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Couple who run a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca get raided over home plantations soothed by music

A TORREVIEJA couple who played soothing music to their flat crammed with marijuana plants have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Plants were found in

14 Aug, 2020 @ 12:54

Costa Blanca·Lead

Smokers Could Be Banned From Lighting Up Outdoors Unless Safety Distance Is Kept On Spain S Costa Blanca

Smokers could be banned from lighting up outdoors on Spain’s Costa Blanca if safety distance is not kept

SMOKERS may be stopped from lighting up in outdoor public areas of the Costa Blanca if they cannot keep two metres away from other people.

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:53

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Scores of Franco’s victims to be exhumed and given dignified burials across Spain’s Costa Blanca

VICTIMS of Spain’s notorious dictator, General Franco, are to be exhumed across the region, with a tender process for the contract recently launched. The €88,000

13 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dutch And Spanish Tourists Die On Infamous Killer Road On Spain S Costa Blanca 2

Dutch and Spanish tourists die on infamous N-332 killer road south of Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO TOURISTS died yesterday(August 12) after a head-on collision between their vehicles on a major blackspot road on the Costa Blanca. The N-332 in El

13 Aug, 2020 @ 12:26

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Mayor slams ‘irresponsibility’ of bathers swimming under red flags, as culprits fined €500 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAYOR has hit out at ‘irresponsible’ swimmers after two bathers ignored red flags flying at Guardamar del Segura, and took a dip. Seas had

13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:34

Costa Blanca·Lead

Scuba Diver Finds Ancient Artefacts Going Back 24 Centuries On Spain S Costa Blanca

Scuba diver stumbles across ancient artefacts off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DIVER had the find of his life when he stumbled across the remains of a pre-Roman era ship in the sea off Denia. Initial

13 Aug, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca

Boat sinks off Spain’s Costa Blanca with crew rescued by migrant surveillance vessel

FIVE people aboard a pleasure boat were dramatically rescued as it was sunk in the waters of Cap Prim de Xabia on the northern Costa

12 Aug, 2020 @ 16:28

Costa Blanca

Town asks locals for pictures and videos as flood anniversary approaches in Spain’s Costa Blanca

REDOVAN council is preparing a video for the anniversary of the devastating Gota Fria and floods that killed seven people and tore into the fabric

12 Aug, 2020 @ 16:22

Costa Blanca

Six Frenchmen assault and rob man on street in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A SIX-STRONG group of Frenchmen have been arrested in Alicante this morning(August 12) after stealing money and a mobile phone from a Lithuanian man. The

12 Aug, 2020 @ 13:16

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Counterfeit goods destined for coastal markets seized in lockdown town of Totana in Spain’s Costa Calida

SOME 1,500 items of counterfeit clothing and mobile phone accessories were seized in Lorca, Águilas and Totana – a town that is still in a

11 Aug, 2020 @ 16:16

Costa Blanca·Lead

Barely Half Full Hotels On Spain S Costa Blanca Report A Worrying July

Hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca struggle to get even half-full in July

THE COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on Costa Blanca hotels in July with an average occupancy rate of just 45 per cent compared to 89.6

11 Aug, 2020 @ 12:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

Worst Weekend For Covid 19 Cases In Valencian Community

Worst weekend for new COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community since lockdown ended in June

SPAIN’S Valencian Community has registered its biggest rise in COVID-19 cases over a weekend since the State of Alarm ended on June 21. Figures from

11 Aug, 2020 @ 11:05

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Ding Dong Bell For Hotel Thieves In Spain S Murcia City

Ding Dong Bell rings hollow for hotel burglars in Spain’s Murcia City

TWO robbers were caught red-handed with a reception bell which they had stolen from an abandoned Murcia City hotel. The Arco de San Juan de

10 Aug, 2020 @ 16:48

Costa Blanca

‘Hole in wall’ warehouse robbers rumbled on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Kosovo Albanians have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for committing 19 robberies across Spain by banging out holes in warehouse walls. The men,

10 Aug, 2020 @ 16:09

Costa Blanca

Second toddler swimming pool tragedy in five days on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A young boy drowned in a community swimming pool yesterday(August 9) in the second-such tragedy to hit the southern Costa Blanca within five days. The

10 Aug, 2020 @ 13:43

Costa Blanca

Free Outdoor cinema programme launched for families on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROGRAMME of Summer Cinema is due to start in Orihuela Costa, on the popular Costa Blanca. Different neighbourhoods and districts throughout the area will

10 Aug, 2020 @ 12:27

Costa Blanca

Benidorm neighbourhood on Spain’s Costa Blanca backtracks on local lockdown threat if COVID-19 cases continue to rise

VILLAJOYOSA, which is just a 15 minute drive from Benidorm, has seen its mayor apparently backtrack on a local lockdown threat over rising COVID-19 cases.

10 Aug, 2020 @ 12:21

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police turn bathers away as FIVE beaches reach capacity on hottest weekend of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE province was forced to temporarily close five of its beaches yesterday, August 9, due to capacities being reached under social distancing regulations. Almadraba beach

10 Aug, 2020 @ 12:16

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Nightclub On Spain S Costa Blanca Faces Big Fine For Opening Up Dance Floor 3 2

Nightclub on Spain’s Costa Blanca faces huge fine for using dance floor

AN ALICANTE nightclub owner could be fined up to €60,000 after social distancing and capacity rules were flouted at a city venue. Alicante Policia Local

10 Aug, 2020 @ 11:25

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Outdoor cinema faces fines up to €60,000 for breaching social distancing rules on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN open air cinema with 220 film-goers was closed down by Alicante Policia Local for breaching social-distancing rules. Authorities agreed that the Playa de San

9 Aug, 2020 @ 16:31

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Flood Hit Disaster Area Of Spain S Murcia Will Get Just Four Per Cent Of Eu Emergency Money

Flood-hit disaster area of Spain’s Murcia will get just 4% of EU emergency money

MURCIA’S government is fuming that it will just get €2.3 million out of an EU grant of €57 million to help parts of Spain hit

9 Aug, 2020 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Mar Menor

Kate and Will thank school in Spain’s Costa Blanca for their support after Prince George was mocked on American TV for dancing

The Duke and Duchess wrote on behalf of Prince George to thank the school for their support

8 Aug, 2020 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Sweatshop owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca arrested for exploiting illegal foreign workers on 12 hour shifts

A 30-year-old Mexican businessman has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante for breaking employment laws at his three factories in Crevillente. Most of

8 Aug, 2020 @ 10:05

Costa Blanca

British couple set up ‘Two for One’ discount app throughout Spain’s Costa Blanca – exclusive offer for Olive Press readers

WHEN Middlesbrough couple Andrew and Vicki Holland left Teesside with their young son for sunnier shores in 2018, they already had an idea that would

7 Aug, 2020 @ 13:46

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Aqualandia And Mundomar To Call It Quits For The Season On August 23

Lack of Benidorm tourists forces leading holiday parks to close down early on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO major Benidorm theme parks say that low tourist numbers will force them to end their season early on August 23. The Aqualandia and Mundomar

7 Aug, 2020 @ 13:31

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Squatter fears in southern Spain see ‘for sale’ and ‘for rent’ signs taken down outside empty homes

Lockdown causes massive June property sales collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HOUSE sales collapsed by almost half across the Costa Blanca in June according to figures released by the National Institute of Statistics(INE). The national fall

7 Aug, 2020 @ 12:31

Costa Blanca·Property

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