Doctors in Spain have spoken out in support of recent allegations by the country’s politicians that ‘health tourists’ are merely freeloading on the back of the Spanish health insurance.
Citing the large UK expat community in Alicante as an example, the SiMap union claimed expats account for up to 20 percent ...
A new survey has revealed that over two-thirds of British expats living across the European Union are contemplating a return home thanks to the ongoing economic downturn.
The findings were announced in a poll undertaken by British foreign exchange specialist Moneycorp and discovered that the weakening pound, falling property prices and ...
The Spanish region of Valencia’s regional government has drawn fire from the local expat community who took to the streets of the town of Alicante in protest over plans to strip early retirees of free healthcare. Some 200 people expressed their dissatisfaction with the move in the street march.
The issue ...
The UK has experienced a resurgence in expats returning home with a massive rise of 37 percent in the past year. In contrast just 18 percent moved out of Britain according to a survey released by reallymoving.com.
Over recent years many thousands of Britons have decided to make the move abroad ...
British expats considering a move to Spain should take the time to learn the local language if they wish to conduct daily business in an appropriate manner, as in many of the country’s regions foreign languages including English are rarely spoken.
The call for greater language appreciation comes on the heels ...
The Spanish tax authority has revealed that up to 90,000 UK expats who have made sales on their Spanish properties in the past year may now be entitled to thousands of pounds in tax refunds.
The news comes following a landmark ruling by The European Court of Justice (ECJ) which has ...
Britons have long seen Spain as the prime destination for an off-shore retirement house or second home, with the Iberian Peninsula country booming since waves of UK expats flooded the shores in the 1970’s.
Current estimates place the number of British home owners in Spain at around 800,000.
The recession has also ...
Jet2.com has announced that its hugely successful loyalty program myJet2 will be extended to all those expats who reside in Spain and have a Spanish address. In addition, till the end of this month all new members who join myJet2 will receive free 100 bonus points.
The loyalty program rewards customers ...