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Farmer strikes in Spain: Chaos to continue today with tractors blocking roads and ports from Malaga to Barcelona and Valencia

FARMERS are continuing to cause chaos across Spain today as they enter a second day of strikes and protests. Fed-up agricultural workers plan to ‘collapse’

7 Feb, 2024 @ 07:49

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Feline at home: Visit the adorable ‘cat mansion’ in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA truly is a cat friendly city, with its very own mansion dedicated to our furry friends. When mediaeval warrior El Cid conquered Valencia in

6 Feb, 2024 @ 15:55

Animals·Olive Press Travel·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Catalonia to split cost of bringing in water by boat with central government, in desperate bid to combat ongoing drought

THE Catalan regional government agreed the terms of a deal on Monday with the central administration in Madrid that will see water brought to Barcelona

5 Feb, 2024 @ 15:18

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Other News

Sex pest who routinely harassed waitresses is arrested in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA police have arrested a man five times in less than two months for harassing waitresses at two city centre restaurants. The 44-year-old pest also

3 Feb, 2024 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Rail users get great news with €85m of improvements coming to busy commuter route in Spain’s Valencia

A BUSY commuter rail line in Valencia province is to get an major upgrade, costing €85 million. Valencian politicians and business groups have long called

1 Feb, 2024 @ 16:14

Valencia·Valencian Community

5 bedroom Villa for sale in Oliva – € 425,000

Villa Oliva, Valencia 5 beds 3 baths € 425,000 EXCLUSIVE BY IMMOABROAD We are pleased to present to you this renovated villa with

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

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Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow

COMPULSORY mask wearing in Valencian Community medical centres and hospitals will end after it was imposed regionally on January 5 in a response to rises

30 Jan, 2024 @ 15:45

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

Racket which ‘sold bodies of dead foreigners’ and ‘people with no family’ for €1,200 each is busted in Spain’s Valencia

POLICE have busted a Valencia body-snatching gang that removed corpses from hospitals like La Fe and nursing homes to sell them for up to €1,200

29 Jan, 2024 @ 12:15

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

Wanted US fugitive who ‘hired a hitman to kill his three brothers’ but ended up killing his teenage sister is arrested at major airport in eastern Spain

AN AMERICAN fugitive who hired a teenage hitman to kill his three brothers has been arrested at Valencia Airport. The Policia Nacional and FBI cooperated

26 Jan, 2024 @ 13:23

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

Tranquil and Convenient: Discover one of the calmest and easiest-to-park beaches in Spain’s Malaga

‘Historic heat’: Temperatures surpass 29C in Spain with January records broken across the country, including in Valencia and Malaga

SPAIN experienced a day of historic heat on Thursday as unseasonably high temperatures saw records broken across the country for the fourth consecutive month. Chelva

26 Jan, 2024 @ 10:37

Andalucia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Weather

Young expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’|

Expat is accused of killing priest found dead in his home: ‘Vulnerable’ suspect had sexual relations with the elderly clergyman after he ‘brought him in off the street’

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a South American man, 40, in connection with the murder of a Valencia priest who was found dead on Tuesday.

25 Jan, 2024 @ 10:56

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

Murder probe is launched after a PRIEST is found dead in his home in eastern Spain ‘with signs of violence’

A CATHOLIC priest has been found dead in his Valencia home bed on Tuesday with police suspecting foul play, citing asphyxiation as a possible cause

23 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

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

Spain’s National Police arrests five in Madrid and Valencia on suspicion of exporting an anti-drone system to Libya

THE National Police have made five arrests in Madrid and Valencia after they detected a group that was trying to illegally export an anti-drone system

22 Jan, 2024 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News·Valencia

Outrage as three beaches lose 70% of their sand on Spain’s east coast following the expansion of a nearby port

SATELLITE images have been analysed to show that three beaches in the port area of Valencia lost 70% of their sand over three decades. The

15 Jan, 2024 @ 17:40

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Is the Holy Grail in Spain? Study claims to have found rightful owners of the chalice ‘used by Jesus at the Last Supper’

A STUDY carried out by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia has revealed the rightful owners of the supposed ‘Holy Grail’, one of the most important

13 Jan, 2024 @ 11:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Revealed: The most popular cities in Spain for British digital nomads

BRITISH digital nomads rate Spain, and especially the Valencian Community, as their favourite country for remote working. A study of 400 UK professionals carried out

9 Jan, 2024 @ 18:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Why this city in eastern Spain will begin its reign as the Green Capital of Europe this week

VALENCIA CITY officially launches its year as the European Green Capital 2024 this Thursday with two days of ‘opening’ events at the Palau de la

8 Jan, 2024 @ 17:15

Environment·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Masks are made mandatory in Spain’s Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

COMPULSORY mask wearing in hospitals and health centres in the Valencian Community has been reinstated this Friday. The decision was taken by the regional Ministry

5 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

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

Young man, 28, dies after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony in Spain while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms

A 28-year-old man has died after throwing himself from a seventh floor balcony while high on hallucinogenic mushrooms. The tragic event took place during the

2 Jan, 2024 @ 10:13

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Medical experts list the main reasons why people need emergency treatment on New Year’s Eve in Spain

EXCESS alcohol and people choking on food are among the leading reasons for hospital ER visits in Spain on New Year’s Eve, according to medical

30 Dec, 2023 @ 14:00

Health·Lead

Spain's Valencia lays down a New Year fireworks challenge to the likes of London and Sydney

Spain’s Valencia throws down New Year fireworks gauntlet to the likes of London and Sydney

VALENCIA is claiming to have lined up an ‘unprecedented’ fireworks display to usher in the New Year on Sunday night. The City Council says it

30 Dec, 2023 @ 13:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Far-right writer gets prison time for using offensive language to say that gay people caused monkeypox virus in Spain

Far-right activist jailed for ‘offensive’ language while claiming gay people caused monkey pox virus in Spain

A VALENCIA court has sentenced a man to 32 months in prison for a hate crime after he published an article on a far-right website

29 Dec, 2023 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Men using sex contact website extorted to pay hush money totalling thousands of euros in Spain

Blackmailers extort vast sums of money from men wanting sex in Spain

A GANG who blackmailed website users looking to meet young women for sex has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. 13 people have been

28 Dec, 2023 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla·Valencia·Valencian Community

Covid cases quadruple in Spain: Surge in infections comes despite hotter temperatures

Covid and flu cases rise as temperatures fall in Spain’s Valencia region

COVID infections have increased by 83% in the last week to reach 247.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the Valencian Community compared to 135.1 the

28 Dec, 2023 @ 15:00

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

Farmers fume over flamingos destroying rice crops in Spain’s Valencia

RICE growers in Valencia’s La Albufera natural park are fuming about the increasing numbers of flamingos that’s threatening their crops. Farming associations have called on

27 Dec, 2023 @ 16:26

Animals·Environment·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

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