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BREXIT: It’s time for British expats in Spain to adopt David Bowie’s mantra – ‘turn and face the strange’,...

Gone are the days of the British Empire when a British Citizen could travel anywhere with a sense of entitlement

Giles Brown has an awkward moment with Spain’s DGT while changing his British license post-Brexit

Phonetically spelling out my name to the operator, my brain froze on the first letter

DISGRACED mayor in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after sexually abusing two women

THE mayor of a town in Catalunya has resigned after admitting he has committed sexual abuse.

Costa Blanca mayors accused of ‘disobedience’ over withholding reports on river pollution and dumping of waste

BOTH Benijofar and Formentera del Segura councils are being threatened with prosecution over withholding information requests. The Catalan Ombudsman of the Valencian Community, Angel Luna,...

Spanish coalition government to extend ban on home evictions by up to four years, affecting renters and homeowners alike

FURTHER protection for people struggling in the Spanish financial climate is to be announced today. Spain’s new government will extend the current restriction on home...

Spain’s VOX defies coronavirus advice to hold far right meeting with Trump administration in US

VOX representatives have travelled to the United States to meet withleaders of the Trump administration in a bid to strengthen far rightalliances. The controversial party...

Deputy leader of Spain’s Vox party contracts coronavirus after he is pictured sniffing and coughing at 9,000-strong event in...

Secretary General Javier Ortega Smith was confirmed as among Spain’s 1,600 victims this afternoon

Handling of coronavirus restores some faith back in Spanish government, survey reveals

THE handling of the coronavirus outbreak by the newly formed coalition government of Spain has gone some way to softening the public’s opinion of...

Spanish government call on Congress to extend state of alarm by 15 days WITHOUT further restrictions

The debate and vote on the extension will take place on Wednesday March 25

Government considers freezing rents for ‘two months’ for people affected during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

A FREEZE on rental payments is being considered by Spain's government to aid citizens affected during the coronavirus lockdown. Unidos Podemos, the left-wing alliance in...

Vox wants to remove free healthcare for non residents in Spain during the coronavirus crisis

VOX has asked to remove free healthcare for non residents during the state of emergency.

Congreso approves state of alarm extension in Spain

The state of alarm extension has been approved until at least April 11

CORONAVIRUS: Vox party members given all clear after March meeting that infected key party members

A TOTAL of 70 members of the far right Vox party from Cordoba have completed their voluntary 17-day coronavirus quarantine. No infections have been reported...

BREAKING: UK pledges €85 million to repatriate stranded Brits, with over 150,000 returning from Spain since the coronavirus lockdown

THE British government has pledged to spend €85 million to repatriate stranded Brits abroad.

Hospitals in Spain at ‘breaking point’ as stand in Health Director holds crisis meeting

SPAIN’S hospitals are near ‘breaking point’ with a deluge of critical Covid cases in the last few days. A total of six autonomous regions are...

Far-right VOX party rejects COVID-19 state of alarm extension in harshest statement against Pedro Sanchez to date

Vox was hit hard with the virus, with secretary general Javier Ortega Smith testing positive after a party conference on March 8

COVID-19: Government steps in to stop private clinics hiking up coronavirus testing costs

THE Government has revealed measures to ensure the nation's private testing clinics are not hiking prices, putting the most vulnerable in danger. In a press...

Nearly 90% of Spaniards believe opposition parties should support the Government through the COVID-19 crisis

A RECENT study has suggested that 87.8% of Spaniards believe the opposition parties should support the Government through the coronavirus crisis.

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Carmen Calvo, recovers from coronavirus and returns to work

CARMEN Calvo announces she has recovered from COVID-19 and is returning to work.

Spain’s PSOE party accuses VOX of ‘hate crimes’ for spreading false COVID-19 information

The complaint stems from a series of tweets from Vox back on January 18 and again between April 2 and 7 aimed at the PSOE

Irene Montero recovers from coronavirus and is out of isolation for the first time in six weeks

IRENE Montero has recovered from coronavirus and has now come out of isolation.

Congress extends Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown to May 10 amid fierce criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE Spanish Congress has voted to extend the country's coronavirus lockdown until May 10. This evening politicians passed the third extension to the state of...

Podemos deputy leader, Isabel Serra Sanchez, sentenced to 19 months in prison for her intervention in an eviction in...

THE deputy leader of Podemos, Isabel Serra Sanchez has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for her intervention in an eviction.

BREAKING: Spain’s PP and Vox will NOT vote for extending coronavirus lockdown to May 24, they announce in COVID-19...

SPAIN'S right-wing parties have said they will not vote for an extension of coronavirus lockdown. An extension until May 24 has not been backed by...

Pedro Sanchez will become the first Spanish Prime Minister in history to take part in a European Summit that...

PEDRO Sanchez will be the first Prime Minister in Spanish history to have taken part in a European Summit that also includes Kosovo.

British expat urges self-employed in Spain to support new autonomo political party

A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol explains why he joined the newly formed A.P.E (SOMOS AUTONOMOS INICIATIVA POLITICA) and what his role is.

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