ALICANTE NEWS

New bus stop to allow safer access to Torrevieja’s weekly market The new bus stop is located at the pedestrian entrance to the market, on Avenida de Monge y Bielsa The department of Quality of Urban Services from the Town Hall in Torrevieja, in collaboration with the department of Transport, have carried out improvements.. 20/04/2021

17-year-old vandal detained in Alicante for smashing window of TRAM with a beer bottle The glass bottle broke the TRAM’s windscreen and the criminal was detained at the scene, close to the Albufereta TRAM stop Officers from the Policía Local in Alicante have detained a 17-year-old for an act of vandalism after he threw.. 20/04/2021

Squatter arrested for growing 998 marihuana plants in illegally occupied property in Novelda, AlicantePolice officers from the province of Alicante also discovered that the man had been stealing electricity from a nearby transformer Imagine being the owner of a property and arriving to find a house and swimming pool full of marijuana plants being.. 20/04/2021

Human chain to remove 38-year-old trapped in San Fulgencio ditchThe roadside accident happened on the CV-859 road in the province of Alicante and the man was rescued by the emergency services, with the help of his work colleagues A 38-year-old man has been injured in an accident at work in the municipality of.. 20/04/2021

Firefighters called to remove 90,000 bees from high school in Alicante Around 90,000 bees in total were removed from the high school located on Calle Alonso Cano Firefighters are expected to deal with an extraordinary range of situations and at this time of year are often called in to assist with particularly difficult.. 20/04/2021

The Pascual Flores sails again; Torrevieja replica restored by the Nao Victoria FoundationThe boat is a replica of the 1917 pailebote historically used to transport salt from Torrevieja and the province of Alicante The Nao Victoria Foundation, a non-profit organization which makes and restores replicas of historical boats and galleys.. 19/04/2021

Covid cases in the region of Valencia back into double digits: Alicante Covid update April 19 86 new cases in the region of Valencia and 22 in the province of Alicante The official bulletin posted by the regional government on Monday (April 19) reported a slight drop in Covid cases across the Comunidad Valenciana, with only 86 new coronavirus.. 19/04/2021

Orihuela Costa offers free concert on May 1 in Orihuela Costa with local Symphonic Orchestra The concert in Playa Flamenca was originally scheduled for April 17, but was postponed due to the weather conditions in the province of Alicante On Saturday (May 1), the Symphonic Orchestra of Orihuela (OSO) will perform a concert in tribute to revered.. 19/04/2021

Anti-mosquito treatments every 15 days until September in Orihuela Rain in the province of Alicante this spring has created favourable breeding conditions for mosquitos Following a fairly wet spring, the environmental department of Orihuela council, in collaboration with the company Mosquitos CTL, has announced.. 19/04/2021

Regional president Ximo Puig receives his vaccine along with other 60 to 65-year-olds in Valencia The mass vaccination campaign starting on April 19 will administer 185,000 doses in the region of Valencia this week The president of the Comunidad Valenciana, Ximo Puig, received his Covid-19 vaccine this Monday (April 19) in the Ciudad de las Artes.. 19/04/2021

No primary or high school student groups in quarantine in the province of Alicante Only 71 students and 10 teachers have tested positive for Covid following the Easter holidays The Comunidad Valenciana currently has the lowest level of Covid incidence in Spain and this is reflected in the latest data relating to Covid in educational.. 19/04/2021

34 cases of Covid diagnosed in Torrevieja health area last week; twelve times lower than the level in Madrid Two of the  cases were in Guardamar del Segura During the last week between 12th and 18th April, 34 new Covid cases were diagnosed in the Torrevieja health area, which represents a cumulative incidence rate of 31.53 cases per one hundred thousand.. 19/04/2021

Four mass vaccination centres across the Valencia region help to boost vaccination rate this weekThe centres are located in Valencia, Alicante, Elche and Castellón On Monday (April 19), the Comunidad Valenciana began mass vaccination in 4 major centres across the three provinces in order to administer around two million vaccines, accounting.. 19/04/2021

Underground galleries in Caleta del Puerto in Xabia to be opened for virtual tours The galleries are thought to have been used to store ammunition during the Spanish Civil War The department of Culture in Xábia/Javea (Marina Alta Comarca) has commissioned an interactive virtual tour to enable members of the public to see.. 17/04/2021

Sewer system in Benidorm’s Old Town to be modernized The work will be carried out on Calle Rosario and Calle Alcalde Jaume Ferrer Nomdedeu, where bad smells and blockages are common The Town Hall in Benidorm, in collaboration with the water company Hidraqua, has started a modernization project on the.. 17/04/2021

Xabia Folk 2021: annual festival to go ahead at the beginning of May The free entry concerts will take place on the first and second weekend of May in the Montaner park The Town Hall in Xábia (javea), located on the northern coast of the province of Alicante (Marina Alta Comarca), has published information.. 17/04/2021

Covid cases increase by largest figure for two weeks: Alicante Covid update April 16 229 new cases in the region of Valencia and 78 in the province of Alicante The official update published on April 16 by the regional government reports 229 new coronavirus cases in the region of Valencia, and  78 in the province of Alicante.. 16/04/2021

Three similar murders in the region of Valencia raise concerns about copycat crime Three women have been found strangled in Elche, Silla and Massarrojos in the last five months In the past five months, the bodies of three different women, all murdered by strangulation, have been found in the Comunidad Valenciana, but to date police.. 16/04/2021

Benidorm Town Hall gains jurisdiction over 320 square metres of seafront landThe Town Hall has been requesting this concession from Costas since 2016 The Town Hall in Benidorm has finally obtained the concession of 320 square metres of land from the Coastal authorities (Costas), located between the seafront of Paseo de Col.. 16/04/2021

Orihuela noble farmhouse added to Red List of endangered historic buildings The seven buildings on the Red List make Orihuela the most represented municipality in Alicante The reputation of Orihuela for its historic architectural heritage has been still further enhanced this week by the addition of a seventh building in the.. 18/03/2021