Reduction in active cases of Covid-19
The weekly figure for active cases of Covid-19 in the Valencia region has fallen for the first time since July.
Numbers of cases had stabilised...
Action over bank account closure threat
Expat champion Roger Gale MP has vowed to further investigate the issue of possible closures of UK bank accounts held by Britons living in...
Nightlife rules extended again
Emergency measures to halt the spread of Covid-19 in nightspots around the Valencia region have been extended for another three weeks by the regional...
Valencia region bucks Spain’s Covid-19 trend
While the number of active cases of Covid-19 is rising sharply in many areas of Spain – especially in Madrid – the figure in...
Holiday voucher to boost tourism market
In an attempt to give the regional tourism sector a lifeline, the Valencian government will be issuing a 'holiday voucher' for all those registered...
Covid bonus for hospital staff in Valencia region
Valencia regional president Ximo Puig annunced on Monday that all public healthcare staff belonging to AVS (Agencia Valenciana de Salud) will recieve an extra...
Bank branch closures hit the elderly hardest
Hundreds of thousands of residents are being forced into online banking as 46% of branch offices have shut down in Spain since 2008 –...
Plan to ‘turn catastrophe into an opportunity’
The Plan Vega Renhace to regenerate the Vega Baja area in the wake of last year’s flooding disaster will be allocated €100 million in...
Repression execution victims’ bodies were moved
Archaeologists have discovered that the bodies of victims of Franco’s purges at the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) which were buried in...
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...
Moixent olive oil enters world’s top 100
It turns out there is indeed life outside coronavirus – a cooperative in Moixent (La Costera) has just found out its extra-virgin olive oil...
Rising figures cause concern
The Valencia region has reported the worst week so far of the second wave of the new coronavirus pandemic.
La Safor beach towns join forces over erosion emergency
Wrecked beaches in La Safor, left unrepaired after January's Storm Gloria or suffering the effets of erosion, or both, have led to seven local...
Coast residents living on the edge
Residents in Orihuela Costa fear their homes could collapse into a nearby ravine.
Torrential rain last year washed away the sides of a gully which...
