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Torrevieja Councillor Offers Advice to Residents After Squatter Incident in Jardín del Mar

Residents of the Jardín del Mar urbanisation in Torrevieja met with Councillor Gitte Lund Thomsen following the departure of squatters from the area. The meeting provided practical advice on protecting property ownership, reporting offences, and improving communication between residents and the town hall.

Suspect in the murder of a Northern Irishman shot dead in Torrevieja

Last Saturday, one of the two men accused of killing Northern Irishman John George, whose body was recovered in a lemon grove in Rojales in January 2025, was shot and killed in Torrevieja. The Guardia Civil hasn’t arrested anyone yet in connection with this recent incident and is still looking into all the possible suspects.…

Torrevieja joins the Elche Tram

The future Elche tram is starting to look beyond the municipal limits, and other cities are ready to join the project as an important piece of infrastructure for integrating southern Alicante province. During his formal visit to Elche City Hall on Tuesday, the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, sent this political message. He publicly said…

Manager arrested for employing undocumented immigrants without contracts

The National Police have taken a 31-year-old man into custody in Alcoy, a town in Alicante, for breaking workers’ rights. It is said that the man who was arrested was the manager of a hospitality firm where two unauthorised immigrants worked without contracts. The police said in a statement that the inquiry started when they…

Guardamar installs a sensor system to monitor erosion on its beaches

The Guardamar del Segura City Council has put in place a sophisticated sensor system on its beaches to better understand and manage the movement of the shoreline. This is important because many places along the Valencian coast are losing sand and getting smaller. The project, which received €82,728.20 from European funds under the Tourism Sustainability…

Eight years for the captain of a boat in which five migrants died

The captain of a boat with five migrants has been sentenced to eight years in prison by the Alicante Provincial Court. The boat drifted for more than two weeks with almost no food or water. The people on board had to drink seawater or their own urine to survive. The judge gave the defendant five…

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