Rajoy’s final hour
The Parliament is currently holding the vote of no-confidence in PM Mariano Rajoy who, after the announcement yesterday of the PNV Basque Nationalists support...
‘Modern slavery’ nightmare
The Foreign Office has warned youngsters travelling to Spain of the risks of exploitation if they take up work as ‘touts’ outside bars in...
British scammers extradited
A BRITISH father and son arrested last week at a luxury urbanisation in Altea following an international arrest order have now been extradited to...
SATE cop shop get official seal of approval
Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido – the UK’s equivalent of the Home Secretary came to Benidorm - on Monday afternoon and paid a visit...
Spain’s biggest drugs factory discovered on the Costa
GUARDIA Civil has dismantled the largest synthetic drugs factory in Spain, led by a criminal organisation that developed and distributed them in the Marina...
…and celebrations on the Costas
As millions flooded the streets of Windsor to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, expats across Spain also donned their finest...
Windsor in Madrid
THE British Embassy celebrated the Royal Wedding in style on Saturday with a traditional garden party hosted by Ambassador Simon and Mrs Maria Isabel...
Valencia states its case on Brexit
PRESIDENT of Valencia region Ximo Puig met with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the effects...
ETA’s bloody Costa trail
After the Basque terrorist group announced its dissolution last week, James Parkes looks back at the attacks carried out in the Valencia region during...
Costa health bosses probe Nolotil risk in Brits
Common painkiller harmless to Spaniards may be fatal to the English patient - and other
northern Europeans, research shows.
The end of ETA
BASQUE terrorist group ETA announced its final dissolution on Wednesday, as Costa Blanca News last week reported it was planning to do.
In an open...
A year without Kirsty
Sunday marks the first anniversary of the tragic death of 27-year-old Kirsty Maxwell and mystery still surrounds the events that led to her fatal...
British drug baron’s luck finally runs out
THE CHARMED life of Brian Charrington could have been written for the script of a brilliant gangster film, but the drugs baron faces sentencing...
Briton’s bid to secure UK vote
BRITISH councillor in Alicante province Jacqui Cotterill will attend a meeting of the European Union’s Petitions Committee next week in a renewed effort to...
COSTA LEVANTE NEWS
Aquarius arrives safely
The migrants that were turned down by Italian and Maltese authrorities last week safely arrived in Valencia on Sunday.
Forty-seven of the 100 underage passengers...
