Natural park ‘transition’ announced
The new Valencia government will ‘boost’ the region’s natural parks by turning them into ‘tools for environmental awareness and for fighting against rural depopulation’.
This...
Britons to go biometric
BRITISH residents will be able to apply for a ‘biometric residence document’ from the Spanish government.
A spokesman for the EC press office in Brussels...
Forensic report on ‘sex practices’ commissioned for Marta’s killer
A Father whose daughter was killed whilst on a second date with a man she met online has called for forensics to report on...
Accessible homes on the way
VALENCIA city hall and the region’s branch of disabled people’s association COCEMFE will jointly build 11 accessible homes.
Vice-Mayoress and Urbanism councillor Sandra Gómez met...
‘Social shield’ against the virus
THE GOVERNMENT has approved a third decree of measures, including 50 proposals by 11 ministries, to protect small businesses and the self-employed, and the...
Plan to reduce wild boar population causes controversy
Planned changes to legislation – designed to increase the numbers of wild boar hunted in the Valencia region – have been questioned by ecologists.
Director...
‘Fake news’ on the Costa
The term ‘fake news’ has had much prominence in the world media of late, with even President Trump attacking CNN for fabricating news stories....
World heritage ‘Fallas’
VALENCIA’s main fiesta was added to Unesco’s Immaterial World Heritage list on Wednesday.
The panel of representatives from 24 different countries finally decided to include...
Car hire firms on the warpath
CAR rental firms are on the warpath with internet sites offering private car hire between users.
Just as taxis fought Uber, and the hotel sector...
Valencia aims to blast away bureaucracy
The Valencia government is going to ‘change at least 28 laws, 46 decrees, 448 procedures, and six orders’ in order to ‘eliminate the bureaucratic...
Flood rescues in Valencia
A number of people have been rescued after torrential rain caused flooding in Valencia province.
One man had to be winched out of his rural...
Whales ahoy!
Around 15 fin whales – the second largest animal on Earth – have been spotted off the coast of Denia since June 15.
A town...
Sánchez meets Biden before NATO summit
PRIME Minister Pedro Sánchez held an hour-long meeting with Joe Biden on the US president’s first official visit to Spain, which was for the...
British holidaymakers flock to Gandía
By Samantha Kett
BRITS and other foreign holidaymakers are starting to discover Gandía – hitherto an almost exclusively-Spanish destination, according to the district tourism traders...
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Art forgeries seized before auction
A total of 22 forged paintings purporting to be by Salvador Dalí, Antonio Saura, Joan Miró and Mariano Benlliure have been seized by National...
