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Valencia man gets €49k payment after his penis stays erect for 30 hours and hospital makes mistake with prosthetic implant surgery

A MAN has been awarded €49,000 after a Valencia region hospital bungled a procedure on his penis, which days earlier had been permanently erect for

16 Jan, 2025 @ 17:31

Health·Lead·Valencia

Spain’s armed forces will continue working in Valencia flood area as ‘long as necessary’ says Defence Minister

ARMED forces will continue to work in Valencia’s flood-hit area for as ‘long as necessary’. The pledge was made by Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, during

16 Jan, 2025 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: Forbes magazine’s choice as the world’s best retirement city is in Spain

AMERICA’S Forbes magazine has picked Valencia as the world’s best city to retire to. It’s the second-such recommendation for Valencia after the ‘Live and Invest

15 Jan, 2025 @ 15:30

Lead·National News·Valencia

Man survives day-long ordeal of being trapped in a hole before being rescued by Valencia police officers

A MAN survived a day being trapped in a hole before being rescued by the Guardia Civil in Valencia province. The incident happened earlier this

15 Jan, 2025 @ 11:08

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Revealed: The wide and unusual range of items lost by bus passengers in Valencia including a wheelchair and a drone

A RECORD number of objects were left behind on EMT Valencia buses in 2024, with 9,698 items found- up by 1,398 on the previous year.

14 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

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Insurance payouts following Valencia DANA are taking too long, say regional ministers

THE VALENCIAN government says insurance payouts to people hit by October’s floods are taking too long to process. It has pointed out problems for community

14 Jan, 2025 @ 12:35

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‘Wall of cars’ from deadly DANA in Valencia sparks outrage among locals and activists

HUNDREDS of cars destroyed in the Valencia floods have piled up on land owned by a scrap firm in Muro. Residents and ecologists have been

10 Jan, 2025 @ 14:35

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Super scammer made €2.7m from multiple cons in Spain by using 55 identities to open 364 bank accounts

A VALENCIA scammer made over €2.7 million in six years by running multiple cons and using 55 identities to open 364 bank accounts to launder

9 Jan, 2025 @ 13:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Police chief faces corruption quiz over tip-offs to drugs gang in Spain’s Valencia

A LOCAL police chief in Valencia province and a fellow officer are being investigated for allegedly supplying information to drug traffickers. The probe has been

8 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Nearly 8% of all homes in Spain are in danger of flooding under new risk evaluation caused by the deadly Valencia DANA

MORE than two million homes across Spain are now considered at risk of flooding, more than double the previous estimate – or approximately 8% of

7 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Property prices hit the roof as housing stock dries up in Spain’s Valencia region

HOUSE prices have soared to a record high in the Valencian Community according to the property portal idealista due to supply being unable to match

3 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Lead·Property·Valencia

Bogus gas inspectors scam €6,000 out of elderly woman after three visits for ‘repairs’ in Valencia home

THREE bogus gas inspectors conned €6,000 out of an elderly woman in the Valencia region. The trio, who pretended to work for a Valencia gas

2 Jan, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Insurance companies pay out a third of Valencia DANA flood claims so far- totalling €741m

INSURANCE payouts to people affected by the Valencia flood disaster have so far reached €741 million. Payments under the umbrella of the Insurance Compensation Consortium

2 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's Royal Family sends New Year message remembering victims of Valencia DANA and those affected by flood damage

Watch: Spain’s Royal Family delivers New Year message as it pays tribute to DANA victims

SPAIN’S Royal Family have used their social media account to send a New Year message that remembers the victims of the Valencia flood disaster and

31 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

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80,000 people demonstrate in Valencia during latest flood protest demanding resignation of president Carlos Mazon

AROUND 80,000 people staged the third mass protest in Valencia City on Sunday against president Carlos Mazon’s handling of October’s flood disaster which claimed at

30 Dec, 2024 @ 11:34

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia records FOUR earthquakes in 90 minutes: Special protocol is enacted after residents ‘feel tremors’

FOUR earthquakes rattled the Spanish region of Valencia today, it has emerged. During just 90 minutes, at least four quakes rattled the area of Ribera

26 Dec, 2024 @ 22:17

Environment·Lead·Valencia

Wife of missing DANA victim searches for last known photo of her husband showing him clinging onto pole during deadly Valencia floods

Wife of missing DANA victim searches for local who took last known photo of her husband as he clung onto pole during deadly Valencia floods

A CATARROJA woman who lost her husband in the Valencia flood disaster is trying to find the person who took the last photo of her

26 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

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Police find flooded drugs lab producing cocaine at ground zero of Valencia DANA

THE Guardia Civil in Valencia has revealed that it found a drugs laboratory that had been flooded out during the October 29 DANA. The discovery

26 Dec, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Woman tries to kill her husband by starting fire at Valencia apartment block and hiding extinguishers

Woman tries to murder her husband by starting fire in Valencia apartment block and hiding extinguishers

A WOMAN has been arrested for arson and attempted murder after starting a blaze in a Valencia area apartment aimed at killing her husband. The

26 Dec, 2024 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Pedro Sanchez sends Christmas message to Spain's armed forces based overseas and those involved in Valencia flood clear up

Pedro Sanchez sends Christmas message to Spain’s overseas-based armed forces and those helping in Valencia flood clear up

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has sent Christmas greetings to Spain’s armed forces at home and abroad. Sanchez in a special videoconference on Tuesday praised the

24 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·National News·Valencia

Over 100 foreign nationals discovered as being registered at the same address in scam to get residency in Spain

Fake residency ring is busted in Spain after 100 foreign nationals are registered to the same address

A MAN used the address of his deceased father’s Valencia area apartment as a money-making ruse to illegally register over 100 foreign nationals. The 35-year-old

24 Dec, 2024 @ 12:00

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Valencia flood victims are among winners of Spain’s El Gordo Christmas lottery

FLOOD-affected areas of Valencia province got some much-needed pre-Christmas cheer on Sunday by winning €3 million in the El Gordo lottery. The third prize dropped

23 Dec, 2024 @ 14:00

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Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen charity passes five million meal landmark for Valencia DANA victims

THE World Central Kitchen(WCK) charity founded and led by chef Jose Andres has distributed over five million meals to victims of the Valencia flood disaster.

19 Dec, 2024 @ 16:00

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Fears that spiralling €3 billion debt could 'collapse' health spending in flood-hit Valencia if help does not come from Sanchez government

Fears that spiralling €3 billion debt could ‘collapse’ health spending in flood-hit Valencia if Sanchez government does not help

HEALTH spending in the Valencian Community ‘could collapse’ if the central government does not help, according to regional president Carlos Mazon. The stark warning comes

17 Dec, 2024 @ 17:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Orange weather warnings are activated for eastern Spain, Mallorca and Ibiza ahead of 100km/hr winds

A SERIES of weather alerts have been activated for parts of eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands this week. According to state weather agency Aemet,

17 Dec, 2024 @ 14:27

Balearic Islands·Lead·Valencia·Weather