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LOCAL NEWS – SATURDAY 14...

January 13th, 2012 7:54 pm - Comments Off
ELCHE GETS REBRANDED The city of Elche has been showing of its bright new logo this week, as part of a new scheme to relaunch the city as a tourist destination for domestic and...
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LOCAL NEWS – FRIDAY 13...

January 12th, 2012 7:23 pm - Comments Off
ORIHUELA CHANGING ACCESS LICENCE PLATE In a bid to crack down on non payment of fees and falsification of license plates, property owners who have access across the pavement to...
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LOCAL NEWS – THURSDAY 29...

December 28th, 2011 9:24 pm - Comments Off
WATER RISE FOR ORIHUELA The cost of supplying water to households of the municipality of Orihuela will rise by 7.5% in 2012, meaning an increase of about 2,50 euro per month for...
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LOCAL NEWS – THURSDAY 29...

December 28th, 2011 9:24 pm - Comments Off
WATER RISE FOR ORIHUELA The cost of supplying water to households of the municipality of Orihuela will rise by 7.5% in 2012, meaning an increase of about 2,50 euro per month for...
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LOCAL NEWS – FRIDAY 23...

December 22nd, 2011 11:17 pm - Comments Off
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...
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CHEAP RENT FOR THE HOMELESS...

December 13th, 2011 10:18 pm - Comments Off
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...
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LOCAL NEWS BITES MONDAY 12...

December 12th, 2011 8:14 am - Comments Off
Former Presidente of the Valencia Government Francisco Camps is in court today for a hearing in the suits part of the Gürtel case which will finally get underway this...
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BRITISH TV OFF AND ON AGAIN

November 20th, 2011 10:32 am - Comments Off
Thousands of homes from Cartagena to Alicante and inland to Elche and Crevillent suddenly found themselves without their English Language TV this week. The reason was simply that...
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RYANAIR BULLYING PAYS OFF

October 27th, 2011 4:36 pm - Comments Off
Despite this week announcing that they would be withdrawing a huge number of flights from their hub in Alicante, budget airline Ryanair has once again managed to get their own...
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CASIMIRO TORRES IBÃ�Ã‘EZ FC...

October 21st, 2011 3:40 pm - Comments Off
One of Torrevieja's prodigal sons has returned to the fold, as former Real Madrid and Castilla player Casimiro Torres Ibáñez, has taken up the post as manager of FC...
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NEWS BITES – FRIDAY 21...

October 21st, 2011 12:08 am - Comments Off
NEW STORM DRAINS PROTECT SAN FULGENCIO The council of San Fulgencio have completed works that they hope will easing flooding fears for residents. More than 1.6 kilometres of...
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NEWS BITES – TUESDAY 18...

October 17th, 2011 9:13 pm - Comments Off
EU INVESTIGATE TORREVIEJA COUNCIL CONTRACT The European Union is investigating irregularities in the construction and operation of rubbish disposal sites in Torrevieja, whose...
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NEW BUS SERVICE TO LINK COAST WITH...

August 25th, 2011 5:30 pm - Comments Off
Martina Scheurer, councillor for mobility and transport for Orihuela, has announced a project to provide a bus service between Orihuela city and Orihuela Costa. For a long time...
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TWO STABBED AND FOUR ARRESTED IN...

July 26th, 2011 9:57 pm - Comments Off
According to Gardia Civil sources four men aged between 20 and 25 were arrested last week after allegedly assaulting two other youths with a knife near a recreation area located...