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Cultural complex in Costa Blanca town will replace expensive unused and demolished 'white elephant'

Cultural complex in Costa Blanca town will replace expensive demolished ‘white elephant’

A NEW cultural centre for Pilar de la Horadada is expected to open before Easter as the ‘replacement’ for the never-used infamous La Paloma development-

13 Jan, 2025 @ 17:08

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Airbnbs welcome! Holiday hotspot approves construction of 1,000 new tourist flats on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PILAR de La Horadada council has backed plans for 1,086 holiday homes to be built on 290,000 m2 of rural land at Lo Monte Playa.

30 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Tourist, 52, drowns off popular beach on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just days after tragic deaths of husband and wife in their 80s in Alicante

A MAN drowned at El Campello’s Muchavista beach on Sunday, three days after a Madrid couple in their eighties died at Guardamar’s central beach. On

29 Jul, 2024 @ 15:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Pilar de la Horadada – € 274,900

Apartment Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante 3 beds 2 baths € 274,900 – free installation of A/C when you buy one of these

27 Jul, 2024 @ 13:05

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How a Polish gang ‘flew into Spain to rob homes in British expat hotspots before returning home with their spoils’

A POLISH gang that specially flew to Spain to carry out home robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. After two men were detained

18 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

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

Residents launch citizen patrols to stop burglaries in popular expat area of Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents launch vigilante patrols on Spain’s Costa Blanca following surge in burglaries

A SHARP spike in home robberies has forced worried residents of Pinar de Campoverde on the southern Costa Blanca to demand action to catch the

11 Dec, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Drought-loving beetles that kill pine trees are being monitored on Spain’s Costa Blanca

DROUGHT conditions have fuelled concerns over the unwanted return of a beetle that can destroy masses of trees in the green spaces of the Vega

31 Oct, 2023 @ 17:18

Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Valencian Community

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Pilar de la Horadada with pool – € 279,000

Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 279,000 Beautiful top floor apartment with solarium. Beautiful top floor apartment with terrace

14 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

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2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Pilar de la Horadada with pool garage – € 205,000

Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 205,000 New bungalow project located in Pilar de la Horadada, consisting of only

2 Aug, 2023 @ 13:05

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Demolition of expensive ‘white elephant’ building begins on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BULLDOZERS have started demolishing an infamous empty ‘white elephant’ building in Pilar de la Horadada that has been a drain on public money ever since

22 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Declaration Process Started To Create Much Anticipated Natural Park In Spain's Costa Blanca

Declaration process begins to create much-anticipated natural park in Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROCESS to formally declare a new natural park in the south of Alicante province started on Tuesday after an order was signed by Valencian

16 May, 2023 @ 12:54

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

‘Hugging robber’ jailed at last after multiple offences on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FEMALE thief who ‘hugged’ victims in a tight embrace was caught red-handed trying to steal from an elderly man in a Costa Blanca golf

24 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

One dead, eight injured after van crashes off motorway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE PERSON died and eight other people were injured on Wednesday after a van they were travelling in veered off the AP-7 motorway in Pilar

5 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Work Starts After Long Delay To Replace Collapsed Bridge Caused By 2019 Floods On Spain's Costa Blanca

Work starts after bureaucratic delays to rebuild collapsed bridge after 2019 floods on Spain’s Costa Blanca

WORK has finally begun to rebuild a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in the 2019 floods suffered in southern Alicante province. A new walkway will replace

6 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca 'white Elephant' Building In Spain To Be Demolished For More Than Original Construction Budget

Costa Blanca ‘white elephant’ in Spain to be demolished for more than original construction budget

PILAR DE LA HORADADA council has allocated nearly €3 million of public money to demolish an unfinished cultural centre that had no work done on

1 Feb, 2023 @ 14:27

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca border town in Spain wants to use nearby Mar Menor hospital in Murcia region

RESIDENTS of Pilar de la Horadada may get a much shorter hospital trip compared to a 22 kilometre road journey to Torrevieja Hospital. Pilar mayor

8 Nov, 2022 @ 10:58

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Violent jewellery store robbers arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca after five stick-ups

TWO men have been arrested in Rojales and Torrevieja over five gunpoint jewellery store robberies over the summer in Alicante Province. The Guardia Civil seized

18 Oct, 2022 @ 12:14

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

Dodgy dentist scammed customers with 'double' loans in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

Dodgy dentist scams customers with ‘double’ loans in Costa Blanca and Murcia areas of Spain

THE owner of a dental clinic chain in the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas has been charged with fraud after ripping off customers who applied

10 Oct, 2022 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Valencian Community

Bodies of seven migrants discovered on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches in Spain

Tragic discoveries of seven drowned migrants on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches in Spain

SEVEN bodies of North African migrants who may have shared the same capsized boat have been discovered on Costa Blanca and Mar Menor beaches. One

29 Aug, 2022 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

German shepherd dog attacks Irish teenager at Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

AN Irish teenager was taken to Torrevieja Hospital on Friday after being attacked by a German Shepherd dog. The incident happened at around 7.00 am

29 Jul, 2022 @ 17:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Security guards wanted as health centre staff on Spain's Costa Blanca suffer rising abuse from angry patients

Call for security guards as health centre staff on Spain’s Costa Blanca suffer rising abuse from angry patients

RISING cases of verbal and physical assaults on Torrevieja area health centre staff has led to calls for better security. Unions are demanding security guards

24 Jun, 2022 @ 13:09

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Torrevieja

Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they

14 Apr, 2022 @ 15:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Jellyfish and dead dolphins washed up as beaches bereft of sand threaten Easter tourism on Spain’s Costa Blanca

RECENT STORMS smashing into Costa Blanca have caused sufficient damage to threaten the pending Easter break for the hospitality industry. With awful timing, it is

6 Apr, 2022 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Weather