CHECK IT OUT: Virtual reality now offers FREE TOURS round your dream property for sale in Spain KEEN on a house, but unsure if it’s worth the air miles for a viewing? Virtual reality property tours have arrived on Spain’s Costa Blanca 9 Dec, 2019 @ 12:44 Costa Blanca·Mallorca·Property
Seria A – Fiorentina VS Inter Milan Fiorentina will aim to end Inter Milan’s nine-game unbeaten run in Serie A, as they host the league-leaders 10 days before Christmas. The clash at 9 Dec, 2019 @ 10:03 Sport
As the dreaded ‘C’ word rears its festive head, Loraine Gostling reminds us that C also stands for Charity The ‘C’ word is just around the corner and, for the past couple of weeks on Javea Connect, the annual appeals have started to help 8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:25 Columnists·Costa Blanca·Loraine Gostling: Getting Connected
Dramatic rescue of a badly beaten horse required TWO armed police and an ambulance on standby, writes columnist Susan Weeding FORGET what you’ve heard. The Spanish police do care for animals. My husband Rod has been there on the front line with Policía Nacional, their 8 Dec, 2019 @ 21:18 Columnists·Costa Blanca·Environment
As Boris Johnson sets his sights on No 10, Amanda Butler looks towards the sale of one of Mallorca’s grandest homes Having performed a market appraisal, I would have valued it last year somewhere in the region of €9m 8 Dec, 2019 @ 16:47 Columnists·Mallorca·Property
Adam Neale discusses Plusvalia and how land is valued and taxed in Spain It is important to note that the tax is only applied to the value of the land, and not to the property on it 8 Dec, 2019 @ 15:55 Columnists·Property
OPINION: Spain may be hosting the pivotal COP25 climate conference, but Madrid may need to rethink its approach to sustainability “People are lazy about not using their cars,” says volunteer Cristina Gomez. “There’s no excuse. We have a very good public transport system” 8 Dec, 2019 @ 14:50 Environment·Opinion
Director of Larraín Nesbitt Lawyers, Raymundo Larraín Nesbitt, discusses capital gains tax mitigation when selling property in Spain On selling property in Spain, you are liable for two taxes: plusvalia and capital gains tax (CGT, for short) 8 Dec, 2019 @ 14:09 Business & Finance·Property
In a new monthly column on the trials of learning Spanish, Charlie Smith makes a lasting impression on his first profesora By the time Spanish hit the school, I had already scraped a C in GCSE French and vowed never to learn a language again 8 Dec, 2019 @ 13:16 La Cultura·Malaga
British parents arrested as baby NEARLY DIES on Spain’s Costa del Sol after eating their cannabis stash Officers searching the house found 250 grams of cannabis, 25 grams of hashish, syringes, a weed grinder and other drug paraphernalia 8 Dec, 2019 @ 12:34 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
After two more gangland killings, Giles Brown calls for end to violence in Marbella and on Spain’s Costa del Sol Marbella needs to take a long, hard look at the problem before it spirals any further out of control 8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:59 Columnists·Crime & Law·Malaga
Police find ‘bone fragments’ in Gibraltar cemetery as they search for missing sailor Simon Parkes, who is feared victim of notorious serial killer Double murderer Grimson, who told interrogators slitting one of his victims’ throats was better than sex, had been part of the same crew as Simon 8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:42 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Cruel summer for home sales in Spain, writes Mark Stucklin, but the double-digit decline was probably just a blip Year to date the picture is less negative, with sales down in just over half the selected regions led by the Canary islands, in particular 8 Dec, 2019 @ 11:21 Property
Flood-hit Costa Blanca town says ‘Gracias’ to all that helped during gota fria THE PEOPLE of San Fulgencio came together to acknowledge and thank the ‘fantastic and unselfish’ emergency services and volunteers that helped throughout September’s floods that 8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:53 Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead
WARNING: Thief robs €1,000 from retired British expat using THIS simple cash machine scam that ‘targets elderly’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol "I blame Unicaja for being too slow and the police for – from the sound of it – doing nothing" 8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:44 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Tancrede de Pola looks ahead to brighter days after a tricky 2019 for mortgages in Spain As the new year beckons, there are some positive changes to mortgages in store 8 Dec, 2019 @ 10:31 Columnists
Exclusive interview with 60s Carry On icon and two-time Bond girl Valerie Leon who is hanging out with British expats in Spain’s Andalucia She shot to fame with the Hai Karate aftershave adverts of the 1970s, which have remained in the national memory ever since 8 Dec, 2019 @ 09:30 Almeria·Celebrity·Lead
FAST FASHION: Andalucia climate protesters expose hypocrisy of Spain’s pre-Christmas ‘spendathon’ Fashion is the world’s second most polluting industry after the oil and gas sector 8 Dec, 2019 @ 09:03 Environment·Granada·Lead
EXCLUSIVE: Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo reveals his views on abortion and far right Vox threat “If you are progressive, like me, and you're rebellious like me, you want to see these things happen” 8 Dec, 2019 @ 08:35 Gibraltar·Lead
Spain’s Costa del Sol treated to new exhibition by genius American photographer Lee Miller A nude body bent over in silhouette becoming unidentifiable, a man wearing a bowler hat and a pyramid’s shadow on the sand... 8 Dec, 2019 @ 08:02 La Cultura·Lead·Malaga
SPENDING IN SPAIN: It’s tougher saving than shopping, but you’ll be investing in your future, writes Jonathan Holdaway If you can allocate a portion of savings into some fairly simple, low-risk investments, it will make money for you while you sleep 8 Dec, 2019 @ 07:27 Business & Finance·Columnists
Specsavers launches ‘food for those in need’ campaign on Spain’s Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and in Mallorca Bancosol are particularly in need of the following non-perishable foods – oil, milk, tinned foods and meals, beans and pulses 7 Dec, 2019 @ 18:12 Columnists·Health
Cave painting thought to be 5,000 years old found in Spanish cave It comes after the discovery of what has been dubbed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ in Extremadura this summer 7 Dec, 2019 @ 17:59 La Cultura·Lead
Marbella has itself a white Christmas thanks to the Ski Lodge at La Sala Puerto Banus La Sala’s two-course Christmas Party menu is available for just €19.95, with an upgrade to a glass of Cava and half a bottle of house 7 Dec, 2019 @ 17:49 Food & Drink·Malaga
OPINION: Mallorca’s crackdown on troublesome tourists targets the wrong people and it is Spain’s local businesses who will suffer The new rules will allow authorities to issue hefty fines to hotels and bars 7 Dec, 2019 @ 17:33 Mallorca
EU warns Spain for NOT acting on ‘radiation directive’, meaning increased lung cancer risks for thousands EU rules stipulate that member states must have a national plan for the harmful effects of the invisible and odourless radon 7 Dec, 2019 @ 16:54 Environment·Lead