Tag: advice
DEAR JENNIFER: Are there funeral plans in Spain with no age or health restrictions?
OVER the past few months, there has been an upheaval regarding funeral plans in the UK. Every week, it would appear that there was...
READERS’ TIPS: How do you keep warm during winter in Spain?
When Olive Press intern Tallulah Taylor arrived on the Costa del Sol in December she discovered she was entirely unprepared for winter in a house better designed to keep out the summer heat.
INFORM YOURSELVES!: Don’t miss a pair of informative – and free – expat seminars taking place on Spain’s Costa...
BRITISH expats, residents, and non-residents may be sick of hearing the word ‘BREXIT’ but most still need to consider its implications linked to living...
Jonathan Holdaway recounts Harry Enfield’s shaky lesson in finance, while offering his rather better advice on a balanced investment...
‘Buy high sell low’, he confidently exclaimed, then adding ‘or have I got that the wrong way round? Course I have …sell low, buy high’
ALL pregnant women in Malaga must be assessed, says Government after first abortion due to listeriosis on Spain’s Costa...
Pregnant women will be asked if they have eaten the infected La Mecha brand of the popular Spanish food, ‘carne mechada’
If you can’t stand the heat you can always take inspiration from the animal kingdom … or not, writes...
Luckily we humans can cool off at the turn of a shower tap but storks and vultures have a yuckier way to stave off the August heat...
Thinking of buying off plan in Spain? Terra Meridiana tells you everything you need to know
In the previous decade it was very common to work with insurers not authorised to operate in Spain
Spanish study finds that eating nuts in first trimester of pregnancy improves child brain development
The nuts involved were almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts and hazelnuts
UK Foreign Office updates website to say terrorists ‘very likely to carry out attacks in Spain’
There was no reason given for the update, but the FCO say Brits ‘should be vigilant and follow the instructions of the local authorities’
Sunbathe and quit smoking to reduce MS risk in Spain’s Malaga say leading doctors
LACK of Vitamin D and smoking are among the leading causes behind a surge in multiple sclerosis cases in the Malaga region, say local...
Let’s talk mental health: Why teenage suicide in UK and Spain is on the rise and what parents can...
The Olive Press investigates the surge in teenage depression and the role social media plays in self-harming
Crying out for clarity
Lawyer Antonio Flores delves into the murky world of inheritance tax and how it affects expats
Artificial sweeteners may cause diabetes, says new study
Diet drinks also allegedly disrupt the body's ability to regulate blood sugar
Are you an ‘orphan policyholder’?
If you have a pension, investment or life insurance product arranged by an adviser who no longer works for you, or has gone out of business, read on, writes Richard Alexander
Exclusive Olive Press investigation sparks changes for foreigner safety
Steps are now being taken in Marbella, and even across Spain