Archive for: May 20, 2012

During the Christmas holidays in Spain there were 54 deaths on Spanish roads.These were the figures released by the traffic department recently.The data runs from 3pm on the 23rd December to midnight on January 8.During the same period in the …

The focus of attention is on the Valencia regional government which owes banks a whopping 4,700 million euros.Both central government and regional governments are in the throes of reducing their huge debts.

The Valencia region debt has been run up by …

Four Guardia Civil policemen are being charged with corruption in an Alicante court.There are two sergeants, an officer and a private.The prosecution is seeking 15 years for one of the sergeants , five and a half years for the officer …

The Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotel Association  ( Hosbec ) has stated that in 2011 the hotel occupancy rate in Benidorm was 80% which was in fact on a par with the rates in 2005 which was pre-the Spanish economic …

A Spanish national with an existing criminal record was caught last week in Denia on the Costa Blanca carrying 6 kilos of cocaine in his van.He was in the port area of the town.The drugs were hidden in the luggage …

The Valencia regional government wants to save over a billion euros and it has approved a number of things which it hopes will do just that for them.

The policy of attracting the big events to Valencia is being revised and …

The Valencia region in Spain, which includes the Costa Blanca and the Costa Azahar , has one of the highest levels of biodiversity in Europe, more than the UK , Germany or Sweden.There are more than 18,487 species known in …