Passengers hit by airport strike action
Long queues formed as passengers tried to access the departure area security-check zone at Alicante-Elche airport at the weekend.
The CCOO union noted that the...
Airport strike set to go ahead
Private security staff at Alicante-Elche airport are set to go ahead with strike action – starting tomorrow (Friday).
Employees from Ilunion Seguridad will be staging...
Breakthrough for high-speed rail
A vital section of standard (international) gauge railway – which will cut journey times between Alicante and Valencia and Castellón by half an hour...
Alicante – the stronghold for ‘Brexpats’
Out of the more than 208,000 Britons in Spain who have obtained the TIE card accrediting their entitlement to most of the rights enjoyed...
It’s time to end this horror
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the government would continue to do everything in its power to ‘end this horror’ after three women were...
A shot in the dark
Europe's most endangered species of duck is principally being killed off by illegal hunting, overhead power lines and cats, according to a study involving...
Vaccinations to start early
The national health department has brought forward the date to receive jabs against flu and Covid-19.
They reported this week that the joint vaccination campaign...
Asian hornet reaches the Valencia region
The first Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) has been detected in the Valencia region.
Regional agriculture and environment department chiefs noted that they are putting ‘an...
Hunting down illegal holiday homes
New regional tourism councillor, Nuria Montes has vowed to hunt out all the illegal holiday lets in the Valencia region.
Sra Montes said their task...
Inheritance tax – Valencia government sets out its stall
Draft legislation to enable tax relief amounting to 99% on inheritances and donations was approved by the Valencia parliament on Tuesday.
This entails modification of...
Rare gulls on the up
An increase of 8% in the total number of nesting pairs of Audouin’s gulls in 2023 compared to the previous year has been reported...
DANA rescues
While no serious incidents occurred in Alicante province due to flooding caused by the cut-off low pressure weather system (DANA), in the north of...
New animal law comes into force in September
Spain’s new national animal law will come into force on September 29 – six months after it was published in the state official bulletin...
Flood season begins
This year’s flood prevention campaign has been launched by the Valencia government.
The emergency coordination centre has sent reminders to town halls that they must...
