Costa Blanca
Torrevieja will close its seafront to traffic when car parks fill up
Torrevieja has begun adopting a coordination mechanism between the city centre’s subterranean parking facilities and the Local Police to close traffic...
Police ‘stop’ a housing rental scam in Alicante
The National Police have detained a 30-year-old woman in Alicante for her role in a roughly 12,000-euro scam involving the renting of phantom properties, as...
Smoke from the Tarragona fire reaches Alicante and Murcia
A major forest fire in Paüls, Tarragona, has produced a cloud of smoke that extends over 400 km, reaching as far as Alicante and Murcia. Authorities have...
Ministry of Health launches the ‘Tiger Mosquito: The Invader’ campaign to raise awareness
The Ministry of Health warns against accumulating water in containers to prevent the spread of tiger mosquitos, which breed here. In truth, it does not breed...
National Police arrested 17 people and seized more than 1,300 counterfeit items at a Dénia flea market
National Police investigators seized 1,344 alleged counterfeit items from 17 stalls in a market in Dénia (Alicante). The intended sale of these articles to the...
National Police arrested a man for robbing a tobacco shop in Alicante
A man was arrested by the National Police in Alicante for allegedly robbing a tobacco shop with a knife-like plastic weapon. The proprietor of a neighbouring...
Three arrested in Sax for drug trafficking after 5 kilos of marijuana were found in a van
The Guardia Civil arrested three men in Sax for allegedly violating public health after discovering more than five kilos of marijuana ready for distribution in...
Man faces 17 years in prison for sexually abusing minors and distributing pedophile material
Today, July 8th, the Alicante Provincial Court will hear the case of a Marina Alta resident accused of possessing and distributing child pornography, three...
Fire at an electrical substation in Guardamar del Segura
Almoradà firefighters responded early on Monday morning, July 7th, to quell a fire at an electrical substation. The Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium...
PACMA denounces the “alarming presence of minors” in Dénia’s Bous a la Mar
The head of PACMA, Javier Luna, witnessed “the alarming presence of minors among the public” at the Bous a la Mar festival in Dénia on Sunday, June...