July 2021

TWO women have been arrested on suspicion of stealing several pieces of 17th century furniture valued at €100,000 in Castellon Province. An investigation was launched by the Guardia Civil in Oropesa in January after the owner of a country home in Borriol (Plana Alta) reported a break-in and the theft of the highly valuable items. […]

Begoña M Rueda won the prestigious Hiperión poetry award for her moving and eye opening collection based on her experiences as a laundry worker in a hospital during the height of of the coronavirus pandemic. She has worked in Hospital Punta de Europa, in Algeciras doing the laundry since 2019 while writing poetry on the

POLICE were busy across the northern Costa Blanca at the weekend as they dealt with illegal outdoor drinks parties and COVID rule-breaking involving young residents. Well over half of new coronavirus infections in the region are among unvaccinated people aged under 30. Javea’s Police Local broke up a party/botellon involving 300 young people on the

CASTELLON Province has one of the worst internet connections in Spain. New figures published by the Ministry for Digital Transformation show that Castellon is the seventh province in the country with the most areas that still do not have broadband access. Even more surprising is the fact that this problem does not only affect smaller,

THREE people who stalked and robbed people who withdrew cash from Costa Blanca banks have been arrested in Calpe. They also carried out distraction burglaries from inside bank premises. A 48-year-old female member of the crew stole €5,000 from a Javea bank on July 5 and was wanted for crimes around Spain. The gang also

MAXIMUM temperature readings in Malaga are on average 3C higher than they were 60 years ago, weather experts say. The rate of warming in Malaga has accelerated in the last few decades, with rising maximum temperatures of 3C in 60 years. According to weather experts from the University of Malaga, the maximum heat reached on

AFTER a slow start, Spain has now fully vaccinated a higher percentage of its population than both the United States and the United Kingdom. Data released on Saturday showed that 54.3% of Spain’s population are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, overtaking the UK which has 54.1% and well ahead of the USA where 48.6% of

NEW restrictions to fight COVID-19 infections introduced by the Valencian government have been branded as ‘consummating the death of the summer’. Night curfews are extended today(July 26) to 77 municipalities including important Costa Blanca tourist areas like Alicante and Benidorm. Partido Popular opposition leader in the Valencian parliament, Carlos Mazon, said: “These actions are disproportionate

THE CITY of Madrid will appear on the list of world heritage sites for the first time after its Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado was awarded the coveted status by UNESCO. The tree-lined avenue of the Paseo del Prado is one of the main attractions in the capital with six museums along its length

A 14-year-old motorcycle racer died during a junior championship race in northeastern Spain on Sunday after being hit by another rider. Hugo Millán was involved in a collision at the MotorLand Aragon Circuit when he was run over after going down in the middle of the track on the second lap of the European Talent