Bid to shut Murcia-San Javier airport
MURCIA regional government is again negotiating the closure of Murcia-San Javier airport with the ministry of public works.
Full story in tomorrow’s Costa Blanca News...
On alert
COSTA councils in collaboration with National Police and Guardia Civil have set up extra security deployments for the forthcoming New Year's Eve and Three...
Wotta Christmas headache
CHRISTMAS dinners and partygoers' showers required bottled water in Alfaz, Altea and La NucÃa as tap supplies in all three towns were declared unsuitable...
Hotels full to wave goodbye to record 2016
THEIR will be no vacancies at the majority of Costa hotels tomorrow night to wave goodbye to 2016.
With New Year's Eve coinciding with the...
High hopes for Costa ‘floor clause’ victims
BANK customer associations estimate between 140,000 and 160,000 mortgage payers in Alicante province will be able to claim back amounts overcharged by banks due...
Tap water drinkable in Alfaz and La NucÃa – not in...
Public health authorities have lifted all restrictions on tap water in Alfaz del Pi and La NucÃa, where residents can now drink it and...
Airport access priority
THE regional government has called on the central executive to prioritise access to the airport in next year's budget.
More specifically, the Valencian executive demands...
Water wait
Town halls in La NucÃa, Altea and Alfaz del Pi are today awaiting final tests by public health authorities to lift water use restrictions...
The grapes of wrath
Alicante’s finest will be in short supply for New Year’s Eve
By Nuria Pérez
FINDING the traditional Aledo grapes for New Year’s Eve will not be...
Sign the petition
Readers are continuing to sign the Costa Blanca News petition over associate EU citizenship.
The initiative, proposed by MEP Charles Goerens, would allow individual UK...
Tap water given the green light
Residents can drink tap water again in San Pedro del Pinatar, San Javier and Los Alcázares, the town halls have just announced.
However, other areas...
Dog owners beware – the caterpillars are out
Poisonous processionary caterpillars have been spotted in the Calpe and Moraira areas – surprisingly earlier than usual.
Caution should be exercised, especially when walking dogs....
Christmas tremors
THREE small earthquakes have occurred in the last 48 hours in different areas of the Vega Baja and Murcia.
More in Friday’s Costa Blanca News
Expats’ indoor marijuana plantations dismantled
Police detained five Dutch nationals this week, as marijuana plants worth almost €6000 were seized in town houses in Calpe, Benissa, Callosa d'En SarrÃa...