Security tightens
THE MINISTRY for the Interior is planning extra security measures and more personal information exchanges with private companies for car and holiday apartment rentals...
Missing Briton Caz found safely in Valencia hospital
CONCERNED friends who had not seen a British lady for almost a month have finally located her in a Valencia hospital after a frantic...
Bitter-sweet victory
For the first time ever a non-nationalist party has won the regional elections in Cataluña. Ciudadanos led by Inés Arrimadas was the choice of...
Catalan vote favours segregationists
Political clouds will continue over Cataluña following today's (Thursday) regional elección in which pro-independency parties have obtained an overall majority.
With practically all votes processed...
AENA will run new Murcia airport – and close San Javier
THE MANAGEMENT of Corvera airport will be handed to state airport company AENA, Murcia regional president Fernando López Miras announced on Wednesday.
The state company...
Cataluña goes to decisive vote
Poll stations in Cataluña open at 09.00 today (Thursday) for the decisive regional election that could see the end of the segregation crisis -...
Brexit deal – what does it mean for expats in Spain?
THE RIGHTS of UK citizens currently living in the European Union will remain the same - including the rights to healthcare, pensions and other...
No changes to emergency travel document procedure
A misleading report that appeared in the UK tabloids and that was also printed by a local free newspaper regarding new procedures for obtaining...
Pets are no longer ‘things’ under Spanish law
THE SPANISH government has taken the first steps to make the necessary changes in legislation to recognise animals as sentient beings, and not 'things'...
Property sales rise
FIGURES released by the Ministry of Public Works show that between January and September this year, 29,599 properties were purchased in the province, totalling...
Doctor’s orders for unfit drivers?
SPAIN'S legislators are considering a change in the law which would oblige GPs to advise the Traffic Department (DGT) if a patient is considered...
‘Ana’ puts Costa on alert
Alicante coastline is today (Monday) on orange alert due to high winds and waves as cold front 'Ana' continues to cross through Spain after...
Thanks Mrs May
PM Mariano Rajoy once again thanked his British counterpart Theresa May for her support in the Catalan crisis during his visit to Number 10...
Big freeze hits crops
FOLLOWING one of the worst droughts in living memory, farmers had more cause for lament this week as autumn frosts damaged crops all over...
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‘Settling a debt’ with the ‘forgotten victims’ of the Catholic Church
The government has presented measures which it says will ‘recognise, prevent and redress’ sexual abuse which occurred in the Catholic Church in Spain.
The Ombudsman’s...
