Prescription aid will continue next year
THE REGIONAL government is stumping up €44 million for 2023 to help ‘vulnerable collectives’ to pay for their prescriptions.
Vice-president in Valencia, Aitana Mas noted...
Highlighting the value of terrific trees
Valencia now has more protected ‘monumental’ trees than any other region in Spain.
The regional government announced that their updated protection catalogue contains 271 new...
Coronavirus – regional figures
The number of ‘active’ cases of coronavirus in the Valencia region continues to go down – and now stands at 3,878.
Councillor for health Ana...
Huge ECB loan to repair flood damage
The European central bank (ECB) has approved a €100 million loan for the Valencia government to repair damage caused in last September’s devastating flooding...
Counting the ibex
An ambitious project to estimate the population of the Iberian ibex in the Valencia region is now underway.
A spokesman for the regional environment department...
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...
Gender violence tragedies
An expat has been arrested in Villajoyosa for kidnap and mistreatment of his partner is the latest incident of brutal domestic violence this week...
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...
Covid-19 hospital admissions increase
The rise in cases of Covid-19 is hitting hospitals in the Valencia region.
The number of patients being treated for coronavirus had gone up from...
Heatwave alert
Temperatures could reach the mid 40s in Alicante province at the weekend, according to state weather agency AEMET, as the first official heatwave of...
Rain in the offing at last
After the driest start to a year for 40 years, rain is due to arrive in the south east of Spain.
Alicante university climatology lab...
Stolen car – and dog – found after agonising three days
A distraught woman who appealed to the person who stole her car to keep the vehicle but give her back her dog is now...
Regional outbreaks under control
A total of 16 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the Valencia region on Wednesday but the regional government said the flare-ups were...
‘Crackdown’ on brothels underway
The security forces are carrying out inspections of the 143 buildings suspected to be working as brothels in the Valencia region, according to councillor...
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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...
