https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The ruling partially overturns a ban on certain types of licences for new tourist accommodation in the Mediterranean city. https://www.thelocal.es/20260417/valencia-court-overturns-tourist-flat-licence-suspension Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:57:18 +0200 valencia-court-overturns-tourist-flat-licence-suspension If you live in the Valencian Community, there are several tax deductions you may be able to apply to your income tax return this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20260413/five-tax-deductions-you-can-benefit-from-in-spains-valencia-region Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:58:48 +0200 five-tax-deductions-you-can-benefit-from-in-spains-valencia-region Valencia’s fiery Fallas festival is currently taking place in the eastern Spanish city until March 19th. Here’s everything you need to know about this year's amazing event. https://www.thelocal.es/20210901/everything-you-need-to-know-about-valencias-fallas-festival-in-2024 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:10:11 +0200 everything-you-need-to-know-about-valencias-fallas-festival-in-2024 British singer Morrissey on Thursday cancelled his concert in Valencia due to "lack of sleep" caused by the noise of the famous Fallas festival, currently underway in the eastern Spanish city. https://www.thelocal.es/20260312/sleepless-morrissey-blames-valencias-noisy-fallas-for-cancelling-concert Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:17:44 +0100 sleepless-morrissey-blames-valencias-noisy-fallas-for-cancelling-concert Valencia now has a specialist e-scooter police unit which will monitor other e-scooter users in Spain's third city. https://www.thelocal.es/20260226/police-begin-patrols-on-electric-scooters-in-spains-valencia Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:28:25 +0100 police-begin-patrols-on-electric-scooters-in-spains-valencia Human-driven climate change intensified rainfall that triggered the Spain's deadliest natural disaster in a generation when flash floods hit the Valencia region in 2024, a new study showed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20260218/climate-change-turbocharged-spains-valencia-floods-study Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:39:15 +0100 climate-change-turbocharged-spains-valencia-floods-study Devils, dancing, fire and dragons, discover all about the explosive correfoc festivals held in northeastern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20240129/in-images-spains-devilishly-explosive-correfoc-celebrations Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:36:49 +0100 in-images-spains-devilishly-explosive-correfoc-celebrations From the growth of the city over the ages and its different neighbourhoods today, to its lost river and busiest areas, these maps will help you to understand the Spanish city of Valencia a little better. https://www.thelocal.es/20230609/10-maps-to-help-you-understand-valencia Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:43:37 +0200 10-maps-to-help-you-understand-valencia Valencian left-wing political party Compromís has demanded that the Valencian City Council cease all advertising of the city’s famed Las Fallas celebration for fear of mass tourism spoiling the event for locals. https://www.thelocal.es/20251111/valencian-political-party-calls-for-fewer-tourists-at-las-fallas-festival Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:10:04 +0100 valencian-political-party-calls-for-fewer-tourists-at-las-fallas-festival Alicante-Elche Airport is to undergo a massive renovation to the tune of €1.1 billion, including a brand-new airport dock primarily for British passengers who now have to carry out EES border checks. https://www.thelocal.es/20251105/qa-what-to-know-about-the-expansion-of-spains-alicante-airport Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:53:33 +0100 qa-what-to-know-about-the-expansion-of-spains-alicante-airport Authorities in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia have closed down over 1,000 illegal tourist flats in the city in 18 months. Some in the city say it's too little, too late given Valencia's steep rise in property prices and rents in recent years. https://www.thelocal.es/20251103/spains-valencia-shuts-down-over-1000-illegal-tourist-flats-in-18-months Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:22:11 +0100 spains-valencia-shuts-down-over-1000-illegal-tourist-flats-in-18-months Valencian regional president Carlos Mazón on Monday announced his resignation following a year of protests over his handling of the flood disaster which killed 229 people in October 2024. https://www.thelocal.es/20251103/breaking-leader-of-flood-hit-valencia-resigns Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:49:39 +0100 breaking-leader-of-flood-hit-valencia-resigns The heavily criticised leader of Spain's flood-hit Valencia region was heckled at a state memorial service Wednesday on the first anniversary of the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation. https://www.thelocal.es/20251030/valencia-leader-called-murderer-at-flood-memorial-in-spain Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:40:43 +0100 valencia-leader-called-murderer-at-flood-memorial-in-spain One year after historic floods killed 229 people in Valencia, the Spanish region's leader Carlos Mazón has faced mounting criticism over his whereabouts during the disaster, snubbing 12 mass protests which have called for him to resign. https://www.thelocal.es/20251029/why-has-valencias-president-not-resigned-since-deadly-floods Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:15:55 +0100 why-has-valencias-president-not-resigned-since-deadly-floods Grieving relatives will join political leaders Wednesday for a state memorial service in Spain for the more than 230 victims of last year's floods on the anniversary of the disaster. https://www.thelocal.es/20251029/spain-to-hold-memorial-on-first-anniversary-of-deadly-floods Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:09:06 +0100 spain-to-hold-memorial-on-first-anniversary-of-deadly-floods A year on from the destructive and deadly floods that hit Valencia, a new study has found that more than 4,000 key buildings are still at risk of being destroyed if a similar storm were to hit Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20251028/schools-hospitals-and-chemical-plants-the-infrastructure-at-risk-of-floods-in-spain Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:36:17 +0100 schools-hospitals-and-chemical-plants-the-infrastructure-at-risk-of-floods-in-spain Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain. But thanks to a university-led initiative, many of these memories have been rescued from ruin. https://www.thelocal.es/20251022/i-cried-a-lot-the-fight-to-save-family-photos-after-spains-deadly-floods Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:33:06 +0200 i-cried-a-lot-the-fight-to-save-family-photos-after-spains-deadly-floods New property data has shown that average property prices in the Mediterranean city have doubled since 2019, with soaring prices breaking the €5,700/m2 threshold in some parts of the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20251008/e190k-to-e370k-property-prices-in-spains-valencia-double-in-six-years Wed, 08 Oct 2025 12:02:09 +0200 e190k-to-e370k-property-prices-in-spains-valencia-double-in-six-years Fifty years after General Francisco Franco's death, Benidorm still clings to the mass tourism model it pioneered under his dictatorship, even as protests against overtourism sweep other Spanish holiday hotspots. https://www.thelocal.es/20251004/why-benidorm-embraces-spains-franco-era-mass-tourism-model Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:59:16 +0200 why-benidorm-embraces-spains-franco-era-mass-tourism-model Spain's traumatised Valencia province on Monday suffered another night of torrential rain that sparked fears of a repeat of last year's deadly floods. Its weather alert has been downgraded to orange on Tuesday as the storm moves to the Balearics and Alicante. https://www.thelocal.es/20250930/spains-valencia-flooded-after-second-night-of-torrential-rain Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:57:35 +0200 spains-valencia-flooded-after-second-night-of-torrential-rain