September 2021

MASS vaccination centres in the Valencian Community will offer ‘drop-in’ COVID-19 inoculations from next Tuesday(September 7). Valencian Health Minister, Ana Barcelo, announced the news today in the regional parliament, Les Corts. Other Spanish regions started offering the appointment-free service last month, but the Valencian region did not immediately follow suit at its 133 centres. Ana […]

THE Balearic Islands has proved the most popular place in Spain to buy property this year with the Brits and Germans making up the majority of foreign buyers. The most purchases by foreigners this year were on the Balearic Islands with an increase to 29.8 per cent, followed by the Canary Islands at 23.9 per

ORIHUELA council has voted for controversial plans to build 2,274 homes at Cala Mosca. The area has been described as the last ‘virgin’ beach area on the Orihuela Costa with no urban development. The project, known as UE2 Alameda del Mar, first appeared in Orihuela’s General Plan over 30 years ago. After a partial development

AN-DEPTH study of the Madeleine McCann case and its links to a German convict has been released this week by the Olive Press editor. Jon Clarke’s book My Search for Madeleine has involved 14 months of research taking him to Portugal half a dozen times, as well as Germany and many parts of Spain. Already

SINCE the first of 2019, the value of Spanish exports to the UK has dropped £200 million, according to the UK Food & Drink Exporters Association. And with imports from the UK dropping by over £28 million, this equates to almost 365 million euros of business lost between the first half of 2019 and the

TWO men have been arrested in Dolores on 25 counts of bank fraud. They illegally obtained PIN numbers which were used in ATMs across Alicante Province and further afield. The men, aged 23 and 27, sent text messages to people’s phones with a link to what appeared to be their internet banking site, which allowed

FIREFIGHTERS had to call in a special crane to rescue an overweight man trapped in his Torrevieja home. The 185 kilo(27 stone) resident lives in a first floor apartment on Calle La Paz in the city centre. The 59-year-old man had suffered breathing problems for several days and excessive fluid in his legs. He was

ROUNDABOUTS in Alicante Province are responsible for 14.65% of the region’s accidents that lead to death and injuries, according to a new report. Alicante City’s La Turborrotonda roundabout by the university was named as the region’s most dangerous. The Road Safety Training Companies Association(Formaster) analysed official figures from the General Directorate of Traffic(DGT). The Formaster

THREE people have been seriously injured after the yacht they were travelling in crashed into an islet off the coast of Ibiza. Just after 10pm yesterday, Salvamento Maritimo answered a distress call from a 12-metre yacht that hit the islet of Es Farallons with four people onboard. They were first taken to Sant Antoni’s port

AN estimated 32,000 residents in the Valencia region are in line to receive a third dose of the COVID vaccine. The debate about whether or not to administer a third shot is still ongoing in Spain, although all signs point to it being approved next week. A group of vaccination experts in charge of assessing