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Train crash kills 30 in Valencia
At least 30 people have died in a metro train crash in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, regional officials say. ...[ more ]Author: BBC News
Created: 2006-07-03 14:40:37 | Updated: 2006-07-07 09:50:06
Police arrest 13 after Alicante prostitution investigation
Police in Alicante have arrested a total of thirteen people and accused them of being behind an extensive prostitution ring in the City....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:10:16 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:09:31
Porsche flies at 200 Km/h in Valencia City
It was apparently an opportunity too good to miss, when a 33-year-old man was offered the chance to drive his friend’s new shiny black Porsche 911...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:11:45 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:10:42
Papal Visit: Government reaction
The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Valencia next month is not expected to improve the relationship between the Vatican and the Socialist Government...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:13:32 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:07:22
Benissa Mayor Reshuffles Cabinet
Benissa Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello yesterday gave an impromptu press conference during which he announced that he would be taking over the running...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:15:31 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:06:30
Woman in court after serious assault on Son
A woman with dual German/Columbian nationality was in jail in Torrevieja yesterday after she poured a saucepan of boiling water over her 13-year-old...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:17:34 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:13:08
Tirant Comes to Town
It was revealed yesterday that the film Tirant Lo Blanc, the most expensive film ever made in Spain and taken from the Valencian classic novel of the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:19:30 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:15:09
Meeting in Europe
Members of the Veins de Parcent Collective are in Brussels today to participate in an Urbanization seminar....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 10:56:38 | Updated: 2006-06-29 10:46:53
Anti-Landgrab Organisation (AUN) Enters Politics
Abusos Urbanisticos No (Abusos-No or AUN) offer support to politicians opposing the Valencia landgrab laws....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:23:12 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:37:11
17 arrested for Valencia robberies
Police in Spain have now arrested at least seventeen people, and charged them with carrying out armed assaults on homes in the Valencian Co...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:18:09 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:34:15
ETA Statement Causes Concern
Basque terrorist Organization Eta yesterday issued a new statement that contained a number of threats, in which it stated the price for no longer...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 08:34:40 | Updated: 2006-06-29 10:50:07
Catalunia Set to Change Presidency
Pascual Maragall, the President of Catalunia revealed last night that he was not intending to stand again as President of Catalunia in the October...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 08:42:45 | Updated: 2006-06-26 10:17:04
An Explosive Catch
The Cap Prim Segon, a fishing smack based in Javea, yesterday came back to port with its usual consignment of prawns and shrimps as well as another,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 08:55:23 | Updated: 2006-06-26 10:27:41
A Nice Present
Following the revelations yesterday that Alicante would be the start point of the 2008 Volvo Ocean Race, Francisco Camps, the President of the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 09:08:59 | Updated: 2006-06-26 10:28:27
All Set
A giant crane yesterday maneuvered into place the huge 38-ton central cross that will form the main part of the altar from which Pope Benedict XVI...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-22 09:23:03 | Updated: 2006-06-26 10:30:08
Open it Up
The President of the Valencian Community will open a specialized school inside the City of Light in Alicante aimed at training those who will become...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-26 09:46:36 | Updated: 2006-06-27 12:07:01
America's Cup-Act 12, day 4
The Swedish Victory Challenge yesterday recorded two memorable victories in the regattas in Valencia Bay....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-26 10:04:23 | Updated: 2006-06-27 11:33:06
Two operations yield results
The Guardia Civil has undertaken two operations that have resulted in some very positive results according to members of the Corps....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-26 10:09:01 | Updated: 2006-06-27 12:08:13
Help arrives for World Family Forum
Forty medical workers belonging to the Order of Malta will be available for any health emergency during the World Family Forum in Valencia....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-26 10:20:30 | Updated: 2006-06-27 11:36:48
23 Accused in cycle doping scandal
A total of 23 members of the Valencian Community Cycling Team have now officially been accused of being involved in a doping scandal that has shaken...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-26 10:26:22 | Updated: 2006-06-27 11:35:02
America's Cup - Day Off
It was a day off for the crews in Valencia yesterday in preparation for the races that are set to take place later today....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 10:36:13 | Updated: 2006-06-29 10:48:41
A Strong Denial
Luis Esteban and Miguel Navarro, the former President and director general respectively of the Benidorm Theme Park Terra Mitica, both stand accused...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 10:52:47 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:26:27
Just Delighted
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is currently in Alicante, where he is preparing to start shooting his new film Pompeii based on the novel by...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-05-26 10:43:13 | Updated: 2007-05-27 10:11:08
Jazz Lineup Announced
Inmaculada Tomas, the Director of the Valencian Music Institute, along with Javea Mayor Eduardo Monfort and Xabia Jazz director Jorge Garcia,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:35:00 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:25:19
And the Winner is...
