News
Eva Benito / 2011-12-17 08:21:41
FRIDAY’S ninth International Carol service in Torrevieja was blessed both by mild weather and more than 2,000 residents, mainly of British, Irish or Scandinavian descent, who showed up in festiv...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-17 06:33:01
In the current economic climate, many people are struggling to get by. There are reports of increased unemployment, the rising cost of living and foreclosures on properties, and yet, despite the fears...
Sport » Soccer » Elche CF
ELCHE’S CHRISTMAS CRACKER TAKES THEM TOP!John McGregor / 2011-12-18 13:06:11
Elche 6 Alcorcon 0 Christmas came early for all loyal Elche supporters, as Alcorcan were soundly given six of the best on Friday night in front of 10,5...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-23 18:50:01
ALTEA OFFICIALS DECLINE CHRISTMAS BONUS TO SAVE JOBS In contrast to garbage workers in Orihuela refusing to work until they were guaranteed their Christmas bonus, workers at Altea town hall have prot...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-22 22:17:02
PENSIONER BUS PASS HELP The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, has announced that there will be additional funding in the 2012 budget that will go to assist pensioners in covering the costs o...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-21 23:33:59
SPAIN HAS A NEW GOVERNMENT The leader of the Partido Popular, Mariano Rajoy, has been signed in as the President of the Kingdom of Spain this week in a ceremony in Madrid. The new cabinet was appoin...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-21 18:54:37
Rubbish collectors and street cleaners across the Orihuela municipality have called off their threatened strike action, due to start at midnight tonight, after lengthy negotiations throughout the day....
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 22:19:15
The Spanish road authority, the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) are issuing the annual warning of increased traffic on the roads during the Christmas and New Year period, between Frid...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 21:50:54
The natural and conservational branch of the Guardia Civil, SEPRONA, have confiscated 1,850 kilos of octopus that they found at auction, but smaller than the minimum size as dictated by European legis...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 19:56:27
Unions representing fire fighters in Alicante have categorically rejected plans by the municipal service managers to reduce their overtime by 50% in 2012. Initially, the plan was to cut out all over ...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 19:42:54
The Spanish airport authority AENA have offered what many consider to be the ultimate compromise to troubled airline Ryanair, in a bid to allow the airline to continue to serve Alicante El Altet airpo...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 19:21:07
Following two days of closing their doors to trade, pharmacists across Valencia have receive the 60 million euro outstanding payment, at a time which it was promised by the government, and have theref...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 19:13:16
A disabled rights group have complained to the Alicante city council after they placed Santa´s grotto at the top of four steps, which would therefore prevent wheelchair users and others with mob...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-20 18:53:19
SPAIN WAS HOTTER THAN EVER According to data released by the Spanish Meteorological office, 2011 was one of the hottest years on record since 1961. However, they also say that the winter will be &ldq...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-19 22:11:16
TAX HIKE FOR GUARDAMAR Members of the PSOE party in Guardamar have filed a complaint after it was announced this week that the mayor of the town intends to increase taxes payable by bars and restaura...
Charities
Contributor / 2011-12-19 11:46:20
The Teddy Bear Auction held on Saturday 10th December at Monroe’s Bar in Bolnuevo was an outstanding success! Marina Curtis who lives in Bolnuevo had a large collection of bears including some c...
News
Press Release / 2011-12-18 14:52:47
This coming Thursday December 22, 2011 at 17:15 there will be the first International Carol Concert held in the Cathedral in Orihuela. The organization has been arranged by the Council department of...
Sport » Tennis
Contributor / 2011-12-18 13:21:15
Last Friday the Montepiedra Sports Centre (based in Dehesa de Campoamor) hosted its annual Christmas Tennis and Padel Tenis tournament. It true festive spirit many of the people involved came ...
News
Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-17 17:28:05
Following on from the excellent response to the Leader ‘Toys 4 Tots’ Campaign, Father Joaquin Carlos from the La Zenia Catholic Church has asked that we mention the Christmas Carol Service...
