UK decision ‘does not appear to be justified by objective data’
The UK government has sent out a press statement to explain its decision to remove Spain from the ‘travel corridors exemption list’.
They refer to...
Optimism over evolution of Covid-19 second wave
Councillor for health Ana Barceló claimed on Tuesday that the Valencia region has turned a corner in the fight against the second wave of...
What about us?
EXPATS could have been excused for thinking that Nero fiddled while Rome burned this week.
On the day that the EU issued its no-deal planning...
Britons return to boost Costa tourism
FOLLOWING a fall in the number of British visitors to the Valencia region earlier this year, the figure shot up in October to provide...
No more bull
TAVERNES de la Valldigna has listened to its residents and axed bull-running from the town's local patron saint fiestas.
Held over the first weekend in...
Spain gets running and walking – in turns
Residents in Spain (such as this early-morning walker in Valencia) are exercising on the streets for the first time after seven weeks of coronavirus...
Is the future orange?
THE plight faced by orange farmers throughout the Valencia region seems to have finally got through to the powers-that-be.
Director general for commerce, Natxo Costa,...
All set for the magical night of San Juan
The biggest annual party is set to take place on beaches across the region on Friday night, June 23, to celebrate the festival of...
Sun, sand and… airports
FOR decades Spain had thought tourists visited the country because of the sun, sand and paella...but a ground-breaking official survey has pointed out that...
‘Be responsible’ to prevent new cases
The steady decline of active cases of Covid-19 in the Valencia region is continuing.
However, regional president Ximo Puig has called on residents not to...
Nuclear plant security upped over DAESH threat
NEARLY 500 Guardia Civil officers will be on permanent patrol around Spain's nuclear energy and waste plants – one of which is in Cofrentes...
Coronavirus – Valencia region update
In the Valencia region the number of deaths of patients with the coronavirus has gone up by 18 from yesterday's figure – with 38...
UK government’s Brexit appeal in court
THE SUPREME Court in London staged the legal hearing this week into whether Parliament’s consent is required before official Brexit negotiations can begin.
Theresa May’s...
Missing Briton found
Missing British holidaymaker Robert Dixon has been found after getting disorientated and falling some seven metres down a cliff face at the Tio Ximo...
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...
