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Home insurance in Spain: How does it work and what does it cover?
WEBNov 28, 2022 · Contracting home insurance is only essential in Spain when you acquire a mortgage. The current Mortgage Law requires you to take out this insurance if you are going to buy a house with a loan and is an essential requirement for …
US-Spain city comparison: A guide to help Americans decide …
WEBAug 16, 2023 · For US nationals planning a move to Spain, picking the Spanish city, town or region that's most suited to them is hard. So where can Americans find the Spanish Seattle, the Castilian New Orleans or the Iberian Hawaii?
La Renta: What items can you deduct on your Spanish tax return in …
WEBMay 20, 2022 · Spain's annual tax return is known as the declaración de la renta and completing it or knowing what you can claim back as an expense can be quite tricky, particularly because there are many regional differences too.. Anyone residing in Spain for more than 183 days and earning over €22,000 a year, who is self-employed (autónomo), or moved here in the last year, must complete it.
Latest News from Spain - The Local
WEBFACT CHECK: No sharks have ever killed people in Spain's Canary Islands. The death of a German tourist after being attacked by a shark has been covered in national and international media as having occurred in waters near the Canary Islands. However, the truth is very different. Property in Spain.
REVEALED: The changes to daily life in Spain caused by tourism
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Innocuous and relatively harmless though this action was, it was certainly evidence of an underlying tension about tourism in Spain. And if forecasts are anything to go by, it will become yet a bigger issue in Spanish society in the future. 2024 is predicated to see the absolute number of visitors to Spain reach 100 million tourists – …
The Spanish cultural quirks you only notice once you live in Spain
WEBAug 17, 2023 · Other classic stereotypes include the siesta and slow bureaucracy, as well as the infamous Spanish punctuality (or lack thereof), but Spanish culture is also home to a number of habits and general cultural quirks you might not be aware of, unless you live here.. As Spaniards often say, 'España es diferente' (Spain is different), although for them this often has a negative connotation.
11 of the most influential women in Spain's history - The Local Spain
WEBMar 8, 2022 · Isabella I of Castile, queen and conqueror. Arguably the most influential Spanish woman of all time. Here’s a quick summary of her exploits: she and her husband unified Spain after centuries of Moorish occupation, she reorganised the government system, brought the crime rate down, unburdened the kingdom of Castile and Leon of the enormous debt brought on by her brother, ordered the ...
The Spanish neighbourhoods with the worst reputation for being …
WEBOct 21, 2022 · Although there are no official studies ranking the safety of different neighbourhoods in Spain, there are certain barrios which over the years have built up a reputation among Spaniards for being more prone to poverty and crime, as is the case in most European countries. They appear often in the news, feature in investigative TV reports and come up in conversation among Spaniards who warn ...
ANALYSIS: Boy's murder in Spain exposes risk of fake news frenzy …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Supporters of Spanish far-right Vox party make fascist salutes during a rally in Barcelona. Photo: Josep Lago/AFP In events reminiscent of the recent anti-immigration riots in the UK, the murder of an 11-year-old boy in a small Spanish town unleashed a frenzy of fake news on social media about the perpetrator's nationality and race.
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