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Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-17 06:52:49
The Orihuela Costa and District Branch of The Royal British Legion held their Christmas Branch meeting on Thursday 15 December at The Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras where they announced the amount...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-16 23:45:36
In one of the most diverse moves to bridge the gap between foreigners living in Spain, the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada has launched a telephone helpline, in both Spanish and English, that wil...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-16 21:03:18
In a statement issued on Friday, in reference to the continued issues surrounding the airline Ryanair and their unwillingness to negotiate, the Spanish airport authority AENA announced that they are &...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-16 20:44:12
A judge in a court in Alicante has ordered two brothers to serve a year each in prison and pay a fine of 52,500 euro, after they were found to be selling duplicated and non original DVD´s in the...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-16 20:30:39
The Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm has welcomed a new resident this week, a four metre long King Cobra called Frank! Frank has arrived at the park along with a female companion, a 3.8 metre spe...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-16 20:11:55
SHARK CAUGHT IN GUARDAMAR A father and son fishing team, who were hoping to catch prawns off the coast of Guardamar, had a surprise in their catch when they found a 200 kilo shark in their nets. The...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-15 21:54:55
RUBBISH STRIKE POSTPONED The strike by garbage collectors in Orihuela, that should have taken place on Friday, has been postponed for another week to allow discussions between workers and management ...
News
Gemma Quinn / 2011-12-15 20:28:43
Back in September we reported on how modern day technology had allowed one man to be transported back in time some 70 years to the place where he was evacuated during the war. Now, just months later a...
Entertainment
Contributor / 2011-12-15 19:43:18
Visitors to the Los Montesinos market recently might remember being amazed by the appearance of Buddy Holly on the main stage. The comments from the audience at the time were convinced that Buddy Holl...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-14 21:45:39
In a visit to Torrevieja this week, the Minister of Education, Employment and Training for the Valencia community, José Císcar, has announced that the derelict primary and infant Colegio...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-14 21:22:51
PHARMACISTS TO CLOSE IN PROTEST In a meeting on Wednesday, pharmacists across Alicante have agreed to close their doors and provide the most minimum of service on the 19th, 20th and 21st December. T...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-14 20:57:52
The Director General of Trade and Consumer affairs has stated that they have withdrawn 90,000 toys from sale this year as they pose a threat to the health and safety of children. The announcement was...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-14 20:39:06
We featured a story about this submarine in June 2009 (click here to read), but now, archaeological divers from the Spanish Fundación Greenwich have finally photographed the German submarine U7...
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Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-14 16:23:57
It seems that the refuse collection strike planned for Friday by over 120 members of the UTE (Union Temporal de Empresas) is now off following the surprise decision by the company Urbaser to pay...
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Mark Nolan / 2011-12-14 10:54:47
The Benidorm hoteliers association HOSBEC has announced that 2011 has proven to be a good year for the tourism industry, marking the best year since the stat of the current economic crisis. However, ...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-13 23:43:20
The Spanish business association CEOE (Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales), have tabled a notion to move all public holidays in Spain towards a weekend, taking them t...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-13 23:19:04
The annual Christmas tree at Guardamar has long been one of wonder, from the one formed from plastic carrier bags carrying messages from contributors, to a representation of the local flora, with labe...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-13 23:03:18
Although many in the ex-pat community may not realise the significance, the funeral has been held this week for 77 year old Spanish businessman Juan Antonio Sirvent Arroyo. Popular all year round, on...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-13 21:33:38
The Guardia Civil have arrested 25 people in connection with a well known and long running scam involving fake inspections of gas installations in home across the Alicante area. The detainees are bei...
News
Mark Nolan / 2011-12-13 21:18:12
A group of people representing those directly affected by the economic crisis have held a rally in front of the CAM bank in Elche on Tuesday, campaigning for them to allow affected residents to live i...
News
Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-13 15:05:19
Ryanair have said that they will cut summer services equating to over 1.5 million customers in Alicante airport Among the 18 routes cancelled a number have proved to be extremely profitable includin...
