Bid to save Med sharks and rays
The status of Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) has been conveyed to two zones off the coast of Alicante and Murcia by the...
Being green and right
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Torrevieja
October 30
Dear Editor,
I would like to reply to the letter from Mr Nicholson in last week’s paper in which he trots out the line...
Tom Draper on Tommy Robinson march
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June 18, 2018
This man is extremely biased and ignorant in the way he reports on a lot of things. He is not subjective, nor...
Multi-million-euro plan for summer healthcare
The Valencia government is stumping up €72.2 million to cover the additional healthcare needed during the summer holidays, with record numbers of tourists set...
Protest against bull runs in port ahead of fiesta week
A demonstration calling for an end to bull-runs and ‘bous a la mar’ will take place in Jávea port on Sunday evening, starting at...
Car insurance
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June 29
I was recently shopping around for car insurance. I am a Spanish resident and this was for my Spanish registered car.
Much to...
Iron man gets noisy welcome
A very tall man in an uncomfortable position has drawn crowds to Moraira castle esplanade since Saturday – and he got an al fresco...
Alicante reception centre up and running
The reception centre for war refugees from Ukraine has opened in the Ciudad de la Luz film studios on the outskirts of Alicante city.
Valencia...
Diplomatic appointment
Costa Blanca News met with British Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliot for a chat about important issues currently affecting UK citizens living in or...
Farmers demand water
DROUGHT-stricken farmers in the Valencia region have called on the national government to apply an article of the constitution which entitles it to interconnect...
Thanks for wonderful send-off
July 31
Dear Sir,
Through your well-read newspaper, I would like to thank all my friends, neighbours and members of the R.N.A. who attended my husband...
United against terror
King Felipe IV, PM Mariano Rajoy, regional president Carles Puigdemont and deputy-PM Soraya Saez de Santamaría led the minute of silence gathering at Barcelona's...
A war of religion
TORREVIEJA’S €5.8 million Easter museum is at the centre of bust-up over the council’s plan to give additional public uses to the nine-floor building.
The...
Regional recognition for Cap Negret
The Valencia government has passed a decree declaring Altea’s Cap Negret volcanic outcrop and fossil beach as a natural monument, thus establishing a special...