SWAN’S CORNER: Legal Pointers on Building Work in Spain’s Valencian Community
So you have found your perfect fixer upper home in the Valencia region and now its time to put your own stamp in it! Here
BREAKING: Predicted results of Catalan elections suggest victory for pro-independence sector
IT is now 8 pm on election day in Catalunya, and the first predicted results are just coming through on regional television station TV3. According
Capital pleasures: Plan a trip to Madrid this Spring, it has so much to offer
IT was a bright, sunny New Year’s Day in 2007 and we were walking out of the Ritz hotel down Paseo de la Castellana en
The Zen of The Rona: Dealing with the virus involves lots of navel gazing
AS you may or may not be aware, I spent most of last month recovering from what my more streetwise friends refer to as ‘The
Diary of a Councillor (In opposition): Getting a voice
I hadn’t been on the political scene very long before I realised that many, most certainly the majority of International residents in Mijas knew little
SUPREME COURT says newspaper was right to publish name and photo of abuser on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SPAIN’S highest legal body has backed the right of a newspaper to publish the full name of an abuser who beat up his girlfriend in
Catalan election day kicks off according to plan
However, not everyone is happy with the way things are going.
Bella Hadid stuns in stylish Prada outfit as she shares snaps from Vogue Spain shoot
SHE’S one of the world’s most in demand models, walking runways for some of the world’s biggest brands. And Bella Hadid looked every inch the
A NATION DIVIDED: Spain’s bloody past is still causing divisions today
IMAGINE if, rather than losing the Second World War and committing suicide in Berlin, Adolf Hitler had successfully invaded the British Isles and ruled them
Good news and bureaucracy in Mallorca
Luckily Anton (my son) was fine and didn’t have any serious COVID symptoms. He has however developed COVID Toe, seriously it’s a thing, but hopefully
Plastic Sea: Almeria’s environmental and humanitarian disaster
IF anyone has told you that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, I’m afraid they were telling fibs – or spreading fake
Spain’s biggest sporting event returns to the Costa Blanca and Murcia this summer
ONE of the world’s top cycling road races, La Vuelta a España, will be returning to the Costa Blanca and Murcia areas this summer. Last
SWAN’S CORNER: Do I really need to make a Spanish will?
It is all too common for many of us to put off making a will in Spain. After all, it is very much part of
Expat donates museum filled with art to Spanish city of Caceres
A GERMAN art collector and dealer has gifted a state of the art museum to Cáceres. The recently remodelled building was made to house Helga
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED: Catalunya gears up for strangest autonomous elections ever in the midst of COVID
Tomorrow’s elections are a source of great speculation and excitement, as they could go almost any way.
Spanish channel RTVE forced to apologise for comparing Princess Leonor, 15, to disgraced former King ahead of her move to UK
SPAIN’S main TV channel was forced to apologise after receiving a barrage of complaints following their coverage of Princess Leonor’s educational move to the UK.
‘OPEN VERDICT’ from Wakefield coroner with still no Spanish police report over 2018 Malaga area shooting of Sean Hercules
A West Yorkshire coroner has recorded an open verdict over the death of British criminal, Sean Hercules, on the Costa del Sol on 10 September
Five incredible castles in Spain’s Malaga every history-lover should visit
THE castles in Malaga provide its landscapes with grandiose silhouettes. Malaga has over 90 legendary fortresses scattered throughout the province, however the passage of time
Holiday home burglary gang stole from at least 30 properties on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Guardia Civil have arrested a ten-strong gang that stole and then sold items pinched from at least 30 Torrevieja holiday homes. Over €40,000 of
DOWNWARD CURVE is maintained in new COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Valencian Community
NEW COVID-19 cases are continuing to spiral downwards in the Valencian Community, with figures almost two-thirds lower than a week earlier. The latest briefing from
SWAN’S CORNER: Time to check if you have to declare your non-Spanish assets on Form 720
SPRING is on the way and so you MUST check if you are obliged to file a 720 Declaration by the end of March to
IT’S OFFICIAL: Valencia hospitality closures extended until March
Regional president Ximo Puig finally confirmed the measure this morning after a week full of negotiations, speculation and protests
Bulk carrier oil spill in Bay of Gibraltar reaches western coast
AN oil spill from a bulk carrier in the Bay of Gibraltar has reached areas of the western coastline inside the port area.
Elderly lockdown ends on Monday in Gibraltar as restrictions loosen
THE elderly will be free from lockdown from Monday onwards but the curfew is set to continue until mid-March.
Man takes his own life with single gun shot on Murcia’s Mar Menor after killing his business partner
POLICE are trying to piece together two deaths in the Murcia region after a man was shot dead in El Palmar and his killer then
FIRST INFECTIONS from South African COVID-19 variant are found in Spain’s Valencian Community
THE first cases of the ‘South African’ COVID-19 variant have been reported in the Valencian Community. The regional health ministry said that three cases of