Alicante News & Information

TO CELEBRATE its leading rôle in choosing this year's Eurovision Song Contest entry for Spain, Benidorm will host a huge open-air party night broadcasting the event live and with warm-up bands giving gigs in the...

PRINCESS Leonor has spent her Easter holidays visiting a refugee centre attending to new arrivals from Ukraine – her first official Royal engagement of 2022 and her second since heading off to college abroad.

EUROPEAN expats have handed over literally millions of euros to local charities over the years – in fact, barely a month goes by without an association, club, society or bric-à-brac shop organising a cheque...

GLADIATORS are about to land in Alicante city in time for Easter – a huge interactive exhibition on these Ancient Roman warriors will open at the MARQ archaeological museum on Wednesday.

AROUND 110,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Spain since the conflict broke out, and 47,000 have so far been granted asylum, national president Pedro Sánchez reveals.

PRIMAL Scream is among at least 13 bands and artists who have confirmed their presence at one of the Costa Blanca's biggest music festivals this summer.

ANYONE living in the Orihuela Costa area who is not yet fluent in Spanish can improve their skills – or learn the language from scratch – free of charge in a month-long course starting after Easter.

BRITISH tourists in Benidorm have outnumbered Spanish visitors for the first time since before the pandemic – and it's still only early spring.

BRIGHT skies and warm weather may not have been our only reason for moving to Spain, or even have figured among our top 50 priority reasons, but they certainly help.

BENIDORM Fest winner Chanel Terrero will represent Spain at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Torino, northern Italy, after gaining the public's and judges' votes in an extremely closely-fought final.

THE BIRTHPLACE of one of Spain's most popular Christmas confectioneries is applying to the United Nations for global recognition – for November 7 to become 'World Turrón Day'.

EACH region in Spain has its own day of the year where it celebrates itself, rather like a birthday but without the age increase involved. Sometimes, a 'regional day' just involves a public holiday, a day off...