The Marriott Hotel in La Sella yesterday was the setting for the 21st annual Arros A Banda competition that drew a wide range of contestants from...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:41:01 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:19:46
World Family Forum:Papal Plans
The Vatican yesterday officially revealed the details of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Valencia next month for the World Family Forum....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:00:44 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:40:29
Baby What a Big Surprise
Joan Ignasi Pla, the head of the Valencian Socialists, has apparently set off a firestorm inside the party locally and nationally after yesterday he...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 08:56:22 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:23:09
Rabassa Plans Rammed Through
The project for the urbanizing of the Rabassa area of Alicante as presented by the Enrique Ortiz company was approved yesterday by the Town Council...[ more ]Created: 2006-06-14 09:03:13 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:30:32
Taken Out
The European Parliament is today expected to vote about urbanization plans...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:15:28 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:31:32
Preservation Orders
It has been revealed that the Environment ministry has included in its budget for this year the acquisition of the Serra Renega in Oropesa del Mar in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:20:44 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:29:44
A Dire Prediciton
An ethnological study has revealed that a new breed of mosquito seems set to invade the Valencian Community this summer....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-14 09:27:13 | Updated: 2006-06-15 08:19:01
Record Breaking October Temperatures
This October has gone down as being the hottest October ever recorded in the Valencian Community....[ more ]In the Line of Fire
Pedro Garcia, the Director General of the Valencian Television service RTVV appeared to be under attack yesterday from the Socialist and EU p...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:14:58 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:19:49
Socialist Members Share All
No less than four high-ranking members of the Socialist party yesterday were trotted out to give the press their latest impression of the talks with...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-11-14 11:27:53 | Updated: 2006-11-15 06:24:15
Glitter in Valencia
The bold and the beautiful were in Valencia last night for the Elle awards that were handed out in a glittering ceremony in the Palau de Les Arts in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-21 10:15:18 | Updated: 2006-10-22 10:22:55
Oliva Protest
About five thousand people yesterday staged a demonstration in Oliva...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-21 10:18:25 | Updated: 2006-10-22 10:21:00
Dutch Interest
Habion, a Dutch group has built more than five thousand homes for old people in Holland has expressed an interest in Javea by acquiring 17.5 hectares...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-21 10:22:33 | Updated: 2006-10-22 10:24:37
Taking Control
Some five months after he took over the Conselleria for the Territory, Esteban Gonzalez Pons yesterday revealed that the Council of the Valencian...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-10-21 10:26:40 | Updated: 2006-10-22 10:19:03
Special Concerts
The Castellon Auditorium is to stage a concert tonight by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra with the Chamber Chorus of the Catalan Palau de la M...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-08 12:11:52 | Updated: 2007-02-09 09:20:01
Concerts Under Review
It has been revealed that Benidorm is now actively studying what has been termed as ‘several proposition from various sources’ for the Summer...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-08 12:14:49 | Updated: 2007-02-09 09:28:59
Going Down
The Town Council of Orxeta yesterday stated that it intended to reduce the buildable land in the municipality by 8%....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-08 12:20:01 | Updated: 2007-02-09 09:24:14
Taking a New Turn
Jesus Lara appeared in a Denia court yesterday to give testimony in the case known as ‘Calpe Waters’ over the contract to renew the water mains of...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-08 12:30:20 | Updated: 2007-02-09 09:18:47
Museum pulls
The Museu San Pio V of Valencia were delighted to receive a collection of 300 works of art including 250 paintings from Pere Maria Orts y Bosch last...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-09 07:21:51 | Updated: 2006-06-10 10:06:57
An Appeal
Felix Crespo, the Valencia Town Councillor for Fiestas, yesterday presented a petition to the Government Delegation offices in the City aimed at...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-02-08 12:25:58 | Updated: 2007-02-09 09:30:40
Emblematic Figure Resigns
Alex Vidal, the Vice President of the Pret-a-Porter Association of the Valencian Community has revealed that Valencian designer Francis Montesinos...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2007-01-12 10:35:25 | Updated: 2007-01-13 13:00:26
Campos warns against foul play
Victor Campos, the Deputy President of the Valencian Government, yesterday accused the directors of the Valencian Socialist Party of giving ‘all the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:47:13 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:09:07
Valencian builders offered huge contracts in Morocco
It has been revealed that the Valencian Association of Builders and Real Estate Promoters are heavily involved in talks with the Moroccan Government,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:49:47 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:13:24
Rita Barbera and Francisco Camps voted best-known people
The results of a recent poll were made public yesterday and clearly show that the best-known person in the Valencian Community is Rita Barbera the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:52:50 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:10:28
Success for Villajoyosa photographic exhibition
Several hundred people from Villajoyosa yesterday were present for the opening day of a photographic exhibit based on the visit of the Prince and...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 06:54:26 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:11:41
Valencian voter intentions exposed in poll
A recent poll conducted by Olympos Consulting over voter intentions in the Valencian Community has given the incumbent Partido popular a strong...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:02:25 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:24:12
Valencian government demands explanations over biased boradcasts
Vicente Rambla, the spokesman for the Valencian Government yesterday stated that immediate action was being taken against what he termed as ‘open and...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:04:35 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:13:53
Tibi urbanisation sold without mains water or electricity
A group of English and Germans have been considering making a formal complaint against the urbanizer of their homes in Tibi after the Urbanizer sold...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:06:39 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:12:33
Moors and Christians parade float injury awarded compensation
Local court awards compensation to Moors and Christians Moorish Captain after broken ankle accident....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:16:12 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:10:05
The Cult play Benidorm
The Cult performed in Benidorm Music 06 Festival...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-05 07:19:21 | Updated: 2006-06-06 07:12:07
Finance investigation advancing faster than expected
The investigation opened by the Alicante Prosecutor into the finances of the Valencian Socialist Party appear to be advancing at a better rate than...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:26:08 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:02:42
Valencia Taxis available as normal for World Family Forum and Pope's Visit
