U-TURN CAMPAIGN: Ambassador gives update on Brits driving in Spain
THE OLIVE PRESS is campaigning for a U-turn on rules which, since May 1, mean anyone with a British driving licence who has lived in Spain for longer than six months –
U-Turn Campaign: More support our fight to get Brit residents back on the roads in Spain
THE OLIVE PRESS’S campaign to allow Brits without a Spanish licence back on the road is gathering momentum. Scott Marshall, the Councilor of Tourism, Immigration, Communication and Local Development in Benahavis on
HORSEPOWER TO THE PEOPLE: Why the Olive Press has launched campaign to allow Brits in Spain back on the road
IT’S time to kick the mandarins into gear!
Brits in Spain launch petition to call for driving licence recognition
A PETITION has been launched by British expats calling for the Spanish government to recognise British driving licences. British and Spanish authorities have been involved in ongoing negotiations to strike a post-Brexit
Police investigate Brits using fake documents to gain Spanish residency post-Brexit in Canary Islands
AT least four Brits are being investigated in the Canary Islands over applications to gain residency in Spain using forged ‘padron’ documents. The foreigners’ office in Santa Cruz de Tenerife first alerted
Passport control mayhem with drunk British tourist attacking police at Costa Blanca airport in Spain
A British man has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport after attacking three Policia Nacional officers at passport control. The tourist flew in last weekend and was drunk when queuing up to have
EXPLAINER: Why Brits in Spain are being urged update residency document to TIE ‘without delay’
BRITISH residents in Spain are being urged to update their ID to a TIE ‘without delay’ as more and more of Spain’s administrative bodies fail to recognise the former ‘green card’ as
Negotiators are ‘within touching distance of historic treaty’ over Gibraltar’s post-Brexit future, insists Chief Minister Fabian Picardo
AFTER months of negotiations concerning the future of Gibraltar post-Brexit, an end is now in sight, according to Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. In an address to parliament on Monday, Picardo insisted Gibraltar was
Anger mounts over driving licence debacle for Brits in Spain post Brexit
HUNDREDS, possibly even thousands, of British expats have been left unable to drive legally in Spain after the failure to strike a bilateral deal.And they are getting angrier about it. The British
UK govt urged to address problems at Gibraltar’s border with Spain ‘as a matter of urgency’
CHAIR of the European Scrutiny Committee in the UK House of Commons, Sir William Cash MP, has called for Gibraltar border problems to be investigated “as a matter of urgency”. In a
Property developer claims Brexit has caused holiday home purchases to fall in Spain’s Murcia region
HOLIDAY home sales in the Murcia region have fallen from 72% of all real estate deals in 2015 to 47% last year, according to the Registrars Association. A regional real estate developer
Problem, what problem?: UK’s Europe Minister James Cleverly ‘not aware’ of Gibraltar border issues
THE UK’S Europe Minister, James Cleverly, has insisted that recent issues with strict Schengen controls at the Gibraltar border are not a negotiating ploy by Spain. Speaking alongside Julian Braithwaite, Director General
Confusion as Brits fall foul of beefed up Spanish border rules crossing from Gibraltar
MORE testimonials given to the Olive Press suggest border guards in Spain are now imposing increasingly strict rules for entry – without publicly advertising to travelers. On Wednesday, Joanne Franks from Berkshire,
‘Bittersweet’: Brits living abroad for over 15 years finally win right to vote in UK elections
CAMPAIGNERS were celebrating their victory after years of battling for the right of those who have lived abroad for more than 15years to maintain the right to vote in UK elections. On
Plea for more police at Spain’s passport control points after 3,000 passengers miss flights from Madrid
CALLS have been made for more Policia Nacional to be put on duty at Spanish airports to avoid massive queues this summer holiday season. President of the Lineas Aereas association, Javier Gandara,
Post-Brexit passport check regulations relaxed as Portugal aims to steal a tourism march on Spain
PORTUGAL is hoping to steal a march on Spain by scrapping post-Brexit security checks for Brits arriving at its airports. UK visitors to the country will be treated the same as EU
Vote Macron, urges Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez ahead of French presidential election
SPAIN’S Prime Minister has urged French voters to back Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election on Sunday. Publishing an op-ed in Le Monde alongside the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Portuguese PM
British Embassy in Spain requests yet another extension as driving licence deadline of April 30 looms
THE British Embassy in Madrid has requested yet another extension to the deadline on the validity of British driving licences for expats in Spain insisting that negotiations for a permanent solution are
Victory for campaigners as Brits living abroad for 15 years set to win right to vote in UK elections
IT has been a long battle, but the British government is finally set to overturn a rule that denied the right to vote to Brits who had lived overseas for more than
Where has my parcel gone? The quixotic experience of postal deliveries from the UK to Spain post-Brexit
Before Brexit, parcels used to flow seamlessly between the UK and Spain. However, now that the UK is a “third country”, outside the single EU market, our post can be intercepted by
ANALYSIS: How the Ukraine war might affect international demand for property in Spain
Having barely recovered in 2021, international demand faces a challenging year in 2022, writes Mark Stücklin of Spanish Property Insight.
UPDATE: Spain extends post-Brexit UK driving licence validity until April 30th
SPANISH authorities have extended the period of validity of UK driving licences in Spain for another two months granting a request by the British Ambassador in Madrid just days before the deadline.
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
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
Rock solid: What’s next for Gibraltar’s property market?
SUNSHINE, Schengen and sovereignty. These three words are key to the Gibraltar property market. Throw in ease of border crossings and a friendly tax regime, and real estate investments look set for
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