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The Importance Of Drafting Your Will Before August 17/2015

Please note: There is nothing in the article below stating that the 17th is a cut off date for drafting new wills. CAB Spain has received many enquiries about the drafting of wills in Spain, this has been in relation to the new EU regulations on

Trafico Vigilance Campaign For This Week: Technical State Of Vehicle

This week, 6th to 12th of July, extra attention will be paid to the technical state of tyres, lights (whether you use them correctly as well…. see this post in the series AVOID FINES) , whether paperwork vehicle is in order and whether ITV

Willing To House Sit Property In Exhange For Cab Spain Base

You are by now all aware that CAB Spain is a registered NPO. We do not charge for the service and rely on the benevolence of our members to cover expenses. We are not government funded either locally or at national level. Unlike the UK CAB offic

European Video On Clean Waters. Spain?

Click on download  to view the short video. It is no coincidence that Spain is not mentioned here. You can find the dirty beaches by googling ‘playas con bandera negras’ adding your region. Many of our beaches, blue flag or not ar

Operation Summer By Trafico - 1.500 Extra Speedtraps

Today, through a press release, DGT/Trafico have announced that as a part of their programme to periodically arrange for increased speed vigilance on selected roads, they have now arranged for 1.500 mobil radar units to be set up on ´carreteras

Cheaper Mobile Calls And Open Internet

Cheaper mobile calls and open internet: MEPs and ministers strike informal deal. An informal deal to ban surcharges (“roaming fees”) for making mobile phone calls, sending text messages or using the internet while abroad in another E

Banks Mis-sold Life Insurance Policies As A Requisite For Mortgages

Banks for years have been selling expensive life insurance policies to those seeking a mortgage, when  purchase a property in Spain. Most bank staff and usually the directors, have pressurised homeowners by insisting that the policy was a requi

Citizens Advice International Conference Gibraltar 2015

The  conference ‘Pathways to Resolutions’ was opened by the chief minister Fabian Picardo, introduction and welcome by the Hon. Steven Linares and hosted by CAB Gibraltar was attended by Richelle de Wit and Myra Azzopardi from C

Dgt Spending Big Bucks To Make Even Bigger Bucks

As published in the BOE State Bulletin, DGT has allotted a budget for the purchase of more equipment to help in their inforcement of the law, or as they like to put it ´to improve road safety´. An amount of 363.000 euros will be spent on 3 mob

Vodafone - Announced Tariff Increase Deemed Illegal

Not just Telefonica/Movistar….. Vodafone has also been denounced by a Spanish Consumer Organisation for the illegal increase of rates and a change in service conditions. The organisation explains that conditions of the permanency period ar
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