Valencia to Host 33rd America’s Cup Race

The Valencians are in luck: for the second consecutive year, the oldest sailing competition in the world will be held again in Valencia. The America’s Cup – which celebrates its 33rd edition, is the third most watched sport event on the planet, after the World Cup and the Olympics.
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Advertising link with child obesity found by Alicante university

An investigation into child obesity which is being led by Alicante University has revealed the link between the advertising of drinks and food and child obesity.
Rocío Ortiz Moncada who is project coordinator for Spain and Briton Tim Lobstein who is head of the International Association for the Study of Obesity along with other universities all [...]

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Mayor of Benitatxell Resigns

The mayor of Benitatxell has resigned from his duties amid accusations of corruption against him and his deputy, Hannelore Rheindorf.
Juan Cardona had stated categorically that he would not give up his position as mayor, stressing his innocence.
He and Rheindorf were accused last summer of accepting a 50,000-euro bribe from a Jávea property developer in order [...]

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Forest warden dies as car falls into ravine

A forest warden died in Castellón last wednesday when the vehicle he was driving fell into a ravine.
The Provincial Firefighters’ Consortium confirmed that the 30-year-old man was patrolling the area of Morella in the Maestrat district at the time.
The alarm was raised on Wednesday afternoon when one of the vehicles did not return to base [...]

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Missing 12 year old from Valencia found safe & well

Missing 12 year old from Valencia found safe and well although the other young girl reported missing has still not been found.

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More luxury houses in Javea demolished

Javea has become the scene of another demolition of luxury houses built on twelve thousand square metres of land in the Cansalades area of the municipality.
It is believed that although the owner applied for permission to build, it was never given, and, as a result, – using administrative silence as his justification – he went [...]

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San Antonio Festivities in Valencia

On January 17th San Antonio Abad will honour its Patron Saint with festivities, as will many towns across the region of Valencia during the month, with bonfires, demeans and persecutions as the main events.
In the 6th century, San Antonio was born into a wealthy family in Egypt. He sold off his property and retired to [...]

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Valencia starts to feel the cold

The cold is coming to Valencia and it looks like it’s going to continue for the rest of the week so time to get your winter woolies out!

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Getting floured

This has got to be one of the great Spanish parties or fiestas, coinciding with All Fools’ Day (El Día de los Santos Inocentes) a group of people calling themselves ‘Els Enfarinats’ (the flour people) took over the town of Ibi (Alicante) the day before yesterday, pelting everyone and everything that moved with a combination [...]

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Nativity scene installed in shark tank at Terra Natura

The Benidorm theme park, Terra Natura, has set up a Christmas crib with a difference this year.
A special team of divers set up the installation at the bottom of a shark tank that contains some 32 different species that looked on curiously as they went about their work.
Out of curiosity, some of the figures weigh [...]

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