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Price Gas Bottles Down Again As Per 19.5.2015

Since yesterday, the regular heavy 12,5 kg butane gas bottles should be sold for 14,12 euros, another significant decrease in price, since the first one in March of this year. This price will stand till the third Tuesday in July, when the new pr

Dgt Insult To Expat Intelligence

Update. The two year protocol no longer stands. From the DGT site: Exchanging EU and EEA licences while you have a valid licence is completely voluntary. With the exchange we will change the driving licence you had for an equivalent Spanish dr

Higher Indemnizations Victims Traffic Accidents

We received a heads-up from our lawyers about the approval of a new concept-law. The Consejo de Ministros approved the proposal last Friday and it contains a new calculation system to determine the amount of indemnization to pay out to victims o

Reporting Cases Of Illegal Practices By The Healthcare Facilities

Dear Members, I have been in touch with ‘Yo Si Sanidad Universal’, an association that is fighting to abolish abuses of the healthcare law. In order to do that, and also to expose the way that the civil servants do NOT do adhere to t

Movistar Fusión Contracts Increase 5 Euros/month

Telefonica is in the process of informing all clients that have contracted one of the Movistar Fusion products, that as of May 5th the contracted services will be 5 euros/month more expensive. Fusión TV Contigo will go up from 42 to 47 euros. F

– New Instruction From Dgt/trafico Re Renewal Driving Licences

Although the directora of DGT/Trafico has not had the decency to respond to our letters, the latest sent on February 16th and delivered to her office on February 18th. We believe that the DGT are back-peddling and the new Instrucción 15/S-136 t

Banks Charging For Cash Withdrawals With Card From Different Bank

CONSUMER INFO: For those not banking with Caixa but using their cash-withdrawal machines – as of 27th of March Caixa will be charging 2 euros per withdrawal. Consumer Organisations warn consumers that they are now paying double, as the ba

Sixty Detained In Timeshare Fraud Affecting British Pensioners In Malaga Region

According to the national police, sixty members of a criminal network who preyed on retired British expatriates have been arrested. Using a telesales team these crooks offered to purchase timeshares at very attractive prices. The owners of these

Plan Pive 7

Seventh edition of the programme PIVE , providing subsidies on the purchase of new cars, meant to reduce the number of older cars on the road, thus providing better road safety and an impulse to Spanish economy. Budget for this edition 175 milli

Excellent News: Judicial ´tasas´(court Taxes) Removed

Since the introduction of the ´Ley de Tasas´ in 2012, private individuals were responsible for the costs involved in lots of judicial procedures, like appealing fines, appealing dismissal before higher court, appeal an eviction, appeal non-ret
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