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Patients Visiting Health Centres Without Appointment To Be Vetted In Spain S Valencian Community

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

HEALTH centres across the Valencian Community are launching a triage system next Monday (June 22) meaning people who just turn up without an appointment to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 12:43

Costa Blanca·Health

Spain Set To Increase Virus Tests As Emergency Period Ends

Spain’s gov. will PCR test all close contacts of COVID-19 patients as country exits state of alarm this Sunday

SPAIN is to ramp up coronavirus testing as the country gets ready to come out of the State of Alarm this Sunday (June 21). Concerns

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Spains Airports Are Cutting Charges To Boost Number Of Services Flying Into Country

Airlines to be gifted ‘lower landing fees’ to boost airborne tourism to Spain from July 1

AIR carriers flying into Spain’s airports are to be charged lower landing fees in a move aimed at boosting the number of flights in the

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:33

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

WATCH: 5-month baby in care after suffering cocaine poisoning following drug-fuelled car crash with underage parent in Spain’s Murcia

A five-month-old baby has been taken into care in Murcia after it was found to have a high level of cocaine in a urine sample.

18 Jun, 2020 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Polluted Water From Murcias Mar Menor Goes On Show In Regional Assembly

Opposition waves bottle of ‘dirty water’ from Mar Menor in Murcia assembly as EU begins investigation in one of Europe’s ‘biggest environmental problems’

A bottle of polluted water from the Mar Menor was waved in the air yesterday to prove a point during a session of Murcia’s Regional

18 Jun, 2020 @ 12:59

Costa Blanca·Environment

Costa Blanca Welcomes Return Of Sunday Shopping

Sunday shopping returns to Valencian Community this weekend

SUNDAY shopping returns to the Valencian Community’s tourist areas this weekend (June 21) right through to next January. Before 2018, large and medium-sized stores in

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:41

Costa Blanca

Valencian government makes plans to upgrade CV-95 between Orihuela and Torrevieja to a dual-carriageway

PLANS to turn a key southern Costa Blanca road into a dual carriageway are to be revisited some 13 years after the original project was

17 Jun, 2020 @ 18:34

Costa Blanca

Polticians In Spain Call For Cash To Be Phased Out To Stop Tax Dodgers

Spain’s government plans movement towards ‘cashless’ society

SPAIN may take future steps towards cash transactions becoming something of the past, according to a plan put forward by the ruling coalition in Madrid’s

17 Jun, 2020 @ 13:52

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

Spain S Tourist Bosses Warn Of Catastrophe If British Cannot Travel To Costa Blanca

Top Spanish tourism association begs government to permit air travel corridors between Spain and ‘parts of the UK that have low coronavirus rates’

A TOP Spanish tourist association says that air travel corridors between the UK and Spain have to be set up as losing British visitors would

17 Jun, 2020 @ 12:48

Costa Blanca·Lead

Foreign Arrivals At Airport Will Have To Give Contact Details In Spain S Costa Blanca

Tourists flying to Spain’s Alicante airport to be required to inform authorities of contact details and holiday destination

FOREIGN travellers flying into Alicante-Elche airport will have to fill in a form with details of their home area and final destination, to stop any

17 Jun, 2020 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca To Get Early Flu Jabs To Avoid Convid Confusion

Valencian Community announces ‘massive vaccination campaign’ to avoid mistaking influenza symptoms for COVID-19

THE Valencian Community plans to launch an annual flu vaccination campaign earlier than normal because of the coronavirus crisis. The vaccinations will not be mandatory,

16 Jun, 2020 @ 19:01

Costa Blanca·Lead

Snooker star Willie Thorne put into coma in Spain’s Torrevieja following battle with leukaemia

EX-snooker player turned TV commentator, Willie Thorne, has been placed into an induced coma in a Spanish hospital after suffering from respiratory failure. The 66-year-old

16 Jun, 2020 @ 18:21

Celebrity·Costa Blanca·Lead

Massive Spending Promised To End Flooding In Costa Blanca S Torrevieja

Torrevieja town hall announces €82 million package to stop regular flooding – no hike in water bill

PLANS to end flooding on Torrevieja’s roads have been jointly unveiled by the city’s town hall and water company Agamed. An €82 million water and

