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UPDATE: UK requests further extension to driving licence exchange for Brits in Spain post-Brexit

THE British Ambassador in Madrid confirmed that the UK has requested Spain to extend the post-Brexit driving licence exchange deadline yet again while negotiations for a permanent solution continue. Hugh Elliott confirmed

18 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Brexit·Lead·National News

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Time running out as deadline approaches for driving licence exchange for Brits resident in Spain

AFTER February 28, British residents in Spain will no longer have an automatic legal right to drive using their British licence unless there is another last minute extension. It means that those

16 Feb, 2022 @ 17:15

Brexit·Lead·National News

From shelf stacker to Our Man in the Balearics: Meet the British consul awarded an MBE for his work with Brits in Spain

WHEN Lloyd Milen was informed, just before Christmas, that he had been awarded an MBE for services to British nationals in Spain he couldn’t quite believe it. “I had no idea that

24 Jan, 2022 @ 18:30

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No post-Brexit ‘rush’ for British expats to become Spanish citizens

BREXIT fears and consequences did not prompt a rush of British expats to become Spanish citizens in 2020. The latest figures from the National Statistics Institute(INE) show just 394 Brits made the

19 Jan, 2022 @ 16:35

Brexit·Lead

REVIEW: One year since Brexit… still not ‘done’

Bremain in Spain campaigner Sue Wilson takes a look back at the first year since Brits were stripped of their EU citizenship and asks ‘Have you been mis-sold Brexit?’

8 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Opinion

Lloyd Milen and Pamela Sheila Twissell-Cross

Two Brits in Spain named in New Year Honours List

ONCE again Brits who have made their mark serving the British community resident in Spain have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. This time honours have been awarded to Lloyd

31 Dec, 2021 @ 23:30

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BREXIT UPDATE: Driving licence validity for Brits in Spain extended until end of February

IN a last minute reprieve, Brits living in Spain have been given another two months to exchange their driving licences with a further extension until the end of February 2022. Last week

29 Dec, 2021 @ 10:15

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BREXIT: British ambassador in Spain requests ANOTHER extension for driving licence exchange

THE British ambassador in Madrid has requested another extension to the deadline on the validity of British driving licences for expats in Spain insisting that negotiations for a permanent solution are still

22 Dec, 2021 @ 10:37

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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss flies in to Madrid to boost ties with Spain and “support 400K British expats”

THE UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrived in Madrid for a two day trip designed to build “closer economic, tech and security ties” with Spain. Truss met with Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel

16 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Top ten reasons why you need a TIE card, as figures show over a third of Brits in Spain now have one

BIOMETRIC ID cards holding important information about residents, have now been issued to over a third of Brits living in Spain. In little over a year since their launch, the TIE (Tarjeta

5 Nov, 2021 @ 12:45

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British Embassy warns expats against submitting fraudulent residency applications – even through third parties

THE BRITISH EMBASSY has taken to social media this week, warning Brits against submitting fraudulent residency applications – either directly or through a third party. Through their own Facebook package, Brits in

29 Oct, 2021 @ 08:00

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Moving to Spain is starting to get easier again as COVID rates lower and new rules become clearer

IT was recently announced that Spain’s Covid transmission rates have taken it into the ‘low-risk’ category for the first time since July 2020. The cases have fallen below 100 per 100,000 and

27 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Brexit·Business & Finance·Lead·Property·Travel News

Adventures in Brexitland: How a bid for Spanish nationality turned in a Kafka-esque nightmare

A bid for Spanish nationality leads to a Kafka-esque scenario involving inaccessible authorities and missing documents of an undefined nature, write Heather Galloway.

24 Oct, 2021 @ 13:15

Brexit·Lead·Opinion

ANALYSIS: Are Brits really leaving Spain in droves because of Brexit?

BRITS are leaving Spain in droves according to reports in the British tabloid press this week, but is there any evidence that this is actually true? Whilst it’s fair to say that

22 Oct, 2021 @ 08:30

Brexit·Business & Finance·Lead·Must Read·National News

Spain joins EU-funded taskforce to tackle fraud and help protect €800 billion Covid-relief fund

OPERATION SENTINEL was launched this week, October 15, by Europol in a bid to combat an anticipated wave of fraud as almost 807 billion euros of Covid-19 relief funds are distributed. And

16 Oct, 2021 @ 13:00

Brexit·Coronavirus·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Estate agent predicts ‘record year’ for Brits buying property on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SPAIN’S property market is booming and in contradiction to tabloid reports that Brits are leaving in droves, British buyers are in fact back in full force. Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain

13 Oct, 2021 @ 13:30

Brexit·Lead·Property

British Benevolent Fund extends help to expats on Costa del Sol amid twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit

A MADRID charity set up to help Brits in Spain who find themselves beset by financial difficulties has expanded to the Costa del Sol as “the twin challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit”

12 Oct, 2021 @ 11:30

Brexit·Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar treaty talks could begin within days to determine post-Brexit relations after threat of no-deal scenario

AFTER a rocky start, negotiations over future relations between Gibraltar and the EU-bloc are set to begin within weeks. The negotiating mandate was approved by European Union ambassadors on Friday (Oct 1)

5 Oct, 2021 @ 10:45

Brexit·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

BREXIT: 150,000 Brits in Spain have applied for TIE residency card. And here’s why you should too

THE British Embassy in Madrid has revealed that 150,000 Britons living in Spain have been issued with TIE cards since it was introduced in July last year. Brexit meant that the green

3 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

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EXCLUSIVE: “Time to get out of Dodge” – meet the Brexit refugees making a new life in Spain (part 2)

Continuing on from our recent feature on Brits that have left their homes in the UK to start new lives in sunnier climes here in Spain as Brexit approached. EXCLUSIVE: Meet the

2 Oct, 2021 @ 08:00

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News

Europe Minister Wendy Morton and Spain’s Secretary of State for EU Juan González-Barba

INTERVIEW: UK’s Europe Minister flies into Madrid for talks with Spain over issues affecting British expats post-Brexit

In an interview at the British Embassy in Madrid, Europe Minister Wendy Morton told the Olive Press that “citizens’ rights remain really really important” to the British government.

1 Oct, 2021 @ 16:56

Brexit·Lead·Must Read

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Brexit refugees who fled Britain for a new life in Spain

BRITISH expats living in Spain watching events unfold in the UK in recent days may be forgiven for feeling a certain Schadenfreude as critics of the government lay the blame with Brexit.

1 Oct, 2021 @ 08:00

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·National News

BREXIT SURVEY: What are the issues that most affect Brits in Spain?

THE British Embassy in Madrid wants to understand more about the key issues affecting Brits living in Spain since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. With that in mind they have

21 Sep, 2021 @ 17:00

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Scaremongering! Spanish Wealth Tax – your Pensions & Investments.

by Sam Kelly DipPFS, EFA, BA (Hons), Managing Partner, Chorus Financial. Without fail, every time there’s a new piece of legislation or an update that may affect Brits living in Spain, certain

20 Sep, 2021 @ 16:27

BACK TO SCHOOL: Brits in Spain urged to remember that children also need to register as residents

AS we move into September, families have been making sure that their children are prepared for the school year ahead. But one important issue is sometimes overlooked; British children in Spain need

12 Sep, 2021 @ 12:45

Brexit·Education·Lead

Over a third of a BILLION euros lost in business between UK and Spain during Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade slump

SINCE the first of 2019, the value of Spanish exports to the UK has dropped £200 million, according to the UK Food & Drink Exporters Association. And with imports from the UK

3 Sep, 2021 @ 15:45

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