Simon Wade, Author at Olive Press News Spain

Foot-chase through streets of expat urbanisation leads to arrest of hooded car thief on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO local police caught a hooded car thief that had been spotted by shoppers at a local retail complex. Additional street patrols and checkpoints

15 Mar, 2021 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Benidorm hoteliers group admits “the true fear” of the hospitality industry on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOSBEC, the Costa Blanca group representing the hospitality industry, has revealed the true concerns of its members, in light of the “failure of virus management”

14 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

The hospitality sector has been one of the worst-hit by the restrictions

A billion euros of government aid planned for industries worst hit by pandemic in Spain’s Valencia region

THE VALENCIAN Community is to receive a total of over a billion euros of pandemic aid from the Spanish government. The region will first get

14 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Council to spend over €9,000 a day controlling beach access for next two years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA has approved a contract worth nearly two million euros for access to its beaches to be controlled until the end of 2022. The Ordinary

12 Mar, 2021 @ 21:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

BUSTED: Police in Spain arrest 46 involved in huge trafficking gang importing drugs from Morocco

A NETWORK of warehouses from Gibraltar to Barcelona have been raided, revealing a large scale and ‘perfectly-structured’ drug trafficking operation led by a man known

12 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Almeria·Barcelona·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – here’s where to get your free copy

OUR 35th edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

11 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

IN PICS: Illegal TV app showing Premier League football with 100 million users taken down after raids in Spain and France

AN ILLEGAL TV app that was streaming European football, other TV channels and videos has been taken down in Spain. Policia Nacional and Europol dismantled

11 Mar, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Vaccination roll-out for almost 120,000 teachers and support staff starts in Spain’s Valencia region

SCHOOL TEACHERS will soon be able to receive the Astrazeneca Covid-19 jab as vaccination points have been named across the Costa Blanca. President of the

10 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Locals invited to ‘grow their own’ as new urban gardens project blossoms in expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POPULAR with British expats, San Fulgencio’s La Marina urbanisation, is to have a €79,000 urban garden development creating 68 jobs. The project, developed with Hidraqua,

10 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

IN PICS: Motorcycle gang arrested with over 7,000 marijuana plants on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GANG of ten Alicante bikers were detained after more than 7,000 marijuana plants and 30 kilos of the drug were found in their homes.

9 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Eco-tourist routes resume with virtual walks to cope with demand on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA is to see its eco-tourism routes resume through its natural parks, after a hiatus caused by the Covid-19 restriction. The popular walks through Torrevieja

9 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Elderly motorist dies after driving down wrong side of busy dual carriageway in Spain's Murcia region

Drunk driver without license arrested for driving almost a mile on wrong side of road in Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA Guardia Civil have arrested a 47-year-old man for giving a positive testing for alcohol and driving on the side of the road. Sources say

8 Mar, 2021 @ 13:35

Costa Blanca

Volunteers and civil protection officers recognised for their work during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMORADI City Council has officially recognised the teams of people that came forward to help during both the 2019 floods and the current coronavirus pandemic.

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Holland’s most wanted fugitive arrested with international terrorist after ‘upmarket’ drugs bust in Spain’s Valencia

SPAIN’S biggest haul of ‘pink cocaine’ was seized and Holland’s most wanted man was arrested after a joint operation between Guardia Civil and the Netherlands

7 Mar, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Which towns in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca are showing lowest infection rates since last summer?

ACCORDING to Spain’s Ministry of Health, the Vega Baja region has seen the third wave of Covid-19 infections collapse. Six municipalities have not registered any

4 Mar, 2021 @ 20:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Sexual equality throughout area popular with expats promoted via Tik Tok social media campaign on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, is having a “Tik Tok for Equality” campaign inline with International Women’s Day on March 8. Josefina

4 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Unique museum celebrating famous poet receives continued council support on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has renewed its association with the Miguel Hernández University and Iberfol SL for the conservation of the Miguel Hernández Fig Tree Museum.

3 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Market town looks to claim new artichoke emoji as their own on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMORADI, in the Vega Baja district of Costa Blanca, is looking to adopt the artichoke emoji on social media as their own. Commonly referred to

3 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Lockdown measures relaxed but children still can’t use playgrounds in much of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has announced that all playgrounds in the municipality will remain closed until March 14, at least. This is despite the recent relaxation

2 Mar, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Violent robbers caught red-handed going equipped are jailed for thefts at over 100 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SIX members of an East European gang who staged 130 robberies on industrial buildings have been arrested in Los Montesinos. The Policia Nacional and Guardia

2 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

IN PICS: Assault rifles and submachine guns among ‘weapons of war’ seized as 7 arrested in Spain’s Valencia and Bilbao

A LETHAL cache of illegal firearms has been seized as trafficking operations in Valencia and Bilbao were busted by Spain’s Guardia Civil. Weapons included cannons,

1 Mar, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

BUSTED: Secret drugs farm hidden in stables producing half tonne of cocaine a month – gang of 30 arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALMORADI drugs farm has been dismantled by Policia Nacional with 30 people being arrested. The secret cocaine processing laboratory was busted whilst in operation,

1 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

The new edition of Olive Press for Costa Blanca South is out now – here’s where to get your free copy

OUR 34th edition of The Olive Press for the Costa Blanca South and Murcia is out now. From the Mar Menor to Gran Alicant and

26 Feb, 2021 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

OFFICIAL – full details of Monday’s lockdown easement on Spain’s Costa Blanca

XIMO PUIG, president of the Valencian region, has just announced details of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions from this Monday, March 1. The interdepartmental

25 Feb, 2021 @ 16:01

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Terrace tax suspended until 2022 to support pandemic-hit hospitality trade in popular expat town on Spain’s Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO council, which covers the British expat area of La Marina Urbanisation, has extended it’s suspension of the ‘terrace tax’ to bars and restaurants

25 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Historic museum to get €300,000 facelift on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES council is to spend over €300,000 on the town’s Archaeological Museum to fix all of the problems uncovered in a survey by its Heritage

25 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead