October 2021

THE Spanish Government has given the green light to additional funding that the Minister of Social Rights hopes will help tackle child poverty in Spain.  The support package includes a direct payment to all families with children who are scraping by on the Minimum Living Wage (IMV). Ione Belarra, leader of junior coalition party Unidas […]

AS stated in the General State Budgets for 2022,  the Spanish government wants to introduce changes to tax relief on contributions to individual and occupational tax-qualified pension plans. They have proposed plans to reduce the maximum limit on contributions to a supplementary pension from €2,000 to €1,500.  If these plans go ahead, it will be

A SPANISH town is becoming a model for how to run a municipality on a sound ecological basis. Just a few kilometres from the brash tourist trap of Benidorm, La Nucia is committed to going green. The town hall has put in charging points for electric cars that are free to all, and has come

By Benny Davis SOME readers may have read my `retirement´ announcement in a previous Olive Press issue. Nearly 90 now and suffering from cancer, it seemed the sensible thing to do, but after receiving a plea from the newspaper owner, Jon Clarke, to carry on as long as possible, I called for a family conference.

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I LONG had a feeling Christian Brueckner – the current prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann mystery – would have links to Orgiva, with its little-checked, free-spirited community of international travellers tucked away in a string of hidden valleys. The Alpujarras is a region I know well having come across the fledgling Olive Press there

IT is the Korean TV series that has proved a massive hit. Squid Game, the dystopian tale where contestants play children’s games with the penalty for losing being death, is noted for its set design. Its sharp geometric shapes and vibrant colours stand out – but are eerily similar to a famous housing estate in

BRITISH expats, residents, and non-residents may be sick of hearing the word ‘BREXIT’ but most still need to consider its implications linked to living outside the UK since January1. Expatinfo.es has gathered together another group of experts to give incisive, up to the minute advice on all the latest issues and updates for Brits abroad.

BEFORE the Great Depression and the onset of World War II brought them down to Earth, America’s wealthiest individuals showed no signs of restraint while spending their riches.  The treasures of Europe were often the target of this exorbitant spending, as many in America’s wealthy class, such as John D Rockefeller and William Randolph Hearst,

SPAIN’S DGT have issued a new plea to drivers in Spain to learn how to navigate around roundabouts safely after it emerged one in ten accidents that cause injuries occur on them. Roundabouts have proliferated on a huge scale since the first one was built in 1976 and there are now an estimated 38,000 of