Shorouk Express Spain has long been the country of choice for retirees from northern European countries such as the UK, but could it also be the best overseas option for American pensioners? That’s what a new study has concluded. Spain has long been a popular country for Europeans to retire to due to its great…
Shorouk Express Within the next five years, you may have to make significant improvements to your home in order to meet the new minimum energy rating by 2023. Starting on January 1st 2030, a new legal requirement for any purchase or rental transaction will come into force. Properties are currently required to have an energy…
Shorouk Express Have you heard a group of Spanish teenagers slipping English terms like ‘bro’ or ‘mood’ into their speech? That’s because English has come to dominate teen talk in Spain in recent years. Some Spaniards have long bemoaned the creeping influence of English anglicismos in Spanish, but in recent years with social media this…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how one town wants to use AI to “personalise” tourists’ holidays, and how a proposal to limit foreigners from buying properties in Spain if they haven’t lived in the country for five years has been rejected. AI is seeping into every walk of life, so…
Shorouk Express Despite efforts by the Spanish government to dissuade some foreigners from purchasing property in Spain with restrictive legislation, overseas buyers from certain countries are continuing to buy homes here at record rates and prices. Whether it be the scrapping of the golden visa scheme, a possible supertax on non-resident non-EU property buyers or…
Shorouk Express The Spanish government has allocated €45 million to convince US-based researchers who are being “disregarded” by the Trump administration to continue their work in Spain. Donald Trump has been making waves across the world with his anti-woke policies, countless executive orders and most recently due to his global tariff war, spurring many in…
Shorouk Express Donald Trump’s new policies are causing chaos across the globe, and could even affect mortgage lending rates in Spain, making it more difficult to purchase a Spanish property in 2025. The effects of U.S. President Donald Trump increasing trade tariffs are having are far reaching across the planet, from possibly causing a global…
Shorouk Express The Bank of Spain has announced that certain €50 banknotes will soon no longer be accepted as legal tender. The Bank of Spain has announced that from April certain €50 notes will no longer be valid as legal tender in the country. €50 banknotes, along with €20 notes, are still very commonly used…
Shorouk Express Strong winds and heavy rain lashed southern Spain on Friday, killing three men in a warehouse whose roof had been blown off, officials said. The warehouse was in a farm near Coria del Rio, a town of around 30,000 residents some 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the southern city of Seville, a spokeswoman…
Shorouk Express In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how the country has Europe’s second highest poverty rate passed on from grandparents to grandchildren, and how Ryanair has begun to make good on its threats of cancelling routes to smaller regional airports. Spain leads the European rankings for inherited poverty, which according to experts…
