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The YouTube video from Lucia about 10 things she hates about Spain

WATCH: Spanish woman reveals the 10 things she ‘hates’ about living in Spain – but how many do YOU agree with?

WHEN expats first arrive in Spain, the benefits usually greatly outweigh the drawbacks, and there is so much to enjoy about life in the country – from the wonderful cuisine and friendly people,

26 Dec, 2023 @ 15:06

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Expanding horizons: Musings from Suze on life in Spain

Susannah Grant looks back on her early days in Spain and marvels at how far, both she and her adopted country have come.

24 Jul, 2022 @ 17:30

Expanding Horizons·Lead·National News·Opinion

The sounds of summer: Noisy nature and cacophony of humans mark the season in rural southern Spain

MAY is one of my favourite months in Spain. After the recent rains, the campo around the Casita has erupted into riotous full bloom. Naturalists such as Sir David Attenborough would no

29 May, 2022 @ 18:00

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear·Lead

‘There’s nowhere quite like Javea’: Expat businesswoman Jennifer Cunningham reveals why she fell in love with the town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Jennifer Cunningham never planned on relocating to Spain…until she fell in love with Javea, writes Fiona Govan

24 Mar, 2022 @ 10:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Ten very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain

JANUARY 17, 2022 has been identified as the most depressing day of the year, aptly named Blue Monday. But rather than focus on what makes us miserable, the Olive Press takes a

17 Jan, 2022 @ 18:55

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Don’t look back: A year of ‘thank heavens we live in Spain and not the UK’

Jo Chipchase, a Brit living in Spain, looks back on 2021, a year marked by the continued pandemic and the fallout from Brexit.

31 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

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Why Tuesday 13 is a day of bad luck and misfortune in Spain

The myth of Tuesday the 13th haunts Spaniards just as Friday the 13th looms over the rest of us

13 Jul, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News

Life in Spain: Driving has improved and I’ve learnt the Spanish way of queuing

FIFTEEN YEARS ago today I was living in sleepysville Extremadura and Rafa Nadal was the new national hero. The Spaniard won his second French Open in 2006 and he’s taken home The

4 Apr, 2021 @ 10:07

Lead·Opinion

Justice needed – the problems we face in Spain

By Lisa Burgess GLADSTONE said ‘justice delayed is justice denied’. I say this because I have heard of so many stories of injustice recently British residents being sent back from Spain without

14 Jan, 2021 @ 11:50

Columnists·Lead·Lisa Burgess: Diary of a Restaurateur

People living in Andalucia are second most unhappy with their lives in Spain

People in Spain recorded a 7.3 life satisfaction rating on average.

28 Oct, 2019 @ 10:38

Lead·National News

Spain, land of 10pm dinners, asks if it’s time to reset clock

Jim Yardley, writer for the New York Times, asks whether it's time the country turned back the clock, and started marching to the European beat

18 Feb, 2014 @ 17:10

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