Andrew Lawrence

Driving

Málaga's Low-Emission Zone Let In Unlabelled Cars Taxed in the City. Paid Fines on the Rest Will Be Refunded

Oct 30, 2026

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3 min read

Málaga's Low-Emission Zone Let In Unlabelled Cars Taxed in the City. Paid Fines on the Rest Will Be Refunded

Refund processing starts when the ruling is final. Send signed form 224 with bank proof.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

Spain's Tax Office Lists Two Dates for Your Last Income Tax Debit. The Later One Counts, and Falls on a Holiday

Oct 29, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's Tax Office Lists Two Dates for Your Last Income Tax Debit. The Later One Counts, and Falls on a Holiday

The 40% is due 5 November. If you can still debit it, do it by Friday 30 October.

Andrew Lawrence

Spanish Bureaucracy

What Your Andalucía Health Card Doesn't Tell You About Your Public Cover

Oct 27, 2026

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3 min read

What Your Andalucía Health Card Doesn't Tell You About Your Public Cover

Your cover can change while the card stays the same. Here's how to read what's behind it.

Andrew Lawrence

family

Good News for Christmas Visitors to Spain: The EU's New Travel Permit Isn't Needed Yet

Oct 23, 2026

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3 min read

Good News for Christmas Visitors to Spain: The EU's New Travel Permit Isn't Needed Yet

Nobody is turned away just for lacking it before Easter. Here's what the border does check.

Andrew Lawrence

Weather

Waiting on a Flood or Earthquake Payout in Spain? Make Sure Your Own Figure Is in the File

Oct 22, 2026

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4 min read

Waiting on a Flood or Earthquake Payout in Spain? Make Sure Your Own Figure Is in the File

The adjuster's valuation isn't the only number. The law asks for yours, in writing.

Andrew Lawrence

Weather

Spain's Flood Insurer Is Public. Can You Actually Reach It?

Oct 20, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's Flood Insurer Is Public. Can You Actually Reach It?

Only through a private policy. Your premium receipt shows whether yours carries it.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Your Landlord's "We Won't Renew" Letter May Not End Your Spanish Tenancy. Your Reply Decides

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

Your Landlord's "We Won't Renew" Letter May Not End Your Spanish Tenancy. Your Reply Decides

Also inside: why November's electricity bill won't get the tax cut.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

Málaga Stopped New Low-Emission Fines. Old Fines, Health Cover and Bills Still Need Checking

Oct 15, 2026

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4 min read

Málaga Stopped New Low-Emission Fines. Old Fines, Health Cover and Bills Still Need Checking

The insurance notice deadlines have changed. Plus surgery waits, fees and a strike update.

Andrew Lawrence

Residency

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

Oct 13, 2026

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4 min read

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

The national mint's video check wants a Spanish DNI. Valencia's public issuer takes a TIE.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

Oct 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

The ministry publishes reported prices at Málaga stations. Plus flu walk-ins and West Nile.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Oct 8, 2026

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2 min read

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Stays up to 30 nights outside your habitual residence: what to ask your adviser now.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

Oct 6, 2026

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4 min read

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

In May we said appeal by default. Now we explain when paying €100 can be sensible.

Andrew Lawrence

Spanish Bureaucracy

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Oct 1, 2026

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3 min read

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

A reader couple, approved in May and paying since, have no doctor and no card.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sep 30, 2026

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3 min read

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

A reader charged the car by the hourly price, but his contract used different prices.

Andrew Lawrence

Residency

Sep 29, 2026

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5 min read

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

Non-lucrative renewals lost the online-only rule on 22 September; the money test stayed.

Andrew Lawrence

Deadlines

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Sep 28, 2026

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5 min read

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

Campaign dates from 1 October, where each jab comes from, and what public cover costs.

Andrew Lawrence

Lifestyle

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Sep 25, 2026

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4 min read

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

Three bits of good news that survived checking, and what they don't mean yet.

Andrew Lawrence

Malaga

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Sep 24, 2026

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3 min read

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Compare spring's guarantees, follow October's rules and confirm with your provider.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Sep 23, 2026

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4 min read

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Approved on 15 September, 15 days early. Plus what our April issue got wrong.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Sep 22, 2026

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4 min read

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Four routes, with costs, as written-information rules expand for some new hires.

Andrew Lawrence

Driving

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Sep 21, 2026

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4 min read

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Gloves are due in ten days; two fixed concessions run to 2027, and fines vary by offence.

Andrew Lawrence

Remote Work

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Sep 18, 2026

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4 min read

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Longer summer hours stay a bit longer; Marbella's town hall, two Fuengirola clinics, the language schools, and a policy to ask for.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

Sep 17, 2026

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4 min read

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

The official visitor count backs what we are experiencing, and the dates that close things first.

Andrew Lawrence

Costs

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

Sep 16, 2026

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4 min read

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

The estimate uses 20 swaps at Monday and Tuesday's regulated rates, after tax.

Andrew Lawrence

Real Estate

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

Sep 15, 2026

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3 min read

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

Or nothing until April 2027. How you declare this year's rent decides which.

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

Málaga's Low-Emission Zone Let In Unlabelled Cars Taxed in the City. Paid Fines on the Rest Will Be Refunded

Spain's Tax Office Lists Two Dates for Your Last Income Tax Debit. The Later One Counts, and Falls on a Holiday

What Your Andalucía Health Card Doesn't Tell You About Your Public Cover

Good News for Christmas Visitors to Spain: The EU's New Travel Permit Isn't Needed Yet

Waiting on a Flood or Earthquake Payout in Spain? Make Sure Your Own Figure Is in the File

Spain's Flood Insurer Is Public. Can You Actually Reach It?

Your Landlord's "We Won't Renew" Letter May Not End Your Spanish Tenancy. Your Reply Decides

Málaga Stopped New Low-Emission Fines. Old Fines, Health Cover and Bills Still Need Checking

One Office Won't Video-Check Your TIE for a Digital Certificate. Another Does It for €3.40

The Petrol Tax Cut Was the Same Everywhere. The Price at Your Station Wasn't

Some Short Holiday Lets in Spain Have Been VAT-Free. From 1 December That May End

Have a Málaga Low-Emission Zone Fine? Our Advice Has Changed

Andalucía Sells Public Healthcare on a Monthly Contract. Its Health-Card Pages Don't Say What to Do When It Goes Wrong

Spain's Cheap Electricity Hours Are Only Cheap If Your Contract Says So

Sometimes the Official Version Is Wrong. This Time, It Is Spain's Own Residency Renewal Form.

What Andalucía's Flu Campaign Rules Say About Private Health Cover

It's Official: Good News on Málaga's Unemployment, West Nile and the Benahavís Fire

A Public Appointment in Andalucía After 28 October? What the Doctors' Strike Means for It

Málaga Airport's Decision Beat the Date We Printed. The Terminal Is Still Just a Plan.

Who Counts as Your Employee in Spain? We Suggest You Find Out Before 5 October

Spain's 1 October Traffic Rules: What Can Cost You and What Can Wait

Yesterday We Told You the Quiet Month Moved to November. Today: What Did Restart, and a Rule Your Boss Owes You.

Nobody's Imagining It: the Costa del Sol's Quiet Month Now Arrives in November

Spain's Electricity Bill Forecasts Fall as Prices Rise. Could Changing Hours Save €15?

Let a Spanish Property This Summer? October Could Mean Three Tax Returns.

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