“British couple's legal fight with Almeria council goes on”, Euro Weekly News, 05 | 10 | 2017 - Noticia

…their Almeria home was demolished … both in their early 70’s … the Andalucian High Court of Justice has now ruled that … Vera Council must now pay €220,433 … after appealing the initial decision as a nine-year legal battle drags on. The Priors’ story made international headlines after their home was bulldozed in 2008 over ‘planning irregularities’ although the couple insist the build was legal.

 

“British couple who lost their home have compensation reduced”, Typically Spanish, 03 | 10 | 2017 - Noticia

The higher court has partially accepted a procedural appeal presented by the Vera Town Hall and has removed the concept of moral damage and prejudice and granted the costs only of material damage.

 

“Brexit – ‘Real progress’ on citizens’ rights, claims Davis”, Costa News, 02 | 10 | 2017 - Noticia

The UK’s Brexit negotiator David Davis spoke of ‘optimism’ following the conclusion of the fourth round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels, while Michel Barnier for the EU noted that PM Theresa May’s speech in Florence had ‘created a new dynamic in our negotiations’.

 

”No hay vivienda portuguesa para tanta demanda", El País, 02 | 10 | 2017 - Reportaje (Javier Martín del Barrio)

El encarecimiento de la vivienda desde 2013 ha dejado de ser un fenómeno exclusivo de Lisboa... Ninguna de las agencias inmobiliarias ven en el actual dinamismo una burbuja, al menos no como la de los años 2000, fundamentalmente porque no se repite el crédito fácil de entonces. La mayoría de las compras en Lisboa (la mitad del mercado nacional) es con dinero al contado y de extranjeros ... primero fueron chinos y brasileños, después los franceses, luego los escandinavos y últimamente los turcos. ... El presidente de la Asociación Lisboeta de Propietarios ... señala las causas de la burbuja: el nuevo impuesto sobre el patrimonio, la prórroga en la congelación de alquileres, la concesión de visas gold por comprar pisos de medio millón de euros, el turismo y las ventajas para los jubilados extranjeros.

 

“Brit councillor in shock resignation”, Costa Almería News, 28 | 09 | 2017 - Noticia

…a leading British councillor stepped down as member of the governing team… Deputy mayor Roger Done, who has been a councillor for six years, … said it had become “increasingly difficult” to fulfil his role because many council decisions were taken “without the involvement of British councillors”.

 

"UK makes bold rights offer to EU citizens", The Connexion, 28 | 09 | 2017 - Noticia

...the UK is asking that the EU allow British people living in the EU before Brexit to maintain ‘further free movement rights’, for example for a Briton living in France to move to Spain in later years if they wish. ... There has also been a small amount of movement on local election voting rights... The EU ... say individual countries can decide if they want to give voting rights to ‘third country nationals’, such as British people will become. On healthcare, both sides have now made explicit the fact that the S1 health scheme for pensioners will be maintained. ... Talks will resume on October 9.