It was revealed yesterday that the 2,800 taxis of Valencia will be allowed to circulate as normal during the World Family Forum next July....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:27:54 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:05:05
Meeting held in Valencia with Papal events organiser
Monsignor Manuel Monteiro de Castro, the Papal Nuncio in Spain, and Alberto Gasbarri were present at the Monday meeting of the Committee studying the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:29:52 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:03:07
Valencian Government presents complaint to RTVE
Vicente Rambla, the Spokesman of the Valencian Government, has remitted an official letter to Carmen Caffarel, the Socialist-nominated head of state...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:31:40 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:05:37
Clan vengeance believed responsible for Alzira fire
A fire broke out over the weekend in an empty home belonging to members of the Maniagua clan in Alzira, leading investigators to believe that the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:33:31 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:01:52
Denia hospital stoppage over staff parking fees
Medical staff at Denia Hospital yesterday staged a stoppage to protest the installation of a private parking facility nearby....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:35:23 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:02:17
No Rolls for Torrent bride
Wedding days are always supposed to be special, and it was no exception for a Torrent family whose daughter was on her way to the altar in Torrent,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-06 07:40:33 | Updated: 2006-06-07 07:03:33
Papal Visit to Valencia - Government Tries Again
Yesterday another planning meeting took place in Valencia over the visit of the Pope next month....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:18:29 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:08:35
Elephant attacks handler at Terra Natura
The Benidorm Theme Park Terra Natura yesterday was the setting for an elephant to violently attack a man, by beating him with its trunk resulting in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:20:44 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:08:09
Anti-corruption evidence offered by Torrevieja Socialist
Angel Gimenez, the Socialist spokesman on Torrevieja Town Council, yesterday stated that his party was presenting ‘ a series of new details’ over...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:22:21 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:07:15
Accident in Onil causes fire
The Renault Laguna of the former Mayor of Banyares, Roberto Calatayud ran off the road yesterday in Onil, and although the incident took place in a...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-07 07:25:32 | Updated: 2006-06-09 07:06:17
Slight Valencia Community Cabinet Reshuffle
Three new Consellors will be sworn in today (30th May 2006)...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:30:37 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:10:51
Milk company Parmalat may close Clesa plant in Alicante
Intenational milk company, Parmalat, may close Clesa plant in Alicante....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:36:31 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:08:27
Valencia weather goes from one extreme to the other
Yesterday (29th May 2006) saw Valencia weather change from one extreme to the other!...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:39:56 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:13:31
Nispero crop finally harvested
The "Nispero" crop has finally been harvested....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-30 06:47:11 | Updated: 2006-05-31 07:09:10
World Family Forum - World Awareness
Valencian Archbishop Agustin Garcia Gasco describes the awareness of almost the entire world on the World Family Forum that is to take place in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:15:28 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:30:16
Guardia Civil to lose 200 in Valencian Community
200 members of the Guardia Civil are set to leave the three Provinces of the Valencian Community....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:19:09 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:27:57
Francisco Camps on the campaign trail
Francisco Camps makes his first campaign stop....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:21:17 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:27:10
Massive traffic jam on V-30
An accident on the V-30 road on the outskirts of Valencia yesterday caused massive traffic problems for thousands of motorists...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-05-31 07:25:07 | Updated: 2006-06-01 07:29:52
Sinkhole opens up in Alzira
The residents of Calle Dr Ferran in Alzira were astonished to discover an enormous hole in their street some fifty metres wide and 13 deep, as a...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 07:52:31 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:31:48
Alicante Gridlocked
A lethal combination of power outages, road works and the heavy rainfall yesterday left Alicante City virtually grid locked with hundreds of vehicles...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 07:54:12 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:28:50
Altea Algar project approved on condition of Bernia Mountain reserve
The Altea project to urbanize more than two and a half million square metres near the mouth of the Algar will be allowed to go ahead provided the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 07:56:49 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:30:07
Guardia Civil catch thieves in the act in Orba
A family was returning to their home in Orba after having dinner with friends only to discover that a robbery was taking place there....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 07:59:13 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:30:31
Denia Judge may have career on the line
Denia Judge Laura Alabau, who on three occasions has refused to officiate in gay marriages, appears to have her career on the line....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:01:37 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:29:41
Valencia has best beaches along the Mediterranean coast
Details of the Blue Flags for the beaches and ports of the Valencian Community were released yesterday from the European Union....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:04:58 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:32:57
Palau de la Musica 2006/2007 season presented
During the presentation of the 2006/2007 season in the Palau de la Musica in Valencia, the Palau director Mayren Beneyto hit out against the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:08:06 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:31:22
Montserrat Caballe to sing to Pope Benedict in Valencia
It was revealed yesterday that Montserrat Caballe will sing a special version of “Padrenuestro” before Pope Benedict XVI as part of the World Family...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-01 08:09:47 | Updated: 2006-06-03 11:30:53
Castellon Businessman Sentenced for Abuse
A court in Castellon yesterday sentenced local businessman Vicente Vilar to a ten-year prison term....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:34:51 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:42:42
Immigration figures revealed
It has been revealed that the Valencian Community is almost in first place amongst the 17 autonomies of Spain where immigrants from outside the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:36:29 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:43:16
Vastly reduced funds for development and infrastructure for 2007-2013 revealed
It was made apparent yesterday that the Valencian Community will now received funds to the tune of 1,964 million Euros for development and...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:39:08 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:44:06
Aguas de Calpe case to be heard
An Alicante court has upheld an appeal presented by a prosecutor who was against the throwing out of the Aguas de Calpe case and the contract for...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:41:00 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:41:18
Benidorm hotel occupancy rise thanks to Celtic!
