The Civil Guard in the Region of Murcia has dismantled an illegal tobacco sales point operating from a private home in La Manga del Mar Menor, Cartagena. A 65-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling. Specialists from the Fiscal and Borders unit seized 1,950 packets of cigarettes and 28 one-kilo bags of loose tobacco. The total value of the goods has been estimated at more than 18,000 euros. The investigation began after officers received information about the possible […]

Almoradí Council has launched a €1,463,976 tender to carry out a full refurbishment and extension of a disused building at the town’s bus station. The site will become a new Children and Adolescent Mental Health Day Hospital, strengthening specialist care in the municipality and across the Vega Baja comarca. The project has an expected completion period of nine months. The council will transfer the finished facility to the Generalitat Valenciana, allowing it to operate as part of the public health […]

The Tenedores de Oro awards for twenty twenty five were announced during a ceremony held at the Centro de Desarrollo Turístico in Torrevieja. The event featured prominent members from the Association of Hospitality Businesses of Torrevieja and surrounding areas, including the local mayor Eduardo Dolón, and other distinguished guests. These awards aim to recognise excellence in the hospitality and tourism industry, honouring those who have made significant contributions to the sector. Among the recipients are Agamed, awarded the 2025 Recognition […]

An accidental overflow of sewage has led to contamination of the Mar Menor at Castillico Beach in San Javier today. This situation arose due to a blockage caused by construction works undertaken by the Ministry of Defence. The overflow affected a sewage network that discharged washing water from pumps used nearby. Local authorities confirmed that environmental agents were deployed to investigate the incident. The general director of Mar Menor, Víctor Serrano, also visited the site to ensure the issue was […]

International tourism in the Valencia Community has achieved remarkable milestones. From January to September two thousand and twenty-five, expenditure by foreign tourists reached twelve billion eight hundred and seventy-seven million euros, surpassing the twelve billion eight hundred million euro mark for the first time and showing an increase of six point six percent compared to the same period in the previous year. This data, published by the National Institute of Statistics, indicates record levels both in terms of spending volume […]

The First Vice-Presidency and Ministry of Social Services, Equality and Housing of the Valencian Government has announced an allocation of one point eight million euros to aid in the construction of new social service centres as part of the two thousand and twenty-five funding programme. Elena Albalat, the Secretary for the Autonomous Sociosanitary System, emphasised that investing in social infrastructure equates to investing in dignity, aiming to ensure safe, modern spaces for quality care of the most vulnerable individuals. Albalat […]

The National Police have arrested a fifty-two-year-old man and his twenty-four-year-old daughter in Torrevieja for offences including drug trafficking, possession of illegal firearms, and money laundering. The operation, conducted by the Judicial Police from Elche, resulted in the seizure of over twelve kilograms of cocaine, three handguns with ammunition, luxury vehicles, and cash valued at around one hundred and fifty-one thousand euros. Investigators had been monitoring a male resident of a Torrevieja urbanisation suspected of selling cocaine on a medium […]

Terra Natura Murcia has said farewell to its oldest animal, Fabila, a brown bear who turned 34 in January. She died this week after spending nearly three decades at the park. Fabila arrived at the former Espinardo zoo, now Terra Natura Murcia, in 1997 alongside another bear, Baku. The pair were the first brown bears to be housed at the park, having come from the Martioda Centre in Sobrón, Álava. Fabila went on to live at the site for 28 […]

San Javier’s former airport is being transformed into a major aerospace and science innovation hub. Work is already under way to create a dual technology centre focused on the aerospace sector, with that part of the project expected to open next summer. Alongside it, a new Business Incubation Centre will be established, co-financed and coordinated by the Spanish Space Agency and the European Space Agency. The plans allow for up to four start-ups to be incubated at any one time […]