On song in the castle
Santa Pola’s castle-fortress (Castillo-Fortaleza) is the venue for a night of Habaneras music, starting at 21.00 on Thursday, August 1.
This is the 15th edition...
Sánchez and Starmer meet at Blenheim
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met his UK counterpart Keir Starmer at the fourth summit of the European Political Community (EPC), which Britain hosted...
Heat warnings issued
State weather agency AEMET has published heat warnings for Alicante province for Friday and Saturday.
The hottest day of the heatwave is set to be...
Social housing boosted by deal with ‘bad bank’
An agreement to buy 500 homes to create more social housing has been reached between the regional government and the Sareb, the ‘bad bank’...
Heat alert
State weather agency AEMET has issued a special warning for heat in Spain this week – but Alicante is set to miss the worst...
Archaeologists gear up for season of digs around Alicante
This year’s campaign of excavations by the Alicante museum of archaeology (MARQ) will be taking place at six sites around the province between August...
River repairs in Rojales
Repairs have been carried out to various elements of the River Segura channel in Rojales which were damaged during the September floods.
The work is...
The final edition of the Costa Blanca News
It is with sadness and regret that the staff have to announce that this Friday’s paper will be the last edition of the Costa...
Heat alerts issued
Very hot weather is due to affect large swathes of Spain in the coming days.
The whole of Alicante province is on alert for high...
ITV chaos continues
A region-wide strike took place at ITV (MOT) motor vehicle inspection stations on Tuesday, as part of workers’ ongoing protests to demand the regional...
Bid to create ‘bad bank’ social housing
A proposal that properties owned by the so-called ‘bad bank’ – the Sareb – should be turned into social housing has made by the...
Ciudad Quesada fiestas continue
The second weekend of celebrations in the Ciudad Quesada urbanisation fiestas in Rojales runs from Thursday, August 1 to Sunday, August 4.
One of the...
Green is good – border ridge walk (part 1)
If you like your ridge paths to be verdant and dramatic – and free of rocks and obstacles to allow unencumbered strides – then...
Extreme heat on the way
State weather agency AEMET has published a special report on ‘very high temperatures’ that are about to affect Spain.
They noted yesterday that a high...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
