"La ciudad de Alicante lidera la demanda internacional de vivienda de alquiler en España", El Español, 08 | 02 | 2023 - Noticia

El interés de los extranjeros por el mercado inmobiliario supera al de Barcelona o Valencia, las otras capitales más buscadas. ... El estudio elaborado por el portal Idealista analiza los datos del mercado en España en los que se refleja que el 15 % de los demandantes de alquiler son extranjeros, como así lo indican las IP desde donde se realizan estas búsquedas. Un porcentaje que se duplica en el caso de Alicante, con un 30,3 % en lo que respecta a la provincia y un 25,9 % en la ciudad.

 

"Spanish private health group opens Alicante hospitals to British patients on UK waiting lists", Murcia Today, 07 | 02 | 2023 - Noticia

Spanish private health group opens Alicante hospitals to British patients on UK waiting lists

British patients on lengthy hospital waiting lists in the UK will now be offered care in Alicante following an international agreement between Spanish hospital group Vithas and Operations Abroad. The collaboration ... will mean a wide range of medical care and services will be opened up to UK patients ... in Spain, including surgical specialities and follow-ups.

 

"Save Our Homes Axarquía to disband after 17 years of fighting", Sur in English, 06 | 02 | 2023 - Reportaje (Eugenio Cabezas)

SOHA, made up mainly of foreign home owners, says it has achieved "as much as possible"; stopping demolitions and legalising homes in the Spanish countryside through the DAFO

 

"Los dueños de casas irregulares en el campo tiran la toalla: la asociación SOHA se disuelve tras 17 años de lucha", Sur, 05 | 02 | 2023 - Reportaje (Eugenio Cabezas)

El colectivo, integrado principalmente por extranjeros, dice que ha logrado «lo máximo posible»: parar las demoliciones y legalizar las viviendas construidas con licencia a través de la figura del DAFO.

 

"Brits in Europe won right to vote for life in UK but questions remain", The Local, 01 | 02 | 2023 - Reportaje (in cooperation with Europe Street News)

After years of campaigns and promises British citizens living abroad finally won the lifelong right to vote in UK general elections in April 2022. But campaigners say more needs to be done to allow all those Britons abroad to be able cast their votes easily.

 

"The best country for British expats to retire - where the cost of living is much less", Daily Express, 30 | 01 | 2023 - Reportaje (Jackie Annett)

...people don't have to wait until they have reached state pension age and getting their state pension. Moving abroad in later life is easier than ever with more employers offering remote working opportunities. While many people are drawn to other countries because of the warmer weather, it's also advisable to check how far one's money will stretch - especially when relying on the state pension. When it comes to retiring abroad it's southern Europe that ticks most peoples' boxes, according to new data from Your Overseas Home. ... instead of a tropical beach, a desert island or somewhere in the Caribbean, four in ten survey respondents named Spain as their dream retirement location. Italy came a respectable second followed by France, Cyprus and then Portugal.

 

"Figures show foreigners still flocking to Alicante", Costa Blanca News, 30 | 01 | 2023 - Noticia

Foreign citizens accounted for more than half of property sales in Alicante province during the first three quarters of 2022, according to the latest figures from the Valencia region professional college of notaries.

 

"Los extranjeros relanzan el padrón de la provincia después del covid", La Opinión de Málaga, 30 | 01 | 2023 - Reportaje (Fran Extremera)

Málaga ... lidera el aumento de población aupada por los ciudadanos no nacidos en España. Mucho tiene que ver el Brexit, que ha propiciado que muchos británicos hayan decidido asentarse definitivamente en la Costa del Sol. ... En el litoral malagueño, Marbella supera por primera vez el umbral de los 150.000 habitantes, lo que supondrá un aumento en las participaciones que el Ayuntamiento percibe por parte del Estado y la Junta de Andalucía... Rincón de la Victoria figura como único término malagueño dentro de una relación de 21 grandes municipios de España en los que aumentará el número de concejales en las elecciones municipales del próximo mes de mayo, debido a los cambios de población que han vivido desde los comicios de 2019. ... ha roto la barrera de los 50.000 habitantes, como Granadilla de Abona (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Ibiza y Calviá (Baleares)... De los 418 municipios españoles con más de 20.000 habitantes, el de mayor tamaño que varía su cifra de ediles es el almeriense de Roquetas de Mar, que al haber rebasado los 100.000 vecinos gana dos ediles...

 

"Size of British community in the province increases even after Brexit", Sur in English, 27 | 01 | 2023 - Noticia

Amid the news that close to 17 per cent of Malaga province was foreign residents at the start of 2022 came confirmation that the British are still the largest non-Spanish community of residents. And, despite Brexit, British was the nationality which had grown the most year on year. ... This came after the cut-off date to register for residency under Brexit rules, so the rise cannot all be explained by unregistered Britons becoming legal. It also came with many Covid restrictions still in place. The increase in British residents was not the same across all major Costa municipalities.