Relief as respirators arrive

The first 10 respirators produced as part of a regional government deal with two companies based in the region were made available to the...

Freedom at last!

More of the Valencia region opened up this week with residents in 58% of towns and villages and all three provincial capitals enjoying new-found...

Sexual health law guarantees right to abortion

The government has reformed the 2010 law on sexual and reproductive health to ‘guarantee and increase’ rights, and remove obstacles that were preventing some...

Backing legal tourist accommodation

Unregistered tourist accommodation will be tackled by the regional government with €350,000 from this year’s budget. This will be used for ‘campaigns against unauthorised letting...

Tourism tax gets the go-ahead

The so-called ‘tourism tax’ (tasa turística) has been passed by the regional parliament in Valencia and is due to come into force in a...

Shops – by appointment only

Small businesses can open from today (Monday) under strict guidelines which were published yesterday in the official state bulletin (BOE). The shop or premises must...

All Valencia Region gets phase one status from Monday

The areas of the Valencia Region that were left out of phase one on Monday (including the three provincial capitals of Valencia, Alicante and...

Covid-19 cases on the rise again

The number of new cases of coronavirus has more than doubled when compared with last week’s figures. On Wednesday councillor for health Ana Barceló noted...

Ready to protect rural land

The regional land protection agency (AVPT) opened for business in Elche on Wednesday. It will take over exclusive responsibility for protecting the legality of urban...

More help is available for elderly customers, according to the banks

Deputy PM Nadia Calviño met with bank representatives on Monday, where they agreed that ‘advances’ have been made this year to offer personalized treatment...

Vox councillor close to coronavirus case refuses to stay at home

A FAR-RIGHT councillor knowingly went along to town hall meetings in Alzira, despite having been in direct contact with his party's secretary-general who has...

Building collapse – rescue team search for survivors

A rescue operation is continuing after a three-storey property collapsed last night at Font Nova urbanisation in Peñíscola in the north of the Valencia...

Dinosaur ‘eggs’ seized in Valencia

National Police officers and tax office inspectors intercepted a container holding fossils in Valencia port that had been illegally exported from Argentina.

Driving licence agreement for Britons sealed

British residents in Spain who have been unable to drive because they failed to exchange their UK licence for a Spanish one following Brexit...