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

COVID-19 deaths pass the 7,000 pandemic mark in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia regions

ANOTHER milestone has been achieved in the COVID-19 pandemic in the Valencian Community, with the death toll passing the 7,000 mark. An additional 13 fatalities

16 Mar, 2021 @ 19:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Seaside town encourages shoppers to ‘scratch and win’ on Father’s Day in Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA is working with its retailers to further improve Father’s Day in the town with a “Scratch and Win” promotion. The Department of

16 Mar, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca

Big Benidorm redevelopment plan inches another step closer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM council has endorsed a preliminary plan to develop the Ensanche Levante area of the city which would produce 2,300 new homes in up to

16 Mar, 2021 @ 16:06

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

British man arrested on Costa Blanca after stealing a jet ski from North Wales in 2016 and taking it to Spain

A jet ski stolen from North Wales in 2016 popped up in a dry dock in Alicante after police got a tip-off about its dubious

16 Mar, 2021 @ 14:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida

A PHOENICIAN ship that sank off the Murcian coast will see the light of day again after some 2,700 years. The wreck of the Mazarrón

16 Mar, 2021 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Murcia

AstraZeneca vaccinations suspended on Costa Blanca and Valencia region

AstraZeneca vaccine ‘fears’ delay fast-track immunisation of teachers against COVID-19 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE start of COVID-19 inoculations for all teachers in the Valencia region ground to a halt within hours yesterday(March 15) of Spain suspending the use

16 Mar, 2021 @ 13:17

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Family and friends get-togethers account for most COVID-19 outbreaks in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

THE vast majority of COVID-19 outbreaks in the Costa Blanca and Valencia area since last June have been down to private gatherings of families and

16 Mar, 2021 @ 11:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

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

Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia region gets another big weekend fall in new COVID-19 cases

NEW weekend cases of COVID-19 have produced another sharp dip according to the Valencian regional health ministry this evening(March 15). 437 new infections have been

15 Mar, 2021 @ 19:41

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Foolish British camper starts a bonfire in a protected park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A British man got into trouble last Saturday(March 13) after deciding it would be a good idea to light a bonfire in the Montgo natural

15 Mar, 2021 @ 18:10

Costa Blanca·Lead

Carlos Mazon Alicante Provincial Council

Benidorm and Costa Blanca tourist chiefs say Spain’s government is biased against them compared to Balearic and Canary Islands

TOURISM chiefs on the Costa Blanca have said they are not getting as good a deal from the national government as Spain’s island destinations. The

15 Mar, 2021 @ 17:25

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

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

Illegal Birthday Party Guests Hide Behind Bar To Avoid Clutches Of The Police On Spain's Costa Blanca

‘NO HIDING PLACE’ as illegal birthday party guests cower behind bar on Spain’s Costa Blanca to avoid police sanctions

GUESTS at a birthday party that broke COVID-19 safety rules in Alicante hid behind the bar to avoid police fines last night(March 14). The Policia

15 Mar, 2021 @ 13:06

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Slovak Olympic triathlon squad in Benidorm get their €5,000 bike back after it was stolen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SLOVAKIAN triathletes training for this summer’s Tokyo Olympics have been reunited with a stolen bike thanks to the Policia Nacional in Benidorm. Officers delivered the

15 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

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

Acing it in a man’s world: Our Kate shares her journey from poker player to webmaster extraordinaire

OLIVE PRESS webmaster Kate Langshaw is thankfully used to the late nights of the media from her poker tournament days in Las Vegas. Most of

13 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Technology

Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

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

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

COVID-19 infections continue to be squeezed down in latest figures from Spain’s Valencian Community

LATEST COVID-19 infection figures from the Valencian regional health ministry have recorded another week-to-week fall today(March 12). 310 new cases have been reported, compared to

12 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Con As Woman Defrauds Insurance Company Over Bogus Robbery At Her Calpe Home In Spain

COSTA BLANCA CON as woman fleeces insurance company over bogus home robberies in Spain

A Costa Blanca woman conned an insurance company out of €3,000 on a bogus home burglary claim but her luck ran out when she was

12 Mar, 2021 @ 16:35

Costa Blanca·Lead

Life of British expats on Spain’s Costa Blanca comes under focus in meetings with local mayors

POST-BREXIT life for UK residents on the Costa Blanca is being discussed in a series of meetings between mayors and the Alicante Provincial Council. The

12 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca

COVID-19 case count maintains its downward slide in Spain’s Valencian Community

300 new COVID-19 cases were announced tonight(March 11) in the Valencian Community which on the indicative week-to-week comparison is 89 down on the total seven

11 Mar, 2021 @ 20:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Busy Holiday Route Between Benidorm And L'albir To Get Cycleway And Pavements On Spain's Costa Blanca

Busy Costa Blanca holiday route in Spain to get cycleway and pavements between Benidorm and L’Albir

A new cycle lane and two sets of pavements will be built on a busy Costa Blanca tourist road linking Benidorm to L’Albir. Normal pandemic-free

11 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

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

Bars and restaurants to reopen indoors in slight loosening of COVID-19 restrictions in Spain’s Valencia region

A very limited package of relaxing pandemic restrictions in the Valencian Community from March 15 has been announced today(March 11) by President Ximo Puig. Gyms

11 Mar, 2021 @ 15:52

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

‘NO CLEAN SWEEP’ as Torrevieja road cleaner used his work time to run a high-earning cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Torrevieja road sweeper used his job as a cover to run a drugs gang which included an 80-year-old woman who stitched bags containing narcotics.

11 Mar, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

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