Vega Baja - Olive Press News Spain

Hot location: This Costa Blanca town has seen property prices rise faster than any other coastal municipality in Spain

ORIHUELA on the southern Costa Blanca has seen the largest rise in house prices per m2 in the last year of any coastal municipality in

26 Aug, 2024 @ 18:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Costa Blanca mayor accused of punching elderly resident after long-standing feud amidst calls for him to resign

A WAR of words has broken out over an alleged assault by Dolores mayor, Joaquin Hernandez on a 71-year-old resident as political opponents demanded that

19 Aug, 2024 @ 15:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Super speed camera is installed on major road on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Device uses microwave signals to detect how fast a vehicle is travelling

MOTORISTS have been warned about a new ‘sophisticated’ speed trap that has appeared on a key Torrevieja entrance route. The unit has been installed on

5 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

Victory for expats and locals on Spain’s Costa Blanca after plans for controversial biowaste plant are pulled

Brits and locals march against bio-waste plant on Spain’s Costa Blanca – but why are they against the project?

UP to a thousand residents marched in Los Montesinos on Tuesday to protest against the council deciding to house a regional biowaste recycling plant. Locals

31 Jul, 2024 @ 15:32

Costa Blanca·Lead

Opponents fight biowaste recycling plant decision after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca

Residents fight plans for biowaste recycling plant after zero consultation by town mayor on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROTEST has been called for next week against a regional biowaste recycling plant which Los Montesinos council has agreed to take on. Some residents

22 Jul, 2024 @ 22:00

Costa Blanca·Environment

Scrap the toll call for ’empty’ motorway in prime tourist area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A NEW call has been made for tolls on the AP-7 motorway in the Vega Baja to be suspended after the government said the road

17 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Thieves use drone to follow high-value targets for street robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HI-TECH thieves used a drone to track people carrying large amounts of money on the streets of Alicante province. The five men are accused of

8 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Boat migrant is accused of sexually assaulting cleaner at hotel where he is being held on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception

1 Jul, 2024 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fake clergyman cons thousands of euros out of parish priests on Spain’s Costa Blanca with sob story of dying father and inheritance

A BOGUS priest has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after conning over €15,000 out of two clergymen in Alicante province. He was detained in

7 Jun, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia

Female cook is forced to prostitute herself on roundabouts in Spain after being tricked by a gang who promised her a job in a restaurant

FOUR people have been arrested for allegedly tricking a Romanian woman to work in Torrevieja as a cook, but forcing her instead into prostitution. The

31 May, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

True crime story of mother who burned daughter's rapist to death is featured in new TV documentary in Spain

True crime story of an Alicante mother who ‘burned daughter’s rapist to death’ is subject of new TV documentary series in Spain

A REVENGE killing by an Alicante province mother on the man who raped her daughter is the subject of a new TV documentary series called

22 May, 2024 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Dolphins jump for joy in incredible photos taken just off the coast of Spain’s Torrevieja

A LOCAL wildlife enthusiast captured a series of incredible images off the coast of Spain’s Torrevieja this Monday, as a pod of dolphins jumped for

15 May, 2024 @ 11:30

Lead·Nature·Torrevieja

Skyscraper project in Torrevieja faces being cancelled following a ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court

PLANS for two 80-metre-high skyscrapers in Torrevieja’s Acequion beach area have been scuppered by the Supreme Court and the Valencian High Court of Justice. Judges

13 May, 2024 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja

‘Illegal’ elderly home housing expats is shut down on Spain’s Costa Blanca: Swiss owner is arrested

AN illegal nursing home in the Vega Baja region of Alicante province has been raided by the Guardia Civil and closed down by social services.

8 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Ferrari driving ‘narco boss’ is among 35 arrested in huge crackdown on drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca drugs gang led by a man who bought a €250,000 luxury car out of the proceeds, has been busted by the Guardia

20 Apr, 2024 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Murcia

Famous St. Patrick's Day parade returns to Spain's Costa Blanca after four years

Huge annual St. Patrick’s Day parade coming to Spain’s Costa Blanca this weekend – all you need to know

SPAIN’S biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade takes place this Sunday on the southern Costa Blanca. Cabo Roig on the Orihuela Costa will be a sea

15 Mar, 2024 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Malaga to Madrid from €7: Renfe launches sale on train fares starting TODAY

New high-speed rail routes in Spain: British expat hotspots on the Costa Blanca will be directly connected to these three fantastic cities

HIGH speed train services from state operator Renfe departing from Elche, Orihuela and Murcia will be directly linked to three Castilla y Leon region cities

13 Mar, 2024 @ 11:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Iconic hotel in Spain’s Torrevieja goes up for sale at €6million

A POPULAR Torrevieja hotel with stunning sea views has gone up for sale for €6 million in a quiet residential area of the city The

13 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British expat hotspot in Spain has seen the number of foreign residents soar by 800% since 1998

THE number of foreign residents in the Valencian Community has gone up eight-fold over 25 years. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) says there were 102,000

4 Mar, 2024 @ 15:45

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

Thousands join protest against ‘senseless’ solar power plant being built on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN ESTIMATED 3,000 people hit the streets of San Miguel de Salinas on Sunday to oppose controversial plans for a massive solar farm. The San

4 Mar, 2024 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Council has to pay ‘millions’ in compensation for illegally-granted building licence approved by law-breaking mayor in 2008 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA Blanca council will have to pay the equivalent of a third of its annual budget as compensation for an illegally-approved building that was

2 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Spanish priest is removed from his Costa Blanca parish for calling Pope Francis a ‘heretic’

THE bishop of the Orihuela-Alicante diocese has suspended San Isidro’s parish priest for branding Pope Francis a ‘heretic’. Bishop Jose Ignacio Munilla took the tough

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:57

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Property ‘scam’ in Spain’s Andalucia: HUNDREDS of buyers pay up to €55,000 each for homes that will NEVER be built

This province in eastern Spain has just had its biggest year for building homes since 2007

ALICANTE province has clocked the highest number of new houses built in a year since the property boom of 2007. The number of new properties

5 Feb, 2024 @ 16:59

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Other News·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Popular shopping centre reports record footfall and unveils changes on Spain's Costa Blanca|

Popular shopping centre on Spain’s Costa Blanca reports record visitors and announces improvements

A REVAMPED cinema and three new restaurants are some of the improvements promised this year for Elche’s L’Aljub Shopping Centre. Around seven million people visited

31 Jan, 2024 @ 11:42

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Grave robber strikes at cemetery several times and rifles through skeletal remains on Spain's Costa Blanca

Grave robber rummages through skeletons to search for valuable metal items on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GRAVE robber who plundered an Alicante province cemetery several times has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 43-year-old man struck at his local

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Warning for dog owners: Killer caterpillars are on the move in these areas along Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROCESSIONARY caterpillars- lethal to dogs if they come into contact with them- have been spotted in parts of Alicante province. Sightings have been reported in

30 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community