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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
Property experts in Spain have insisted the scrapping of the Golden Visa scheme will have ‘very little impact’ on house prices or demand. The programme, first launched in 2013, allowed people from outside the EU to become a resident in Spain if they spent €500,000 on real estate or made certain business investments. According to Ministry of Housing statistics, the majority of applicants hailed from China, Russia, the UK, US, Ukraine, Iran, Venezuela and Mexico.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
A Malaga nightclub descended into chaos over the weekend when a woman allegedly launched a pepper spray attack and forced an emergency evacuation. The incident occurred at around 3.50am on Saturday at Sala Leblon, where around 300 people were dancing the night away. The crowds began to experience itchy throats and coughing fits, while some even had difficulty breathing. The nightclub’s managers launched an evacuation after being hit with the same symptoms.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
The impounding of a British ice cream van in Benidorm has sparked some frosty responses from locals and expats. In a boastful announcement on Facebook this week, the Policia Local force said it was ‘game over’ for ‘Barbie’, the nickname it gave the vehicle thanks to its bright pink colour. The van had no licence to sell food, ice cream, nor any other product. It was also found to be lacking in hygiene standards. It said in a statement: ‘Barbie is back in Benidorm, but we caught her.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
Renting your Spanish home out to tourists has become a lot more difficult thanks to new ‘pro-local’ legislation. The Horizontal Property Law came into effect this week and gave new powers to homeowners across the country. Anyone wanting an Airbnb-style flat must get the approval of 60% of other homeowners in the building. Failing to do so will give them the right to veto your licence to operate.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
Two runners are in a serious condition after collapsing during the Madrid Half Marathon on Sunday. Both participants, aged 20 and 35, suffered cardiac arrests and required emergency medical attention. According to regional newspaper 20Minutos, one of the runners collapsed near the iconic Cibeles Palace, and was attended to by a nurse on a bike who performed CPR before paramedics arrived. He was rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
Do you know more about this incident? email [email protected]A British expat has died after falling off his e-scooter while returning home from work on the Costa Blanca. The 59-year-old was travelling on Calle Baikal, Oriheula, at around 8pm on Wednesday when the tragedy occurred. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash but a report by local expat paper The Leader claims the Brit, named only as Adrian, hit a pothole. This has not been confirmed by authorities.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
A British mother who disappeared while holidaying on the Spanish island of Tenerife has been found alive and well. Named only as Lynn, she had not been seen since 11am on Saturday. She was staying in the Los Cristianos resort on the south of the island with her husband. Her daughter Alison Frances had written in an online appeal: ‘My mum has been missing since 11am, her name is Lynn, she has dementia and we are really worried about her.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
The two firefighters who died while battling a car park inferno in Madrid this week have been named as Sergio Benavente Molero and Jesus Aguilar Rodriguez. The brave men, aged 27 and 34 respectively, perished while attempting to extinguish an underground blaze sparked by an electric vehicle in Alcorcon on Wednesday afternoon. Their grief-stricken colleagues were in floods of tears on Friday as a wake was held in their honour.
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1 month ago | 
thespanisheye.com | Laurence Dollimore
The brother of a US banker who vanished from the Costa del Sol in January says the family will ‘never give up’ searching for him. Grant Barr, 37, was staying with friends and relatives in Estepona when he disappeared on January 28. A pair of his trousers and his passport were mysteriously located near to a beach in the resort. His brother James Barr told the Spanish Eye this week that the police appear to have run out of leads.