The Benidorm Hotel Association HOSBEC yesterday made public the hotel occupancy figures for May that were at 83,4% a rise of 2.2% over May last ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-03 11:42:33 | Updated: 2006-06-05 06:42:11
Altea Bullying Case
A juvenile court has imposed a series of restrictive measures against four adolescents who are accused of carrying out a psychological and physical...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:24:55 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:35:20
Development land to be sold next to Terra Mitica
It was revealed yesterday that Benidorm Town Council has finally signed the papers allowing Theme Park Terra Mitica to modify the use of its adjacent...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-10 10:27:14 | Updated: 2006-06-12 08:46:41
Blanco in Valencia
The presence of Socialist Organizational Secretary Pepiño Blanco in Valencia appears to have engendered a varied amount of reactions to his...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:07:26 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:27:40
Five Injured in Explosion
A total of five people have been injured as they were assembling an oven in the Industrial Estate of Puzol, with two of them being in a serious...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:12:51 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:39:33
Sect Members Arrested
Members of the Guardia Civil yesterday descended on a home on the outskirts of Lliber and arrested five people accusing them of belonging to what has...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:15:53 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:44:55
Especially for the Visit
The Conselleria for Infrastructures and Transport of the Valencian Government announced yesterday that it was intending to issue a three-day free...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:24:56 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:34:20
One Great Evening
Long a favorite of the Valencians, Irish singer Van Morrison gave a standing-room only concert yesterday at the Palau de la Musica in the City....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-12 09:30:29 | Updated: 2006-06-13 08:44:07
Black Economy
Financial sources have revealed that the underground economy, in which cash transfers are made, has resulted in the taxman getting some 245 million...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 08:48:41 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:17:31
Weather Alert
Temperatures in the marina Alta area of Alicante Province and La Safor of Valencia Province could rise to as high as 38 today. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-03 10:23:10 | Updated: 2006-07-15 17:03:53
Brits to the Rescue
The latest study undertaken by the Benidorm Hotel Association HOSBEC has revealed that almost 82% of all the rental apartments in the Holiday Town...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:22:19 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:18:18
Taking the Roof Off
Hurricane force winds that swept through the Vinolopo areas of Alicante Province during the weekend, leaving a wide swath of destruction. Amongst the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-13 09:40:21 | Updated: 2006-06-14 08:37:54
Controversy Continues
The storm stirred up by Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla over his naming of Carmen Alborch as the Official Socialist candidate for the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 08:52:13 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:33:39
Details Revealed
The archbishop of Valencia yesterday invited senior journalists to visit what are to be Pope Benedict XVI’s private apartments in the Archbishop’s...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:13:18 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:34:26
Another Initiative
The Valencian Socialists yesterday presented an official proposal before the Valencian Parliament: if any candidate achieves 3% of the total vote, he...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:17:45 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:32:22
Hospital Revelations
An internal audit conducted by the Valencia General Hospital has found that two doctors, four companies and a distributor of medical material have...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:23:00 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:43:14
Going into the Sea
It has been revealed that some five thousand cubic meters of slush will be returned to the sea each day as the Benidorm desalination plant comes into...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:25:58 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:40:15
Four Detained
Members of the Guardia Civil raided homes in Bigastro yesterday, arresting four men, and accusing them of carrying out at least seven armed attacks...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:31:01 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:36:14
Meeting Finally Goes Ahead
Thanks almost entirely to a massive police presence, Mariano Rajoy, the President of the Partido Popular and the head of the PP in Catalunia, Josep...[ more ]Created: 2006-06-15 09:40:18 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:44:12
RTVE Lays Off Staff
Despite having a record deficit, which every day appears to get larger State broadcaster RTVE has now been forced to take action buy dismissing 4000...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-15 09:45:26 | Updated: 2006-06-20 08:50:46
A Poor Result
Exports from the Valencian Community took a tumble according to the latest figures released yesterday....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 10:31:29 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:25:28
Now Look Here
The Americas Cup Management Committee, which is the main entity in the organization of the Americas Cup races in Valencia, has sent a registered...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 08:56:32 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:01:41
Back Tracking
Denia Judge Laura Alabau appeared to have undergone a change of opinion yesterday after she officiated at a marriage between a Moroccan man and a man...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:00:42 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:00:42
New Centre for Altea
Following a meeting in Norway between Social Services Consellera Alicia de Miguel and Ped Ditlev-Simonsen, the Mayor of Oslo, it was revealed that a...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:06:50 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:06:50
The Latest Team Member
It was revealed yesterday that 35-year-old Benissa-born Pepe Ribes – pictured above on the left - would be officially joining the team of the Victory...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:15:44 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:15:44
She's the One
A latest poll undertaken for Valencia Town Hall has revealed that should the elections take place today, incumbent Mayoress Rita Barbera would win...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:20:15 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:20:15
One Complaint Brings Freedom
An official complaint lodged by a Paraguayan woman has resulted in police swooping on several roadside ‘clubs’ and freeing a total of 149 Paraguayan...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:25:12 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:25:12
First Offer Turned Down
It has been revealed that the first offer from Milk giant Parmalat to close the Clesa factory in Alicante with the subsequent loss of 72 jobs has...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:32:51 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:32:51
Tragedy Avoided
Technicians from the Americas Cup Management Committee became alarmed yesterday after they noted that the ‘Sandvig” a spectator craft for the various...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:39:14 | Updated: 2006-06-20 09:39:14
Benidorm Comes to Madrid
For the third consecutive year, Benidorm came to Madrid yesterday when 120 tons of beach sand from the holiday town was deposited in Madrid’s Parque...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:42:31 | Updated: 2006-06-20 10:48:47
