President leads homage to Covid victims
Valencia president Carlos Mazón took part in a memorial service yesterday (Sunday) to remember the victims of Covid-19 – and he proposed that October...
Region dodges fuel price hike
THE PRICE of fuel at petrol stations throughout the Valencia region did not go up at midnight on Monday - unlike the majority of...
Pension boost from Britons in Spain
BRITISH pensioners in Spain will continue to have their annual pension rise, the UK’s department for work and pensions (DWP) announced this week.
Under the...
Bumper flu vaccination campaign announced
The Valencia government is starting its annual flu vaccination programme a month earlier than last year.
Jabs will be available at health centres for people...
Hospitals hit by new Covid-19 infections
The number of active cases of Covid-19 in the Valencia region has nearly doubled in the last two weeks. The figure reported by regional...
Airport’s hunger for growth
A contract to run a second cafetería at Castellón airport has been awarded to an as-yet unnamed company.
A spokesperson for the regional government said...
UK Most Wanted arrested in Benidorm
National Police have arrested 25-year-old Gareth Bryan Edwards - one of the UK's 10 Most Wanted men to appear in Operación Captura this year -...
Make paella Valencian again
THE EU has implemented new regulation aimed at ending misleading food information.
The new European-wide regulation will make it so that companies have to state...
Newspapers on the street
Costa Blanca News group's free newspaper The Weekly Post has hit the streets this morning as usual (every Wednesday at supermarkets and other outlets)....
Fuel price plummets
The average price of fuel at petrol stations in Valencia region and Murcia has hit a four-year low.
At a time when multinational companies shamelessly...
Steam engines on track for heritage status
Steam engines that have survived since the days of the raisin trade are set to get official heritage status, guaranteeing their protection and conservation.
The...
Refuge and support offered to Ukraine refugees
Torrevieja is preparing to receive thousands of Ukrainians fleeing from the Russian invasion of their country, while the regional government in Valencia has offered...
Another victory
PROTESTERS managed to stop Bankia evicting a woman out of her home in Almoines (La Safor, Valencia province) after having already foreclosed on the...
Tourism tax shelved
The Valencia government has buried the regional tourism tax – a charge on overnight stays that had never been used and was unlikely to...
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Bank proposes merger to create ‘one of Europe’s largest financial entities’
The BBVA bank has proposed a merger with Banco Sabadell, offering almost €11.5 billion in the form of an exchange of shares to take...
