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The 10th edition of Elche Street Food Market will be held on the weekend of May 23rd-25th

Elche City Council, through its Department of Commerce, has announced the latest edition of the “Elche Street Food Market,” which will be held on Paseo de la Estación from Friday May 23rd to Sunday May 25th.

Caridad Martínez, a local councillor, welcomed Elche residents to enjoy the event, which would include a variety of culinary offerings and entertainment for adults and families alike.

This tenth edition will include 14 food trucks serving national and foreign cuisine, a market with thirty craft, fashion, and design shops, and seven performances over the weekend by bands including Guanará, a Mecano tribute band, Hermano Salvaje, and others. In addition to live food and music, there will be storytelling, comedy shows, and children’s concerts, among other things.

Rafael Baeza, the event’s organiser, stated, “This year we’re going around the world for a gastronomic tour, with typical dishes from different countries that we’ll be able to enjoy over the course of three days.”

Admission is free and the hours of operation will be Friday, May 23rd from 6pm to midnight, Saturday, May 24th from 12pm to midnight, and Sunday, May 25th from 12pm to 11pm.

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Benidorm expects full accommodations to be packed this weekend due to Eurofans

Accommodations in Benidorm (Alicante) are expected to be nearly full, or “technically full,” this weekend due to the popularity of the Benidorm Fest, which has elevated the city to the status of a top-tier tourist destination for Europeans.

As a result, an increasing number of Eurovision fans are flocking to Benidorm to soak up the Eurovision vibe and watch the final on the large screens placed up throughout the town, as well as attend the many Euroclub events.

Israel Martínez, Director General of Tourism of the Generalitat (Catalan Government), revealed that there are “confirmed reservations for the weekend that exceed 85%,” but estimates that they will reach “100% in the city of Benidorm.”

Martínez, who travelled to Basel (Switzerland) with a delegation from the Benidorm Fest, highlighted the “deseasonalising effect” of both the music festival held in Benidorm between January and February, in the middle of the low season, and the Eurovision Song Contest itself, which many tourists choose to enjoy from Benidorm, transforming the Euroclub festivities into “a tourist phenomenon” and increasing hotel occupancy rates.

He also emphasised the “young” nature of the tourists who would visit Benidorm this weekend because of the Eurovision vibe it created in the city. In many cases, they are “new” tourists who were neither known nor devoted to the city but who, thanks to efforts like the Benidorm Fest or Eurovision broadcasts, discover the location and “get hooked,” he said. In reality, he emphasised that the Benidorm Festival and Eurovision are, in terms of visitor occupancy, “two phenomena that feed off each other and are closely linked” to the city.

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The Benidorm Fest delegation has organised a gala for this afternoon at 8 p.m. in Basel to promote the Benidorm festival and attract a European audience for the next edition.

According to Benidorm’s Head of Major Events, Jesús Carrobles, the 300 available seats for the gala have been totally sold out. While many Eurofans in Basel have shown interest in attending, the venue is currently “full.”

This event, in addition to advertising the upcoming edition of the Benidorm Fest and tourism sites in the Valencian Community, will feature performances by previous editions’ performers, including Mawot, Kuve, and Kingdom.


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Six-year prison sentence for sexual assault of young woman upheld in Elche

The owner of a bar, sentenced to six years in prison for a sexual assault committed in his business against a 36-year-old drunken client, will remain in prison after the Criminal and Civil Chamber of the TSJ dismissed the appeal filed against the sentence of Section XI of the Elche Court that found him guilty, and sentencing him to a supervised measure for ten years to be executed once the sentence is served and not to approach the victim within 500 metres of the same.

The events took place in the early morning of May 31st, 2023. Hours earlier, the victim, her father, and some friends had gone to a bar after supper at another location, where they had consumed many glasses of wine and an alcoholic cocktail. She was enjoying a beer with her father when the incident occurred, and he then left. The proprietor and defendant in these proceedings then served her another one without her asking, at a table where she sat with three others. Finally, the young woman was left alone, and the bar closed. At the moment, the young woman was under the influence of alcohol, according to the verdict.

The owner opened the door again and asked her inside. “Taking advantage of the drunkenness she was in, which prevented her from effectively defending herself, and despite her telling him not to do that, the defendant knocked her to the floor and, saying ‘ I have to do it, I have to do it, ‘ he placed himself on top of her, without (the woman) being able to do anything to prevent him, other than putting her hands in front of her, as if trying to push him away,” as well as sexually assaulting her and ejaculating inside He then provided two beers and one to the woman, adding whisky and they both left the premises. He attempted to kiss her, but she declined.

The defence used security camera footage to dispute the victim’s testimony and determine that the evidence was misconstrued, claiming that the young woman was not inebriated. The Supreme Court rejected this claim, citing its own decision from Section XI, which stated that “viewing the recording allows us to corroborate the facts.” We can see that the complainant is not in very good shape, staggering, how she enters with her after closing the door, how the accused disappears from the screen and reappears without trousers (…) Also, as they say farewell, she rejects the accused’s kissing attempts.”


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A young man is beaten, robbed, and then fled on the Muchavista promenade in El Campello

In a joint operation by the Local Police and the Guardia Civil, three young males were arrested for attacking and robbing a young guy walking along El Campello’s Muchavista promenade.

According to municipal sources, security officers were mobilised after getting a phone call from a neighbour informing them of the event, which occurred around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 14th.

The homeowner of Avenida Jaume I told the local police that she had witnessed three young males attacking and taking the things of another man as he walked along the Muchavista seafront towards the town centre.


According to the same sources, the young man continued on his route after being attacked, despite being in pain and terrified, while the perpetrators walked towards Alicante.

A few minutes later, a local police patrol found the victim near the Guardia Civil barracks. Civil Guard officers treated the young man after he sobbed and explained what had happened, while local police proceeded to Paseo de Muchavista.

They noticed four persons walking fast through the tunnel that connects the promenade to Calle Velázquez. The chase commenced, and considering the number of people to be pursued, a Civil Guard patrol was called for assistance.

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After everyone was detained, a local police officer discovered the stolen things (including their cell phone) in the sand, which they dropped as they noticed the patrol car approaching.

The Guardia Civil responded swiftly to the victim, who recognised the perpetrators. The three males were detained for robbery with violence and assault.

According to the young man, one of the inmates grabbed his neck and threw him to the ground before beating him, while the other two immobilised him and took everything he was carrying.

The fourth individual engaged was a woman who did not directly participate in the acts and was therefore not detained.

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