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Three Kings Day celebrated in style as first vaccines administered in major city on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE OF Costa Blanca’s major cities celebrated Spain’s Three Kings Day in style, this morning. Orihuela saw the first of the Pfizer vaccines administered to

6 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

The Three Wise Men looked somewhat different this year...

A RIGHT ROYAL COCK-UP: Three Kings parade in Valencia draws large crowds despite COVID clampdown

DESPERATE attempts by Valencia city hall to keep the exact schedule of the Kings parade on Tuesday (January 5) evening secret to prevent crowds –

6 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

RECORD DAY for new COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community

3,930 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in just one day in the worst 24 hours for new infections during the pandemic in the Valencian

6 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm has a COVID-19 infection rate that's three times higher than Spain's national average

Bars and restaurants in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca and across Valencian Community slam enforced early closing times

TWO leading hospitality associations in the Valencian Community have branded new closing times as a ‘coup’. Bars and restaurants will have to stop service from

5 Jan, 2021 @ 20:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 passports extended across hospitality and entertainment sectors in Costa Blanca area of Spain

TIME CALLED on Spain’s Costa Blanca as bars and restaurants will shut early at 5.00 pm due to COVID-19 case rises

TOUGHER restrictions are being imposed in Spain’s Valencian Community, including the Costa Blanca, which has some of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the country.

5 Jan, 2021 @ 14:13

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

BABIES WANTED: 73 towns and villages in Spain’s Valencia region register no births over a whole year

THAT natality rates in Spain have been dropping alarmingly over the last few years is no longer a secret. Fears over who will pay the

4 Jan, 2021 @ 21:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

Hospital admissions dip below '300' mark as COVID-19 cases continue falling in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

GRIM LANDMARK as over 3,000 COVID-19 deaths are reported in Spain’s Valencian Community

3,121 people have died from COVID-19 as the unwanted milestone of 3,000 fatalities was passed in the Valencian Community today(January 4). It was the first

4 Jan, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

SAFE AS HOUSES?: Valencian government to tax large property owners for empty homes

THIS year sees the introduction of a new tax on empty properties held by large owners in the Valencia region. According to the Generalitat, the

4 Jan, 2021 @ 19:15

Property·Valencian Community

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 deaths edge towards 3,000 mark in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE first daily COVID-19 case update for 2021 in the Valencian Community has declared 1,098 new infections today(January 2), as the pandemic death toll edges

2 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Green energy sparks lowest electricity prices in Spain for 17 years

Spanish society is also increasingly energy-efficient, as part of a general consciousness regarding the environment

2 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Environment·National News·Technology·Valencian Community

Doctors call for tougher restrictions in Spain’s Valencia region as pandemic becomes ‘out of control’

THE forum of Primary Care Physicians in the Valencian Community warned yesterday that ‘the pandemic is out of control, in terms of new cases, hospitalisations

2 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

BRRR! Winter lands with a bang in Spain’s Valencia region

Today (January 2), the mercury was expected to continue falling throughout the region

2 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Environment·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

A waiter sets out a small table ready for New Year's Eve in Valencia

HAPPY END OF YEAR: New Year’s Eve afternoon parties in Valencia go off without a hitch

The terraces of bars and restaurants throughout the region welcomed similar numbers of customers as any other afternoon or evening so far since the end

1 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

A council worker takes down a street plaque bearing the name of a fascist general

THE FALL OF FRANCO: Valencia Guardia Civil remove fascist symbols from city barracks

Shields had previously been taken down from schools, churches, and army headquarters

31 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Valencia·Valencian Community

Paedophile coach in Valencia convicted to 223 years in prison

A 24-YEAR-OLD football coach in Valencia has been sentenced to 223 years in prison for sexually abusing 26 children aged 11 to 14. This is

31 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Regional president bans “lethal” parties and insists “there is no new year” in Spain’s Valencia region

XIMO PUIG himself, the President of Valencia region, has promised the maximum deployment of police on the streets tonight to prevent parties from spreading the

31 Dec, 2020 @ 10:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

COVID-19 deaths reach record daily high in Spain’s Valencian Community

A record daily COVID-19 death toll has been announced today(December 30) in the Valencian Community. 70 additional fatalities were declared by the regional health ministry

30 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

This is the new Covid variant that could take hold in Spain this winter

Worst day yet for Covid-19 deaths in Spain’s Valencia region

SIXTY deaths from coronavirus have been recorded in the Community in the last 24 hours. The Valencian Community has reported 3,590 coronavirus infections in 24

30 Dec, 2020 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Countryside holiday homes all booked up for New Year’s Eve in Valencia’s Castellon

Eight out of every 10 'casas rurales' throughout the province are fully booked for tomorrow

30 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Travel News·Valencian Community

Vineyards were the most abandoned crop in 2020

DARLING BUDS OF NAY: Valencia region heads ranking of abandoned farmland in Spain

There are currently 162,902 hectares of crops standing empty and unused

30 Dec, 2020 @ 13:30

Environment·Food & Drink·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 cases maintain reduced totals in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

FIRST UK COVID-19 strain cases identified in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE first two confirmed infections of the new COVID-19 strain detected in the UK have been identified in the Valencian Community. Microbiologists from the Elche

30 Dec, 2020 @ 12:02

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

WORST DAY EVER as new COVID-19 cases notch up record in Spain’s Valencian Community

3,590 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in just one day in the worst 24 hours for new infections during the pandemic in the Valencian

29 Dec, 2020 @ 20:08

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Why do locals in Spain eat 12 grapes to ring in the New Year?

GRAPES OF WRATH as hotels and restaurants fume over midnight New Year’s Eve ban on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Costa Blanca hospitality sector has issued a ‘last-minute’ plea for the planned midnight curfew start-time on New Year’s Eve to be pushed back. Hospitality

29 Dec, 2020 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencian Community

Man with links to Daesh arrested in Valencia’s Castellon after threatening passers-by with a large machete

A search of his home revealed many electronic devices that are being analysed by anti-terrorist experts.

29 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Valencian Community

A scientist looking through a microscope

Valencian scientists develop sensor to detect coronavirus levels in the air

The device can be used to evaluate the air quality in enclosed spaces such as homes, classrooms, restaurants, cinemas and public transport.

29 Dec, 2020 @ 11:15

Coronavirus·Valencian Community

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Helpline for British expats and tourists to be launched on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH residents and visitors to the Costa Blanca will be getting a new information helpline set up by the regional Valencian government. The move was

28 Dec, 2020 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

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