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Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

PEOPLE power has forced Los Montesinos council into a quick reversal of its decision to offer up free land to house a biowaste recycling plant

8 Aug, 2024 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?

UP to a thousand residents marched in Los Montesinos on Tuesday to protest against the council deciding to house a regional biowaste recycling plant. Locals

31 Jul, 2024 @ 15:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Opponents fight biowaste recycling plant decision after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents fight plans for biowaste recycling plant after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROTEST has been called for next week against a regional biowaste recycling plant which Los Montesinos council has agreed to take on. Some residents

22 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Environment

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Montesinos with pool garage – € 359,000

Villa Los Montesinos, Alicante 3 beds 3 baths € 359,000 New project of modern of villas in La Herrada, a residential area of

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:05

Featured Property

Earthquake shakes popular tourist areas on Spain's Costa Blanca

Earth tremor felt in expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE National Geographic Institute reported a Monday morning earthquake measuring 2.4 on the Richter scale in the southern Costa Blanca. It happened at 10.27am with

18 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Plans for three solar farms on 'protected' land in Spain's Alicante are shut down by the regional government

Plans for 12,000 panel solar farm blocked on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUTHORITIES in Valencia have blocked plans for a 12,000 panel solar farm on land between Los Montesinos and Torrevieja because of its proximity to a

22 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Many British nationals in Spain’s Costa Blanca fail to register to vote in May council elections

COUNCIL elections on May 28 will see fewer British expats voting in the Vega Baja area of Alicante province because they failed to re-register by

9 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics·Valencian Community

Dna Reveals Vicious Costa Blanca Double Murderer To Be Russian Who Fled Spain

DNA reveals vicious Costa Blanca double-murder suspect to be Russian who fled Spain

DNA evidence has revealed a Russian man- formerly based in Torrevieja- as the main suspect in two Costa Blanca killings in 2020. He also tried

3 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

3 bedroom Villa for sale in Los Montesinos with pool – € 357,500

Villa Los Montesinos, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 357,500 Contemporary villa with view of the salt flats located in los Montesinos, high

12 Oct, 2022 @ 13:05

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Tapas festival brings post-Covid joy as familiar faces meet up again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TAPAS FESTIVALS are one of many reasons why people love Spain – and the Olive Press always promotes the positivity that they bring to towns

17 Apr, 2022 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Elderly tyre slasher vandalises dozens of cars on the same Costa Blanca street in Spain

A 71-year-old man has been charged with 28 counts of criminal damage after slashing car tyres on the same street in Los Montesinos, Alicante Province.

9 Feb, 2022 @ 12:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Green initiative launched by town council as it asks people to “do our part” on Spain’s Costa Blanca

LOS MONTESINOS Town Hall is giving away cloth shopping bags in a move to cut waste and safeguard the environment. In exchange for five plastic

10 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Los Montesinos Mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca to face corruption court quiz

Mayor in power for 30 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca will face corruption court quiz

A Torrevieja court says there is a case to answer involving alleged corruption by the Los Montesinos mayor, Jose Manuel Butron. He is accused of

30 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

Costa Blanca

Violent robbers caught red-handed going equipped are jailed for thefts at over 100 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SIX members of an East European gang who staged 130 robberies on industrial buildings have been arrested in Los Montesinos. The Policia Nacional and Guardia

2 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

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

Vega Baja towns announce festive switch-ons on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPIRITS are expected to lift this weekend as Vega Baja towns light up for Christmas. It comes as Guardamar and Los Montesinos have revealed the

2 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca

Cheeky thieves leave festive note after stealing cash machine on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THIEVES that stole a cash machine from an urbanisation near Los Montesinos last week left a cheeky note behind, according to local residents. Expat and

30 Nov, 2020 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Mayor in power for 30 years faces corruption quiz on Spain’s Costa Blanca

LOS MONTESINOS mayor, Jose Manuel Butron, could be thrown out of office if he is found guilty of harassment, bribery, and prevarication charges. Butron has

28 Sep, 2020 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia

Animal rescue centre ‘washed away’ risking lives of 48 animals during gota fria starts campaign to build ‘forever home’ on Costa Blanca

AFTER devastating floods, helicopter rescues and a family split asunder, Big Red’s Animal Rescue Centre has now found it’s ‘forever home’. The devastating gota fria

18 Jun, 2020 @ 18:31

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Block of flats evacuated in Spain’s Costa Blanca as man torches car in botched insurance scam

MORE THAN €18,000 worth of damage was caused by a Romanian man who torched his own car for the insurance. Not only was HIS car

7 Mar, 2020 @ 06:52

Costa Blanca

String of estate agents say Brexit clarity is bringing new hope to Costa Blanca market for 2020

CONFIDENCE if finally returning to the Costa Blanca property market The UK’s confirmed departure from the EU has led to a sharp upturn in enquiries,

9 Feb, 2020 @ 07:19

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Costa Blanca towns away from the coast MUST work together to improve tourism potential, says Vega Baja councillor

SAN FULGENCIO councillor, Darren Parmenter, attended last week’s International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, and had nothing but high praise for the event. Indeed, he

28 Jan, 2020 @ 16:05

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

From the RAF to a ‘flying’ carpet business – Brit couple still enjoying life after a decade of business on the Costa Blanca

WITH successful military backgrounds behind them it’s perhaps no surprise that Gary and Kate Russell would launch a business in Spain with flying colours. After

14 Dec, 2019 @ 10:17

Costa Blanca

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie planning to buy casa rural in Alicante, Spain

The power couple nearly bought a property in Marbella in 2013

29 May, 2015 @ 13:41

Celebrity·Lead