The Five Most Important News Stories from Alicante this Wednesday, 7th May

TodoAlicante's editorial team reviews the current events and compiles, for your convenience, the five most notable news stories that occurred on Monday, 5th May in the province of Alicante:

The 2025 Lenten Gastronomic Days have once again brought a twist to the typical Alicante tapas to the bars and restaurants of Alicante, always with the aim of maintaining Christian traditions and avoiding meat. The initiative by the Alicante City Council to revive and evolve this traditional cuisine of the season has once again been a great success. Click here to discover them.

Finally, the rains expected this Thursday will not be limited to the interior of Alicante, although it is expected that they will hit hardest there. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has extended the yellow alert for storms to the entire province of Alicante. Click here to read the weather report.

The province of Alicante can proudly boast of having the best beaches in Spain. It is not just a bar-side comment or Alicante chauvinism, but official figures speak for themselves. Once again, Alicante consolidates itself as the true jewel of the Spanish coast. The Costa Blanca can boast of having the most blue flags in the entire territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands. Click here to read the full story.

Alicante closed 2024 as the favourite province for foreigners to buy a home. The city is the capital with the highest foreign demand in all of Spain, with 23.79%, according to the 'Annual Residential Market Report' by the real estate portal Idealista. Click here to read the full story.

Controversy over the elimination of a Benidorm Magistrate's Court to transform it into a Gender Violence Court. The proposal has generated absolute rejection from judges, legal professionals, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and also from lawyers and solicitors, who believe that this change would cause a "serious collapse" in the processing of cases, as the new sections responsible for handling cases of violence against women will also have to investigate all sexual offences. Click here to read the full story.

Alicante is the province with the most blue flags in all of Spain. This has been certified in 2025 by the Association for Environmental Education and Consumer (Adeac), which awards these distinctions for the excellence and quality of the beaches. Click here to find out how the selection works.

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