They don’t pay the fines for parking too long in the restricted blue parking zones, nor the fines for speeding; they pay no road tax; their vehicles are not taken for ITV tests…… Foreign residents who drive their cars on the roads of Malaga province enjoy an impunity which comes from the registration plate of Continue reading →

A NUMBER of readers from various parts of Spain have contacted us reporting a scam in which a person claiming to be from Microsoft calls to fix their computer. Microsoft has a webpage dedicated to scams that use its name fraudulently, including this one. While many people many people may not realise they are being Continue reading →

The National Police are now using Youtube in their search for criminals National Police in Spain have distributed the pictures of the most search for criminals thought to be in the country, and asked for help from the pubic to find them All of those named are considered dangerous and are generally linked to organised Continue reading →

Many Spanish holiday home dreams are turning to nightmares as developers go to the wall unable to finance their debts.  Some 170,000 companies in the construction sector, 23% of the total, went bust in 2008 and 2009, the majority of them (64%) doing so in 2009.  The devastation is set to continue for the foreseeable Continue reading →

France has taken the top spot for the second year running, despite families earning an annual net income of only £32,766 – £4,406 below that of the UK. Significantly, the UK now no longer enjoys the highest net household income in Europe after falling behind Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark. This is a critical blow Continue reading →

The UK will be responsible for issuing the cards to UK state pensioners resident in other EU countries from next May Changes are underway to the system of issuing the European Health Insurance Cards to British expatriates living in Spain who are in receipt of a UK state pension. UK state pensioners are eligible for Continue reading →

Most of the EU residents in Spain live along the costas Málaga has been named among the Spanish provinces to be home to most EU pensioners. 90% of the EU residents in Spain aged over 55 are concentrated in just eight Spanish provinces and most of the people remain to be placed on the ‘padrón’ Continue reading →

The plight of Britain’s older expatriates in Spain has become sufficiently serious to have attracted a specific visit by a British government Minister in the middle of September, according to the Daily Telegraph. It remains quite to be seen how much the visit by Consular Minister, Chris Bryant, will have had, but a number of Continue reading →

The DGT traffic authority wants to simplify the fining process The new traffic law, approved in Congress on Thursday, has opened the door to express fines. Drivers will be able to pay for their fines on the spot with their credit card, and will be given a 50% discount for doing so. However by taking Continue reading →