After waiting for 20 years, Murcia finally has a high-speed train to Madrid
A high-speed AVE train link has been inaugurated this week between the Spanish region of Murcia and Madrid, after waiting 19 years and four months for...
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Spain, France and Portugal to push ahead with ‘BarMar’ hydrogen pipeline
Spain, France and Portugal on Friday unveiled details of their ambitious plan for an underwater pipeline to bring green hydrogen from the Iberian Peninsula to...
Police in Spain dismantle Europe’s most active gang printing counterfeit money
Spanish police said on Thursday that they had smashed Europe’s most active and largest gang printing counterfeit money, which made over €8 million in fake cash...
Three people die during bull festivals in the Valencia region
Three men, including a French tourist, have died this week after suffering severe injuries during the traditional ‘Bous al carrer’ (bulls in the street) bull...
Valencia region seeks change in 90 day rule for UK visitors, as tourism figures jump
Discussions have taken place this week between authorities in Valencia and the UK about the possibility of extending the 90-day length of stay rule for...
A great family trip to Alicante from UK, despite 10 Covid tests
After deliberating about everything that could possibly go wrong with a short trip to Spain from the UK, with differing rates of Covid cases, restrictions...
Valencia in English – weekly news round-up (25 July)
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (29 July) 77 towns and cities now under curfew and a limit of 10 in social gatherings Valencia’s High Court has...
Seven British fugitives have been arrested in Spain in just three weeks
Seven British fugitives have been arrested in Spain in the space of just three weeks as a result of joint operations between the UK’s National Crime...
Spain has over 5.8m foreign residents – and 4 cities in top 10 destinations to live
Data released last week confirmed that the number of foreign residents in Spain has reached an all time high, at just over 5.8 million at the...
Post-Brexit and Covid, is the toughest transition still to come for Brits on the Costas?
Covid travel restrictions explain the current eerie atmosphere in towns on the Costas of southern Spain, but will the impact of Brexit prolong the ghost...
