January 2023

Iconic Benidorm hotel dating back to pioneering tourist boom faces demolition on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ONE of the first hotels to be part of Benidorm’s tourist boom in the 1960’s is set to be demolished. Goya Real Estate wants to take down the Gran Hotel Delfin in the Poniente area of the city and replace it with a tower block full of luxury apartments. The new structure would be similar […]

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Rolex watch snatching gang caught in Spain’s Valencia area

A Rolex watch snatching gang that stole from people walking around Oliva in Valencia Province has been brought down by the Guardia Civil. A man and woman- both in their twenties- have been arrested and two other people are under investigation. The criminals travelled around Spain with bogus identities and hiring cars to target victims

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Benidorm shops in Spain caught selling fake-branded clothes with €200,000 retail value

FOUR Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for selling fake-branded clothes and accessories. 1,913 items with a retail value of €200,000 were removed by the Guardia Civil in simultaneous raids on premises they suspected were breaking the law. Experts certified the goods as being counterfeit despite having labels from a variety of well-known sports and

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Home invasion gang posing as Guardia Civil officers threaten to cut off baby’s ear in Spain’s Valencia

A brutal gang is still at large after torturing a well-known Valencian businessman and threatening to cut off an ear belonging to his baby son. The assault happened in Betera last month but details have only just been made public with no arrests so far by the Guardia Civil. Four hooded assailants said they were

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Spain’s Costa Blanca announces push to get first-ever direct air link with United States

WORK has started on trying to establish the first direct air link between the United States and Alicante-Elche airport. Speaking at Madrid’s Fitur tourist fair on Wednesday, Alicante Provincial Council president, Carlos Mazon, said getting the new route would be a big tourism aim for 2023. Mazon said the council was talking to tour operators,

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Woman angry with husband exits car to walk along Costa Blanca motorway in Spain

POLICE rescued a black-dressed woman walking on the hard-shoulder of an unlit Alicante Province motorway after an argument with her husband. The incident happened on Saturday at around 7.00 am on the AP-7 in Ibi. The couple from Huesca were driving through the region when they started arguing over a ‘personal’ issue that ‘affected’ their

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Businessman in Spain’s Valencia tortured with electric dog collar by organised gang of thieves

A BUSINESSMAN in Valencia was held captive by a gang of four hooded individuals, who tortured him using an electric dog collar in a bid to gain access to the contents of his safe.  The criminals are also alleged to have tied him up and beaten him, and even threatened to take the man’s baby

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