All companies in Spain must comply with new legislation that forces records of employee working hours to be kept and audited. In order to try to make this easier for everyone, a company from Elche has created a system which enables staff to book on and off duty with a phone call. The system is designed to assist companies having …

Quirónsalud Torrevieja and Valencia Hospitals are benchmarks in the Valencian Community offering an international approach with “in house” translators, international admission and bilingual medical staff Healthcare industry is one of the sectors with the most promising future in the economy of the Valencian Community. The rapid growth in recent decades in terms of training of human talent and infrastructure investments have …

Torrevieja´s councillor for Education, José Hurtado, accompanied by technicians from the Department of Works and Services, visited the CEIP Romualdo Ballester school in order to assess damage caused by the heavy rain over the Easter weekend. The team checked the worst affected areas and, according to their initial assessment, are due to faulty performance by the company that was awarded …

In an informal meeting this week, the mayor of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolon, met with the new Managing Director of the University Hospital of Torrevieja, Eva Baró, and the medical director of Primary Care, Hipólito Caro. The purpose of the meeting was for the mayor to meet the new management team of the hospital, after Dr. Baró replaced Dr. José …

It’s not too late to sign up for AECC Torrevieja’s free tai chi workshop which starts on Thursday.

It’s not too late to sign up for AECC Torrevieja’s free yoga workshop which starts tomorrow (Wednesday).

The torrential rain and strong winds that bombarded Torrevieja over the Easter weekend were so severe that they caused a 130-year-old and thirteen-metre-high palm tree located in the virgin beach of Cala Ferris to topple and fall to the ground.

Many people in Torrevieja woke on Easter Saturday to find themselves isolated, as overnight rain brought extensive flooding to parts of the town, blocking off roads and resulting in emergency protocols to be launched. Public transport was shut down, Easter parades cancelled, and emergency workers struggled to free people who had found themselves in difficulties in their vehicles, whilst many …

Torrevieja has been chosen again for the celebration of the ‘International Cup 2019’ football tournament, where sport, coexistence, fun and training will be the order of proceedings in an event that takes place until Sunday, April 2. On the local side, CF Torrevieja and the Promesas de Torrevieja CD will participate in the tournament with a total of 18 teams. …

This week, we recognised the now global event to raise awareness of the dangers of using a mobile phone whilst driving, but still the message isn´t getting through to some people who are risking their own lives, and the lives of others, just to get noticed on social media, and it´s not just the drivers …

The Valencia tourism department has increased coverage for the Easter period, by opening new temporary centres across the region, and ensuring the existing Tourist Information Centres are open at key times during the holiday. This Easter, there are 26 additional, albeit temporary, tourist information offices, with 13 of them in the Alicante province, including in Torrevieja. The new information points …

You might think that the roads around Torevieja have been particularly busy over the last week or so, and they  have, but not as busy as they are about to become! The second phase of the special Easter roads operation will begin on Wednesday across most of Spain, except in the communities of Valencia and Catalonia, when it will begin …