Blazing a Trail
The work to create a minor road up the slopes of the San Antonio Hill have resulted in a great deal of earth and stones falling down the hill to land...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:45:33 | Updated: 2006-06-20 10:45:15
Investing in Castellon
Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community was present yesterday at the setting of the first stone for a new section of the BP Oil...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 09:59:29 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:37:10
Warnings Issued
Francisco Real, the President of the Valencian Council of Lawyers, stated yesterday that neither the European Commission nor the European Parliament...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 10:08:56 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:50:43
Deaths in Alicante
A cement mixer truck yesterday ran over two elderly people in the centre of Alicante, killing the 76-year-old woman and seriously injuring the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 10:20:16 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:36:06
0 Investment
Antoni Bernabe, the Official Government Delegate to the Valencian Community, will today inaugurate the modernization and consolidation of the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 10:28:17 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:26:07
Chaos Comes to Court
Almost all the judicial proceedings in Denia ground to a halt yesterday after the Cicero computer system crashed for the second time in a week,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-20 10:39:16 | Updated: 2006-06-21 08:29:01
It's Alicante
Appearing at a press conference in the Palau de la Generalitat in Valencia, Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community and Glenn...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 09:00:08 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:24:07
Investigation Launched
The Seprona, the environmental arm of the Guardia Civil is now involved in an investigation into the pruning of ancient olive trees in the Castellon...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 09:03:18 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:22:32
Opening Soon
The United States hotel chain Starwood announced yesterday that their new hotels in Benidorm ‘would be opening very soon’....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 09:17:31 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:25:49
Threatened with Court Action
Pedro Reig, the President of the Commerce Association of Denia’s central Calle Marques de campo, stated yesterday during an interview on Radio Denia...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 09:29:30 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:26:40
Tumbling Down
Currently, Alicante is celebrating its annual Hogueras Fiestas, with monuments in the streets and all the attendant celebrations....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-21 09:52:12 | Updated: 2006-06-22 08:27:41
Onda Crash
A head-on collision between two cars took place yesterday afternoon on the road near the San Salvador Hermitage in Onda in Castellon Province. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 11:12:30 | Updated: 2006-06-29 10:47:48
Icon Arrives
The Icon of the Sacred Family has now arrived in Valencia from Rome....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-27 11:15:01 | Updated: 2006-07-07 09:54:01
Protestors halt work
A group of bathers, who own homes in Denia and are currently on a short break there yesterday managed to halt work that was being undertaken, when...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 09:56:06 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:29:50
Out on Bail
A Denia Judge yesterday agreed to set Victoria Arranz free after she had deposited a 6,000 Euro bail bond....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 09:59:15 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:31:09
Advantages Outlined
Tony Cabban of the New Javea Party, yesterday stated that it was important that as many foreign residents in the municipality as possible become...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 10:10:31 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:43:19
Reinforcements Arrive
400 extra policemen to come to Alicante Province in order to offer more policing during the tourist season. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 10:13:48 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:30:56
Grisly Discovery
Body discovered near AP-7 motorway in Pedreguer....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-06-29 10:21:56 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:27:21
World Family Forum - First Meeting
Valencian archbishop Agustin Garcia Gasco yesterday held a Eucharist for the thousands of volunteers for the World Family Forum....[ more ]Created: 2006-07-03 09:42:12 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:51:15
New Music Director Named
A meeting of the Altea Filharmonia Society has resulted in Rafael Garrigos being named as the new orchestra director for the next four years....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-03 10:26:38 | Updated: 2006-07-04 09:28:27
International Reaction to The World Meeting of Families
The world press has given Valencia and the entire staging of the World Meeting of Families high praise....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-12 07:27:59 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:25:49
Tragedy comes to Valencia
It was just after 1 pm yesterday when the emergency services number – 112 – received a call stating that there had been an accident on the Valencian...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-04 09:35:32 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:59:02
World Family Forum
A brief statement from the Organizing Committee of the World Family Forum yesterday revealed that none of the cultural activities planned for today...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-04 09:50:12 | Updated: 2006-07-15 17:05:15
Denia Fire
A fire that was probably caused by a short circuit, broke out yesterday in the English Cemetery in Denia....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-04 09:54:38 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:15:11
Complaining Officially
The Benidorm Business Association has issued a formal complaint against the Town Hall for failing to control the Asian businesses in the town....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-04 09:58:53 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:10:13
Metro Accident
It has been revealed that the black box recorder from the stricken Metro train has been recovered and shown that the driver, who was amongst the 41...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-06 09:23:31 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:28:36
Rocks Stricks Again
The already famous submerged Androna rock outside Denia Harbor claimed another victim on Tuesday night ....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-06 09:29:25 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:48:14
Castellon Trophy
The seas off Castellon yesterday were the stage for the first day of the Castellon Trophy of the Breitling MedCup races....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-06 09:33:22 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:07:34
Fiesta Details Announced
The Committee for the Benidorm ‘Welcome Summer’06’ Festival were announced yesterday....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-06 09:38:22 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:21:12
Metro Accident Update
The official death toll from the Metro accident rose by one – to 42 – yesterday after a 41-year-old woman died from her injuries....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 09:36:38 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:29:55
Identity Revealed
The identity of the body found under a motorway bridge, wrapped in a tarpaulin and weighed down with rocks has been identified as that of Colin Nobes...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 09:39:33 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:24:38
