Tag: Brexit
Healthcare ‘guaranteed’ for expats
Puig confirmed this week that British residents will maintain their right to free healthcare in the Valencia region in any Brexit scenario.
Speaking at a...
British expats get to vote
A TREATY between London and Madrid, allowing British expats to vote in municipal elections in Spain in May, was signed on Monday.
The treaty was...
Costa expats speak out on Brexit
FOR MANY weeks now readers have voiced their opinion on Brexit, mainly in our Letter to the Editor section. This week we have taken...
‘Brexit’ bunting fiasco in Benidorm
BRITISH bar owner Tracey Walker has stirred up a hornets nest by claiming that local police victimised her by ordering her to take down...
Spain lifeline for ‘Brexpats’
THE SPANISH government has again appealed for calm amongst expats affected by Brexit and the current political troubles over the Withdrawal Agreement.
Madrid has undertaken...
Vote of no confidence tabled
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a motion of no confidence in the government saying tonight saw the largest defeat for a government since...
Huge defeat for PM’s Brexit deal
The Brexit deal has been turned down with a huge margin of 230 - 432 votes against and only 202 in favour. The...
London and Madrid close to voting deal
BRITISH and Spanish expats look set to preserve their democratic rights after the UK departs the European Union in a bilateral deal being drafted...
Spain prepares for ‘no deal’ Brexit
POLITICIANS in Madrid are working on contingency plans for the United Kingdom crashing out of the European Union without a deal.
Spain has some of...
What about us?
EXPATS could have been excused for thinking that Nero fiddled while Rome burned this week.
On the day that the EU issued its no-deal planning...
‘Concerned’ about British residents
VALENCIA’S president Ximo Puig met the UK’s Ambassador in Spain, Simon Manley and his consular team on Monday.
Sr Puig told Mr Manley that he...
What a mess
BRITAIN’S Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her Cabinet for a draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday at a meeting in...
Bremain in Spain celebrates huge turnout at People’s Vote march
MEMBERS of the 5,000-strong Bremain in Spain association are celebrating a turnout of an estimated 700,000 people at the People’s Vote march in London...
Brexit talks deadlock
THERESA May addressed EU leaders on Wednesday evening, urging them to give ground and end the current Brexit deadlock.
However, they said it was the...
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Benidorm locks-up again
To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...
Deep snow in Alicante province
With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...
Brexit passport rule changes
BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit.
During the current transition...
