The final edition of the Costa Blanca News
It is with sadness and regret that the staff have to announce that this Friday’s paper will be the last edition of the Costa...
TIE appointment shortfall angers residents
British residents who are still trying to obtain the foreigner identity card (TIE) in Alicante province have been finding it virtually impossible to get...
More help to buy the basics
A series of ‘anti-crisis’ measures were extended or adjusted by the Cabinet on Tuesday to counteract the effects of the conflicts in Ukraine and...
Huge investment to transform social care
The government has approved a nationwide strategy to change the model of care for dependent people.
Minister for social rights, Pablo Bustinduy said: “The future...
Lifeline for the Iberian Lynx
The population of the Iberian lynx has passed the figure of 2,000, according to the latest figures provided by the government.
The ministry for the...
Three days of ‘heat’
State weather agency AEMET has updated its alerts for hot weather – and the south of Alicante province has been placed on a yellow...
More suspects nabbed for motorway service station vehicle burglaries
More suspects nabbed for motorway service station vehicle burglaries
By Alex Watkins
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two people accused of burgling vehicles at rest areas and...
‘Fried eggs’ ready to roll in
Torrevieja town hall biologist Juan Antonio Pujol has reported that large concentrations of Mediterranean jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculate) – also known as fried egg jellyfish...
Caring for the white whales
The two belugas (white whales) rescued from an aquarium in Ukraine are ‘adapting perfectly’ to their new home in the Oceanogràfic sea life centre...
‘Guaranteeing’ bank loans for first-time buyers
A total of €20 million is being made available by the Valencia government to help young people to buy their first home.
The scheme will...
First turtle nest of the summer
The first loggerhead turtle mother to lay her eggs in the Valencia region this summer chose the beach at Arenales del Sol in Elche.
Marine...
Having a nose for it
The turtle watch campaign – which is being carried out in 80 coastal municipalities along Spain’s Mediterranean – has two new recruits this summer.
The...
Precious rain returns to south-east Spain
Healthy amounts of rain have finally fallen in the south-east of Spain, giving a lifeline to trees and plants in the countryside which have...
It’s turtle time
Loggerhead turtles will be coming ashore to make nests and lay their eggs on Costa Blanca beaches over the coming weeks, biologists have stated.
The...
COSTA LEVANTE
Heat alerts issued
Very hot weather is due to affect large swathes of Spain in the coming days.
The whole of Alicante province is on alert for high...
