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Plan Pive 8 - Final Edition

Eighth and final 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

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

The Weather Interactive Site

The weather from the meteorological office in Spain. Extensive information. Available for mobiles. The menu includes: Weather. Warnings daily Locations. Warning for Spanish towns Beaches. Forecast for Spanish coastal areas Mountains. Predictions

Inheritance And Increases On Plusvalia Taxes.

Some expats appear to be unaware of the need to use a good legal representative when you lose a loved one. Unaware of the duties to be paid by the beneficiaries. Each region has its own regulations on IHT and amounts payable if at all. I have of

Scam Awareness 2015

Safe not sorry. Consumer Protection. Dear members. Due to your response about setting up a scam awareness spot, At present we can use this area. We will post the guides from CAB UK on how to spot scam of all types of scam. We will slowly draft o

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

Athena V11. Fraud Or Investment?

Cab Spain have received enquiries from expats who a few years back invested with Athena V11. It appears that these investors have not received any interest on their investments, shareholder Reports or quarterly portfolios or any documentation at

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

Primary Care For Non -residents: A Smoke-screen

I know many of you must have seen the news that the “government” is giving non-documented individuals access to primary care medicine. I will now tell you why this will NOT work: + They will not have a card: no card, no access to s

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
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