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Europe’s biggest electric car battery recycling factory set to launch this year on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE is set to have Europe’s largest electric car battery recycling plant in operation by the end of the year. GDV Mobility has received backing

28 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Investigation into ‘controversial’ children’s costumes at a carnival in Spain will be reopened: Costa Blanca event saw kids dressed in lingerie-style outfits

A TORREVIEJA court has reopened its inquiries into a carnival parade that included underage girls in provocative costumes including stockings, lingerie, and heels. A complaint

28 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Foodie paradise: This Alicante town has the most Michelin Star restaurants per capita in Spain

Belgian man, 46, is critically injured after falling and hitting his head and chest during a hike on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CALPE’S municipal sports field was used as an emergency base for two helicopters on Thursday after a Belgian hiker suffered an accident on the Peñon

26 Apr, 2024 @ 11:16

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Colombian, 36, is arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilo of cocaine in his car boot’ on a ferry from Denia to Ibiza

A MAN has been arrested in Denia on the Costa Blanca for trying to board an Ibiza-bound ferry with over a kilo of cocaine hidden

25 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca

Benidorm set for major changes: Plans for 20 hotels, 2,300 homes and three shopping centres await final approval

British drug trafficker on the run for four years is arrested at Benidorm hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Benidorm after a four-year search to bring him to justice.

24 Apr, 2024 @ 18:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Urgent appeal for two missing expat teens who disappeared in Spain 10 days ago: Latest sighting places them in Benidorm

AUTHORITIES are looking for two expat teens who disappeared in Spain 10 days ago. Fabian K, 17, and Niels B, 19, are orginally from northern

24 Apr, 2024 @ 17:42

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

This is how the Elche stadium in Spain’s Costa Blanca will look like after €40million makeover

ELCHE CF has announced plans for a €40 million revamp of their Martinez Valero stadium as the club battles to get promoted to La Liga’s

24 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Nazi symbol is spray-painted on bust of British merchant in Alicante: Archibald Dickinson saved Republican families at the end of Spain’s Civil War

AN ALICANTE bust of a Welsh hero who saved 2,638 people fleeing General Franco’s forces at the end of the Civil War in 1939, has

24 Apr, 2024 @ 16:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

This little-known town on Spain’s Costa Blanca is ‘Europe’s Best Hidden Gem’ – according to travel experts

A TOWN just a few kilometres south of bustling Benidorm has been given the title of ‘Best Hidden Gem in Europe 2024’ by the European

23 Apr, 2024 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Revealed: Plans for new €16million beachside hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca that will count 200 rooms

PLANS for a €16 million beach-front hotel for Arenales del Sol have been submitted to Elche City Council. It will be built on Calle Albacete

22 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Pictured: Audrey Fang’s alleged 6ft1 killer who she knew ‘for many years’ before he ‘stabbed her 30 times during knife rampage in Spain’ – as police probe potential ‘financial motive’

THE alleged killer of Singaporean tourist Audrey Fang has been named as Mitchell Ong. The 43-year-old, also from the East Asian country, is accused of

22 Apr, 2024 @ 17:21

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca drugs gang led by a man who bought a €250,000 luxury car out of the proceeds, has been busted by the Guardia

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Murcia

Airport expansions in Spain: Both Alicante and Valencia will increase their capacity following record-breaking passenger numbers this year

ALICANTE-ELCHE and Valencia airports will be ‘expanded’ in future investments by airport operator Aena. It’s chairman and CEO, Maurici Lucena, told a shareholders meeting in

19 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Dangerous ‘devil hitman’ from Colombia ‘who excelled in kidnap, torture and making people disappear’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COLOMBIAN hitman- nicknamed Juan Diablo- has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The fugitive is a key figure in the Los Lobos criminal gang

17 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Designer for Beyoncé and Lady Gaga will create outfit for Spain’s Eurovision entry Nebulossa

FASHION designer Michael Costello- behind outfits for international pop stars Beyonce, Lady Gaga, and Jennifer Lopez- will be kitting out Spain’s Eurovision Song Contest representatives,

17 Apr, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

Horror killing in Alicante: Body of missing Singapore tourist Audrey Fang is found dumped 150km away with 30 stab wounds – as police quiz prime suspect

A MAN has been arrested for the murder of Singapore tourist Audrey Fang, who was reported missing from her Javea hotel on April 9. The

17 Apr, 2024 @ 16:32

Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia

BREAKING: Missing Singapore tourist is found dead after vanishing from Alicante: Police arrest alleged killer

Missing: Mystery over Singapore tourist, 39, who vanished from her hotel on Spain’s Costa Blanca a week ago

A SINGAPORE tourist has been reported missing after she was last sighted leaving a Costa Blanca hotel on April 9. Audrey Fang, 39, had travelled

17 Apr, 2024 @ 10:31

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Alicante fire latest: Blaze is STILL burning after taking hold at the weekend – as police make two arrests

TWO people have been arrested over the burning of agricultural waste that sparked a big fire on Sunday in the north of Alicante province. They

16 Apr, 2024 @ 11:56

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Abandoned pets are on the rise in Alicante, warn activists – while fewer people are adopting

ALICANTE’S Municipal Animal Shelter has recorded a 40% increase in animals in its care each month over the last year. Abandonments have risen while adoption

15 Apr, 2024 @ 17:19

Alicante·Animals·Lead

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Alicante fire latest: Three firefighters are injured as forest blaze tears through more than 500 hectares and forces the evacuation of 180 people – including dozens of hippies who tried to stay behind

MORE than 500 hectares of forest land have been destroyed by a fire in the Marina Alta area of Alicante province. The blaze – most

15 Apr, 2024 @ 14:18

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

THE BODIES of two men who were neighbours on a Calpe urbanisation have been discovered by the Guardia Civil on Monday. Both had gunshot wounds

15 Apr, 2024 @ 13:18

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Tourists flock to Spain’s Costa Blanca: Passenger arrival numbers to Alicante in March broke all previous records

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport is continuing its record breaking start to 2024 with the best-ever passenger numbers for March. Airport owner Aena said that 1.2 million travellers

12 Apr, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Beach bars returning for more money after 16-month closure spell on popular stretch of Spain's Costa Blanca

Beach bars returning for more money after being closed for 16 months on popular stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council will more than double its income from beach bar operations after splitting up the old single contract into five bundles. The authority will

12 Apr, 2024 @ 11:17

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Man ‘attempts to kill partner just after she gave birth’ in Elche because ‘she said she wanted to leave him’

A MAN slit his partner’s throat, minutes after she gave birth in an Elche hospital and then told him that their relationship was over. The

11 Apr, 2024 @ 10:47

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Where are Brits and other foreigners buying property in Spain? New data reveals the hottest locations

Real estate agents say scrapping of Golden Visa will cause ‘irreparable’ economic damage to Spain’s Costa Blanca

‘IRREPARABLE’ damage will be done to the real estate sector and tourism on the Costa Blanca if the government abolishes the so-called Golden Visa. That’s

10 Apr, 2024 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Valencian Community

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