A judge in the Castellon town of Nules has issued a formal request to the Foreign ministry in Madrid and to the Spanish Embassy in Washington to try and locate Alfredo Timmermans, who was a close collaborator to Jose Maria Aznar when he was Prime Minister. ...[ more ]
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and the British Embassy in Madrid yesterday revealed that Juliet Maric has been named as the new British Consul in Alicante. She replaces Russell Thompson who retired last March. ...[ more ]
It has been revealed that a high-ranking official from the British Embassy in Madrid is currently in Alicante allegedly investigating complaints made by British residents over the local land laws. ...[ more ]
Earning a living
Many British people want to escape to the sunshine coasts of Spain, but the question of how to earn a living there often remains unanswered.
...[ more ]
In a discreet statement last night, the Valencian Government revealed that it was suspending its sponsorship of the Valencian Community professional cycle racing team. ...[ more ]
For the first time in more than eighty years, the Visions of Spain mural created by Valencian Painter Joaquin Sorolla will leave its usual place of display in the Hispanic Society of New York and travel to Valencia. ...[ more ]
The grandson of Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla yesterday stated that the family was hoping that the last work of the artist “Visions of Spain” would eventually hang in the Prado prior to being returned to the Spanish Institute in the United States. ...[ more ]
Valencia was the scene yesterday of the creation of a “Truth Commission” that is to examine ‘the depths of the long years that Spain was under the rule of General Francisco Franco’. ...[ more ]
A recent study by the Bank of Spain has revealed that foreign real estate investment in the Valencian Community has fallen by a thousand million Euros since the outcry over the Valencian land laws began. ...[ more ]
The bank of Spain yesterday published the financial figures for the various autonomies for last year, which showed that the indebtedness of the Valencian Community stood at 10,759 million Euros, an increase of 576 million, the lowest rise in a decade, and in line with an agreement made with the finance ministry over the matter. ...[ more ]