World Family Meeting Update
According to Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro Valls, Pope Benedict XVI ‘wants his first engagement in Valencia to be a prayer for the victims of the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 09:43:25 | Updated: 2006-07-15 17:09:20
The Breitling Medcup
In the two races that took place yesterday, two different winners were revealed. In the first race, the Siemens team, whose tacticians saw weaknesses...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 09:48:10 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:56:11
Court Decision
Altea has been given a period of ten days to resolve the situation created by an Urbanizer, who has placed an industrial warehouse for building...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 09:57:35 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:13:04
New Hospital
It was revealed yesterday that a private company has apparently been given permission to build a clinic close to the Pla de Bonaire Industrial...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-07 10:03:45 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:26:36
Stricken ferry Acciona towed from Denia
Two tugs yesterday started the operation of towing away the stricken ferry Acciona that struck a rock off Denia Harbor earlier this week....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 09:59:09 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:54:12
Breitling Cup - Third Day Results
On the third day of the races yesterday off Castellon, the winner clearly was MM team of Peter de Ridder....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 10:01:40 | Updated: 2006-09-01 07:05:35
Shortage of lifeguards in Alicante
Lifeguards are in short supply in Alicante and province....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 10:06:09 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:52:47
Two arrested in Eche for forged 500 Euro notes
Police in Alicante yesterday arrested two young men from the former Yugoslavia after the pair were attempting to buy a piece of an industrial estate...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 10:08:07 | Updated: 2006-07-15 17:00:06
Pope Valencia Awaits Papal Visit
Valencia today is breathing an air of expectancy with the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI to participate in and close the World Family Forum....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-08 10:10:51 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:35:17
The Pope comes to Town
The Valencian Community Cycle Racing team became the precursors of Pope Benedict XVI, cycling down the route he would later use to enter Valencia,...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 09:55:47 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:57:17
Pope Benedict XVI in Valencia: Day 2
The day began early for Pope Benedict XVI in Valencia when he greeted Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community, and his wife and...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 10:24:31 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:34:07
World Family Forum - Conclusion
Francisco Camps, the President of the Valencian Community, Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera, Fernando Giner, the President of the Diputacion of...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 10:31:37 | Updated: 2006-07-15 17:07:29
Explanation Offered
Jose Ramón Garcia Anton is set to appear before the Valencian Parliament today to offer what he himself has termed as ‘a full and complete...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 10:40:01 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:19:29
Seeking Support
A delegation from the Valencian Toy Industry is currently in India with the aim of seeking some sort of commercial links with local businesses. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 10:45:08 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:49:58
Plan Presented
Benissa Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello, along with Tourism Consellera Milagrosa Martinez and Sebastian Fernandez, the tourism chief for Alicante...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-11 10:47:16 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:33:00
Metro Crash - Explanation Offered
Jose Ramón Garcia Anton the Conseller for Infrastructures and Transport, yesterday made a lengthy statement to the Valencian Parliament over the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-12 07:32:56 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:33:24
Iberia - More Cancellations at Valencia Airport
National carrier Iberia yesterday cancelled a total of fourteen flights in the Valencian Community on the second day of the pilots’ strike....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-12 07:43:18 | Updated: 2006-07-15 13:22:32
New Skyscraper for Calpe
Calpe Town Council yesterday gave the green light to a project presented by construction company Calport Marbella to go ahead and build a 20-storey...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-12 07:48:01 | Updated: 2006-07-15 16:28:40
Updates on Metro Crash
A 40-year-old woman from Torrent – just outside Valencia – became the 43rd victim of the Metro accident as a result of her injuries....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-15 17:21:53 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:29:35
One Ton Taken
Police yesterday in separate operations confiscated over a ton of cocaine in operations that were undertaken in Valencia, Denia and Ibiza....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-15 17:25:31 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:20:32
Costs Revealed
Valencia Town Hall yesterday revealed that the costs of policing the World Family Forum amounted to 2.3 million Euros....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-15 17:28:27 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:12:52
'And I Propose'
Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla yesterday proposed that Etelvina Andreu, the Official Socialist Government sub delegate in Alicante be the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 10:46:44 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:10:33
A Real Invasion
Hundreds of thousands of summer tourists have arrived in the Valencian Community leading to very high expectations of all concerned in the tourist...[ more ]Created: 2006-07-16 10:49:32 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:11:42
Rescue-at a Price
The fishing craft Francisco Catalina that is based in Santa Pola has become embroiled in a tug-of war after it rescued some 51 illegal immigrants –...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 11:09:44 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:25:19
Strike Causes Fire
A bolt of lightning yesterday caused a considerable forest fire outside the Valencian town of Enguera....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-16 11:22:14 | Updated: 2006-07-18 09:28:03
Minister Makes Suggestion
Socialist Environment Minister Cristina Narbona yesterday publicly called on all tourists who stay in hotels in the Valencian Community that they...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 09:39:03 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:14:08
Bridge Demolished
Two years late, workers have now started demolishing the flyover linking the Avenida Catalunia in Valencia to the V-21 motorway that eventually joins...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 09:43:38 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:10:05
First Arrivals
Dozens and dozens of young people arrived in Benicassim yesterday – way in advance of the Benicassim Festival – FIB for short – that is set to take...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 09:49:12 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:12:06
Cruise Liner in Port
The largest European cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, yesterday arrived in Alicante Port for a seven-hour layover on her maiden voyage....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 09:57:39 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:11:00
Zapatero Alone in Negotiations
