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AZAHAR PROPERTIES: How to buy your dream Spanish home in the Valencia area with confidence and without actually coming to a viewing!

THE global pandemic has caused us all to change the way we do business, like the buying and selling of products and services. The property

28 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Property·Sponsored·Valencia

SWAN’S CORNER:- The Pitfalls of Buying Spanish Rustic Property

THERE are many property professionals in Spain that do an excellent job airbrushing the considerable risks associated with buying rustic properties. Clearly, planning regulations in

24 Feb, 2021 @ 21:30

Business & Finance·Property·Sponsored·Valencia

Valencia launches drive to become climate-neutral by 2030

VALENCIA city will be partly climate-neutral before 2030. The local council plans to approve a motion on Thursday (February 25) entitled ‘Valencia Ciudad Neutra’ (‘Valencia

23 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Valencia

A burning rubbish container in Barcelona

Third night of rioting over arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel

LAST night (Thursday February 18) saw the third consecutive round of rioting in Catalunya and elsewhere over the imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel. Once again,

19 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Lead·National News·Valencia

Freeloading motorhome owners who snub ‘approved’ overnight sites could be fined in Spain’s Valencian Community

MOTORHOME owners looking for illegal overnight stays by ignoring registered sites are set to break the law in tourist zones across the Valencian Community from

18 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Top Court Rules Out Ordering An Urgent Reopening Of Hospitality Sector In Spain S Valencian Community

Top court rejects ordering an ‘urgent’ reopening of bars and restaurants in Spain’s Valencian Community

THE Valencian Supreme Court(TSJ) has ruled out ordering an ‘urgent’ and ‘immediate’ reopening of hospitality businesses in the Valencian Community. Judges will now take the

16 Feb, 2021 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community

So you have found your perfect fixer upper home in the Valencia region and now its time to put your own stamp in it! Here

15 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Property·Sponsored·Valencia

SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720

SPRING is on the way and so you MUST check if you are obliged to file a 720 Declaration by the end of March to

13 Feb, 2021 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Property·Valencia

A recent protest by bar and restaurant owners in Denia (Alicante)

IT’S OFFICIAL: Valencia hospitality closures extended until March

Regional president Ximo Puig finally confirmed the measure this morning after a week full of negotiations, speculation and protests

12 Feb, 2021 @ 21:40

Alicante·Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia

BREAKING: Hospitality workers and business owners protest outside regional government HQ in Valencia

AN estimated 200 employees and business owners within the hospitality sector are at this moment protesting outside the regional government headquarters in Valencia city. Angry

11 Feb, 2021 @ 13:59

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

An online challenge was the first hypothesis investigated by the National Police

One child dies and another is critically injured in unrelated suicide attempts in Valencia within 12 hours of each other

A CHILD aged 13 committed suicide just 12 hours after another 10-year-old boy reportedly attempted to take his own life in Valencia city this week.

10 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Valencia

WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH: Surge in COVID-related hospital refuse triggers storage chaos in Valencia

THE huge increase in disposable hospital refuse due to the COVID pandemic is causing severe storage and disposal problems. In Valencia city, six refrigerated lorries

10 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Coronavirus·Environment·Lead·Valencia

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

Spain’s Valencian Community president Ximo Puig set to announce extension of most COVID-19 restrictions through to March

MOST of the current restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the Valencian Community are set to be extended until the end of the

10 Feb, 2021 @ 13:55

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

FULLY CHARGED: Valencia driving schools switch to electric cars to reduce pollution and promote clean transport

THE motor industry is currently facing one of its most profound and vital challenges in history – and Valencia is revving up to go. Increasing

9 Feb, 2021 @ 12:00

Environment·Lead·Technology·Valencia

RED MIST: African sand blankets Spain’s Mediterranean coast

Experts report that there are very few documented cases of this type.

8 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Environment·Valencia

Valencia COVID restrictions to be extended

This would extend the restrictions until at least March 1.

8 Feb, 2021 @ 11:50

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

Foodie paradise: This Alicante town has the most Michelin Star restaurants per capita in Spain

TOP MARKS: Up to 45 stretches of coastline in the Valencian Community classed as having ‘exceptional environmental value’

UP to 45 beaches throughout the Valencian Community have been granted top marks in a new environmental study by the regional government. The autonomous community’s

5 Feb, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Nature·Torrevieja·Valencia

Valencian scientists reintroduce endangered species of newt in the Serra Calderona

Natural ponds have recently been found to play a vital role in regulating global warming, as they trap and filter carbon dioxide naturally.

3 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Environment·Valencia

Florina worked on the main road near Silla (Valencia)

Missing teenage prostitute found dead in irrigation ditch near Valencia

THE worst hypothesis finally came true regarding Florina Gogos, the 19-year-old girl who worked as a prostitute in the Valencia area and who went missing

2 Feb, 2021 @ 17:45

Valencia·Valencian Community

Forest fires are a constant threat in the Valencia region

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN: Forest fires top off record-breaking month on both ends of the scale in Spain’s Valencia region

JANUARY has been one of the craziest months on record weather-wise in the Valencia region. Historic low temperatures reaching -26°C in Vistabella – the coldest

1 Feb, 2021 @ 15:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencia

Nudism is not a crime... not even in the city

BARE-FACED CHEEK: Man fined for walking naked around Valencia town

This is the fourth time Colomar, an IT expert, is fined for nudism in the streets of Valencia.

1 Feb, 2021 @ 12:45

Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 case numbers continue dropping in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

NO LET UP in high COVID-19 infections in Spain’s Valencian Community

9.579 new coronavirus infections were declared last night(January 26) in the Valencian Community. That’s a rise of 1,156 cases on the Monday total, which is

27 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

New food delivery rider rules start for Glovo and Uber Eats in Spain

Big online sales rise for Spanish delivery ‘app’ leads to new Valencia area base

ON-DEMAND Spanish delivery app, Glovo, is looking to expand its ‘dark stores’ in Spain and across Europe. The pandemic has given a boost to on-line

24 Jan, 2021 @ 16:15

Business & Finance·Valencia

The minors were arrested and remanded in custody

Three teenagers arrested for raping 15-year-old girl in Valencia

THREE teenagers have been arrested in an undisclosed town in Valencia Province on suspicion of gang-raping a 15-year-old girl. The suspects are aged between 14

21 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community