Electricity price promise
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged that by the end of this year people in Spain will be paying a similar amount for electricity to...
Cave dwellers – remains and hairpins uncovered
More findings shedding light on how we lived thousands of years ago have surfaced in one of Pedreguer’s two prehistoric caves during the latest...
Alicante winemaking rules revised
The requirements to make wine that can be sold displaying the protected designation of origin (PDO) status of Alicante have been completely revised by...
No appointment needed
From Tuesday (September 7) residents in the Valencia region can go for a jab against Covid-19 at any of the 133 ‘mass vaccination’ sites...
Hope for airport train
Regional president Ximo Puig has called for a train line to be built to serve Alicante-Elche airport.
He will have a meeting with minister for...
Town within a town’ for Torrevieja
Commenting on this headline on the Costa Blanca News Facebook page this week, residents vented their anger about the construction project in Torrevieja (see...
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August 31
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Torrevieja
August 29
A poem dedicated to ex marine Pen Farthing, inspired by his desperate plight to secure the safety of his staff and animals in...
‘Disguised’ airport thieves nabbed
A gang allegedly specialised in committing thefts at Alicante-Elche airport, ‘using military tactics to avoid detection’, has been arrested by the National Police.
They usually...
Flooding hits the north of the region
Alicante province escaped the worst of the storms caused by the cut off low pressure weather system (DANA or gota fría), which hit the...
Pride of place in Benidorm
Benidorm Pride is taking place this weekend.
The event goes under the name European Summer Closing Pride and is described as ‘fun, safe, friendly and...
Lift off for ‘historic’ helicopter
The helicopter which adorned the roof of the KU disco along the Avenida de la Comunitat Valenciana in Benidorm has been lifted off to...
Race to save Mar Menor
A human chain of thousands of people dressed in black to mourn the ‘death’ of the Mar Menor stretched 73 kilometres around its shores...
Woman saved by police intervention
An unconscious woman – who ‘was not breathing and had a weak pulse’ after an alleged beating from her partner – was rescued in...
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The 2024 Summer Olympics
Simone Biles along with the American team with their gold medals
Photo: @simonebiles
After three full days of competition, up to midnight on...
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