News
Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-13 14:12:25
A healthy crowd turned out in La Zenia on Monday evening to see the mayor of Orihuela, Monserrate Guillén, switch on the Christmas lights on the Orihuela Costa. He simultaneously illuminated t...
Sport » Golf » Golf Course Review
Mike Probert / 2011-12-13 09:29:51
Roda by Mike Probert (sponsored by Costa Blanca Green Fee Services). Introduction Roda Golf is yet another of those courses designed by Dave Thomas of ‘The Belfry’ fame. The natural terr...
Sport » Soccer » UD Horadada
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR HORADADA´s LEWISKevin Reardon / 2011-12-18 14:50:29
Villajoyosa 0 Horadada 2 Seventeen year old Brit Lewis came off the bench to secure the points for Horadada as he bagged the first Horadada goal of his fledgling football career. After the Reds had...
Sport » Soccer » Santa Pola CF
Kevin Rendall / 2011-12-18 14:48:00
Santa Pola CF 4 – 3 CF Almoradi. Santa Pola inexplicably allowed a carefully crafted three goal lead to be pegged back before securing all three points with a late, late Alfonso strike, his seco...
Sport » Darts
Contributor / 2011-12-18 13:18:42
Good news for professional darts player Kevin Painter. He scooped the £60,000 first prize for lifting the Cash Converter Players Championship at the Doncaster Dome U.K. The 44 year old Englishma...
Sport » Soccer » CD Thader
Macer / 2011-12-18 13:08:55
Pinoso 4 Thader 2 A bright clear sky but low in the warmth department and a wind blowing down the pitch which could cause problems. The first chance falls to Javi, who unselfishly passed when a...
Sport » Golf
Mike Probert / 2011-12-13 09:59:07
Here on the Costa’s golf is one of the biggest leisure time activities for both tourists and resident alike and with this in mind we have worked with Mike Probert of Costa Blanca Green Fee Servi...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-23 21:53:52
One of the oldest golf societies - This may be an ...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-23 21:52:36
Saturday Afternoon 10th Dec La Marina Pathfinders ...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-23 21:51:04
Saturday 10 the Apollos played the postponed match...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-23 21:49:16
We had a great turn out on Sunday at Roda for our ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-21 12:34:22
We had two away days this week, the first being at...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-21 12:32:49
On Monday 12th December, for our last game before ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-21 12:19:31
RESULTS Monday Dec 12th. Stable...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-21 11:54:19
We played a Stableford competition at Bonalba on F...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-21 11:30:45
What a good result for Quesada Pearls this week in...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-21 11:15:53
On Sunday, the Klingons played their rearranged SA...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-21 11:10:45
SABA- San Miguel Pulsars returned to Emerald ...
Sport » Soccer » General
Contributor / 2011-12-21 10:59:04
Thader Murcia 2 Mazarron FC 0 This bottom o...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-21 10:52:53
Another cracking day at La Tercia golf course....T...
News
Staff Reporter / 2011-12-21 10:49:12
Once again the generosity of people gives one grea...
Entertainment
Contributor / 2011-12-21 10:44:47
After our very successful pantomime Aladdin. The P...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-21 10:44:33
We returned to our home course Roda for our final ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:14:55
Phew what a week! Wednesday 14th December we playe...
Features » Finance and Money » Currency and Foreign Exchange News and Commentary
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:12:34
They seem to be coming thick and fast at the momen...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:09:38
SABA - Vistabella C played away this week to Sa Lu...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:08:42
The last week of competition before the Christmas ...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:06:33
The Society enjoyed our Christmas Dinner at Stan &...
Sport » Bowls
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:02:26
Last Weeks bowling before the Christmas break and ...
Sport » Bowls
Kevin Reardon / 2011-12-19 12:01:40
Firstly we have to report that Arthur Clarke passe...
Sport » Golf
Contributor / 2011-12-19 11:55:29
Sponsored By Ibex Insurance -The 4th round of matc...
Features » Finance and Money » Currency and Foreign Exchange News and Commentary
Contributor / 2011-12-19 12:12:34
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