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British government offers advice on fires in Javea

THE British Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a short announcement today, September 5 stating “If you’re travelling to the Benitachell and Javea areas of Spain check with your travel...Read More

Latest: Fires continue to rage through the Costa Blanca

TRUSTED EWN sources have revealed that the young men arrested for questioning in connection with the fires were allegedly paid by a construction firm in what may turn out to be a serious case of...Read More

Cocaine discovered in container load of bananas from Columbia

WORKING with customs enforcement officials of the Spanish Tax Agency, the National Police have confiscated 900 kilos of cocaine shipped from Columbia in a container supposedly full of bananas.
The investigation...Read More

Merkel punished in regional elections as immigration policies take centre stage

AFTER more than a decade in power Angela Merkel may be facing her greatest challenge yet in next year’s general election following her party’s ignominious defeat in Sunday’s regional...Read More

Hundreds evacuated as huge wildfire rips through forest near Javea

A MASSIVE forest fire has destroyed homes and woodland and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 people from two towns in Alicante province.
Nearly 260 people were forced to spend the night in one...Read More

Girl discovered in a hidden compartment of a car in Tarifa

OFFICERS of the National Police were searching cars disembarking from the Tangier ferry in Tarifa when they discovered a 19-year-old Moroccan girl hidden in a special compartment in the boot of a car...Read More

Tennis legends to face off in Marbella social event

ECOVIDRIO, the non-profit organisation in charge of managing glass recycling in Spain, has teamed up with the Senior Masters Cup tennis tournament to be held at Puente Romano Tennis Club in Marbella later...Read More

Star in the making

ESTEPONA has unveiled its grand vision to provide its citizens with an athletics stadium certified for professional competition.
The ambitious project involves construction of a 16,488m2 stadium with...Read More

Back in the spotlight

A FORMER mayor of Benidorm was back in the spotlight in his favourite place, though in a completely different guise than in his days at the helm of the Costa Blanca city.
Though many former mayors...Read More

Heatwave as summer sultriness returns to Spain

THE arrival of September may have brought slightly cooler temperatures to southern Spain, but the baking heat has now returned in earnest.
A high of 33°C was recorded in Malaga City on Sunday, September...Read More