Apparently resigned to ‘going it alone’ in his negotiations with the Basque terror group Eta, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero does not...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-18 10:23:21 | Updated: 2006-07-19 10:16:35
The Boss Sells Out
Tickets went on sale yesterday for the concert to be given by Bruce Springsteen at the Levante Stadium in Valencia next October....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:38:34 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:52:50
Art Comes to Benicassim
Art has come to Benicassim ahead of the Festival that is set to take place this coming weekend....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:47:38 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:40:27
Judge OK's Terra Mitica
A Benidorm court yesterday agreed to lift the bankruptcy protection order that had been ruled against Theme Park Terra Mitica almost two years ag...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:51:38 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:42:34
Sorting it Out
After a six-day wait, Malta finally agreed yesterday to repatriate the 51 illegal immigrants that had been rescued by a Santa Pola fishing smack. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 10:55:52 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:47:17
Alcoy Disaster
Part of the wall holding back the main park or Glorieta in Alcoy collapsed yesterday onto several stands present at the usual Tuesday open air...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 11:03:36 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:39:13
Water Problems
It has been revealed that the water reservoirs of Alarcon and Contreras will be completely dry within two months, causing the supply of water to...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 11:12:00 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:55:24
Bodies Found
Members of the National Police and the Guardia Civil have revealed that they have come across two bodies in Catral in Alicante Province....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-19 11:18:51 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:41:31
A Surprise Appearance
Valencian Socialist leader Joan Ignasi Pla surprised everyone yesterday when he turned up unannounced at the headquarters of the Valencian Railway...[ more ]Created: 2006-07-19 11:24:50 | Updated: 2006-07-20 09:38:01
Opening Day
The Benicassim Music Festival or FIB will open its doors today at 10 pm. The evening will begin with a performance by DJ Aldo Linares, and end at 3...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 09:58:19 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:35:46
Following Up
The Guardia Civil yesterday arrested 36-year-old Irishman Tony Armstrong, implying that he was involved with the deaths of two fellow Irishmen whose...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:06:11 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:33:43
Protection
Benissa Town Council yesterday voted to protect the El Collao area of the Municipality....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:09:32 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:37:52
Gandia Vandalism
Workers in Real Estate, political parties and banks in Gandia went to their offices yesterday to discover that they had been attacked by radical...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:12:35 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:34:43
Panic
Passengers on the Line 1 of the Valencia Metro system yesterday underwent a considerable panic attack after a train was stuck in a tunnel and in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:15:56 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:36:50
Villena Shooting
A wedding reception turned into tragedy in Villena yesterday, when at 3 am, a neighbour, exasperated by the high level of noise the reception was...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:19:05 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:42:28
Villajoyosa Tragedy
Three technicians were in Villajoyosa Hospital in a serious condition last night after a leak of hydrogen sulfide gas caused them to fall to the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-20 10:23:23 | Updated: 2006-07-21 09:38:58
Moving
Benissa Town Council yesterday unanimously approved the ceding of a piece of land owned by the municipality to the Interior ministry in order that a...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:00:32 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:48:01
Javea Chooses
Javea Town Council yesterday chose the company that it will use to establish its new General Plan – PGOU – that will replace the previous plan that...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:05:17 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:45:42
Investigation Launched
It was revealed yesterday that specialized inspectors from the tax office in Madrid as well as inside the Valencian Community have initiated an...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:19:36 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:44:37
Excuses
The Alicante Socialists were eagerly anticipating the visit of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and they hoped the visit was a long o...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:39:29 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:41:32
Fire
An area bordering on the municipalities of Villamarxant and Pedralba caught fire yesterday for the second time in four months....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:42:43 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:43:18
Still Serious
The condition of the three technicians who inhaled hydrogen sulfide gas when they were inspecting a plant in Villajoyosa still remains extremely...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-21 10:47:01 | Updated: 2006-07-22 10:51:44
Stopped-But Just For a While
The Benicassim Festival came to a halt for a while yesterday after members of The Pixies walked off the stage, stating that they considered the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:23:08 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:28:55
Post Office in Trouble
Teulada Town Council announced yesterday that it was placing an official complaint against the Spanish Postal Service for failing to deliver at least...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:26:51 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:27:48
Driver Detained
Police in Silla yesterday detained the driver of a bus carrying factory workers, who was discovered to be eight times over the legal limit in an...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:32:53 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:13:14
One Detained
The Guardia Civil yesterday detained a young man, and accused him of starting the fire in Villamarxant last Thursday that so far has affected some...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:47:49 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:21:13
Placing The Blame
The Valencian Government yesterday directly blamed the Socialist Government for the drop in foreign tourists in the Valencian Community for the first...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-22 11:55:31 | Updated: 2006-07-23 11:24:09
Benicassim Pulls Them In
The Benicassim Festival delighted thousands and thousands of fans yesterday with the appearance of The Smiths , whilst tonight it is the turn of...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 11:57:35 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:40:55
Taking Over
China has now become the principal supplier of goods to Alicante Province, effectively taking over from Germany and Italy, who up until this point...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:01:09 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:49:08
Getting Better
Juan Escoto, one of the three men who became critically ill after inhaling hydrogen sulfide gas regained consciousness yesterday in Villajoyosa...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:05:27 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:42:18
Good & Not So Good
Traffic Police in Alicante Province have just released the figures for the first six months of this year....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:09:02 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:43:22
