Tranquility for the New Year
The weather is set fair on the Costa Blanca – a high pressure system is due to continue providing warm, calm days, according to...
Alicante to host Spain vs Albania world cup qualifier
THE RICO Pérez stadium in Alicante will host the Spain-Albania 2018 World Cup qualifier on October 6.
Two years after the national squads' last match...
Latest virus figures for Valencia region
Councillor for health in Valencia region, Ana Barceló has just reported the latest figures relating to the coronavirus outbreak for the previous 24 hours.
Sra...
Valencia trade is on the up
The Valencia region notched up a record for exports in the first four months of 2021.
Regional councillor for commerce and work, Rafa Climent noted...
Overtime bringing surgery waits down
Waiting lists for surgery in the Valencia region have been reduced by an average of 10 days since September and almost a month compared...
The wonders of the ‘weed’
Denia, Ibiza town and Cambrils in southern Cataluña have joined forces to redeem the reputation of their native ‘seaweed’.
A green tourism campaign seeks to...
Oiling the way – in English
Funding has been provided by the regional government for the Mediterranean Gourment Olive Oils initiative.
Valencia is helping 12 cooperatives from around the region to...
Making equality a legal obligation
Cabinet has been analysing the upcoming equality law, which has become known as the Ley de Paridad.
It will ‘establish the goal of having at...
Job creation boost
The number of social security contributors increased by 128,824 people in April. This brings the national total of people in work to 20,661,195, up...
Government bid to stabilise electricity bills
A new formula for calculating the regulated tariff (PVPC) electricity bill for households came into force on January 1.
A spokesman for the department of...
Drugs lab uncovered
THE largest drugs laboratory uncovered in Spain for many years was stormed by security forces in Serra (Valencia) this week.
Guardia Civil officers discovered the...
‘Can we drink our tap water now?’
This is the question hundreds of Costa Blanca News readers have asked us following the restrictions imposed two weeks ago in La Nucía, Finestrat,...
Tourist tax law set to be approved for Valencia region
The so-called tourist tax (tasa turística) was presented by the ruling coalition in the regional parliament in Valencia this week.
Town halls will be able...
Argy-bargy over smoking ban
The smoking ban on bar and restaurant terraces in the Valencia region is causing conflict this summer, with tourists arriving from other parts of...
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Paving the way for low emission zones
Regional government experts have been giving advice to town halls on how to implement low emission zones in their municipalities.
Debate rages over when exactly...
