Illegal Taxi Arrests

It now looks like the proposed crack down on ilegal taxi services is finally underway in our area. Police had promised to arrest and fine both the drivers and passengers of those found in such illegal and dangerous services.   Now, 3 Britons from Mazarron have been...

The Foreigners are Taking Over!!!

Torrevieja town hall have released statistics of the latest census, showing little significant change. Foreigners still make up the largest portion of recorded residents, now representing 53.7% of the...

Costa's 'costalot' as Spanish tourism hit by crisis

As widely forecast, the current economic crisis and the fall in the value of the Pound Sterling against the Euro has had a severe impact on one of Spain’s largest industries , tourism. The latest figures released by the country’s National Statistics Institute even call...

Valencian Government 'sinks' yet more Expat lives

In a move which has provoked outrage amongst the British Expatriate yachting and boating community, the Government of Valencia has hit out at foreign boat owners who are moored in its Costa Blanca marinas and...

Further gloom for ex-pats in Spain

Falling property prices, weakening pound v. euro, inflation, rising crime rates, increasing taxes and now ..... no television ! Thousands of residents have once again been deprived of their television viewing,...

News from the Spanish Costas

Problems with the new website:   1. Will not take pre prepared cut and past work 2. Very difficult to find where to enter a story - buttons halp covered over by 'Author' field 3. Unable to cut and paste this story - I'm off somewhere else !

“Catastrazo” coming on Spain's Costa Blanca

In light of falling income from ex-pat property owners in the Costa Blanca, Spain, taxes and fees on new property projects have failed to be realised, so more and more municipalities are asking the Catastro (the office in the Ministry of Finance regulating the fiscal values...

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