Torrevieja will celebrate Pride 2026 with a wide-ranging programme of cultural, educational and festive events from 26 June to 4 July. The initiative is led by Torrevieja Town Hall, through the Department of Social Welfare, in partnership with the association Torrevieja Diversa and other social, cultural and academic organisations. Organisers say the aim is to promote equality, inclusion, respect and visibility for the LGTBIQ+ community. Proceedings will begin on 26 June at 11:00 with the reading of the Pride manifesto […]

Torrevieja Municipal Theatre is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its inauguration with a special programme under the slogan “20 years sharing culture, making the heart of Torrevieja beat”. The theatre first opened its doors on 28 June 2006 and has since become one of the leading cultural venues in the city and the wider Alicante province. Over the past two decades, more than 600,000 spectators have attended upwards of 1,500 performances, including more than 30 musicals. More than 50 cultural […]

A teenage boy has been injured in a knife attack in the early hours of Sunday in the municipality of San Pedro del Pinatar. According to the Civil Guard, the minor was stabbed in the thigh near the town’s fairground. After the attack, he walked while bleeding to the Local Police station to seek help. Officers provided assistance before he received medical treatment. The Civil Guard has confirmed that an investigation is under way to establish the circumstances of the […]

Torrevieja City Council has announced a series of major updates affecting the town’s port area, following the recent opening of the Paseo del Mar leisure centre. Speaking on Monday, Mayor Eduardo Dolón confirmed that fairground operators will return to the newly renovated Paseo de La Libertad in mid-July, in time for the Virgen del Carmen festivities. A new road running through the port is also due to open to traffic in the coming days. The council has approved the tender […]

Two men have died after separate drowning incidents on beaches in Alicante province. The emergencies occurred on Sunday in the municipalities of Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja, according to the regional Emergency Information and Coordination Centre. In the first case, at 19:40, the centre received an alert that a 24-year-old man had been pulled unconscious from the sea at Mil Palmeras beach in Pilar de la Horadada. A SAMU advanced life support unit and a basic life support ambulance […]

The Valencian Government’s Emergency Coordination Centre has extended a yellow alert for high temperatures to the entire province of Valencia. The warning also remains active along the southern coast of Alicante. The decision was announced in an updated meteorological bulletin issued at 7pm on Monday. Earlier in the day, at 11.55am, the alert had applied only to northern inland areas and the coast of Valencia, as well as the southern Alicante coastline. According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in […]

Schools in Orihuela Costa are exceeding official capacity by around 600 places as enrolment opens for the new academic year. The three coastal Infant and Primary schools have about 1,730 pupils enrolled, despite having space for 1,260. Around 100 applications are still awaiting allocation, and a similar number of late enrolments are expected before the autumn. Los Dolses, built for 360 pupils, is accommodating around 650. Playas de Orihuela has 630 pupils despite capacity for 540, while Número 20, designed […]

A loggerhead turtle has laid 106 eggs on the Marineta Casiana beach in Denia, in Alicante province, marking the first recorded nesting on the Valencian coast in 2026. The turtle, named Diana, is the same animal that nested in the area in 2023 and 2025. The nest was discovered in the early hours of Monday after the manager of Marina el Portet spotted the turtle and alerted the regional stranding network. Local council staff secured the area, and authorities decided […]

A 35-year-old man has died after being rescued from the sea at El Portús beach in Cartagena on Sunday evening, according to the Murcia region’s 1-1-2 emergency services. The Emergency Coordination Centre received a call at 19:15 reporting that a man had been pulled from the water unconscious and that cardiopulmonary resuscitation manoeuvres were under way. Civil Protection officers from Cartagena, the Guardia Civil and an ambulance from the 061 Health Emergencies and Urgencies Service were sent to the scene. […]