Spain’s New Traffic Regulations 2014

Life in Spain

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. ...

11-M anniversary

Life in Spain

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...

Who is the world’s largest exporter of strawberries

Food and Drink Life in Spain

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...

UKs Foul February Floods

Things to do Life in Spain

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...