Prescription aid will continue next year
THE REGIONAL government is stumping up €44 million for 2023 to help ‘vulnerable collectives’ to pay for their prescriptions.
Vice-president in Valencia, Aitana Mas noted...
Move to speed up booster jabs
The regional government is reopening mass vaccination centres to accelerate the administration of booster jabs against Covid-19.
Valencia president Ximo Puig said this would decongest...
Holidaymakers’ spending rockets
BREXIT, financial instability and extra taxes have not prevented tourists from spending even more on their Costa holidays so far this year.
The average spend...
Public health rules outlined for the ‘new normality’
The government has approved measures which will cover public health safety when the state of emergency comes to an end on June 21.
The Royal...
Costa ready for mass tourism arrival from Sunday
THOUSANDS of domestic tourists are expected to head for the Costa Blanca when the national state of emergency for the Covid-19 crisis is lifted...
Poppy Appeal launch in Benidorm
The official launch of the Royal British Legion Spain North Poppy Appeal took place in Benidorm on Saturday (October 14), led by Torrevieja Pipes...
Record number of jabs due this week
A total of 500,000 jabs against Covid-19 are due to be administered in the Valencia region this week – the highest number yet.
Of these,...
Vaccination campaign begins in the Valencia region
The double-jab vaccination campaign got underway in the Valencia region on Monday (October 16).
Health councillor Marciano Gómez said they are aiming to give shots...
“Spain is not a safe haven,” says the NCA
A new appeal has been launched to trace and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in...
Autumn snow arrives
Snowploughs were out in the north of the Valencia region yesterday and more snow is forecast today, with the interior of Castellón province on...
Regional plan to combat climate change
The Valencia government has presented the draft of their ‘climate change and ecological transition’ law.
Councillor for the climate emergency Mireia Mollà said their aim...
Big getaway starts today
The special campaign for the Easter holidays operated by the national traffic department (DGT) starts on Friday (March 22).
A total of 16.5 million road...
Britons help Valencia beat record
More international tourists than ever before visited the Valencia region in 2023, before the December figures have even been counted.
According to figures from the...
Xàtiva man who raped and killed woman, 75, in the dock
A rapist and murderer from Xàtiva will escape life imprisonment because he is 'moderately retarded', according to the prosecution.
COSTA LEVANTE
Brain drain to Spain
A record number of foreigners are working in Spain – many in ‘high value’ professions.
The government reported this week that more non-Spaniards than ever...
