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Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos

2 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

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

Three of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THREE of Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ criminals have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Calpe on the Costa

2 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British boy, 17, on holiday in popular resort of Magaluf accuses taxi driver of sexual assault during journey to hotel on Spain's Mallorca

Pirates grounded: Police stop three drivers of same unlicensed taxi within hours on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A PIRATE taxi service hit serious trouble on the Costa Blanca on Sunday as police in Javea pulled

1 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Benidorm in big clean up for peak tourist month on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM CITY COUNCIL will use over 210 people each day to clean up the resort during August- the busiest tourist month of the year. Extra

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY’S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is ‘sure’ that the region will get a direct air link between New York

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:00

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

Police catch serial robber who broke into dozens of cars on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 15-MONTH Guardia Civil operation to catch a serial car robber has culminated in the arrest of a San Vicente del Raspeig man. The 52-year-old

1 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

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

Gang stole tons of copper wire from phone installations across Spain's Murcia region

Gang steal tons of copper wire from phone installations across Spain’s Murcia region

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have busted a gang of Murcia-based telephone copper wire thieves and returned over three tons of wiring to their rightful owners. Stolen

31 Jul, 2023 @ 15:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Metal company worker stole 185,000 parts worth €1 million from factory on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE metal company employee stole 185,000 parts over nearly three years which he then sold off cheaply to a scrap metal firm. The Spaniard.

31 Jul, 2023 @ 13:22

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

Building of massive urbanisation set for September start on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WORK could start as soon as September on constructing a 7,490 home urbanisation in Toreviejva- the largest piece of urban developable land in Alicante Province.

31 Jul, 2023 @ 12:28

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Major drug and robbery gang arrested in Spain's Alicante area

Major drugs and robbery gang arrested in Spain’s Alicante area

A JOINT Policia Nacional- Guardia Civil operation has brought down an Alicante province-based criminal gang with 14 Spaniards arrested. The group has been charged with

31 Jul, 2023 @ 11:29

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencian Community

Sub-standard summer rubbish collection service slammed in tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ORIHUELA COSTA residents group has demanded action from Orihuela council to remove vast amounts of excess rubbish piling up on the area’s streets. The

20 Jul, 2023 @ 14:25

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Record visitor numbers reported for biggest shopping centre on Spain's Costa Blanca

Record visitor numbers reported for largest shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE LARGEST shopping centre in Alicante province- Zenia Boulevard- has reported a record six month period for visitors. The complex on the Orihuela Costa which

20 Jul, 2023 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Mother arrested after baby tests positive for cocaine on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 41-YEAR-OLD woman has been arrested in Elche for child neglect after her baby tested positive for ingesting cocaine. The child- aged 14 months- is

20 Jul, 2023 @ 11:39

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Large number of dead fish appear in marina area on Spain's Costa Blanca

Large number of dead fish appear in popular marina area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A LARGE number of dead fish appeared in Javea’s Canal de la Fontana marina on Wednesday morning close to the city’s Arenal beach. Some reports

19 Jul, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Robbers looking to rob shoppers are arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Robbers looking to steal from shoppers are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO LOITERING men in a Calpe shopping area eyeing up potential victims to rob have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Officers discovered that the

19 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Warning for drivers in Spain after gangs assault and rob tourists on these motorway services

Busy motorway to get third lane in Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GOVERNMENT has announced that 17 kilometres of the A-7 motorway in the south of Alicante province will be upgraded to three lanes. It’s the

19 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Drug trafficker supplies ecstasy to teenage boy who goes into a coma on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a drug trafficker who supplied ecstasy to a minor who went into a coma at Alicante General Hospital. The 26-year-old

19 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

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

Two people arrested in Spain's Costa Blanca for swapping 100,000 fake US dollars at money exchanges

Two arrests on Spain’s Costa Blanca for swapping 100,000 fake US dollars at money exchanges

TWO PEOPLE have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Alicante province for using fake US dollar bills at money exchanges around Spain. The detainees

19 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

Paedophile British expat from Spain's Costa Blanca gets jailed for 15 years in UK

Elderly British paedophile living on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets jailed for 15 years in UK

A BRITISH resident of Algorfa has been jailed for 15 years and given a 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order after sexually abusing a girl in

19 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Polish fugitive wanted over 1997 murder is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POLISH national who fled his native country after the fatal 1997 shooting of a man has been arrested in Orihuela by the Policia Nacional.

18 Jul, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Scammers arrested at Benidorm campsite after conning elderly victims out of cash and goods in Spain

Scammers caught hiding at Benidorm campsite after conning elderly victims across Spain

FIVE SPANIARDS have been arrested at a Benidorm campsite after scamming elderly people across Spain. Three men and two women aged between 27 and 55

18 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Benidorm·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Droughts and hailstorms cause 50% drop in melon and watermelon harvest in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia area

Extreme weather brutalises melon and watermelon harvest in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

FARMING UNION, Unio Llaudadora, says extreme weather has forced a 50% fall in this year’s melon and watermelon harvest in the Valencian Community. The union

18 Jul, 2023 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community