- http://www.thelocal.es/20250428/...eking-foreigners-in-spainIn the last decade, Barcelona and Catalonia have risen to become the top choice for foreigners moving to Spain for work, especially among Europeans, new data reveals.Posted 2 days 20 hours ago - 04/28/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250428/...ay-water-on-holidaymakersBrandishing water pistols, dozens of protesters in Barcelona on Sunday stood in front of a tourist bus to stop it from moving, shouting tourists go home while spraying holidaymakers on board with water.Posted 2 days 22 hours ago - 04/28/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250427/...-its-population-challengeEurope's population is getting older and its set to shrink in many countries. One of the keys to sustaining societies and economies will be the integration of immigrants into the workforce, the author of a new study tells Claudia Delpero.Posted 3 days 19 hours ago - 04/27/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250426/...iards-positive-self-imageIn this week's Inside Spain we look at how prefabricated homes have been pinpointed as a solution to the country's housing crisis and how Spaniards, particularly seniors, feel great about their physical appearance.Posted 4 days 23 hours ago - 04/26/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250425/...ation-for-brits-in-europeA petition has been launched calling on the UK government to install MPs to represent the interests of Brits living overseas - echoing systems that already exist in countries including France and Italy.Posted 5 days 16 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20190716/...-call-the-locals-in-spainIn Spain, every region, province, city and island has its own word for its inhabitants.Posted 5 days 17 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250425/...day-days-for-some-workersSpain's new reduction in working hours could mean more vacation days for some, instead of a reduction in weekly hours.Posted 5 days 21 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250425/...est-wealth-tax-conditionsSpain's wealth tax is largely run on a regional level, with autonomous communities able to offer discounts and exemptions to favour those paying it. This is what high-income foreigners should keep in mind.Posted 5 days 21 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250425/...fore-golden-visa-deadlineThe numbers of non-EU foreigners buying high-value properties in Spain soared in order to get golden visas before the scheme was finally scrapped, new data shows.Posted 5 days 22 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250425/...n-foreigners-buying-homesThe regional government of the Balearic Islands has come out against calls from the Canary Islands for EU help to restrict foreigners from buying homes, despite both archipelagos suffering mass tourism and property market crises.Posted 5 days 23 hours ago - 04/25/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20220601/...r-become-a-single-countryThere is no shortage of shared history between the two countries, but could Iberian federalism ever take hold, as outlandish as it may seem? New polling suggests that some Spaniards might actually support the idea.Posted 6 days 17 hours ago - 04/24/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250424/...een-certificates-for-tiesThe UK Embassy is insisting Brits residing in Spain exchange their old green certificates for TIEs to avoid being labelled as overstayers under the EUs upcoming EES system. But does this apply to Brits whove taken up Irish citizenship since Brexit?Posted 6 days 17 hours ago - 04/24/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250424/...cted-under-spains-new-lawWith a new anti-squatter law coming into force this month, landlords across Spain have high hopes for 'express evictions' and some legal certainty. But which types of squats does it include and how effective will it be?Posted 6 days 18 hours ago - 04/24/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250424/...ssengers-rights-in-reviewThe European Commission is currently conducting a review of its rules on compensation due to passengers whose flights are delayed or cancelled, with fears that it could weaken the generous protections that travellers within the EU enjoy.Posted 6 days 21 hours ago - 04/24/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20230105/...-people-in-spain-nowadaysRecent Holy Week celebrations and widespread mourning for Pope Francis' death would lead most foreigners in Spain to believe that Spaniards are deeply religious, but has the once devout country now become an example of 'cultural Catholicism'?Posted 6 days 21 hours ago - 04/24/25
- http://www.thelocal.es/20250424/...lf-of-their-wages-on-rentNew research has shown that rising rental costs mean people in Spain now spend on average 47 percent of their monthly income on rent, with some regions reaching a staggering 70 percent.Posted 6 days 22 hours ago - 04/24/25
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