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Spanish police announce raids in Asturias, Ciudad Real, Toledo, and Valencia that netted the largest cannabis haul in history, "equivalent to approximately 1.1 million plants" and weighing more than 32 tonnes.
2022-11-5

President of the Government of Aragon Javier Lambán tests positive for COVID-19 after attending the PSOE's three-day party congress in Valencia.
2021-10-18

UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage of humanity of Les Falles of Valencia are postponed for the fifth time in its history.
2020-03-10

Spanish authorities announce that the first death from COVID-19 in the country occurred in Valencia on February 13.
2020-03-3

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announces that he will allow a migrant vessel carrying 629 rescued migrants, including children and pregnant women, to dock in Valencia after Malta and Italy both refused the vessel.
2018-06-11

Spain's third largest bank, CaixaBank, announces it is moving its legal base out of Catalonia to Valencia. This follows a similar move yesterday by Catalan banking group Banco Sabadell who announced they are moving their headquarters to Alicante in response to growing political insecurity in Catalonia.
2017-10-6

Senator Rita Barberá, who was considered the "Mayoress of Spain" while governing the city of Valencia for 24 years, dies unexpectedly two days after declaring at the Supreme Court for a corruption scandal.
2016-11-23

Thirteen are killed and 34 others injured after a bus carrying Erasmus exchange students returning from the renowned Falles fireworks festival in Valencia, crashes near Freginals, Spain. The regional government of Catalonia said in a statement that, "... according to the latest data, the ill-fated bus had students from Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine, Holland, Belgium, France, Palestine, Turkey, (and) Greece."
2016-03-20

The Trasmediterranea passenger ferry Sorrento 2, en route from Palma de Mallorca to Valencia in Spain, catches fire. All 170 passengers are rescued.
2015-04-28