Airport heads for another record year
ALICANTE-Elche airport is on track for another record year as figures for the first half of 2016 indicate a huge increase in passengers.
Although national...
Website upgrade after ‘traffic jam’
Costa Blanca News website will undergo another upgrade in capacity this evening - which may cause minor access problems - after an huge surge...
Extension of mask use ‘under consideration’
Valencia president Ximo Puig said on Wednesday his government would take the decision ‘in the coming days’ on a more widespread obligatory use of...
Valencia states its case on Brexit
PRESIDENT of Valencia region Ximo Puig met with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the effects...
Funding available for new Ontinyent hospital
ONTINYENT'S much-needed and long-awaited new hospital will have the cash ready to build it by the end of 2018, the Vall d'Albaida (Valencia province)...
Boost for struggling businesses
Another aid package, this one totalling €647 million, is being made available to help viable businesses in the Valencia region that are experiencing financial...
Holiday rental scam conned over 100 victims
A holiday home rental scam has been uncovered by the Guardia Civil, who have cleared up 128 frauds and made 29 arrests in simultaneous...
Award-winning British tourism
The importance British tourism has for the Costa Blanca in general was aknoweldged with an award on behalf of Benidorm on Monday.
British Consul Sarah-Jane...
UK extends support for vulnerable Britons applying for residency in Spain
THE UK government is extending support for potentially at-risk groups – including pensioners, disabled people and those with language difficulties who live in Europe...
“We’re a proper family at last!”
Benidoleig mums Brenda Kelleher and María José Torres are celebrating at last: a judge in Madrid has allowed their third baby to be registered...
Aid for home improvements
Residents in the Valencia region can now apply for subsidies to reform their homes.
A total of 30 million has been made available.
Regional housing councillor...
New PM for Spain
Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Socialist PSOE party, has become new Prime Minister of Spain at 11.30 today following a vote of no-confidence against...
‘No’ from the PSOE
The Socialist party (PSOE) has said it will not abstain in an investiture session vote in the regional parliament in order to allow the...
Storms rip grounded ferry apart
BALEÀRIA and Dutch marine firm Ardentia are breaking up the grounded ferry in Dénia port and removing it piece by piece after it wreckage...
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Single charger law approved
The government has approved a modification to regulations which requires all new electronic devices to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port, the...
