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Renfe strike is called off: Railway company agrees deal with 15,000 workers after threat of walkouts across Spain saw 1,500 trains cancelled

Renfe trains in Spain’s Valencia region suffer too many disruptions, says consumer rights group

THE FACUA consumer association has called on the Ministry of Transport to stop ‘constant’ disruption to Cercanias train services in the Valencian Community. The group

9 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised

A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner

9 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

For €425k you can buy a lovely seafront villa on the Costa Blanca – But what can that sum get you around the world?

IT may come as little surprise that €425,000 will get you a sparkling seafront villa on the Spanish coast. But what will this sum buy

9 Nov, 2023 @ 08:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

New direct flights from Alicante: Easyjet to connect Spain’s Costa Blanca with Southampton, Newcastle and 7 other European cities next year

LOW COST airline Easyjet will be launching nine routes next summer from Alicante-Elche airport to coincide with the company opening a new base there. Three of

8 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Migrants fill up empty four-star Guardamar hotel

Hundreds of boat migrants are put up in four-star hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AROUND 230 migrants- mainly from Senegal- who landed in the Canary Islands are being accommodated in a Guardamar del Segura hotel on the southern Costa

8 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British tourist recovery continues with tourist tax to be scrapped 'soon' on Spain's Costa Blanca

British tourist recovery continues as tourist tax set to be scrapped ‘soon’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH tourist numbers to the Valencian Community are continuing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, said Valencian president Carlos Mazon on the first day of London’s

6 Nov, 2023 @ 19:50

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada

6 Nov, 2023 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm area luxury car thieves changed number plates and VIN details for quick resale in Spain.

Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers

A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional

6 Nov, 2023 @ 12:59

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Strong winds cause injuries in Spain’s Valencia: Woman is struck in the face by a falling sign while another is hit by a restaurant’s parasol

STRONG winds caused by Storm Ciaran have kept police and fire crews busy in Valencia and the Valencian Community with over 700 reported incidents in

3 Nov, 2023 @ 15:25

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’

A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The

3 Nov, 2023 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Illegal 'pirate' online television subscription network offering premium movies and sport busted by police in Spain

Crackdown on pirate TV across Spain: Arrests in Alicante and Andalucia reveal 18,300 customers were watching €366m worth of stolen content

EIGHT people have been arrested for providing pirate subscription television services to over 18,300 customers from two operational centres in Alicante and Sevilla provinces. The

3 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Alicante·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla·Valencian Community

Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DROUGHT conditions have fuelled concerns over the unwanted return of a beetle that can destroy masses of trees in the green spaces of the Vega

31 Oct, 2023 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Valencian Community

Elderly man cheats death after explosion rips through top floor of home on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN, 82, escaped with just leg burns after an explosion ripped through the top floor of his Orihuela Costa home on Tuesday morning. Neighbours

31 Oct, 2023 @ 12:49

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals

BRITISH travellers are set to make up a third of all passengers using Alicante-Elche airport during the winter season which runs until March 30. Airport

31 Oct, 2023 @ 11:51

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Beach regeneration project almost finished but without promised walkway on Spain's Costa Blanca

Beach revival project almost finished but without promised promenade on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A €15 million regeneration project to replace sand on Denia’s Les Deveses beach will finish earlier than scheduled because plans for wooden promenade have been

30 Oct, 2023 @ 18:49

Costa Blanca·Environment·Valencian Community

Javea’s annual Mar de Tapas gets a new date plus young cooks in Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA is gearing up for a tasty start to November with the tenth staging of the Mar de Tapas organised by the Association of Merchants

28 Oct, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Valencian Community

Big €48.5 million tram boost for Spain’s Benidorm area moves another step closer

EIGHT companies have bid for a €48.5 million contract to modernise the Tram d’Alacant service in the Benidorm area. The work includes doubling and electrifying

27 Oct, 2023 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca blitz: Valencia government to splash over half a million euros on mammoth UK advertising campaign to woo British tourists

THE United Kingdom is about to be plastered with adverts promoting Valencia and the Costa Blanca as the region launches a publicity blitz to lure

27 Oct, 2023 @ 10:48

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

'Historic' fine in Benidorm threatens to bankrupt the tourist mecca: City hall is ordered to pay €283million compensation to family who was blocked from building on protected land

Rubbish news for Benidorm property owners in Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM property owners will have to pay 70% more next year for refuse collection services. The city is no different from most other Valencia region

27 Oct, 2023 @ 10:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Hospitals WILL return to public management in two areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia

THE VALENCIAN government has rejected calls to overturn plans to remove the private management of two health departments. The Denia and Manises areas will return

26 Oct, 2023 @ 13:22

Costa Blanca·Health·Valencia·Valencian Community

Popular British and expat area to get much-needed work on Spain's Costa Blanca

Popular British tourist and expat area to get much-needed work on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A €1.8 million budget for improving roads and pavements in Orihuela has been announced by the council, with the Orihuela Costa set to benefit first.

25 Oct, 2023 @ 16:35

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Under-fire nursing home inspected Savia Villamartin

Under-fire nursing home with rat infestation gets surprise inspection on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIAN government inspectors have made a surprise visit to an Orihuela Costa nursing home after complaints of rat and cockroach infestations. As previously reported by

25 Oct, 2023 @ 15:09

Costa Blanca·Health·Valencian Community

Love scam’ warning after woman on Spain’s Costa Blanca loses €80,000: Victim sold properties and took out loans to ‘help’ her fake lover

A GATA DE GORGOS woman was conned out of over €80,000 by online love scammers who pretended to have a romantic relationship with her. The

25 Oct, 2023 @ 12:53

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Watch: This Mercadona wine for less than €2 is flying off the shelves across Spain

Thief targets distracted supermarket shoppers to steal valuables in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ELUSIVE thief who went on a systemic campaign of stealing from Mercadona supermarket shoppers in Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil.

24 Oct, 2023 @ 13:49

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Benidorm-based British paedophile given 133 year prison term by court in Spain

Russian mafia trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca will see five face charges of money laundering – including powerful ‘lobbyist’ connected to the conservative PP party

A BENIDORM judge is to prosecute five members of a Costa Blanca-based Russian money laundering gang- almost three years after they were arrested. The judge’s

24 Oct, 2023 @ 12:28

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

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