Lifestyle

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

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

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

A man suing Málaga town hall, a right from 1997, and a subscriber's book out Tuesday.

Ninety minutes to run it. Plus the 20% we printed on solar, which is really 10.

The second look, a new longer list, and Spain's first-ever early delivery on our tracker.

Reservoirs at 85%, restrictions gone since April, and a ledger of what got built.

Gibraltar, Estepona's hospital, the C2, most of your electricity bills: the quiet-wins scorecard.

Six weeks re-reading what we told you since we started last October. This time with our Mistakes included.

What it means for your life here, and what it means for the Costa to quietly turn 2030 down.

Fear on the Costa has a supply side: resold citas, phantom add-ons, oversized fixes.

You read four pieces on the friction and didn't reach for the exit. That's the story.

The shootings are a private war you're not in; the laundered money just outbid you on the flat you want.

Stoppages run Mon/Wed/Fri. Fly light and buffer, and check who handles your flight before you write off €250–600.

The first year defeats everyone. Here's what ends, and what quietly takes its place.

What that quiet shift of competence is worth if you're deciding whether to stay and build here.

162 nationalities later, the case for building a life here, not just having one, only gets stronger.

Cost, weather, community, pace — the actual variables, not the brochure version.

Three separate situations, one week, all reported as one story. They are not.

Greece suspended EES. Brussels blocked Italy and Portugal. Spain has said nothing.

A law change in April 2025 already shifted the default. What you can do next depends on your housing type.

Saturday is yours by Article 53. The 2027 vote paperwork starts at your ayuntamiento.

Something to celebrate on Labour Day. Five things on the Costa that got easier.

Single track, three hours, full normalisation end of 2026. Spain finishes things by declaring them finished. Five tools for reading the next reopening, the next 'fully operational,' the next claim form.

Mijas. Benalmadena. Fuengirola. Torremolinos. The middle of the coast is thinning out.