August 2023

THE average international buyer of Spanish property has begun to trend downwards in age profile, according to the latest data. While there are still plenty of Brits, Germans, French and Belgians coming in to hand over their cash for a slice of life in the sun, gone are the days of them being entirely high-income, […]

THREE Croatian-Italian brothers who used counterfeit euro notes to con sellers of high-value items have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The siblings led a gang operating out of Madrid and Valencia with officers discovering over €7 million in bogus notes at both locations with the inscription ‘facsimile’ on them. Investigations started last December after

TEN years ago El Palmar on the Costa de la Luz never used to be described as ‘Vejer’s beach’ – given that Vejer de la Frontera is 10 km and a 15-minute drive away, even though it is officially within the municipality. And El Palmar, though it has long had a couple of very fine

SPAIN’S airports saw the best-ever July for passenger numbers, as tourism continues to blossom following the Covid pandemic. Operator Aena said on Monday that 29.76 million passengers used their airports last month- 10% more than the same month last year and beating the July 2019 record by 1.2%. International travellers totalled 29.70 million, nearly 12%

RESEARCH from experts at Moving to Spain concludes that Spain is the second-best country in the whole of Europe to retire. The analysts reviewed the cost of living, health care, average apartment prices, average annual sunshine hours, retirement visas, percentage of populations aged 65 and above, life expectancy, total blue flag sites, and global peace

Elena in Cove, San Vicente, Mallorca (1919) THE Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) was hugely celebrated in his lifetime, then slightly overlooked. In recent years, major exhibitions across Europe served as a reminder as to how exceptional he was. This year, in commemoration of the centenary of his death, the impressionist master is getting the

A VALENCIA area woman has been given a two-year prison sentence and ordered to repay €135,805 to Social Security after her claiming her dead brother’s pension for 24 years. She also has to pay a daily fine of €4 for seven months and will have to cover all legal costs of her trial. The Valencia

ROMANIAN gang members are flying into Spain to rob tourists of their luxury watches at some of the country’s most well-heeled resorts, it has emerged.  In a warning for Brits heading to the costas this summer, two men, aged between 30 and 35, have been arrested in Mallorca for allegedly robbing at least 15 people