robberies in Italy

A Benidorm restaurant owner has been arrested for being part of a gang in Italy that blew up bank ATMs in 73 robberies. The Policia

25 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

New COVID-19 cases are just a fifth of levels a week earlier in Spain’s Valencian Community

NEW COVID-19 cases are a just a fifth of the total a week ago on February 18, according to latest figures released this evening(February 25)

25 Feb, 2021 @ 18:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Weekend city closures scrapped and bars to reopen next week as COVID-19 restrictions are eased in Spain’s Valencian Community

WEEKEND perimeter closures for Valencian Community cities of 50,000 people and over are to end after this weekend’s restrictions expire this Monday(March 1) at 6.00

25 Feb, 2021 @ 17:48

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community