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Police find 100 boxes of fake Prada and Gucci goods in warehouse on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ELCHE’S Policia Local have seized 100 boxes of fake goods featuring well-known brands after a tip-off said that counterfeit products were sold at a local

28 Jun, 2023 @ 17:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Cost of renting property during summer on Spain’s Costa del Sol has risen 128% since 2014

Bogus holiday rental scam captures victims in Spain and the UK

THE GUARDIA CIVIL in Valencia has brought down a group of scammers offering holiday home rentals in Spain to domestic and United Kingdom customers. Two

28 Jun, 2023 @ 11:46

Alicante·Andalucia·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencian Community

Public hospital surgery waiting times fall in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

PUBLIC hospital waiting times for surgeries have fallen in the Valencian Community according to latest figures from the regional Ministry of Health. The average wait

27 Jun, 2023 @ 19:10

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Space rocket designed by Costa Blanca company will not launch until September after two delays

Space rocket designed by Costa Blanca company will not launch from Spain until September after two postponements

SEPTEMBER will be third time lucky for the launch of Spain’s first private rocket to be sent into space, amidst concerns of starting forest fires

27 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Huelva·Lead·National News·Technology·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca city cries foul over losing an ambulance every summer in Spain

ELCHE council wants their two SAMU ambulances to be based all year in the city rather than one of them going to Santa Pola between

27 Jun, 2023 @ 14:33

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Police Rescue Elderly Woman Who Fell Out Of Bed And Lay On Ground For Three Days In Spain's Costa Blanca

Police rescue elderly woman after three-day ordeal lying on house floor in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 78-year-old Torrevieja woman has been rescued by the Guardia Civil after she fell out of bed and spent three days lying on the floor.

27 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Popular bathing area at Costa Blanca beach in Spain cleared due to pollution scare

A COSTA BLANCA beach has been closed to bathers for the second time in less than a year after tests showed the water had been

27 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Drunk British passengers consume airport booze and perform sex acts in front on children on Ryanair flight to Spain's Canary Islands

Air traffic controllers claim 30 drunk Brits fought on board Ryanair flight to Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have detained two disruptive and drunk passengers flying with Ryanair from Bristol to Alicante-Elche airport on Saturday. The air traffic controllers association

26 Jun, 2023 @ 13:04

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

Spain’s Benidorm to spend €3.8 million on green projects around city

BENIDORM will spend €3.8 million over the next two years on a project called ‘Green and Water’ with 15 initiatives aimed to increase green areas

24 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Police seize thousands of kilos of drugs unloaded on Costa Blanca beach in Spain

A NARCO-BOAT escaped the clutches of the Guardia Civil after transporting 1.5 tons of hashish to an Alicante province beach. The craft was spotted approaching

23 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Police bust fake goods racket selling items at Costa Blanca market stalls in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has busted a criminal operation that distributed fake goods to be sold at Calpe market in Alicante province. Seven stall holders have

23 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

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

Plans for three solar farms on 'protected' land in Spain's Alicante are shut down by the regional government

Plans for 12,000 panel solar farm blocked on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUTHORITIES in Valencia have blocked plans for a 12,000 panel solar farm on land between Los Montesinos and Torrevieja because of its proximity to a

22 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Police chase van crammed with 600 kilos of stolen oranges on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VAN crammed with 600 kilos of stolen oranges refused to stop for the police in the Orihuela area of Alicante province and led officers

22 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Fugitive Irish gangster set for July return to face drugs trial on Spain’s Costa Blanca

IRISH gangster, Darren Gilligan- son of notorious drug trafficker John Gilligan, has told a Dublin court that he has consented to his surrender to Spain

21 Jun, 2023 @ 19:00

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

Drunk Woman Attacks Police And Health Staff In Chaotic Scenes At Costa Blanca Airport In Spain

Shameful behaviour of drunk causing chaotic scenes at Costa Blanca airport in Spain

A DRUNK woman has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport after assaulting several police officers and health workers. The 32-year-old female of undisclosed nationality was told

21 Jun, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Spain has three of the world’s top four restaurants following Valencia awards ceremony

SPAIN’S restaurants held their heads high in Tuesday’s ‘Best Restaurants in the World Awards 2023’ staged at Valencia’s Les Arts Opera House. The ceremony honoured

21 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Basque Country·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Madrid·Valencia·Valencian Community

New Perimeter Wall Could Stop Flooding At Major Costa Blanca Hospital In Spain

New perimeter wall plan to stop floods at major Costa Blanca hospital in Spain

€2.5 MILLION has been allocated to the Valencian Government to protect Orihuela’s Vega Baja Hospital against flooding after services came close to collapsing during the

21 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

One of Finland’s ‘Most Wanted’ is caught on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 44-YEAR-OLD fugitive from Finnish justice has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Torrevieja. The man was branded as one of Finland’s ‘Most Wanted’

19 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

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

Why have discretionary fund managers (dfm’s) and model portfolios (mps’s) produced negative returns in 2022?

If you have placed your pensions, savings and investments with a financial adviser there is a strong possibility you are invested in a model portfolio

19 Jun, 2023 @ 12:08

Andalucia·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca

Man suffers 11-day kidnapping ordeal as gang demands €350,000 ransom on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 27-year-old Villajoyosa man suffered a kidnapping and hostage ordeal for 11 days as his captors demanded €350,000 ransom from his family in Algeria He

19 Jun, 2023 @ 11:42

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

Benidorm Wildlife Park In Spain Welcomes Baby Flamingo Second Birth In Two Years

IN PICS: Benidorm wildlife park in Spain welcomes baby flamingo- second birth in three years

BENIDORM’S Mundomar wildlife park has a new resident- a baby flamingo born on June 8. It’s the second flamingo birth at the park since it

18 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Animals·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Full blown Sunday shopping returns to tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia

SUNDAY shopping returns this weekend to large stores and commercial centres in designated tourist areas of the Valencian Community. Prior to 2018, stores in tourist

18 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

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

King's Birthday Honours sees BEM awarded to charity worker in Spain's Costa Blanca

Charity worker in Spain’s Costa Blanca recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

ALICANTE PROVINCE resident Sylvia Gallimore has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours in recognition of her 50 year involvement in

17 Jun, 2023 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Six Black Flags Handed Out To Beaches In Spain's Costa Blanca And Valencia Areas

Six black flags handed out to ‘problem’ beaches in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

ENVIRONMENTAL group Ecologists in Action have announced their annual ‘black flag’ awards to beaches they say have suffered from pollution and poor management in Spain.

16 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

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

Italian mafia fugitive arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in association with their Italian counterparts have arrested a fugitive who belonged to the Calabrian mafia known as the ‘Ndranghueta’. The man

16 Jun, 2023 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Shark sighting forces bathers out of water at Costa Blanca beach in Spain

BATHERS were ordered to get out of the water at a popular Orihuela Costa beach on Thursday morning after the sighting of a two-metre long

15 Jun, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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