Valencia News & Information

AROUND 40 abandoned dogs seeking new homes will hit the catwalk – or maybe 'dogwalk' – at Valencia's Bioparc in two weeks' time, showing off how cute they are to potential mums and dads.

MERCADONA supermarkets are seeking 200 new members of staff for its IT department in its latest major recruitment drive.

RESEARCHERS at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital have discovered the gene behind the most common hereditary heart condition – one which causes ‘sudden death’ and often affects children and teenagers as they are playing...

VALENCIA’S 770 falla monuments are just starting to go up in flames – the children’s versions started their journey to ashes at 22.00, and their winner, the falla Maestro Gozalbo-Conde de Altea, is due for its...

VIBRATIONS and noise generated by the mascletà during the Fallas in Valencia city are even greater than those felt when you are about to take off for outer space – it’s official.

HARRY Potter fans, take note: The official exhibition, which has spent the last decade touring the globe, is back in Spain – this time in Valencia.

VALENCIA'S main station and city centre will be linked by metro to the iconic and futuristic City of Arts and Sciences within a year or two – work is ready to start this coming April on the long-awaited Line 10.

PLANS announced by Ford motor company to axe jobs worldwide, especially in Europe, have not apparently affected the plant in Spain – although unions are in talks with the factory bosses as a precaution.

A BRITISH supermarket chain is set to open in Valencia city in the New Year and a local job agency has taken on four supervisors and 28 sales assistants.

AN ANIMAL shelter in Benimàmet, near Valencia has launched an urgent appeal for foster homes after its premises became flooded during the freak storms hitting the eastern region this week.

A MAN who claims to be the illegitimate son of veteran crooner Julio Iglesias has summoned the singer's other children to provide a DNA sample in his quest to prove paternity.

STAFF at Valencia's Bioparc saved a zebra foal who walked straight into a river within seconds of being born.