Streets Closed Off
A gas leak from a Repsol distributor in the Alicante area known as La Florida yesterday was enough for the entire fire brigade to be mobilized, with...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:16:40 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:47:49
Water Crisis Deepens
With the Province of Alicante and the Region of Murcia in the depths of an unprecedented water crisis, and the Partido Popular nationally demanding...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:21:11 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:51:22
Temperatures Are Rising
Yesterday was undoubtedly the hottest day of the year in the Valencian community, with the morning starting at 30 degrees and eventually rising top...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-23 12:25:16 | Updated: 2006-07-24 10:50:18
Same Time Next Year
The 12th annual Benicassim Festival ended last night with the usual fiesta that for the last time took place on the beach....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:01:39 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:50:21
Land Chosen
Benissa Town Hall has apparently made a decision over the plans to build a private hospital in the Municipality. ...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:04:46 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:46:23
Resolution Signed
Carmen Calvo, the Culture Minister yesterday signed a resolution removing the responsibility of caring for the walls and castle of Morella from the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:08:50 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:49:14
Breaking New Ground
Valencian Supermarket chain Mercadona have signed an agreement with the state railroad service RENFE that it undertake the transport of merchandise...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:14:28 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:40:46
Getting Going
The Commission of Enquiry into the July 3rd Metro Crash in Valencia will get under way on Thursday, with the summoning of some 32 experts....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:21:16 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:43:49
First Death
It was revealed yesterday that Aitor Sarriugarte, a 34-year-old technician who was the first to enter the purification plant in Villajoyosa only to...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-25 10:27:13 | Updated: 2006-07-26 09:42:37
More Show
The Benidorm Theme Park Terra Mitica last night unveiled its new night show “The Beating Sea” on the lake near the Egypt section of the park....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:01:22 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:25:37
Another Robbery
A gang yesterday held up a jewellery store in San Vicente del Raspeig, making off with as much as 100,000 Euros-worth of watches and other precious...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:06:42 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:19:49
Action Demanded
According to the Socialists on Alfas del Pi Town Council, the Hotel Kactus in Albir that is already opened and working, has been overbuilt....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:28:50 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:18:45
Fishing Tragedy
Gandia Port is in mourning today following the death of 51-year-old Jorge Prieto....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:34:08 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:22:09
Five Injured in Accident
Five people were injured yesterday – two of them seriously – after a car left the road in Alicante’s Gran Via area, struck a lamp post and turned...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:39:46 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:23:12
Buying it Up
The Environment Ministry yesterday revealed that it was intent on spending some twenty million Euros in acquiring what it termed ‘specific beachfront...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:45:17 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:21:04
The 640,000
The latest figures released from the National Statistics Institute have revealed that the total population of the Valencian Community is 4.7 million...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-26 10:51:37 | Updated: 2006-07-27 10:26:46
Terrorising Benidorm
A new wave of robberies in Benidorm is alarming both the population and the police, due in no small part by the methods used, for the attacks take...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 10:45:40 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:26:34
Released
40-year-old Juan Escoto was released from Villajoyosa Hospital, after doctors found that he had made a ‘significant improvement’ following his...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 10:48:31 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:23:25
Builder Detained
Members of the Guardia Civil in Calpe have arrested a 40-year-old head of a local building firm after it was discovered that he was using fourteen...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 10:52:54 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:18:04
Lucky Escape
A British family of three had a lucky escape in their home in Benimarco – near Benissa - yesterday when their gas water heater exploded....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 10:57:35 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:20:40
Additional Taxes
The European Union yesterday took some anti-dumping measures aimed at protecting the Alicante shoe industry, after it was announced that additional...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 11:01:27 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:16:56
Going Our Way
The Commission looking into the July 3 Metro accident in Valencia yesterday was the forum of an acrid discussion between members of the Partido...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 11:08:16 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:19:38
Rudolph Giuliani
Rudolph Giuliani, who was Mayor of New York at the time of the September 11 attacks, and is largely credited with pulling the city together in the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-27 11:13:28 | Updated: 2006-07-28 09:25:04
60 Parking Places Taken
A Javea construction company has decided to cordon off some sixty parking places close to the Arenal beach in order that the workers can finish an...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 09:47:27 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:52:55
Thid Man Released
Santiago Mellado, the 63-year-old director of the Jucar Water Confederation, was released from Villajoyosa Hospital yesterday after spending the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 09:53:13 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:45:28
Baby Abandoned
“Don’t come after me as you won’t be able to find me,” was the content of the note pinned to a six-day-old baby who was found abandoned in the...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 09:59:41 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:51:52
Benidorm Police Arrest 5
Police in Benidorm yesterday arrested five people – including a minor – and accused them of being behind a series of robberies in the holiday town in...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 10:03:16 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:50:46
Sold!
The results of the bidding war for the land close to the Benidorm Theme Park Terra Mitica were made public yesterday. Conditions previously set had...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 10:08:35 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:46:31
Line 1 is OK
Four specialized technicians appeared before the Commission looking into the Valencian Metro Accident of July 3 when 43 people died....[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 10:14:45 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:49:44
Pulling Out
In a discreet statement last night, the Valencian Government revealed that it was suspending its sponsorship of the Valencian Community professional...[ more ]Author: Valencia Life
Created: 2006-07-28 10:24:24 | Updated: 2006-07-29 10:48:42