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Artichoke season brings ‘dignity’ as well as profit to farm workers in flood-ravaged Vega Baja on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AFTER a thousand years of production in the Vega Baja region of Spain, the humble artichoke won’t let one season lost to flooding affect it.

9 Dec, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura

Christmas shoppers urged to stay local with ‘Super Basket’ giveaway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council is incentivising Christmas shoppers to stay local with a chance to win one of 10 ‘super baskets’ just before Three Kings. The

4 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

WATCH: Spanish ARMY arrives to Spain’s Costa Blanca to battle COVID-19 outbreak

THIS is the moment the Spanish army surrounded a nursing home on the Costa Blanca today. The clip shows at least two large army trucks

30 Nov, 2020 @ 14:26

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

City’s local police awarded for work done during floods and pandemic in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA Local Police have been awarded the “Lápiz Escuela Pública” (Public School Pencil) for the work done during both last year’s floods and the Coronavirus

5 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Horse rescue centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca goes international as it expands operations into Switzerland

ROJALES’ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre is going international after gaining official recognition as a charity in Switzerland. It means both fundraising and the re-homing

4 Nov, 2020 @ 09:15

Costa Blanca

Twin earthquakes in Spain as Costa Blanca becomes country’s most affected region

TWO earthquakes of magnitude 2.6 and 2.4 hit the Costa Blanca South last night and early this morning, making it the region in Spain most

2 Nov, 2020 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Gastro tasting events return after absence of 10 months on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CIUDAD QUESADA and Rojales have announced two weekends of gastro delight in November, marking a return of such events after nearly eight months of Covid-19

24 Oct, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead

Jazz festival cancelled in March returns this month on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CANCELLED with tragically short notice in March, due to Spain’s Covid-19 lockdown, the Rojales Music Without Borders Festival belatedly launches this weekend on October 23.

20 Oct, 2020 @ 08:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Entertainment·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: British expat murdered on Spain’s Costa Blanca had been attacked by the same assailant in 2017

THE alleged killer of a British expat had been involved in a knife attack on the same victim in the UK three years ago. The

16 Oct, 2020 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Tributes flood in as young Brit stabbed to death on Spain’s Costa Blanca is named as Ben Nesbitt

THE victim of a fatal stabbing in Southern Spain has been named as Ben Nesbitt. The 22-year-old was from Woodvale, between Southport and Formby on

4 Oct, 2020 @ 20:43

Costa Blanca·Lead

Manhunt for British expat who ‘fatally stabbed fellow Brit in neck’ during fight at house party on Spain’s Costa Blanca last night

Sources believe the murder occurred following a fight between the two men, who were both at a house party with their partners

2 Oct, 2020 @ 15:07

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Two women shoplift 11 bottles of gin, six kilos of cheese and mountains of tuna on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO women have been arrested in Rojales after allegedly shoplifting an unusual mix of cheese, spirits and party balloons. The pair had been seen acting

29 Sep, 2020 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca

Town uses ‘€70,000’ of taxpayers money dealing with complaints from ONE group on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE WAR of words continues in the heart of the Vega Baja as Rojales Town Council claims €70,000 of taxpayers cash is being spent on

26 Sep, 2020 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Lead

BUSTED: Champagne-swilling multinational drug gang of 12 dealing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

The two gang leaders, men aged 23 and 28, installed security systems and CCTV at each location, and even supplied their ‘tenants’ with gyms to

25 Sep, 2020 @ 12:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Opposition party told to ‘supervise, not paralyse’ after ‘continuing complaints’ and fraud accusations on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council have accused an opposition party of trying to paralyse them with continuous complaints relating to administration. The Democratic Party of Rojales (Pader)

22 Sep, 2020 @ 21:46

Costa Blanca

Popular expat town suffers first COVID-19 outbreak since pandemic began on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES, which includes the popular expat community of Quesada, has suffered its first COVID-19 outbreak since the start of this year’s pandemic. The Valencian Community’s

3 Sep, 2020 @ 15:06

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Partitioning system for safe beach use during de-escalation period devised by company on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BEACHES throughout Spain will allow sunbathing at some stage in the coming weeks as the country progresses through the four phases of the COVID-19 de-escalation

29 May, 2020 @ 13:46

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

IN PICS: Shoppers at Costa Blanca street markets show ‘respect, co-operation and good humour’ in return to ‘some form of normality’

COSTA Blanca shoppers did themselves proud as Spain’s de-escalation plans brought in the reopening of many of the region’s street markets this week. Town hall

9 May, 2020 @ 18:20

Costa Blanca·Lead

Stats suggest Covid-19 curve is flattening, but Costa Blanca town continues to disinfect – much to delight of locals

ROJALES in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca, isn’t sitting back just because official statistics SUGGEST the Coronavirus curve is flattening out. Throughout

7 Apr, 2020 @ 07:16

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

‘Please help us’: Urgent plea to Costa council, amid urbanisation becoming ‘ghost town’ during roadworks

CIUDAD QUESADA has been hit by a double-whammy that threatens the very existence of dozens of businesses. Even before the emergency procedures were put in

15 Mar, 2020 @ 11:39

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca town ‘choked’ by roadworks given temporary solution by council to ‘desperately-needed’ parking problem

ROJALES Town Council have provided temporary relief to the huge parking problem caused by essential roadworks. They have just started a €700,000 road improvement plan

18 Jan, 2020 @ 11:05

Costa Blanca·Lead

The shocking tale of how the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre evaded ‘gypsy’ owners hunting down a rescued horse, writes Susan Weeding

WE lost our Sophia a few days ago. We’ve had many dramatic rescues over the years, but Sophia was the start of it all. Nine

21 Dec, 2019 @ 17:30

Columnists·Environment

Dramatic rescue of a badly beaten horse required TWO armed police and an ambulance on standby, writes columnist Susan Weeding

FORGET what you’ve heard. The Spanish police do care for animals. My husband Rod has been there on the front line with Policía Nacional, their

8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:18

Columnists·Costa Blanca·Environment

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Frozen – the €10m kitty Quesada can’t control

ROJALES is one of the richest municipalities in Valencia, with an estimated 10 MILLION euros stashed in it’s coffers. But, according to councillors it is

7 Dec, 2019 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Lead