Tag Archives: Costa Blanca

THE mayor of an Alicante province town wants extra police brought in to bring down a mafia gang trafficking in drugs and running cockfights. Aspe mayor, Antonio Puerto, has slammed threats made recently against him, fellow councillors, and officials. On Monday, a car used by Aspe’s police councillor, Jose Vicente Perez, was set on fire. READ MORE: POLICE ANTI-COCKFIGHTING OPERATION, …

ALICANTE City Council wants to close down YouTuber Nil Ojeda’s video channels after a viral challenge encouraging followers to stage fake beach drownings to win gifts from his clothing brand. The authority will file a series of complaints with the Public Prosecutor’s Office after the Spaniard’s challenge led to several incidents in July at the city’s Postiguet and San Juan …

A NEW Valencia region campaign is promoting a better understanding between tourists and residents in the wake of ‘anti-tourism’ protests in Spain this year. The initiative with the slogan “I am also you, I am also a tourist’ was created by Turisme Communitat Valenciana, the Costa Blanca Tourist Board, and the Hosbec hoteliers association. The aim is for visitors and …

A WOMAN was stabbed at a packed Alicante ice cream parlour on Monday after a row involving her ex-partner and two grown-up sons. The 51-year-old woman was taken to the city’s Doctor Balmis Hospital but her life was never at risk. Her former partner, 47, and her two sons, aged 20 and 21, have been arrested by the Policia Nacional …

A MAN died on Monday night after being shot at least twice in an Elche area village on the Costa Blanca. The victim is said to be a non-Spaniard aged 45 and he was at a property in Daimes close to some tennis courts. One report said the foreigner was visiting his ex-partner and daughter while another media outlet said …

AN UNAMED Santa Pola restaurant is in serious trouble for having 35 kilos of unsourced seafood in its freezers to plate up for unsuspecting diners. The Guardia Civil believes the illegal catch was made by a unknown local fishing vessel that could have operated in protected marine areas like the near-by Tabarca Island. The restaurant owner faces charges for having …

ORIHUELA on the southern Costa Blanca has seen the largest rise in house prices per m2 in the last year of any coastal municipality in Spain. The Tinsa IMIE Local Markets study for the second quarter of 2024 shows a 0.5% quarter-on-quarter rise nationally in coastal areas. The price index takes in both new and second-hand properties. CALA CAPITAN ON …

A SUNDAY of sheer recklessness saw nine people rescued from El Campello’s two main beaches on the Costa Blanca. The bathers blatantly ignored yellow and red flags warnings over swimming restrictions. The situation got so out of control that lifeguards called in the El Campello Policia Local to provide cover as they went into the water to rescue bathers. EL …

A THIRD Costa Blanca municipality faces cuts to domestic water supplies if residents don’t take ‘extreme measures’ to economise during the ongoing drought. The stark warning has been issued by the mayor of Callosa d’En Sarria, Andres Molina. Teulada and Benitatxell are supplying bottled water and tankers as tap water has been deemed undrinkable due to high salt levels caused …

LOWER hotel occupancy rates in the Valencian Community during the peak summer period are being blamed on illegal tourist accommodation in the region. The regional hotel association, Hosbec, says that summer season occupancy will be down two or three percentage points compared to last year. That though has been counterbalanced by increased prices meaning that lower bookings are not a …