Costa Blanca North
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The Costa Blanca North is a section of Spain that stretches from the North of Alicante, up to the Costa De Valencia border. Its beautiful pebble and sand beaches attract millions of tourists each year. Beach resorts such as Javea and Moraira are especially popular with expats. The Euro Weekly News is the longest running news source on the Costa Blanca North, covering Benidorm, Gandia, Calpe, Altea and Denia.
Alicante to be best connected to Britain
THIS year Alicante Province is set to become the best connected Spanish tourist resort to Britain as a result of new routes revealed by low...
Allegations of cronyism and wastefulness
BENIDORM - AGUSTIN Navarro, mayor of Benidorm was last week accused by the town’s Partido Popular spokesman, Antonio Perez, of having hired 34 new external...
Inspired by nature
ARGENTINIAN artist, Karina Mariana Real Ares – who recently settled in Finestrat – has an exhibition of her 20 paintings inspired by nature on show...
Eyes peeled for stolen Oranges
SPECIALIST Police last week seized 3,220 kilos of oranges stolen in the Castellon district of Benicarlo, and in Denia. Government sources explained that in addition to...
Alicante farmers sleep in their fields
Farmers in Alicante are sleeping in their fields to stop their crops being robbed. A spokesman for the Young Farmers Union revealed that there have...
Bollywood comes to Alcalali
ALI BABA and the Forty Thieves staged at the Careline Theatre in Alcalali last Wednesday January 12, isn’t one of your normal run-of-the-mill frothy pantomimes. From...
Listen up! Teulada’s auditorium ready ‘in a very short time’
TEULADA Council’s Culture and Sports Department has invested around €8 million in the construction of an auditorium for the town. “The Teulada Auditorium is without doubt...
Hitting the right note in Javea
Members of the Costa Blanca Rotary International Fellowship raised €500 for Javea Alzheimer’s Association, situated in the Martha y Mary Convent, within the picturesque historic...
€20m Denia ring road project gets green light
DENIA Town Hall has announced that the €20 million project for the construction of a northern ring road will go ahead. The project, first conceived in...
Spain’s smoking ban ‘unfair’ on poorer districts
ALICANTE - THE knock on effect of Spain introducing anti-smoking legislation is now emerging. With no smoking allowed inside bars and cafes and without a terrace...
Race to prepare Benidorm avenues for cycling tour
BENIDORM - FOR the first time Spain’s Vuelta Ciclista’ cycling tournament in August is due to start from Benidorm. However, it now seems that the town...
Jalon Valley HELP AGM
THE Annual General Meeting of Jalon Valley Help will be held on Thursday February 10 at 11am at Jalon Town Hall. All members of Jalon Valley...
Villajoyosa a century ago
VILLAJOYOSA - ALREADY 900 people have visited the ‘1911: The year the King came’ exhibition at the Casa Museo La Barbera dels Aragones in Villajoyosa. It...
‘Killer’ drugs seized at Alicante airport
ALICANTE - THE first police seizure of a synthetic recreational drug only declared illegal in Spain last month has taken place in Alicante. A shipment of...