16 Jun, 2020 @ 17:24

Costa Blanca·Environment

Beaches Are Sorted Out In Costa Blanca S Guardamar Months After Storm Gloria Damage

Work restarts on Guardamar beaches to repair damage on Spain’s Costa Blanca from Storm Gloria last January

WORK has restarted on Guardamar’s beaches to repair damage caused by January’s Storm Gloria. Spain’s State of Alarm, imposed in mid-March, stopped emergency projects that

16 Jun, 2020 @ 17:19

Costa Blanca

Murcia Meat Suppiler Just Behind Fizzy Drink Giant In Spain S Shopping Basket 1

77% of all Spanish houses buy ElPozo meat products as company named 2nd best-loved brand in Spain after Coca Cola

MURCIA region-based meat producer, El Pozo, is the second-most bought grocery brand in Spain, after the international soft drinks manufacturer, Coca Cola. El Pozo´s origins

16 Jun, 2020 @ 17:15

Food & Drink·Lead

Second day with zero hospital admissions in Spain’s Valencian Community

ONE person has died from coronavirus in a 24-hour period between Sunday and Monday in the Valencian Community. The latest regional figures from the health

16 Jun, 2020 @ 16:34

Costa Blanca

Man Assaults Partner In Front Of Children On Orihuela Area Street

36-year-old expat arrested for smacking partner in public in Spain’s Orihuela on the Costa Blanca

A 36-year-old man has been arrested by Orihuela’s Policia Local for hitting his partner in the street. The assault happened on Monday evening (June 15)

16 Jun, 2020 @ 15:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Boiler room gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested over €10 million swindle of at least 250 victims

A GANG has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in the Torrevieja area for fleecing at least €10 million from investors looking for high returns

16 Jun, 2020 @ 15:18

Crime & Law·Lead

Valencian gov. pays for 30 ‘beach helpers’ to join 152 lifeguards keeping Torrevieja safe from coronavirus and drownings

TORREVIEJA council is to spend over €1.4 million this summer to keep the city’s beaches safe from coronavirus and drownings. The authority has re-awarded the

15 Jun, 2020 @ 17:26

Key Costa Blanca Hospital Resumes Normal Service

Torrevieja hospital returns to ‘normal schedule’ for non-urgent operations and consultations

TORREVIEJA Hospital has returned to a near-normal schedule for non-urgent operations and consultations. The facility’s management company, Ribera Salud, says that most of the regular

15 Jun, 2020 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Health

Costa Blanca Sees Social Distancing Eased 1

Ximo Puig relaxes social distancing in Valencian Community to 1.5m as region enters Phase 3 of de-escalation

SOCIAL distancing rules have been eased in the Valencian Community from today (June 15), allowing people to get 50cm closer than before. The region went

15 Jun, 2020 @ 16:51

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca Tourist Centres To Welcome Domestic Violence Reports

Tourists to Valencia, Alicante and Castellon can now report domestic violence at any of the region’s 213 tourism offices

VICTIMS of domestic violence while on holiday to the Costa Blanca will soon be able to report incidents at any of the region’s tourist offices.

15 Jun, 2020 @ 13:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Travel News

Drink-driver ends up paying bill to get car out of Mar Menor in Spain’s Murcia

A night out for a drunken motorist ended up being a costly affair as his car ended up in the Mar Menor. The boozy driver

15 Jun, 2020 @ 13:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

22-year-old could face year in prison after pit bull found with ‘multiple injuries’ from illegal dogfights in Spain’s Alicante

A PITBULL with multiple injuries to its limbs from ‘illegal dogfights’ has been rescued by Guardia Civil in Spain’s Alicante province. Agents from Jacarilla were

15 Jun, 2020 @ 13:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Environment

Alicante Airport installs thermal image cameras in preparation for return of tourism in July

AUTOMATIC thermal image cameras are being put into Alicante-Elche airport ahead of an increased flight schedule from July 1. That’s the date when Spain has

13 Jun, 2020 @ 13:55

Costa Blanca

Valencian Community to enter Phase 3 of de-escalation on Monday – new privileges here

THE Valencian Community, including the Costa Blanca, will go into Phase Three of lockdown reduction this Monday (June 15). Spain’s Health Minister, Salvador Illa, confirmed

13 Jun, 2020 @ 13:42

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