Living Articles
MORE INTERNET USERS THAN TV VIEWERS
RESIDENTS in Spain now spend more time on the internet than they do watching the TV, research has shown.
Mediascope Europe revealed that people living in Spain spend an average of 13.6 hours a week surfing the net for leisure, rather than work, purposes.
Spain falls into fifth place behind the Danes, at 14.6 hours; the UK, […]
Make your vote count
If you keep up with the UK news, you´ll be aware that an election has to take place before the 3rd June this year.
What you may not be aware of, is that you may still be eligible to vote, even if you live abroad.
There are only a small number of British expatriates on the electoral […]
CHANGES TO EUROPEAN HEALTH INSURANCE CARD
THE Euro Weekly News has received a number of enquiries from concerned readers with regards to changes in the issuing of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to UK State Pensioners Resident in Spain. We spoke to David Burrage, of the former ‘British Expats Association’ (BEA) in order to determine the facts.
The confusion was generated […]
Severe weather continues
The heavy rains affecting various regions of Spain over the past few hours, especially Andalucia, have caused roads to flood and have left people stranded. A number of reservoirs have also had to be emptied because they were reaching their capacity.
In Málaga towns have been cut off, leaving almost five hundred people stranded, 23 […]
Spain and Wills
It is often said that there are two certainties in life - birth and death. We are not given much of an opportunity to plan the first of those events but we have all our (hopefully long) lives to plan for the second.
NIE number - what is it?
Here we explain what an NIE is and how to get one.
Bank accounts
Resident bank account? Non-resident bank account? We explain the difference and tell you which one is right for you.
Shopping
Spain, apart from being a great place to live is one of the most interesting places and one of the up and coming fashion centres of Europe.
Tax returns, tax relief and housing
It’s that time of year again in Spain when we start to think about our annual tax return and start looking for all the paperwork from last year to present our return to the local Tax office.