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Costa Blanca South

The Costa Blanca South is a section of Spain that spans from the shores of Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada in the South. Since the 1950s it has been a popular area with international tourists, with the novelty of package holidays beginning around 1957. The Euro Weekly News is the longest running news source on the Costa Blanca South, covering Almeria, Axarquia, Mallorca, Torrevieja and Rojales.

New park in Torrevieja opens

25. 1. 2011 @ 14:41

The first of Torrevieja’s new parks is certainly one that the city’s residents can be proud of. Located on Avenida de Baleares, it has an area...

Murcia minister back to work after assault

25. 1. 2011 @ 14:39

Murcia’s Culture and Tourism, Alberto Cruz says he feels like “he had been born again” after the brutal beating he received which left him with...

Elche Wife wins ‘no dinner, no money’ case

25. 1. 2011 @ 12:42

A MAN who objected to his wife not having dinner ready when he got home from work has been put under four days house arrest...

Art Museum set to open end of February

24. 1. 2011 @ 11:06

ORIHUELA - THE Museum of Sacred Art in Palacio Episcopal in Orihuela is set to open late February. Mayor Monica Lorente, along with her administration, and...

Torrevieja’s new tourism strategy promoted at fair

20. 1. 2011 @ 14:02

TOURISM Torrevieja is already attending its first exhibition of 2011, promoting the city in Madrid at Spain’s largest International Travel and Tourism Show, FITUR. Torrevieja returns...

Taxi vouchers for Torrevieja residents with limited mobility

20. 1. 2011 @ 13:59

TORREVIEJA Town Hall has opened the application period of taxi vouchers or ‘bonotaxis’ for residents with limited mobility. People who are more than 33 per cent...

Bar owners seek permission to use public areas for smokers

20. 1. 2011 @ 12:35

ELCHE bar and restaurant owners have asked that they be allowed to use public spaces as terraces to place furniture for smokers to use, following...

Vuelta a España 2011 returns to Orihuela

19. 1. 2011 @ 09:14

THE second stage of the 76th Vuelta a España cycle route – which takes place between Saturday August 20 and Sunday September 11 - will...

Culture employee accused of misconduct and breach of duty

18. 1. 2011 @ 15:50

CREVILLENT Town Hall has suggested that an employee in the Culture Department be suspended from service for eight months for a “serious disregard for superiors,...

Got to ‘Pick a Pocket’ or two

18. 1. 2011 @ 09:52

ALICANTE - A NEW Penal Code aims to reduce the number of pick pocketing crimes. A team of about two dozen pick pockets account for the...

Young people in province forced to move back home

18. 1. 2011 @ 09:49

ALICANTE - DUE to the difficulty in finding stable employment 21,000 people under the age of 34 in Alicante Province have been forced to move...

Murcia councillor brutally attacked

17. 1. 2011 @ 15:05

The Murcia councillor for Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz, was brutally attacked outside his home on Saturday. Two men are thought to have followed him home, where...

Asian giant hornet threat to Costa Blanca

17. 1. 2011 @ 13:59

A FARMERS association has warned the Valencia regional government it should prepare an action plan against the possible arrival of the Asian giant hornet. They say...

20-year old passenger dies in car accident

17. 1. 2011 @ 13:18

A YOUNG man died and two others were seriously injured in a car accident on the A-31 between Novelda and Monforte del Cid, Saturday afternoon. The...