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Thief steals vehicle from car dealership and overturns it minutes later after spotting police in Spain’s Valencia

A MAN stole a vehicle from a Manises dealership in Valencia province but overturned it minutes later when he was spooked by a police patrol.

11 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Angry passenger thumps bus driver in face and hurls him out of vehicle- just missing passing cars- in Spain’s Valencia

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested a Valencia man, 27, who attacked a city bus driver who would not let him use somebody else’s travel pass.

9 Aug, 2023 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Swimmer in Spain's Valencia arrested at beach for seizing an exotic turtle that was going to be used as dog food

Swimmer in Spain’s Valencia arrested at beach for seizing exotic turtle to use as dog food

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A MAN has been arrested at Valencia’s Malvarosa beach after finding an exotic turtle while bathing which he

9 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Noisy beach bar blaring out unauthorised music annoying near-by residents ordered to stop by authorities in Spain's Valencia

Noisy beach bar blaring out illegal music concerts ordered to stop for disturbing residents in Spain’s Valencia

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es ONE OF Gandia’s beach bars is being investigated by prosecutors to see if it has committed a crime

8 Aug, 2023 @ 15:54

Valencia·Valencian Community

Man performs Lazarus act to rise from the dead on coroner's autopsy table in Spain's Valencia

Man performs Lazarus act to wake up on coroner’s autopsy table in Spain’s Valencia

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es A VALENCIA man literally rose from the dead on Friday as he lay on a coroner’s table just

8 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Baby gazelle gets bottle fed after rejecting mother’s breast-feeding in Spain’s Valencia

A Thomson’s gazelle born at BIOPARC Valencia in late July is doing well after rejecting her mother’s attempts to breastfeed her. In the first hours

5 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Animals·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Seven-year-old boy dies in Spain’s Castellon province after falling out of window

A BOY aged seven died on Wednesday after falling out of a fourth-floor apartment in Benicarlo in Castellon province. The Civil Guard told the Spanish

3 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Lead

First vertical solar energy park tests in Spain taking place in Valencia

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE PORT of Valencia could become the home of Spain’s first large-scale vertical solar energy park. Tests are

3 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Terrace smoking ban scrapped after three years in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es SMOKERS can light up again on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencian Community after regional president Carlos

2 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gay mayor and his partner suffer alleged homophobic assault in Spain's Valencia area

Gay mayor and partner suffer alleged homophobic assault in Spain’s Valencia area

GOT A STORY? Email us at tips@theolivepress.es THE MAYOR of a Valencia province town says he and his partner suffered a homophobic attack in the

2 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Bar and restaurant robbery gang brought down in Spain’s Valencia

A ROBBERY gang that struck at 15 bars and restaurants in the Horta Nord area of Valencia province has been broken up by the Guardia

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Direct flights between New York and Spain’s Valencia could start in summer 2024

THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY’S new Tourist Minister Nuria Montes has said she is ‘sure’ that the region will get a direct air link between New York

1 Aug, 2023 @ 16:00

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

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Riba-roja de Turia – € 290,000

Riba-roja de Túria, Valencia 5 beds 1 baths € 290,000 This impressive chalet is located in a privileged location in Pla del Tocar,

28 Jul, 2023 @ 13:05

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Low cost train operator Ouigo to start Murcia to Madrid services with €9 fares from 2024 High-speed journey to capital will take 2 hours and 45 minutes

Passengers stuck in Valencia train station after flood

A TOTAL of 15,300 people have been affected by a delay on a high speed line between Valencia and Madrid at 5 a.m. on Sunday.

26 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

Lead·Valencia

Member of religious association arrested for sexually assaulting three young girls in Valencia

On July 17 police arrested a senior member of a religious association for sexually assaulting three minors in Valencia. The accused is from Paraguayan origin

25 Jul, 2023 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Valencia gears up for ‘Battle of the Flowers’ where using a racket is certainly not for tennis

OVER A MILLION locally-grown carnations will feature in one of Valencia’s brightest coloured events on July 30- the traditional ‘Battle of the Flowers’. 40 floats

22 Jul, 2023 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police swoop on far-right extremists for mass bar assault against rival group in Spain's Navarre area

Police swoop on far-right football hooligans for assault on rival group in Spain’s Navarra area

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested 13 members of the ultra-right Boixos Nois group who attacked a rival faction in a mass assault inside a Pamplona

20 Jul, 2023 @ 15:46

Alicante·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra·Valencia

Boost in Americans buying properties in Spain according to notaries report

MORE AMERICANS are coming to Spain for longer, whether as digital nomads or simply to retire. The number of Americans living in Spain grew by

18 Jul, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·Madrid·National News·Property·Valencia

Woman, 74, left hospitalised in Valencia region after bull escapes and rampages through streets

A 74-YEAR-OLD woman was left in a critical condition on Saturday, after a bull escaped from a local taurine event in the Valencia region and

16 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

€13.5 Million Robotic Surgery Equipment Investment For Hospitals In Spain's Valencia Region

Major investment in robotic surgery equipment for hospitals in Spain’s Valencia region

ROBOTIC SURGERY equipment is to be installed in five public Valencian Community hospitals at a cost of €13.5 million. Units will be supplied to the

14 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Valencia·Valencian Community

Partido Popular’s Carlos Mazon invested as new president of Spain’s Valencia region

CARLOS MAZON from the Partido Popular was invested on Thursday as the new president of the Valencian Community with 53 votes in favour-made up of

13 Jul, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police help woman flee from arranged marriage in Spain's Valencia

Police stop woman being forced into arranged marriage in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE have prevented a young Valencia woman from being forced into an arranged marriage set up by her family. Valencia’s Policia Local took a call

13 Jul, 2023 @ 16:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man arrested for attempted rape of Irish woman in Spain’s Valencia area

THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 27-year-old Columbian over the attempted rape of an Irish woman in the Ribera Baja area of Valencia province. The

12 Jul, 2023 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Anti-smoking association in Spain calls for ban on tobacco sales in bars, restaurants and petrol stations

EXPLAINER: Why smoking ban remains on bar and restaurant terraces in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

LAST WEEK’S ending of Covid-19 health restrictions in Spain left one anomaly- namely the ban on terrace bar and restaurant smoking introduced in the early

12 Jul, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Heatwave could reach 45 degrees in inland areas of Spain’s Valencia region

THE LATEST summer heatwave could reach leave maximum temperatures of up to 45 degrees in several areas of the Valencian Community on Tuesday. The interior

11 Jul, 2023 @ 15:31

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

Criminal gang stole 21,600 condoms packed into van during working holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BARCELONA area robbery gang went on holiday to Alicante province and spent their vacation stealing from businesses including thousands of condoms. Three men aged

11 Jul, 2023 @ 13:31

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

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