Airport tribute for poet
Orihuela is celebrating that Alicante-Elche airport is to be named after the municipality’s most famous poet, and Republican campaigner during the Civil War, Miguel...
Waiting times down in Valencia region
Average waiting times for operations in the Valencia region were reduced by eight days during June, according the department for health.
Regional councillor for health...
Millions provided to repair problem promenade
Yet another repair job is underway on the beachfront walkway in La Mata – this one costing €3.9 million.
Year after year, the promenade is...
Woman, 96, killed by dogs
A 96-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was savaged by two mastiffs in Alguazas in Murcia.
In an official statement from the town...
Health resort bid for old salt industry complex
Torrevieja town hall has given more details on its proposal to turn disused buildings at the salt works into a spa resort.
Mayor Eduardo Dolón...
Mar Menor plan on public display
The flagship project to save the Mar Menor – a 22.5-kilometre-long pipeline network to pump run-off water from farmers’ fields into the Med –...
Tip found in Special Protection Area (SPA)
A huge illegal tip in a bird protection area on the border between Alicante province and Murcia region has been shut down by the...
Bid to save endangered bats
Research has started into the population of the endangered long-fingered bat, which lives in the regions of Valencia, Murcia and Andalucía.
Spokesman for environmental association...
Park-for-all plan
A TOTAL of €125,000 is being stumped up by the town hall to completely remodel Aguamarina park in Orihuela Costa.
According to the council, the...
Britons top of the foreign pops
Torrevieja town hall has released a detailed break-down of the population of the municipality which shows that the British once again make up the...
Fish out of water
The second incidence of masses of dead fish and other species washing up on the shores of the Mar Menor has been recorded in...
Giant ‘cockroach’ roamed in Murcia mountains
The fossilised footprints of a metre-long creature, ‘similar to a cockroach’, have been found in mountains in Murcia.
This new species – now long extinct...
Going for green
Valencia president Ximo Puig said his government is ‘actively looking for a solution’ to allow British tourists to visit the region.
He stated that it...
Making it easier to build homes
New Valencia president Carlos Mazón has revealed that he will change the law to make it easier to build properties in the region.
The announcement...
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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...
