Fri 22 Aug 2014
Moraira Property Update Aug 2014
Property Focus Life in Spain Buying Property
Over the past twelve months we have had various reports that housing prices in Spain have almost bottomed out and even more so along the Costa’s and that in 2015 prices will start to rise by 2% for that year, as an average. Obviously these stat...
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Well done to the Teulada Moraira Council
In 2009, there was a Council budget deficit of 1,123,000 euros. .A surplus has been reported for 2013 – a massive one of some 1.8 million euros. Well done to all within the Teulada-Moraira Council. The town council debt at 2010 stood at 11 million eu...
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Oil exploration in spain
Sadly, Spain is one of Europe’s least energy sufficient nations, having to import some 99% of its gas and oil needs. It’s no wonder then that central government has just given permission for the commencement of oil exploration in the waters between V...
Mon 2 Jun 2014
Keep your passport safe!
That’s an obvious thing to do, so why mention it? The matter’s raised since statistics have just revealed that in Spain last year, over 6000 passports were either lost or stolen. Bag theft was the largest cause at 39%. Theft from cars accounted for 2...
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Why would you want to visit or live in Spain
There’s sea and sun to entice you……..and all that wonderful wine too. In fact, 15% of the world’s vineyards are in Spain – spread across all of Spain’s autonomous regions. Though the biggest surface area of vineyards is in Castilla-La Mancha, La Rioj...
Sun 30 Mar 2014
Spain’s New Traffic Regulations 2014
This coming July will be the 9th anniversary of the introduction of a points based driving licence here in Spain. Since then, road accidents have dropped by 65%, so no one can be critical of that particular legislation. Now more changes are planned. ...
Mon 17 Mar 2014
11-M anniversary
Known in Spain as 11-M, it’s the horrific terrorist attack that took place on March 11 2004. It was a whole decade ago, but numbing pictures of the four blown-up commuter trains were beamed around the world, making it an atrocity that remains indelib...
Sat 8 Mar 2014
Who is the world’s largest exporter of strawberries
Who is the world’s largest exporter of strawberries? Why, it’s Spain, of course. Some 285 thousand tons of fresh fruit leave these shores annually, bound for European countries and the rest of the world. Some 90% of this production is grown around Hu...
Sun 2 Mar 2014
UKs Foul February Floods
Without doubt, the vast majority of the Costa Blanca’s Brits will have been watching the TV news, or listening to the radio, to determine the UKs worst hit areas. Most will have an association of some kind with the Thames Valley, with the West Countr...
Sat 15 Feb 2014
Spanish Cherries
Food and Drink Life in Spain Shopping
Spain is the world’s 7th largest producer of cherries, and is the second largest producer in Europe. Some 60% of Spain’s cherry crop is exported with Germany and the UK taking a large proportion. In fact, UKs imports of Spanish cherries peaked in 2...