Politics

Time for Orihuela Costa residents to wake up and smell the coffee!

Over 80% of Orihuela Costa inhabitants are non-Spanish, an aspect that undoubtedly influences the decisions made by Orihuela’s politicians, where spending patterns inevitably favour...

International Condemnation over child sexual exploitation at Torrevieja Carnival

Although the recent wave of both anti-gay and anti-feminine hatred had started to die down, fuelled by the far-right VOX political group immediately after...

Encouraging turnout at first PIOC AGM

The first Annual General Assembly was held by the Partido Independencia Orihuela Costa, PIOC, on Friday evening at The Emerald in La Florida. The meeting...

Uncertain future for Albatera, the largest Franco concentration camp in Spain

The "Albatera concentration camp", the largest Francoist detention centre in Spain, housed over 15,000 prisoners in April 1939. Archaeological surveys that are being carried...

Former mayor of Bigastro admitted to Open Prison

The former socialist mayor of Bigastro, José Joaquín Moya, has been admitted to an open prison in Murcia, where he will serve a four-year...

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