SPAIN is the most sustainable holiday destination in the world and should be top of your list to visit in 2024. That’s according to the latest rankings by the highly-respected Lonely Planet. The country was named as the most sustainable in the publication’s Best In Travel awards, which were released to celebrate 50 years of […]
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EIGHT companies have bid for a €48.5 million contract to modernise the Tram d’Alacant service in the Benidorm area. The work includes doubling and electrifying the Line 1 track between the Benidorm Intermodal stop and Villajoyosa’s Marina Baixa hospital. Over 20,000 m2 of land- most of which is uncultivated- will need to be expropriated by
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A MAN handed himself in to police in Madrid on Thursday evening after he ran over a number of cyclists who were taking part in a demonstration through the streets of the Spanish capital in support of Palestine. The incident took place during a regular mass cycle ride through the Spanish capital organised by the
A DEADLY tick-borne virus has been detected on the French-Spanish border. The illness is reported to kill up to four in 10 people who catch it and the ticks which carry it have been detected in France for the first time. Known as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), the virus is carried by ticks and is
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A BUILDER renovating an Ontinyent property had the escape of his life on Thursday when the house collapsed on top of him. Emergency services got a call saying that a 57-year-old man was trapped under the rubble on Avenida de Sant Francesc. His colleagues tried to help him but despite being covered in dust and
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VALENCIA City Council has announced a ‘special’ plan to help homeless people. Social Services councillor, Marta Torrado, said “What leads to homelessness will be studied- something that is often stigmatised.” A recent ‘Night Census of Homeless People’ recorded 837 people in the city- of which 366 were in sheltered accommodation and the rest on the
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THE United Kingdom is about to be plastered with adverts promoting Valencia and the Costa Blanca as the region launches a publicity blitz to lure back its biggest customer – Brits. The Valencian government has set aside €600,000 to book advertising space in UK newspapers the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and The
BENIDORM property owners will have to pay 70% more next year for refuse collection services. The city is no different from most other Valencia region municipalities who have announced increased levies for next year but Altea’s increase for domestic homes is just 28% from €75.84 to €97. The garbage tax rate in Benidorm will rise
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A MOBILE health unit will offer free flu jabs at Casemates Square to Gibraltar elderly residents on October 28 before the start of the winter season. The walk-in vaccination clinic will not require people to get appointments and will provide the flu jabs on site from 10am to 2pm, the Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) said
TRAVELODGE has opened a new hotel in Madrid and plans to expand across Spain. The British chain has signed a 20-year contract and invested a million euros in renovating a new airport hotel in the capital. Travelodge Madrid Coslada Aeropuerto is nearby the Civitas stadium and Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas Airport. It will have 78 rooms,
