Shorouk Express New mortgage data from a leading Spanish property website has revealed which nationalities are applying for the most mortgages in Spain. This time, UK nationals have not come out on top. According to the latest figures from Idealista, German nationals take the top spot, accounting for 17.1 percent of foreign mortgages in Spain…
Shorouk Express The Spanish government has recently approved its new Sustainable Mobility Law, resulting in plenty of changes to transportation, from the elimination of short-haul domestic flights to the reintroduction of night trains. Spain’s Congress last week finally approved the long-awaited Sustainable Mobility Law, legislation that’s been greenlighted after almost three years of processing and…
Shorouk Express Being self-employed in Spain could get even tougher and more expensive from 2026 onwards. The Ministry of Inclusion and Social Security wants to increase self-employed contributions once again from next year. Their proposal suggests that earning less than €670 per month should pay €217.37, while those earning more than €6,000 per month would…
Shorouk Express Need to carry large amounts of cash in your car in Spain? Here’s how much you’re allowed to transport by law. It’s not usual that you’ll be carrying around large sums of dinero en efectivo cash in your car, unless maybe you run a cash-based business and need to make regular trips to…
Shorouk Express Who can grant a power of attorney in Spain? What are the types of power of attorney? And how much does a power of attorney cost in here? This is what you need to know if you need to get ‘poder notarial’ in Spain. What is power of attorney? A power of attorney…
Shorouk Express Faced with ongoing allegations against his government and inner-circle, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pledged to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) to combat corruption in Spain. The Spanish government is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and cut out corruption, part of wider reforms to restore confidence in Spanish public life and combat…
Shorouk Express Floods trapped people in vehicles and homes in Spain on Sunday as torrential rain drenched part of the northeastern Catalonia region, a day after downpours unleashed travel chaos on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. National weather agency AEMET decreed the highest red alert for heavy rain in the province of Tarragona, warning of…
Shorouk Express Spanish police on Saturday said they made an arrest after finding 250 dead animals, mostly dogs, in a filthy warehouse that local media dubbed “the breeding ground of horror”. The Civil Guard said the illegal site in the northwestern village of Meson do Vento had “extremely poor” hygiene and animal welfare conditions, with…
Shorouk Express In this edition of Inside Spain, we look at how the ruling Socialists have turned their backs on the possibility of removing bullfighting’s protected status, thus ensuring that the controversial spectacle keeps taking place freely. This week, Spanish lawmakers in the Lower House rejected a petition titled “It’s Not My Culture” which called…
Shorouk Express Next year, salaried employees and self-employed workers in Spain will have to pay a tax which will progressively increase over the coming years. This relatively new tax is known as the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism (shortened to MEI, Mecanismo de Equidad Intergeneracional) and aims to increase the Social Security Reserve Fund, or in other…
