Archive for: May 19, 2012

January 17th is the day of san Anton and the tradition in Spain is that on this day animals are blessed by a priest in the name of San Anton.In Alicante this happened in the local bullring.It was filled to …

Several meetings will be hosted along the Costa Blanca over the next few months.Alicante,benidorm and Javea will host them because of the Spanish presidency of the EU.Hundreds of top government members and leaders of civil society from the two Mediterranean …

The Valencia Council of Culture has a Heritage Department and it has informed the owners of Barxell Castle in Alcoy,near Alicante, that it has to get its house in order within the next three months ,if only to make it …

A 26 year old resident of Rojales is in hospital after being stabbed during a road rafe incident on the A-37 road.It appears that the two drivers had an altercation on the road for some reason known only to people …

The police in Torrevieja were called to the scene of a domestic violence dispute last week.The call came from the 13 year old son of the couple in dispute.The husband had barricaded them inside their house and they had been …

Denia,on the Costa Blanca,has an Archaeological Museum which has just received a donation of archaeological remains found on shipwrecks from the Roman era in LÁlmadrava and LÁntinar bays.They have been donated by Ximo Mas from El Verger who collected them …

European Shags have been found on the cliffs of the Costa Blanca,the Environmental Council has announced that 13 pairs have bred on the cliffs of Las Marinas and four of them have nested for the first time.This has meant a …