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Bonfires have been allowed this year by Torrevieja town hall on selected beaches for San Juan night (June 23). According to the local authority, they...

The Valencia government has reminded town halls around the region that a lifeguard has to be on duty at large urbanisation swimming pools. The information...

Alicante is still the province in Spain with the third highest population of foreign residents, 336,902, and also third highest relative to its total...

Crowds of animal- and nature-lovers gathered on Dénia's shores on Saturday as three rescued turtles were released back into the water after months of...

On May 12, it became obligatory for all employees to clock in at work, so all businesses and employers have to provide some form...

Spain has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for imposing whopping fines on taxpayers for failing to report assets held...

Students, teachers, experts and teachers are all weighing in on how to deal with the supposed difficulty discrepancy perceived by Valencian students this year

A criminal organisation which financed Al Qaeda has been busted in Spain, according to Europol. More than 350 armed National Police officers took part in...

Peñíscola will have to make do with around a third less police officers than in 2018. Until 2017 the law allowed towns to recruit police...

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) recently issued a report where it pointed to the nine places in the Mediterranean that are the...

A Blaze in a recycling plant in Riba-roja de Túria took nearly five hours to put out on Sunday, but did not spread beyond...

SAN Fulgencio has a new coalition council thanks to a pact between the Socialist party (PSOE) and Ciudadanos, who together have a majority having...

A total of €140,000 will be spent on constructing a new depot for street cleaning and refuse collection service workers in Orihuela Costa. Councillor for...

A GANG that offered cocaine on call – 24 hours a day and 365 days a year – has been rounded up in Elche...

THREE tourists who visited Alicante city in May caught chikungunya fever during their stay. The ministry for health confirmed that the visitors from Iceland tested...

PRESIDENT of the Valencia region Ximo Puig – who has been returned to power for another four years – has named his new government. There...

A 69-year-old man has been arrested in Torrevieja for attempting to stab his own son to death. The attack was due to ‘long-running family disputes’,...

The more than 200 cameras which watch over Torrevieja’s principal roads, streets and public buildings – introduced with much fanfare in 2010 – have...

Spain has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for imposing disproportionate penalties on taxpayers for failing to report assets held...