Tag: expat
ONE SMALL STEP: Meet Neil Armstrong, the expat Brit musician shooting for the moon from a hilltop town in...
LOCKDOWN certainly had its challenges, especially in Spain where for six weeks everyone was confined to their homes allowed out only for essentials. But for...
BACK TO SCHOOL: Choosing the right schools for your kids in Spain can be a puzzle of Einstein...
PENCIL cases to fill, textbooks to buy, packed lunch boxes to prepare… the first day of school can be as big a deal for...
ADANA Dog Shelter banned from fundraising at Estepona Port Market
ADANA dog shelter in Estepona is struggling to reach their monthly donation target after it was banned from fundraising at the weekly Sunday market...
WATCH Olive Press live on Sky: ‘It’s great to see the Brits coming back to Spain’
THE Olive Press reported live from a beach on the Costa del Sol with an appearance on UK television news on Wednesday morning. Editor Jon...
Irish expat returns to Spain to find squatter living in her home and demanding money to move out
AN Irish expat has been forced to live in a hotel after a squatter moved into her home and refused to leave. Jean O’Donoghue, who...
EXCLUSIVE: British expat loses home in southern Spain after 13-year legal battle with builder neighbour over dodgy wall
A BRITISH pensioner has lost her dream home in the sun over a decade-long legal dispute over a boundary wall. Margaret Townley, 75, claims she...
EXCLUSIVE: British expat forced to demolish his own villa in Spain or face jail just weeks after wife died
British expat finally demolishes his 17-year home to live in a van on the land.
EXPLAINED: What expats need to do to get Covid-19 vaccine in Spain
SINCE first embarking on its vaccination programme last December Spanish authorities have always been very clear that jabs will be available to everyone living...
OLD HACK IN THE SUN: Benny Davis with the 80-something ramblings of an expat in Spain
When I was young, 'online' meant pegging your washing out to dry. Never thought that one day this innocent household word would signify the demise...
Expats in Spain frustrated at ‘lack of clarity’ over access to Covid-19 vaccines
FOREIGNERS living in Spain have expressed worry and frustration at not knowing when and if they will be called up for a Covid-19 vaccination...
British expats in Spain and across Europe welcome UK move to scrap 15-year voting rule
THE 15-year cut-off date that prevents an estimated one million overseas Brits from voting in UK parliamentary election is about to be scrapped, writes Sue Wilson...
EXCLUSIVE: Expats are clogging up a ‘saturated’ Spanish administration with unnecessary TIE applications, claims Costa Blanca broker
THE EXPAT Centre in Ciudad Quesada has spoken out about the sheer volume of British applicants applying for Spanish residencia in recent weeks. Understandably, Brits...
Suicidal British expat saved from tragedy by local police on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA Police talked down an English national who was threatening to jump from a bridge on Saturday afternoon, November 7. Agents had been alerted by...
OPINION: As Black Lives Matter sweeps the globe, is it time for Spain’s most notorious expat racist Leapy Lee...
HE has been at it for two decades… but now the world has changed, is it time for Leapy Lee to stop his racist...
OPINION: Andalucia’s COVID-19 outbreaks show that expat fears of British tourists in Spain are not unfounded
A SCROLL through expat Facebook groups will tell you that not everyone in Spain is best pleased at the return of foreign tourism. After 100...
KEEP EM OUT: British expat fears on Spain’s Costa del Sol as tourists descend from UK where new COVID-19...
AS the first flights into Spain from the UK touch down, British expats have voiced their fears at their compatriots spreading coronavirus. Many told the...
Irish expat who died after naked ‘rooftop rampage’ at upmarket urbanization on Spain’s Costa del Sol had taken ‘cocktail...
A SEMI-naked Irish expat who died after a ‘drug-fueled rampage’ through an upmarket urbanization, did not suffer a fatal head injury, forensic experts have...
British expat pensioner arrested over death of semi-naked Irish man ‘high on drugs’ at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa...
A BRITISH expat has been arrested over the death of a ‘drug-addled’ Irish man outside his luxury Costa del Sol home. The 65-year-old English suspect...
EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol saves woman’s life after she tried to jump off bridge
A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol has called for more to be done to combat mental health issues after saving a woman’s life after she attempted to commit suicide.
WATCH: Miracle moment 88-year-old British expat emerges alive from exploded house in Spain’s Malaga
THE expat who lost her life earlier this morning in a house explosion in Malaga province has been named as Geesla.
British expat tragically loses her life in house explosion in Spain’s Malaga, but 88-year-old husband miraculously survives
A BRITISH expat has lost her life after a gas leak caused an explosion in her home in Malaga province.
‘Sadistic killer’ who stabbed German expat seven times in Spain’s Mallorca FIRST to be trialled with jury during Spain’s...
The German national was killed instantly, with the autoposy confirming that the knife had pierced her lungs and heart
British expat pensioner probed over 544 dogs abused in ‘squalid conditions’ in Spain as police find animal bones and...
POLICE have begun probing a British pensioner who allegedly kept 544 dogs in ‘squalid conditions’. The unnamed 69-year-old rented a former rabbit farm, where he...
British fugitive ‘cocaine dealer’ arrested after brutal stabbing at expat bar on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BRITISH fugitive ‘cocaine dealer’ has been arrested after a brutal stabbing at a Costa del Sol bar. Zathon Dale Williams, 28, was held for...
Malaga’s big restaurants welcome Phase 1 of coronavirus exit plan, but expat bars with tiny terraces on Spain’s Costa...
THE Costa del Sol’s larger restaurants have welcomed Malaga’s entrance into Phase 1, while smaller business-owners with tiny terraces are more gloomy. A number of...
EXCLUSIVE: British expat chases refund for cancelled flight to Spain, with Vueling refusing to accept it was cancelled
A BRITISH expat has been left chasing a flight refund for a cancelled flight that the airline refuses to accept was cancelled.
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THE recent volcanic eruption in La Palma has aroused the concern of many citizens unsure if in their region there could be any type...
