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MEDICAL experts in Spain have warned that ‘superbugs’ could cause more deaths than cancer by 2025. The National Congress of Clinical Laboratory held in Valencia discussed the worrying threat of infections due to multi-resistant bacteria. The increase in ‘superbugs’ makes treatments much harder, increases mortality and raises hospital costs. MORE HEALTH NEWS: BACTERIA The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that …

Seven people were arrested and 11 others released after an investigation that lasted for a whole year to crack down on a Costa Blanca group who sexually abused women. Five raids on Denia and Els Poblets addresses were conducted following months of surveillance. The Guardia Civil and the Policia Nacional seized €50k in cash, 100 grams of cocaine, three cars, …

A MAN and a woman have been arrested in the Barcelona area after committing ‘love hug’ robberies on the Valencia region coast. The couple, of unknown nationality and age 26, moved about different areas in the Costa Blanca province and Valencia to make it hard to find them. In the street, the two were mainly targeting elderly people and giving …

Three men were arrested after robbing fifty homes in Murcia and the Costa Blanca. Investigators with the Guardia Civil discovered a vehicle that was used by suspects in Lorca. The chase ended with the arrest of 3 men who drove recklessly and endangered other road users, as well as colliding into several police vehicles. READ MORE DAMAGED ESCAPE CAR In …

The Vatican launched a formal inquiry into a historic accusation of child sexual abuse. Rafael Zornoza is the Bishop of Cadiz & Ceuta. He has been accused of sexually abusing minors between 14 and 21 years old in Getafe near Madrid in the late 90s, when he served as a priest in the Diocese Getafe. Zornoza is now 76 and …

The largest summer music festival in Benidorm has relocated to Torrevieja, on the southern Costa Blanca. The Low Festival is a three-day event that brings together the best international and Spanish pop artists at the end July. Benidorm welcomed over 65,000 tourists in three days during the summer of last year. READ MORE BRILLA TORREVIEJA FESTIVAL ANTONIO SORIA ANTONIO SORIA …

DRUG traffickers were ‘caught in the act’ unloading a narco boat transporting hashish worth €7.8m. The vessel sailed into the idyllic cove of La Granadella in Javea, under cover darkness. This is one of the largest narcotics seizures in the last few years on the Costa Blanca. READ MORE Three Spaniards were arrested by the Guardia Civil, and jailed for …

VALENCIA’s futuristic City of Arts and Sciences is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Museo de les Ciencies – and it’s still one of Europe’s most jaw-dropping feats of modern design. The architect Santiago Calatrava designed the gleaming complex. Felix Candela helped shape its curves. Built on the dry riverbed of the old Turia, the space-age project was meant to …

A group of British expats told The Olive Press that they had almost given up on their Alicante communities, terrorised for years by squatters due to the inaction of authorities.  Five years ago, unfinished construction left unoccupied buildings on Calle Vincent van Gogh.  Now, ‘two rows of these houses where there’s no electricity, no running water, and no amenities at …

BENIGN  Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common pathologies in adult men. This is caused by a growth of the prostate that, although not cancerous can cause pain when urinating. Dr. Pablo Navarro Vílchez, Head of the Urology Service at Hospital Quirónsalud Marbella, explains that “benign prostatic hyperplasia is the natural enlargement of the prostate that occurs with …