Sánchez calls snap election for July
FOLLOWING PSOE’s disastrous results in yesterday’s municipal and regional elections, Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has brought forward the general election which was expected for November. Sánchez said, in a press conference on Monday morning, that he had already informed King Felipe VI of his intention to hold a cabinet meeting this afternoon to dissolve…
Massive right-wing resurgence in Sunday’s elections
VALENCIA´S left-wing parties have lost control of both the regional government and the city of Valencia as well as many towns across the region in Sunday’s elections. Valencia has mirrored the rest of the country with a huge swing to the right-wing PP (Popular Party) and far-right Vox party, combined with the disappearance of the…
Post-Brexit voting confusion
IF you’re a UK citizen and you’re planning to vote in the municipal elections this Sunday, hold on….did you fill in the intention to vote form before 15 January? Since Britain left the EU, not only have we lost our right to vote in EU elections, but we now also have to actively request to…
Election fever
IF you’ve been out and about anywhere in the Valencia region in the past week you can’t have missed the political posters which have popped up on every other lamppost. It can only mean one thing, an election is on its way. As of last Friday, we are now in the official two-week campaign period,…
Row over Madrid’s missing accent in València
A ROW has broken out between the mayors of Valencia and Madrid over the spelling of Valencia in the capital’s Puerta del Sol square. Puerta del Sol is home to the so-called Kilómetro Cero, the starting point for all major radial roads in Spain. The spot is marked on the floor and surrounded by the…
Bull put down after plunging 10m over wall.
TAUROMAQUÍA is once again in the spotlight after a bull that jumped 10 metres from a bridge had to be killed due to its injuries. According to reports in Las Provincias, the bull, named Viciosa, was being run through the streets of Ontinyent during the town’s fiestas last Saturday (29 April) when, instead of turning…
Fifty years without Nino Bravo
TODAY marks 50 years since the sudden, tragic death of one of Valenica’s most famous singers, Nino Bravo. He is best remembered for his hits Un beso y una flor and Libre, as well as Mi Tierra, Noelia and América, América, all classics that are sure to get Spaniards from every walk of life singing…
Health department confirms 44 cases in Masterchef food poisoning
VALENCIA’S regional health department confirmed on Tuesday that there had been 44 cases of food poisoning among diners at the filming of a Masterchef episode in the city’s Oceanographic. The filming took place on 19 January and was publicly called out on social media by one of the Oceanographic workers who ate the food. According…
British man held on suspicion of fatally stabbing wife refused bail
A 69-YEAR-OLD British man accused of killing his wife was remanded in custody by a court in Orihuela, Alicante, on Thursday (30 March). The fatal stabbing of the 63-year-old woman is the first domestic violence death this year in the region and the eleventh in Spain. The Court of Violence Against Women number 1 in…
Wildfire between Teruel and Castellón burning out of control
WE’RE still in March and after one of the driest winters in the past decade, the first major wildfire of 2023 has so far destroyed 4,000 hectares and continues to burn furiously. The blaze, which began on Thursday in Villanueva de Viver, has continued to burn all day and this afternoon gained momentum and moved…
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