Tag: expat
MUST READ: How to avoid hangovers as a British expat in Spain this Christmas
AS Christmas approaches, there’s a tacit understanding that we will all throw caution to the wind and have a glass or two more than...
EXCLUSIVE: Irish teacher furious after being forced to sleep outside airport in ‘wet and cold’ conditions
A FURIOUS granny has slammed a Spanish airport after being forced to sleep outside in ‘freezing and rainy’ conditions. Mary McIntaggart was forced to spend...
British woman caught driving on wrong side of road in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca was five...
ROJALES Policia Local surprised a woman when she was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The municipality includes the popular urbanisation of...
OLD HACK IN THE SUN – Benny Davis with the ramblings of an 80-something expat in Spain
TIME to place my trusty quill pen alongside the nicotine-stained green eye shield and lay them to rest in my grandad’s old roll-top bureau....
EXCLUSIVE: Expat mum and son lose Costa del Sol home after courts send legal notices to wrong address and...
WHEN Victoria Jenkins’ partner Lee did a runner leaving her and their son on the Costa del Sol, she didn’t think life could get...
EXCLUSIVE: “Time to get out of Dodge” – meet the Brexit refugees making a new life in Spain (part...
Continuing on from our recent feature on Brits that have left their homes in the UK to start new lives in sunnier climes here...
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.
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British expat found dead in Spanish home after desperate UK relatives contact friend in Murcia
THE body of a British man was recovered from his Murcia region home after relatives in the UK could not contact him for three...
