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How to get yourself protected this winter against flu and Covid-19 in Spain’s Costa Blanca

DOUBLE vaccinations against flu and Covid-19 started being dosed out in the Valencian Community on Monday, with age categories extended at both ends of the

16 Oct, 2023 @ 15:47

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

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Expat in Spain ‘hires several hitmen to kill her ex-partner to collect €100k life insurance’

A CASTELLON woman hired two groups of hitmen to kill her ex-partner so that she could pocket a €100,000 life insurance pay-out. The middle-aged Peruvian

13 Oct, 2023 @ 14:20

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British and other foreign tourists spent a record-breaking €1.6 billion across Spain’s Valencia region this August

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY welcomed 1.26 million international tourists during August- up by 19.68% on the same month last year with record levels of expenditure. It’s

3 Oct, 2023 @ 11:21

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Marina d’Or tourist complex cuts 2023 season short, cancelling reservations with no explanations

THE SUMMER season has ended abruptly, unexpectedly and without any explanation at the Marina d’Or tourist complex in Oropesa del Mar, Castellón province. The hotel

20 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Castellon·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across Spain’s Valencia region

EMERGENCY alert messages will be sent this weekend to mobile phones in the Valencian Community to warn about problems caused by predicted ‘Gota Fria’ storms.

1 Sep, 2023 @ 12:58

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

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area

AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at

28 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Umbrellas at the ready as sudden end to heatwave heralds rain this weekend in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE FOURTH official heatwave of the year in the Valencian Community is set to end with a sudden temperature drop this Sunday accompanied by showers.

23 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Emergency 112 number gets over 11,000 calls about animals so far this year in Spain's Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

Emergency 112 number gets 11,177 calls about animals in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY’S emergency 112 number has received 11,177 calls this year up to August 15 about animals. Over half of the calls- 58%- were

15 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Animals·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Valencia·Valencian Community

Irrigators probed for killing fish due to installing illegal weir that dried up river in Spain's Valencia region

Irrigators probed for killing fish due to illegal weir that dried up river in Spain’s Castellon area

FIVE Castellon province irrigators are facing prosecution after illegally installing a weir to divert water on the Palancia river which resulted in dead fish appearing

11 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Neo-Nazi skinheads burst into mosque during prayers and make threats in Spain's Castellon province

Neo-Nazi skinheads in Spain burst into mosque to interrupt prayers and threaten to blow it up

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested three men who burst into a Villareal mosque and threatened the congregation. The

7 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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New summer heatwave with temperatures of 47? to hit Spain next week

A NEW heatwave with temperatures of up to 47? will hit Spain next week, according to the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Meteorologists have announced

4 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Alicante·Andalucia·Castellon·Cordoba·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Murcia·Sevilla·Valencia·Weather

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window

A BOY aged seven died on Wednesday after falling out of a fourth-floor apartment in Benicarlo in Castellon province. The Civil Guard told the Spanish

3 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Lead

Elderly woman struggles to breathe due to vapours from big drugs stash at her home in Spain

Elderly woman almost chokes to death from drugs stash vapours in Spain

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es AN ELDERLY resident in Vall d’Uixo(Castellon province) kept so many illegal drugs at her home that she could

2 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

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

€13.5 Million Robotic Surgery Equipment Investment For Hospitals In Spain's Valencia Region

Major investment in robotic surgery equipment for hospitals in Spain’s Valencia region

ROBOTIC SURGERY equipment is to be installed in five public Valencian Community hospitals at a cost of €13.5 million. Units will be supplied to the

14 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Valencia·Valencian Community

Sect leaders arrested for drugging a hundred young victims in Spain’s Castellon area

THREE leaders of a sect that recruited young people and drugged them have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Castellon province. The group called

14 Jul, 2023 @ 12:00

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Partido Popular’s Carlos Mazon invested as new president of Spain’s Valencia region

CARLOS MAZON from the Partido Popular was invested on Thursday as the new president of the Valencian Community with 53 votes in favour-made up of

13 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

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

Anti-smoking association in Spain calls for ban on tobacco sales in bars, restaurants and petrol stations

EXPLAINER: Why smoking ban remains on bar and restaurant terraces in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

LAST WEEK’S ending of Covid-19 health restrictions in Spain left one anomaly- namely the ban on terrace bar and restaurant smoking introduced in the early

12 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

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

Heatwave could reach 45 degrees in inland areas of Spain’s Valencia region

THE LATEST summer heatwave could reach leave maximum temperatures of up to 45 degrees in several areas of the Valencian Community on Tuesday. The interior

11 Jul, 2023 @ 15:31

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

Free regional public transport extended for young people in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

REGIONALLY-RUN public transport journeys in the Valencian Community will continue to be free for those aged under 31 years until the end of the year.

6 Jul, 2023 @ 10:30

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

Benidorm police use famous Shakespeare line to discourage Brit tourists from buying drinks from illegal beach sellers

Hotel stays expected to beat 2022 levels in July and August in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THE HOSBEC hoteliers association has predicted that summer season hotel stays across the Valencian Community will be higher than last year. The Benidorm-based group says

1 Jul, 2023 @ 14:15

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

48 black flags handed to environmentally ‘destroyed’ beaches and coastal areas across Spain

ECOLOGISTS in Action has handed their unwanted black flags to 48 beaches across the Spanish coast. The environmental group, which exposes a number of beaches

27 Jun, 2023 @ 19:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Balearic Islands·Cadiz·Castellon·Environment·Granada·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Valencia·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

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

Partido Popular leader Feijoo says deal with Vox in Spain’s Valencia region was only way to avoid new elections

THE LEADER of the conservative Partido Popular, Alberto Nuñez Feijoo, has said that fresh elections would have been called in the Valencian Community if a

14 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

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