News
Daily editorial summaries of regional news from Alicante province — weather, traffic, fiestas, property and expat life. Spanish sources, English digest.
- General · elche
Aigües d'Elx launches plan for San Antón ravine with €33 million investment
The joint-venture company will allocate €33 million by 2030 for sanitation works and a masterplan to prevent flooding on the Santa Pola road using wetlands.
- Traffic · villajoyosa
Fallen branch disrupts TRAM between Cala Piteres and La Vila Joiosa
A branch on the overhead line has forced the temporary suspension of Line 1 of the TRAM d'Alacant on this section.
- General · torrevieja
TSJCV acquits former Torrevieja councillor Carmen Gómez over cleaning emergency plan
The High Court of Justice overturns the administrative malfeasance conviction against former PP councillor Carmen Gómez Candel related to the cleaning emergency plan.
- Fiestas · alicante
School Hogueras de San Juan Competition Held in Alicante
Alicante hosts the traditional School Hogueras de San Juan Competition, featuring participation from schoolchildren across the city.
- Fiestas · alicante
Alicante's Hogueras return to schools competition with themes from Pokémon to social critique
The traditional Hogueras de San Juan schools competition returns to Alicante schools with monuments addressing everything from pop culture to educational demands.
- Fiestas · altea
Escape Room, Comedy and Peter Pan: Performing Arts This Weekend in Alicante
The province of Alicante offers diverse theatre proposals this weekend, with Escape Room in Valencian at Palau Altea as the main attraction.
- Fiestas · alicante
School Hogueras Contest in Alicante
The traditional School Hogueras Contest is being held in Alicante, an activity that forms part of the Hogueras de San Juan festivities.
- General · elche
Compromís demands more nursery schools in Elche after 280 families left without places
The political party is demanding the town council expand the offer of public centres after more than 280 families failed to obtain places at municipal nursery schools.
- Property · torrevieja
Torrevieja begins construction of 36 council homes out of a total of 822 planned for 2028
The Generalitat Valenciana has announced the start of the Plan Vive in Torrevieja with the first 36 social housing units, part of a total project of 822 expected to be completed by 2028.
- General · alicante
Dead turtle found on Urbanova beach in Alicante
Beachgoers discovered the body of a turtle on the shore of Urbanova beach in Alicante this Friday.
- General
San Vicente del Raspeig to Overhaul Urban Transport with On-Demand Service and More Buses
The municipality plans to implement a mixed system combining buses with greater frequency and on-demand transport, possibly including taxis.
- General
Generalitat Valenciana tenders €10.2 million expansion of La Bassa health centre in Alcoy
The Valencian regional government has put out to tender the expansion of the La Bassa health centre in Alcoy with a budget of €10.2 million.
- Expat life
Satse demands Healthcare improve home hospitalisation units due to lack of resources
The Satse Nursing Union launches a mobilisation campaign to demand the Conselleria de Sanidad implement a radical change in its policy towards home hospitalisation units due to resource shortages.
- Weather
AEMET announces sunshine and rising temperatures for this weekend in Alicante
The State Meteorological Agency forecasts partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures for the weekend in Alicante province.
- Expat life · alicante
Dutch influencer Sanne Vander highlights Alicante as one of her favourite European destinations
Dutch model and influencer Sanne Vander has dedicated a YouTube travel guide to Alicante, highlighting the city as one of her preferred European destinations.
- General · elche
Elche's Clot de Galvany becomes art with pencil and paper
The Clot de Galvany nature reserve in Elche inspires an artistic activity where participants capture its biodiversity using drawing techniques.
- General · alicante
Alicante to host first international clinical nutrition congress on 27th June
The Conference Centre will be the venue for an unprecedented event bringing together doctors, dietitians-nutritionists and researchers to discuss evidence-based clinical nutrition.
- General · alicante
New demonstration in Alicante to demand removal of Parque del Mar railway tracks
Residents and community groups demonstrated in Alicante on Thursday to demand the elimination of the railway network on the southern coast, one month after the previous protest.
- Fiestas · elche
Elche cancels Beret concert at August Fiestas following arrest for sexual assault
The bipartite government of Elche has cancelled the performance by singer Beret scheduled for the August Fiestas after learning of his arrest for an alleged sexual assault offence.
- General · elche
PSOE in Elche demands consultation with education community before relocating Conservatory
The PSOE calls on the mayor of Elche to meet with the Conservatory of Music community before deciding on its provisional relocation to Jayton.
- Fiestas · alicante
Alicante shops decorate their windows with creativity to celebrate the Hogueras
Establishments across the city are decorating their shop windows with original hogueras made from diverse materials to join in the San Juan festivities.
- Fiestas · alicante
Hogueras de San Juan 2026 shop window displays in Alicante
Shops in Alicante are decorating their windows to celebrate the Hogueras de San Juan 2026.
- General · alicante
Alicante's Embention, which guides Amazon drones, achieves record turnover and profits
The Alicante manufacturer of autopilots for drones Embention closed the financial year with historic turnover and profit figures.
- General · alicante
Port of Alicante installs technology to monitor water quality in real time
An Alicante-based marine biotechnology company has launched the first operational node of Posidone, a system for real-time monitoring of port water quality.