Gota Fria Alert
Valencia towns embrace themselves for torrential rain and flooding. 'Gota Fria' downpours forecast from Friday and throughout the weekend has the Valencian region on...
Flu jabs for all
Flu jabs will be available, on request, to the general population over the age of 18 by the Valencia region health service from Monday...
Tribute and update on the search of Barcelona van driver
Hundreds of people continue to leave flowers and candles in La Rambla of Barcelona to pay their respects to the victims of Thursday afternoon's...
Theresa May announces plans for snap general election
British PM Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on June 8 due to 'national interest'. The PM said that...
‘Enormous worry’ over rocketing cases
The Valencia region reported 9,810 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, which were registered in the previous 24 hours – the highest daily figure...
Oliva pensioner ‘attacked Brit’ at beach festival
OLIVA police believe a 75-year-old man who reported being 'attacked' during a rock festival may have pulled the first punch.
Getting new doctors
The government is stumping up an extra €52 million to provide grants to enable more than 700 additional young people to study medicine at...
Finger pointed at energy companies over bills
Minister for the ecological transition Teresa Ribera has accused energy supply companies of ‘not playing fair’ and not being clear when they are billing...
Electric scooters ride into Valencia
CALIFORNIA-BASED company Lime has started renting its electric scooters in the capital city, using a similar business model to the public bike rental service.
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...
Government ‘gets a grip’ on inflation
Inflation was slowed to 6.8% in Spain in November, largely due to the reduction in the price of electricity and fuel.
However, supermarkets prices remained...
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...
Illegal TV app taken down
An illegal mobile application for streaming videos and TV channels, with more than 100 million users, has been taken down in Spain following simultaneous...
Everyone wants to help Mary
With hours of Costa Blanca News publishing our article on fluffy puppy Mary - an adorable adopted eight-month-old dog who requires specialist operation to...
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School mobile phone ban brought in
A ‘general ban’ on mobile phone use by pupils in schools has been introduced by the Valencia government, except in specific cases.
Regional education councillor...
