Park opens at La Siesta
The park at the entrance to La Siesta urbanisation, which has cost nearly €5 million to construct, was opened to the public on Saturday...
Plan to link the coast to the A-7 motorway
A plan is being drawn up to connect the CV-95 Torrevieja-Orihuela road with the A-7 motorway, according to regional environment and infrastructure councillor, Salomé...
A sea of green for St Patrick
St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Benidorm and Orihuela Costa turned the streets into a sea of green on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of revellers in...
Mayor refuses tax offence plea bargain
Calls for the mayor of Orihuela to resign have been met with insistence that he must be presumed innocent, following confirmation that the Partido...
Calling on the councillor for the coast
Costa Blanca News reporter Alex Watkins spoke to Orihuela’s councillor for the coast Manuel Mestre this week about the St Patrick’s Day celebrations and...
Government’s war on smoking
The government is aiming to ban smoking from ‘various communal and social areas outdoors’, and increase the price of a packet of cigarettes.
Minister for...
Partial closure of busy road affects motorists
An important link road in Torrevieja has been partially closed to traffic for several months – without any prior warning from the town hall...
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...
Long-awaited park set to open this weekend
Torrevieja mayor Eduardo Dolón announced on his Facebook page that the long-awaited park constructed at the entrance to La Siesta urbanisation will be inaugurated...
See Spain by train
Options to visit new parts of Spain using low cost high-speed train services are multiplying.
Additional destinations being offered by state rail company Renfe and...
Getting a little help from their friends
The Valencia government is set to amend regional legislation governing tourism lets, using a decree that just been approved in Andalucía region ‘as a...
Car grape crush
Two tonnes of stolen grapes have been recovered after the Guardia Civil opened an investigation into thefts from farms in Murcia region.
Officers tracked down...
Second runway for Alicante airport ‘on hold’
A second runway at Alicante-Elche airport is ‘not necessary in the short or medium term’, according to the national government.
The statement came in reply...
Stuck on a cliff
Firefighters carried out the extraordinary rescue of a dog which became stuck on a cliff in Torrevieja.
A spokesman for the provincial fire brigade reported...