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Benidorm hotel will cater for COVID-19 infected tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO hotels will be available free of charge to accommodate any tourists visiting the Valencian Community that have contracted COVID-19. The move follows a similar

7 Aug, 2020 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

European Bank Loans Up To 100 Million For Flood Repairs Almost A Year After Disaster Struck On Spain S Costa Blanca

European Bank loans €100 million for flood repairs almost a year after disaster struck on Spain’s Costa Blanca.

THE European Bank(EIB) has granted a loan of up to €100 million for repairs and infrastructure improvements brought on by last September’s Costa Blanca area

6 Aug, 2020 @ 17:54

Costa Blanca·Lead

Teenagers attack police as agents break up illegal early morning beach party in Spain’s Murcia region

TWO police agents were injured as an illegal beach drinks party in the Cabo de Palos area of Cartagena in Murcia. The botellon involved around

6 Aug, 2020 @ 14:41

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Elderly man arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for taking photos of naked children on a popular beach

A 77-YEAR OLD man has been charged with the corruption of minors after taking photos of naked children on an Alicante area beach. The Spanish

6 Aug, 2020 @ 13:26

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Drought crisis sees first closures of swimming pools and dismissals of lifeguards in Spain’s Malaga

Tragedy on Spain’s Costa Blanca as young boy drowns in villa swimming pool

TRAGEDY struck in the tourist area of Quesada on the southern Costa Blanca yesterday(August 5) when a four-year-old boy drowned in a private swimming pool.

6 Aug, 2020 @ 12:37

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WATCH: British comedian Jim Davidson says ‘Spain is for fat northern birds’ before telling Brits to get dinghy across the channel to avoid 14-day quarantine

Davidson’s career has been met with controversy since his big break in the mid-seventies on the ITV talent show New Faces

5 Aug, 2020 @ 14:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·National News

Pervert on Spain’s Costa Blanca used over 60 phone cards to send unwanted porn to women

An Elche man has been arrested for sending unwanted pornography to women by using dozens of mobile phone numbers. The 44-year-old Spaniard used pre-paid cards

5 Aug, 2020 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca

Fresh COVID-19 outbreak reported in tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A new coronavirus outbreak has been reported on the Costa Blanca centred on the municipality of San Juan de Alicante. Valencian Health Ministry officials said

5 Aug, 2020 @ 13:16

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Man is duped by a ‘Love Hug’ and gets robbed of €10,000 worth of jewellery in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HUGGER muggers are back on the Costa Blanca after a quiet period for incidents during Spain’s State of Alarm lockdown restrictions. A 22-year-old Romanian woman

5 Aug, 2020 @ 12:19

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Luxury golf villas on Spain’s Costa Blanca are converted into high tech marijuana farms

THE Guardia Civil has arrested a gang that rented three luxury golf villas on the Costa Blanca which they converted into marijuana farms. Four men

4 Aug, 2020 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Swimmer left stranded and unconscious for 24 hours on remote cove in Benidorm area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A man survived a day-long ordeal after falling amongst some cliff rocks in the Playa Estudiantes area of Villajoyosa just south of Benidorm on the

4 Aug, 2020 @ 17:22

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Fag end fears as tourist collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca leads to tobacconist closure threats

TOBACCONISTS on the Costa Blanca say they’ve had a bad year for sales as travel restrictions has slashed their main customer base, which could force

4 Aug, 2020 @ 16:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Shock In Spain S Murcia Region As Brother Of Leading Covid 19 Fighter Is Stabbed To Death 2

Shock in Spain’s Murcia region as brother of leading COVID-19 fighter is stabbed to death by his son

THE brother of Murcia’s Health Minister, Manuel Villegas, was found stabbed to death in the porch of his home this morning(August 4). 68-year-old Jose Antonio

4 Aug, 2020 @ 15:05

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New Covid 19 Cases Continue To Rise In Spain S Valencian Community

New COVID-19 cases continue to rise on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CORONAVIRUS infections are continuing to climb in the Valencian Community with 523 new cases confirmed via PCE testing since the last set of figures were

4 Aug, 2020 @ 14:16

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Five-fold increase in Brits moving to Spain since Brexit vote likened to UK being hit by “major economic crisis” claims Oxford University study

THE number of British opting for a new life in Spain has leapt up by 500 per cent since the UK voted to leave the

4 Aug, 2020 @ 10:49

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

Live bands contest planned to boost “severely punished” music sector on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A free-to-enter live music competition is being staged in Alicante this September to act as a fillip for new bands that have not been able

3 Aug, 2020 @ 18:29

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

June’s foreign tourist figures show record collapse on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIGURES from Spain’s National Statistics Institute(INE) have shown that international visitor numbers to the Valencian Community in June were massively down by 96.6 per cent

3 Aug, 2020 @ 18:09

Costa Blanca

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Hospitals on Spain’s Costa Blanca make plans in wake of COVID-19 case rises

HOSPITALS in the Valencian Community are starting to ramp up plans in case the recent rise in COVID-19 cases continues to spiral upwards. A number

3 Aug, 2020 @ 17:10

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Total coronavirus knock out for police force on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Costa Blanca town of Cocentaina has no local police officers on duty due to one of their officers catching the coronavirus. The rest of

3 Aug, 2020 @ 16:14

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Inspectors find high number of bar and clubs breaking COVID health rules in Murcia area of Spain

Nightclubs penalised as police launch extra coronavirus checks across Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALMOST 200 nightclubs and entertainment venues across the Valencian Community had a visit last weekend from the Policia Nacional to check that coronavirus safety rules

3 Aug, 2020 @ 14:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Leading Parks In Benidorm On Spain S Costa Blanca Get Healthy Approval

Top theme parks in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca get healthy approval

TWO of Benidorm’s biggest attractions have received an international seal of approval for their health procedures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The World

3 Aug, 2020 @ 14:18

Benidorm·Costa Blanca

Top Spanish academic joins British expats in condemning far right ‘hooligan’ Tommy Robinson for proposed move to Spain

CO-FOUNDER of the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, has come in for scathing criticism from a top Spanish academic. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Robinson), released a

2 Aug, 2020 @ 14:35

Costa Blanca·Lead·National News

National flood congress to be held in Spain’s Costa Blanca, on anniversary of 2019’s devastating gota fria

ORIHUELA is to host Spain’s National Flood Congress with dozens of experts looking for preventative measures against flash storms and the subsequent devastation. The two

1 Aug, 2020 @ 16:23

Costa Blanca·Lead

Lamb slaughtered in public area with blood running through the street of Costa Blanca town as religious festival starts

ALMORADI police had to rush to the scene of a lamb slaughtering, as disgusted neighbours reported blood running from drains into their street. As the

1 Aug, 2020 @ 11:19

Costa Blanca·Lead

Fleeced Uk And Expat Pensioners In Spain Get Boost From Malta Over High Risk Investments That Plummetted

Fleeced and ruined expat pensioners in Spain get boost from Malta over high-risk Continental Wealth Management investments that plummeted in value

MOMENTUM Pensions Malta will have to compensate for 70 per cent of losses suffered by their clients taking out high risk investments via the failed

1 Aug, 2020 @ 10:08

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca

Valencian president says that Spain’s Costa Blanca is safe for tourists as extra police patrols hit nightclubs this weekend

EXTRA police visits to nightclubs have been promised this weekend by Valencian Community president, Ximo Puig, in order to control the spread of Covid-19 across

31 Jul, 2020 @ 12:58

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

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