Winter fuel allowance
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December 19, 2015
I notice that we have missed out on receiving the winter allowance this year, because Spain is never cold! Why?
Because we deserted...
Notable monthly quotables of 2015
Benidorm
December 19, 2015
Dear editor,
January-"We have just been hit at the heart of our liberty." Anne Hidalgo, Paris mayor, after the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
February-"No one...
EHIC cards and Brexit
La Marina
December 20, 2015
Dear Editor, if the UK votes to leave the EU would the EHIC card still be valid for European travel health...
Syrian war and the budget
Polop.
December 15, 2015
Sir,
How can Chancellor Osborne ever hope to balance the budget, or even reduce GB ever increasing enormous debt, if misguided and irresponsible...
Snow news is good news
A LACK of snow in most major skiing resorts in Spain has led to many people cancelling their reservations at mountain retreats and heading...
Made in Valencia
PRINCE George is wearing clothes from a Valencian children's fashion company in this year's Christmas card from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The pastel...
Fishermen offered golden handshake
DEVELOPERS are offering Jávea fishermen €500,000 to leave the port for good and make way for a lucrative marina development that would mean the...
Dolphin saved by diver
By Nuria Pérez
A bottlenose dolphin - which was unable to eat when plastics became trapped in its mouth - is now safe and well...
Spanish parents concern over au pair exploitation in Ireland
PARENTS of young women currently working as au pairs in Ireland have voiced their concern this week following shocking official and TV reports exposing...
Initial agreement for Catalan government
The Catalan national coalition Junts P'el Si has announced they have reached an initial agreement with radical anti-establishment nationalists CUP that will result in...
‘El Gordo’ goes to Almería
'El Gordo', the winning number of this Christmas lottery held this morning, was sold entirely in Roquetas de Mar (Almería).
Number 79140 was sold at...
Residents’ help sought to fight the tiger
By Dave Jones
CARTAGENA city hall has declared war on the tiger mosquito.
Full story in Friday’s Costa Blanca News (south edition).
Spain helps international fight against organised crime
By Alex Watkins
Spain has played a leading role in the EU’s fight against organised crime this year, an operation called Blue Amber which has...
Irresistible force meets immovable object
By Nuria Pérez
THE CONSTRUCTION industry and the coalition government in Valencia are on a collision course for 2016, with low land prices fuelling another...
COSTA BLANCA
Getting diverted
‘Detours and alternative routes’ start today (Monday) in Jávea for the works at the roundabout of Camí Cabanes and Travessia de Cansalades.
The town hall...
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