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...
Jávea brings private prosecution over cyclists’ deaths
JÁVEA local authority will bring a private prosecution against the drunk- and drug-fuelled driver who killed three cyclists from TriLlebeig triathlon club and left...
New EU rules benefit expat consumers
THE EUROPEAN Commission has advised that it is banning surcharges for consumer debit and credit card payments made online - and in shops -...
Vaccination rollout goes into overdrive
The Valencia region health department was set to break its own record for Covid-19 inoculations this week by administering 406,575 jabs.
Councillor for health Ana...
Four-phase exit plan to move to ‘new reality’
PM Pedro Sánchez stated on Tuesday that each province in Spain will ‘move at a different speed’ through the four phases of the exit...
Curfew ‘from the beginning of next week’
Regional president Ximo Puig has asked the departments for the judiciary and health to ‘define the legal framework’ which will allow them to introduce...
Arsonists attack several Valencia landmarks
The Archiepiscopal Palace and the Serranos towers were targeted by
vandals over the weekend, although last-second resident and police
intervention thwarted their intentions
ITV stations go back on strike
More strikes have been called in the ITV (MOT) motor vehicle inspection service pay dispute, which the regional government claimed to have settled in...
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...
Valencia revealed as plastic pollution hotspot
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) recently issued a report where it pointed to the nine places in the Mediterranean that are the...
Visiting Villahermosa del Río
The name Villahermosa del Río dates back to Moorish times. Meaning ‘beautiful village of the river’, it’s hard to quibble.
The village is perched on...
More than the ‘bear’ necessities
European LIFE cash is coming into Spain to protect native animals and help to boost environmental projects.
Full report in today’s Costa Blanca News –...
Alleged Borriol killer arrested
THE MAN who supposedly stabbed his partner to death in September in Borriol was finally arrested in Argentina last weekend.
Guardia Civil officers found the...
Alleged killer still missing
The whereabouts of Borriol resident José Gallego are still currently unknown, a week after his partner’s body was found stabbed to death
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Glucose monitors now available from GPs for type two diabetes
Continuous glucose monitors can now be prescribed to patients with type two diabetes by GPs in the Valencia region.
The authorisation from the regional health...
