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Popular urban park set for summer reopening after three-year closure after contractor walked away from project on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A POPULAR Javea park could reopen in time for the summer, after it was closed for renovation work- way back in September 2021. A contractor

29 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Revealed: The most expensive areas to buy a property on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE costliest area for properties on the Costa Blanca has been revealed to be on the Calpe coast. Buyers looking to purchase a home by

26 Feb, 2024 @ 09:52

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Police bike rammed and officer injured during dramatic high-speed pursuit of motorist who didn’t pay for petrol on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MOTORIST rammed two Guardia Civil motorbike riders at the end of a high-speed chase on the outskirts of Valencia City. The driver drove off

20 Feb, 2024 @ 13:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Polish fugitive, 34, is dramatically arrested in Spain’s Benidorm resort for ‘kidnapping, sexual assault, fraud’ and a list of other serious charges

A POLISH fugitive has been arrested in Benidorm after fleeing his home country where he had been serving a seven year jail term. The man,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 10:16

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Benidorm will FINALLY have a funeral home and crematorium after almost 20 years of waiting

BENIDORM is set to get its first funeral home/crematorium after plans have been mired in red tape since 2005. Families have been going to Villajoyosa

17 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Sewage ‘is being dumped in the sea off Benidorm’: Ecologists in Spain demand action

COMPLAINTS about untreated wastewater being pumped into the sea off Benidorm have prompted two councils to demand urgent action. The El Xoriguer environmentalist group says

16 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

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

‘Christian Lawyers’ in Spain threaten legal action over underage girls dressed up in ‘sexy lingerie’ during the Torrevieja Carnival parade

A Torrevieja Carnival parade troupe has stirred up the ire of a Christian lawyers group who are planning legal action over underage ‘girls dressed in

14 Feb, 2024 @ 15:10

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Benidorm to open a huge new resort called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ – here’s everything we know

BENIDORM will get a new themed tourist resort in 2025 called ‘Magic Pirates Island’ which will include 270 cabins. Work has started in the Marina

14 Feb, 2024 @ 13:04

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Expat, 33, is assassinated in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE bullet-ridden body of a Ukrainian man was found in a Villajoyosa community garage on Tuesday. The victim, 33, had been shot at least five

14 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

This expat hotspot on the Costa Blanca wants to become Spain’s first ‘crypto-friendly’ city – but what does that involve?

TORREVIEJA has unveiled plans to become Spain’s first cryptocurrency-friendly city. The Costa Blanca resort hopes to achieve that goal through an initiative launched by the

14 Feb, 2024 @ 10:20

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca Airport In Spain Welcomes New Look Tourist Information Desk

Spain’s Alicante airport smashes January record thanks to influx of British visitors

A LARGE number of UK travellers have helped take Alicante-Elche airport to a record January high with 958,088 passengers. That’s the best-ever start to a

12 Feb, 2024 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Deadly Red Palm Weevil spreads after claims that council didn’t maintain palm trees on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PALM tree pruning has started on the Orihuela Costa after residents said that not enough maintenance for two years has allowed the deadly Red Palm

12 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Unspoilt stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca WILL be the site of 2,200 homes after environmentalists lose years-long battle to halt the project

A CONTROVERISAL plan to build 2,200 homes at Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa will definitely go ahead after two groups decided not to appeal

12 Feb, 2024 @ 11:11

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

On the rise: Erotic toy start-up in Spain rakes in MILLIONS as customers splurge on their unique designs ahead of Valentine’s Day

A COMPANY making and distributing erotic toys on the Costa Blanca has become a major success story and is currently enjoying a boom period up

11 Feb, 2024 @ 13:00

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Boy, 14, who learned to drive via social media tutorials is chased by cops during a joy ride on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 14-year-old boy who learned to drive in social media tutorials led police on a high speed chase in the Alicante area. With no licence,

11 Feb, 2024 @ 10:00

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

EXCLUSIVE: British expat, 81, is ordered to stop feeding a feral cat colony on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Animal lover is threatened with €600 fine

A BRITISH animal lover has been left exasperated by a threat to fine him and volunteers up to €600 if they carry on feeding a

10 Feb, 2024 @ 12:00

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Scam warning: Benidorm man loses €35k to new girlfriend who tricked him into paying legal fees for fake €3m inheritance

A BENIDORM man was conned out of €35,000 by a woman who started a relationship with him via social media. She claimed she needed the

10 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Tourists are threatened by a machete-wielding thug on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Man demands Dutch group hand over cash and valuables

A MAN has been arrested in Elche after brandishing a machete at a group of Dutch tourists to get some money from them. The Spaniard,

8 Feb, 2024 @ 09:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

'Very jealous' man locked up girlfriend before going to work in Pontevedra area of Spain

Man ‘murders mother-of-two partner’ before ‘driving 95km to a brothel’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN has been arrested in a Costa Blanca brothel for killing his girlfriend on Monday at their L’Alfas del Pi home. Juan Vicente A.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

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

Hugely popular craft market in Alicante is being forced to close this year with no new site agreed

TRADERS have demanded with an urgent meeting with Alicante City Council after being told that they will have to stop selling on the city’s Esplanade

5 Feb, 2024 @ 15:01

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular city for UK tourists hits important target not seen for over 10 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA’S population has gone into six figures with 100,421 registered residents- a 8.690 rise last year, according to the City Council. Almost half of the

2 Feb, 2024 @ 12:22

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Council spends over €4m of public money to solve problem with illegal car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ALICANTE area council is having to spend €4.3 million after a green area was not created above a new underground car park two decades

1 Feb, 2024 @ 15:35

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

General Franco is STILL an honorary son of this town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S former fascist dictator, General Francisco Franco, still has his name attached to Javea as the municipality’s ‘adopted son’- an honour dished out by the

1 Feb, 2024 @ 13:20

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

STUB IT OUT! Petition calls on nationwide ban on cigarette smoking at Spain's beaches

Cigarette and tobacco prices could soon surge in Spain: Government hopes measure will reduce the number of smokers

THE Spanish health ministry are considering imposing a new levy on cigarettes and tobacco in an attempt to reduce the number of smokers nationwide. The

1 Feb, 2024 @ 10:32

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