Clogged river mouth poses flood risk

Urgent action to clean and dredge the mouth of the River Segura is required in Guardamar, mayor José Luis Sáez insisted at a meeting...

Four-day week plan presented

The regional government is preparing aid for businesses of over €9,000 over three years for each employee allowed to work a four-day week. Conditions for...

Coast protection plan saved

A plan to protect land along the Valencia region’s coastline has been granted a reprieve by the Supreme Court (TS). The territorial action plan for...

More nurses for the health service

Regional health councillor Ana Barceló has given more information on the procedure to take on nearly 2,000 nurses for the health service in the...

Blue flag blitz – Alicante province leads the way in Spain

The Valencia region has more Blue Flags for its beaches and ports than any other region in Spain – with Alicante province top of...

Another visitor dies in mountain river

Another person has lost their life in the Bolulla mountain river – the fourth victim to die there in the last four weeks. The emergency...

Valencia to get part of €10 billion investment by Volkswagen

The presentation of the project by Volkswagen to construct the ‘Gigafactory Valencia’ – enabling ‘sustainable battery production’ for electronic vehicles – was attended by...

Spying scandal hits the government

After it was revealed at the end of April that more than 60 separatist politicians and their supporters had been spied on using the...

More than half of Spain’s branch offices shut since 2008

A total of 26,400 branch offices have been closed and 100,000 employees dismissed by the banking sector in Spain since the first economic crisis...

Votes for life returned to Britons abroad

Eight years after the Conservative party first vowed to give votes for life to British expatriates – they have finally kept their promise. The UK...

Bills set to come down next month

Minister for the ecological transition Teresa Ribera has vowed that electricity bills could come down by as much as 30% – starting next month. She...

Doctors worried by overburdened A&E

The emergencies department at Torrevieja hospital is ‘worryingly’ overburdened, according to a letter sent by the professional college of doctors for Alicante province (COMA)...

Free train on Sundays

Travel on the TRAM train services in Alicante and Castellón provinces, and the Metrovalencia tube and train services in the regional capital will be...

Mixed reception for face mask law

The requirement to wear a face mask in most indoor spaces came to an end on Wednesday, after being in force for 700 days,...

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Benidorm locks-up again

To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...

Deep snow in Alicante province

With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...

Brexit passport rule changes

BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit. During the current transition...