- 19m ago
Llorca rejects PSPV dossier claims and dares socialists to take them to prosecutors
Valencian president Juanfran Pérez Llorca told Les Corts on Wednesday, 14 October, that he is 'completely calm' about an anonymous dossier alleging urban-planning gains for his family while he was mayor of Finestrat. The PSPV says the claims are backed by municipal and registry documents.
- yesterday
EU Commission warns Spain's 'national priority' housing rules may breach EU law
The European Commission says laws giving nationals priority for public benefits and housing could be indirectly discriminatory. Commissioner Magnus Brunner's reply to a Compromís MEP is dated 10 September and was reported on Monday, 12 October, while Valencia and Castilla y León keep their residence requirements.
- 4d ago
Feijóo opens PP pre-campaign in Madrid, promising 'serene but forceful' change before 29 November
About 2,000 people, according to the PP, packed Ifema on Saturday as Alberto Núñez Feijóo opened the party's campaign for the 29 November general election, held 50 days later.
- 6d ago
Valencia's 9 d'Octubre passes without incident beside a housing protest camp
Police presence rose to 1,700 agents as the Senyera was lowered at noon from Valencia's city hall balcony. Alicante and Castelló marked the regional day with folklore, music and a tribute to King Jaume I.
- Oct 8
Valencian prosecutors urge court to dismiss bribery case against Pérez Llorca over World Cup final ticket
The public prosecutor found no criminal wrongdoing in the regional leader attending the 2026 final in New York, citing an absence of causal links between the complimentary ticket and government grants.
- Oct 7
Valencia's housing camp stays in the square as the 9 October mascletà is suspended
Valencia's city council says the 9 October fireworks display will not be fired in Plaza del Ayuntamiento, where a housing camp has stood since Saturday. The same afternoon, a far-right rally and a counter-cordon gathered within about 500 metres of each other.
- Oct 5
Valencia awards highest regional and municipal honors to Ceuta following July border crisis
Ahead of the 9 d'Octubre regional holiday, Valencia granted its Medal of Honor and announced the Generalitat's Alta Distinció to Ceuta following a late-July border emergency.
- Oct 1
Valencian authorities present 9 d'Octubre program honoring 750th anniversary of King Jaume I
Regional and provincial leaders announced the cultural calendar for the 2026 Day of the Valencian Community, featuring open exhibitions, civic events, and key infrastructure demands.
- Sep 30
Valencian Socialists reveal 30-page dossier on President Pérez Llorca as leader demands court inquiry
The PSPV-PSOE parliamentary group presented a 30-page dossier on Wednesday detailing alleged corruption linked to Valencian President Juanfran Pérez Llorca, who responded by demanding that the documents be submitted directly to court.
- Sep 26
Valencia flood victims stage first Alicante protest demanding prison for Carlos Mazón
Associations representing victims of the October 2024 floods in Valencia demonstrated outside the Casa de las Brujas in Alicante on Saturday, demanding the removal of former regional president Carlos Mazón's legal immunity and calling for his imprisonment over 232 deaths.
- Sep 22
Pérez Llorca meets Tellado in Madrid as PP delays 2027 Valencian ticket nomination
Valencian President Juanfran Pérez Llorca met PP Secretary General Miguel Tellado in Madrid without securing his official nomination for the 2027 regional elections.
- Sep 15
Tuéjar wildfire burns 690 hectares in Valencia as military mobilizes
A forest fire in Tuéjar burned 690 hectares across a 17-kilometer perimeter on Tuesday, injuring two firefighters and triggering evacuations near the Benagéber reservoir.
- Jul 31
Castellón wildfire stabilized after seven days, 9,568 hectares burned and all evacuees return
The forest fire that broke out on 25 July near Vall d'Uixó was declared stabilized on Friday afternoon, with a perimeter of 89 km and 9,568 hectares burnt. The last 2,800 evacuees from Artana and Eslida are now returning home, while authorities warn that hot spots remain and the blaze is neither controlled nor extinguished.
- Jul 23
Ford and Geely to produce five vehicles at Valencia plant under new joint venture
The joint venture, 66% owned by Ford, will begin producing Geely's EX5 electric SUV and four other models at the Almussafes plant in 2028, securing over 15,000 indirect jobs.
- Jul 23
Valencia approves 'national priority' welfare rule and tax cuts for top earners in omnibus law
The PP-Vox majority in Les Corts voted through a fiscal and administrative package on 31 July 2026 that embeds 'national priority' criteria into social benefits and public housing, while raising the wealth-tax exemption to 2 million euros and shaving income-tax rates for earners above 100,000 euros.
- Jul 15
Valencia's PP government writes Vox's 'national priority' into 2026 budget, redirects Red Cross aid to immigration crime study
The budget of the Valencian Community for 2026 will for the first time in any Spanish region explicitly make preferential treatment of residents with "real, lasting and verifiable" roots a condition for housing and social assistance. The PP of President Juanfran Pérez Llorca also agreed to strip 10,000 euros from Red Cross emergency programmes to fund a study on immigration and delinquency.
- Jul 9
Valencia's president announces new land law and 60 million in housing guarantees, alongside school repair funding
At a forum breakfast, President Juanfran Pérez Llorca presented a new land-use law to unlock housing, a 10-million-euro school repair fund for municipalities and an expansion of IVF mortgage guarantees to 60 million euros.
- Jul 3
Valencia remembers 43 lives lost in 2006 metro crash, as flood victims unite to demand answers
Twenty years after the Valencia metro derailment killed 43 people, the city held multiple tributes, with victims' families joined by survivors of the 2024 floods in a shared call against institutional neglect.
- Jun 20
Feijóo avoids backing Pérez Llorca as Valencia’s PP candidate while demanding early elections
The PP national leader addresses 1,300 supporters in Sueca but declines to confirm Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca as the party’s candidate for the Valencian regional government, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition.
- Jun 17
Valencian government approves tax cuts and housing access reform amid central government alarm over 'hidden national priority'
The Consell on Tuesday approved a draft law bundling income tax reductions for 2.7 million taxpayers with tighter controls on protected housing, while the Ministry of Housing warned that its 'arraigo' criterion risks violating constitutional equality rights.
