The Valencian Government has authorised the first large bluefin tuna fattening farm in the region, off Pilar de la Horadada. The project uses an aquaculture concession approved in 2021 for gilthead sea bream and sea bass, but the Fisheries Directorate has now approved a change to Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus. The facility will occupy 45 hectares of maritime-terrestrial public domain. Plans for 25 cages measuring 30 metres in diameter have been replaced by ten cages measuring 50 metres, with […]

Animal charity Animur estimates that Cartagena has around 10,000 feral cats, but only about 600 have been sterilised. That is barely 6% of the estimated population. Animur says cats can produce up to three generations of kittens in a single year, allowing numbers to grow faster than volunteers can manage. Spanish councils have been legally responsible for managing feral cat colonies since 2017. Cartagena created an Animal Welfare office, but Animur says it has received very limited funding, with only […]

Los Montesinos Town Council has suspended the tender for a new waste collection and street cleaning service after PreZero España appealed to the Central Administrative Court for Contractual Appeals. The company, which currently provides the waste service, has challenged the tender documents and requested their annulment. PreZero says the staffing costs published in the contract do not match the real costs of employees who would have to transfer to the future operator. It has also questioned the absence of a […]

The Guardia Civil has dismantled an alleged criminal group accused of selling drugs from five homes in San Javier and San Pedro del Pinatar, in Murcia. The operation was led by the ROCA team based in Torrevieja and uncovered an indoor cannabis plantation containing 250 plants. Officers searched the five properties and seized cocaine, heroin, hashish, cannabis and nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. They also found €1,151 in cash, precision scales, mobile phones and other items linked to […]

The Orihuela Chamber of Commerce has backed Torrevieja Council’s request for the Spanish Government to tender and build the widening of the N-332 through the city. Chamber president Mario Martínez has described the project as urgent, necessary and important to the wider area. The chamber says congestion on the N-332 and surrounding roads affects mobility, tourism, trade, public services and economic activity throughout the year, not only during the summer. It wants councils across the Vega Baja to support the […]

Los Alcázares Town Council has reassured residents after parts of the Mar Menor turned bright green on Monday, 24 August. Images of the unusual colour spread across social media, prompting concern about whether the lagoon had been polluted. The council has said the colour was caused by a natural, harmless dye used during filtration tests on the local sewerage system. The tests are being carried out by Pronorte as part of ongoing sewerage works in Los Alcázares, and some of […]

San Javier’s 56th International Theatre, Music and Dance Festival has closed with around 25,000 spectators, making it the most popular edition of the past decade. Attendance and box-office takings both rose by almost 10 per cent, while the event recorded a record number of subscribers, with more than 300. The programme featured 20 productions across 19 consecutive days. Five key performances sold out: Japanese percussion group Yamato’s ‘Hinotori, the Phoenix’, Luz Casal’s concert, Els Joglars’ ‘The Retable of Marvels’, ‘The […]

Spain’s Guardia Civil has arrested two German fugitives wanted by authorities in Germany over their alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking network. One man was arrested in Tenerife on 28 January, while the other was later detained at a property in Cartagena. The Guardia Civil began investigating in June 2025, after Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, known as the BKA, asked for help locating the suspects. The men had fled to Spain as pressure mounted on the organisation, which […]

Los Montesinos Council is to install two automatic red-light cameras on Avenida del Mar, the main road through the town centre. The equipment will be positioned near the junction with Calle Carlos Díez and will monitor traffic travelling in both directions at the same set of lights. The system will read number plates, take photographs and may record video when it detects a vehicle crossing the stop line while the lights are red. Local Police officers will review the evidence […]