The rules on residencia cards in Spain have been changed several times recently. Briefly, if you are an EU citizen, you must now register at your local Oficina de Extranjeros – usually in the local Comisaria (Police Office).  Our local one is just off the bypass near Al Campo in Motril. You will need to complete... 

Banyan Tree Holdings from Almuñécar are awaiting the final environmental report before building can commence. The town council have said the work will be completed “within a few days” which will allow construction to begin immediately. Banyan Tree Holdings are investing 230 million € in the project... 

Movistar have today been announced as “The Worst Company in Spain”. a Whopping 37% of all votes placed online at the FACUA consumer action group’s third annual award for the worst business in Spain went to the Spanish telecommunications giant. Movistar also won the award on the two previous occassions... 

You can escape the charge by getting the airline’s new debit card. Photo – cashpassport.com/ryanair Ryanair is to introduce a six Euro surcharge on all flights purchased in Spain from April 15. This will appear as ‘coste de gestión’ (management charge) and will be added to the final ticket price with... 

The intentions of the government of Juan Carlos Benavides were good, the result not so much. The previous charge of EUR 248,319.50 City Council spent to enable the beaches of Almuñecar to disabled and this investment could have been profitable if not for “nothing installed meets the technical requirements.” Therefore,... 

All the bars on the Costa Tropical have their permits renewed for Easter, in order to encourage the sector to be fully operational with the arrival of the first tourists in search of sun and sand, according to confirmed sources of business and government Andalusia. President of the Association of Bars on the... 

The events in Toulouse still dominate the front pages. El Mundo has a photo of Sarkozy, and says that he has now made visiting Jihadist internet pages a crime. El País shows some French police wearing balaclavas, and headlines that the police have killed the Jihadist in Toulouse with a shot to the head. It notes the... 

The events in Toulouse dominate all of the papers in Spain today El Mundo has a photo of a masked policeman in Toulouse and headlines that the solitary Jihadist wanted to ‘put France on its knees’. The Paris prosecutor has revealed that the assassin only regrets not killing more, and has holed up on a house with... 

Jaume Matas leads most of the papers today The papers lead with the 6 year sentence handed down on Jaume Matas, the ex PP President of the Baleares for the crime of corruption. The court in Palma has found him guilty of perversion of the course of justice, misuse of public funds, falsification and fraud. It notes Antonio... 

The killing of three children and a teacher in a Jewish school in France leads most of the papers El Mundo leads with the headline that France is looking for the racist killer after his attack on a Jewish college. The paper says the police attribute the killing of 3 children and a teacher to the same psychopath who... 

The economy and the ERE scandal in Andalucía lead the papers El Mundo headlines that more than 4,000 Town Halls are economically unviable. The Secretary of State for Public Administrations has said, ‘Their population is very small to be an efficient centre for the provision of services’. La Vanguardia highlights... 

Regional debt and co-payment in health lead most of the papers today El Mundo headlines that the municipalities are taking out hundreds of thousands of their bills from their drawers. It says that more than 3,000 ayuntamientos have signed up for the new plan, and have found debts that are 15 years old. The unpaid bills...