La Zenia beach will be taken over by a major sporting competition next month, as the beach handball competition, ‘Arena 1000 Playas de Orihuela’, takes place. The event will run between the 5th and 7th of July on playa Cala Bosque in La Zenia in Orihuela. According to the councillor who launched the event this week, Víctor Valverde, “This tournament …

From Monday, May 20, you may book an appointment at the Alicante healthcare centre. The centre will open its doors on Monday, May 27, offering almost all medical specialisations, diagnostic tests, laboratory, and general, paediatric and gynaecological accident and emergency service. The new Centro Médico Quirónsalud Alicante [Quirónsalud Alicante Medical Centre] will open its doors on Monday, May 27, and …

Torrevieja town hall has issued notice of a tender which is open for the management of the half marathon sporting race in the town. The councillor for Sports, Víctor Ferrández, stated that after spending the last two years preparing the requirements for the tender, in order to satisfy the necessary legal requirements, prospective bidders have until 5 June to submit …

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. …

Los Montesinos will become the bowls capital of Spain in May, as the town plays host to a championship tournament. Some 2,000 people are expected to descend on the town to participate in the competition, which will take place between the 11th and 25th of May. The councillor for Tourism and Sports in Los Montesinos, Ana Belén Juárez, launched the …

Councillor for Social Services, Women and Equality, Fabiana Ibarra, has launched an awareness campaign which will run from today until November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “We do not want this date to be just a commemoration, and that is how we transmit it throughout the year, developing intense work from the Department for …

On Sunday, the sports city n Torrevieja will host an energetic event with a serious result, as participants are invited to “Beat Cancer Dancing”, at a charity Zumbathon. The event will be held on Sunday, November 4, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at the Sports City, with all proceeds going to benefit the association of relatives of those who …

Club Deportivo Torrevieja has reached an agreement with Joaquín López Martínez (Montpellier, 1971) better known as Kiko López, to become the new coach of the first team. López has strong ties with the neighbouring municipality of Los Montesinos as well as with our city, and he comes highly recommended by the Club’s sports director Juanjo Fernández. As a UEFA PRO …

The Club has decided not to continue employing the services of the coaching staff for the first team and will immediately relinquish the current contract, which would have seen them training the team until the end of the 2018-2019 season. Taking over the coaching role provisionally will be sports director Joaquín Badimón Aymerich, who will sit on the bench this …

With an ambiance to rival fashion-focused locations such as Paris, Milan or Rome, Alicante will play host to the most beautiful designs of the moment for the next couple of weeks, starting off with the Mercado Diseno Alicante. The old bus station on Plaza Seneca is the location, the 5th, 6th and 7th of October …

Torrevieja’s councillor for Employment, Víctor Ferrández, held a press conference this week, in which he explained a series of free activities taking place on the beaches during the winter months. The reason why it was the employment councillor presenting these activities, rather than sports or tourism, is that these event are also an opportunity for local people to secure work, …

The Ciudad de Torrevieja Tennis Tournament, which reaches its 40th anniversary this year, starts today. The event was first announced earlier this week by the councillor, Víctor Ferrández, and the organisers, the President of the Torrevieja Tennis Club, Antonio Tafalla, the Director of the tournament, Humberto Zuleta and the referee, David Pérez. The councillor said that it is an “authentic …