Shorouk Express New figures have revealed that the number of arraigo permits, a type of residency permit given out to formerly undocumented immigrants in Spain, has increased by 500 percent in just a decade. In 2013 there were just 43,858 foreigners with one of Spain’s four types of arraigo (social, educational, labour and family) but by…
Shorouk Express The Spanish government is offering a total of 750 places for language assistants in state schools, for those from certain countries with which it has agreements with. This year for the first time, candidates from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Malta, the United Kingdom and Switzerland can apply. Graduates and university…
Shorouk Express Barnes’ report reveals a remarkable 30 percent increase in transactions carried out by foreign buyers in 2024 when compared to the previous year. Furthermore, sales prices have reached impressive figures, with up to €16,500 euros per square metre for second-hand homes. According to Barnes, the trend is attributed to the security that investment…
Shorouk Express “It is too early at the moment to talk about deploying troops in Ukraine. There is no peace at the moment, and the effort has to be to achieve it as soon as possible,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares told a joint news conference with his visiting Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira. “When we…
Shorouk Express In just one year, around 200,000 foreigners have chosen to move to and take up jobs in rural Spain, helping to combat the problems of so-called ‘Empty Spain’. Depopulation has been an increasing issue in Spain over the last decades and villages across the country’s interior have been trying to come up with…
Shorouk Express The Spanish property market has experienced an upward surge in recent years, with both the purchase and rental prices inflating. This is especially true in the post-pandemic period, and even truer of the rental markets in Spain’s major cities, where average rents have broken the €1,000/month barrier in many places. As such, where…
Shorouk Express Since 2010, France has welcomed an average of 77.8 million international tourists per year. However, France broke the 100 million visitor ceiling in 2024, crowning itself as the most visited country in the world once again, even though Spain was very close behind with its own record of 94 million international travellers. Despite…
Shorouk Express If you’ve followed the news lately, you will have seen that Ryanair and the Spanish government are at war with each other, in the metaphorical sense at least. The low-cost carrier recently announced it will slash 800,000 seats this summer and scrap or reduce flight routes from regional airports in Spain due to…
Shorouk Express The arraigo social is applicable to all those who have been living without the proper residency documents in Spain for two years or more. It is in fact one of the easiest ways to legalise your situation without facing harsh consequences of overstaying or having to leave Spain and re-enter again on a…
