Archive for: August 2011

The Jalon Valley is often called the Vall de Pop and it is inland Costa Blanca.It is a valley which is easily reached by the N-332 and the A-7.

The awesome Sierra de Bernia forms a backdrop …

The Managing Director of the Spanish CAM bank has been suspended.The Bank of Spain took over the CAM when it saw that its property portfolio was overvalued and there was not enough cash.This took place on July 22.

A …

Consumer prices in Spain fell last month for the third consecutive month.This information has come from the National Institute of Statistics.

According to analysts this drop in the Retail Price Index from 3.2 to 3.1 was due mainly to …

Three people died in a Spanish funfair accident in Villacañas near Toledo recently.Three 16 year old boys died and a 16 year old girl was seriously injured when the gondola that they were riding in came away from …

The aftermath of a botellon party in Benidorm on the Costa Blanca comes at a cost.The cleaning up bill every night costs the local council a lot of money.These parties are illegal and residents are complaining …

Xativa is a town close to Valencia on the Costa Azahar.Recently during their fiesta a 29 year old man was gored by a bull and later died in hospital.

The bull is a 10year old 500 kilo …

In an effort to save on their 7 million euro a year electricity bill Alicante City on the Costa Blanca will start an emergency plan by reducing street lighting.They hope to save a million euros in this way.

They …

Twelve European countries were recently surveyed to discover which country took the most days of holiday during the year.

People in Spain have an entitlement to more days off than do people in Britain .The English take the fewest …