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KNIFEPOINT MUGGING: Robber arrested in Spain’s Castellon for assaulting passer-by and threatening to kill police officers

A MAN has been arrested in Castellon city for mugging a passer-by at knifepoint in broad daylight and then threatening to kill the police officers

23 Apr, 2021 @ 13:30

Castellon·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Major European retailer arrives on the Costa Blanca to open its first PEPCO store in Spain

SPAIN is to get its first PEPCO store next week with the opening of a branch on the Costa Blanca. They plan to open 400

23 Apr, 2021 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

GRAB A BROLLY: Heavy rainfall causes flooding and problems in Spain’s Castellon Province

The weekend is predicted to bring heavier rain once again from tomorrow

23 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

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

Travelling ATM robbery gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested after rolling up in Cadiz area of Andalucia

A gang that stole ATMs and squatted in homes on the Costa Blanca has been arrested by the Alicante Guardia Civil. The Guardia launched Operation

23 Apr, 2021 @ 11:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

Church Next To Arch Containing Famous Virgin Mary Statue

Tapas and flamenco: Where to eat in the Macarena district in Sevilla

MACARENA is packed with great little tapas bars and flamenco taverns. Sprawling out from its iconic basilica, you’ll find anything from South American tapas fusion

23 Apr, 2021 @ 11:49

Macarena·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla Travel·Travel Andalucia·Where to eat

Maria Gamez First Woman To Head The Guardia Civil

Threatening letters containing bullets sent to Pablo Iglesias, Fernando Grande-Marlaska and Maria Gamez, director of the Spain’s Guardia Civil

A SERIES of threatening letters containing bullets have been sent to Spain’s Minister for Home Affairs, Fernando Grande-Marlaska; the candidate of Podemos to the Community

23 Apr, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·National News·Politics

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

Big extension in opening hours for bars and restaurants in relaxation of COVID measures for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

BAR and restaurant owners have been given an unexpected boost this evening(April 22) with a four hour extension to opening hours from this Monday(April 26)

22 Apr, 2021 @ 21:32

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular Costa Blanca tourist area in Spain is getting its first five-star hotel|

Spain’s Costa Blanca revealed as top spot for Brits to buy property abroad

POPULAR property programme, A Place In The Sun, has researched thousands of UK holiday home buyers to reveal the most popular areas for Brits to

22 Apr, 2021 @ 20:55

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s new normal: How tourism must change in Barcelona post-Covid

BARCELONA is looking forward to welcoming back foreign holidaymakers but tourism should be carefully regulated to preserve the character of the city, mayoress Ada Colau

22 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Lead·Other News·Travel News

LIFE’S A BEACH: Travel restrictions and wintry weather lead to quietest spring season ever on Valencia beaches

However, the situation is expected to reverse completely when the heat finally sets in and the national state of alarm preventing national travel is dropped

22 Apr, 2021 @ 20:00

Environment·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

Latest COVID-19 figures show little weekly change across Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain

222 new coronavirus infections were announced today(April 22) in the Valencian Community by the regional health authority. That’s a rise of just two cases on

22 Apr, 2021 @ 19:41

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Police intervene in locksmith internet 'click' war on Spain's Costa Blanca as rival firm use dirty tricks to sabotage high search engine status

Police investigate locksmith rivalry on Spain’s Costa Blanca as dirty tricks sabotage competitor’s internet ad campaign

POLICE have interviewed four people from a locksmith company who bombarded a ‘pop-up’ internet advert featuring one of their rivals. The aim was to keep

22 Apr, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Gibraltar can now discover a COVID-19 strain in days, not months

GIBRALTAR scientists will now be able to identify the strain of any COVID-19 case within 72 hours, its government has announced.

22 Apr, 2021 @ 18:30

Gibraltar

WORLD EARTH DAY: Bladeless wind turbine dubbed Skybrator could be future of green energy in Spain

A pioneering turbine design by Spanish inventors promises to reinvent how we harness wind power without the need for giant windmills and blades that harm

22 Apr, 2021 @ 18:30

Environment·Lead·Other News

photo of arrest of Alberto Sánchez Gómez issued by police in Madrid

Madrid man on trial in Spain for murdering mother, chopping her into pieces and eating her

THE self-confessed cannibal also admitted feeding pieces of her to his pet dog. Alberto Sánchez Gómez is on trial in Madrid over the death of

22 Apr, 2021 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Madrid·Other News

Huge metro extension planned for Valencia city centre

Valencia has announced a huge extension to the city’s metro network. The Ministry of Territorial Policy, Public Works, and Mobility revealed plans to expand the

22 Apr, 2021 @ 17:00

Travel News·Valencia

Benidorm court refuses joint custody of a Maltese pet dog as Civil Code changes have not become law in Spain

Benidorm court to hear dog custody case involving separated Costa Blanca couple in Spain

A dispute over the custody of a pet dog will be settled by a Benidorm court. The news comes in a week when Spanish parliamentarians

22 Apr, 2021 @ 16:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Tourist arrested in Spain’s Malaga for fake jewellery theft claim to pay for Costa del Sol holiday

AIRPORT POLICE have arrested a Swedish tourist at Malaga airport border control as she was about to catch a flight home. The 32-year-old woman has

22 Apr, 2021 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Sick animal abuser in Spain could face up to 12 months in jail as tougher penalties come into force following landmark work of activists in Valencia

TOUGH new measures to punish sick animal abusers in Valencia could come into force following a landmark trial. Animal welfare chiefs were left furious after

22 Apr, 2021 @ 14:00

Valencia

Valencia is most popular city in Europe for erasmus students, according to data

Valencia has been ranked the most popular city in Europe for Erasmus students. Data collected by the European Commission have found that the city was

22 Apr, 2021 @ 13:15

Valencia

Policia Local accused of holding illegal party at headquarters in Spain’s Mallorca for retiring officer

It is alleged that 15 on-duty officers attended the hour-long gathering which was organised to celebrate the departure of a retiring colleague

22 Apr, 2021 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

THINK GREEN: Tourism chiefs from Spain’s Valencia area call for region-specific COVID traffic light system for UK travel this summer

The Valencian Community has a total average of 40 cases for every 100,000 people, while Spain as a whole numbers 250.

22 Apr, 2021 @ 12:45

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

VACCINE BOOST as single-dose Johnson vaccines arrive in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

DOSES of the single-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine have arrived this morning(April 22) in the Valencian Community. Spain got its first shipment of the vaccine

22 Apr, 2021 @ 12:26

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

10 arrested and further details revealed in death of DJ at house party on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE have arrested a total of 10 people for their involvement in the shooting of a DJ at a house party on a luxury urbanisation

22 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Nikki Wegloop mi Moana beach clear up against plastics costa del sol

WORLD EARTH DAY: Meet the schoolgirl cleaning up Spain’s Costa del Sol one piece of plastic at a time

THE Costa del Sol has its very own Greta Thunberg. To mark World Earth Day on April 22, Fiona Govan catches up with a teenage

22 Apr, 2021 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Holiday homeowners in Spain’s Andalucia outraged as Junta excludes tourist properties from Covid aid

THE Andalucian Tourist Housing Association (AVVA) has denounced the Junta for excluding tourist accommodation from receiving subsidies, in favour of large hotel companies. The president

22 Apr, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·Other News·Travel News

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