August 2021

NINE alleged members of a criminal gang connected to the Italian mafia have been arrested in La Safor district (Valencia Province) for allegedly conning Valencian farmers out of 5,000 tonnes of citrus fruit. The suspects are accused of a wide range of crimes including belonging to a criminal organisation, money laundering, document forgery, and fraud […]

THE Balearic Islands will start the academic year on September 10 with one of the highest rates of vaccinated secondary school students in Spain. The region currently boasts the highest number of citizens aged between 12 and 19 who are fully vaccinated. More than 44% of the age group have been vaccinated, almost triple the

A couple on holiday from Madrid were killed on a Torrevieja pedestrian crossing last night(August 23). The French driver of the van that hit them has been arrested for reckless double homicide. The tragedy happened at around 9.05 pm on a crossing on Avenida Desiderio Rodriguez in the city. The husband, 72, and his wife,

NINE out of ten COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the Delta variant, according to Ministry of Health figures. The more contagious coronavirus variant is accounting for virtually all new infections in some parts of the country. In figures up to August 15, the Balearic Islands had the highest percentage with 99.8% of COVID

THREE beaches near Valencia city had to be closed for 24 hours from Sunday afternoon due to the appearance of a huge brown patch in the sea that triggered allergic reactions among bathers. Up to eight kilometres of coastline off the towns of El Puig, Puçol and Pobla de Farnals were closed off, with coastguards

TORREVIEJA and San Fulgencio have both taken to social media in joint pleas for the public to correctly dispose of waste – or face fines of up to €760. Indeed, the Local Police and City Council of San Fulgencio (which includes the densely-populated expat urbanisation of La Marina) have published copies of the fines along

EIGHT loggerhead turtles have hatched on the beach of Granatilla in Mojacar (Almeria). The nesting was detected on July 5 by a citizen who called the 112 emergency service, which activated the relevant protocol by the Territorial Delegation of Sustainable Development in Almeria. The location of the nest was considered adequate for the survival of

SPAIN’S national weather agency AEMET has activated yellow weather warnings in Andalucia, Aragon, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid and Valencia for heat, rain and storms. As of this Tuesday, four provinces in Andalucia—Cordoba, Jaen, Granada and Almeria—are under yellow warnings for storms and strong wind gusts. The yellow weather warning in

COVID-19 infections have recorded another weekend fall in the Valencian Community. The total, which takes in reports from Friday to Monday, has been declared today(August 23) as 2,340 new cases. That compares to 2,879 a week ago and is roughly 60% less than the 6,645 infections announced three weeks ago on August 2. Alicante Province

A fish took a tiny bite out of a Costa Blanca swimmer at a popular tourist beach today(August 23). The middle-aged female bather was at La Marina’s El Pinet beach when she was nipped in the foot by what lifeguards described as ‘a larger than normal fish’. The bite was not severe and the woman