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Living on the Costa
A man suing Málaga town hall, a right from 1997, and a subscriber's book out Tuesday.
Aug 28, 2026
Ninety minutes to run it. Plus the 20% we printed on solar, which is really 10.
Aug 27, 2026
The second look, a new longer list, and Spain's first-ever early delivery on our tracker.
Aug 21, 2026
Reservoirs at 85%, restrictions gone since April, and a ledger of what got built.
Aug 14, 2026
Gibraltar, Estepona's hospital, the C2, most of your electricity bills: the quiet-wins scorecard.
Jul 31, 2026
Six weeks re-reading what we told you since we started last October. This time with our Mistakes included.
Jul 27, 2026
What it means for your life here, and what it means for the Costa to quietly turn 2030 down.
Jul 24, 2026
Fear on the Costa has a supply side: resold citas, phantom add-ons, oversized fixes.
Jul 17, 2026
You read four pieces on the friction and didn't reach for the exit. That's the story.
Jul 3, 2026
The shootings are a private war you're not in; the laundered money just outbid you on the flat you want.
Jun 26, 2026
Stoppages run Mon/Wed/Fri. Fly light and buffer, and check who handles your flight before you write off €250–600.
Jun 23, 2026
The first year defeats everyone. Here's what ends, and what quietly takes its place.
Jun 19, 2026
What that quiet shift of competence is worth if you're deciding whether to stay and build here.
Jun 12, 2026
162 nationalities later, the case for building a life here, not just having one, only gets stronger.
Jun 5, 2026
Cost, weather, community, pace — the actual variables, not the brochure version.
May 29, 2026
Three separate situations, one week, all reported as one story. They are not.
May 28, 2026
Greece suspended EES. Brussels blocked Italy and Portugal. Spain has said nothing.
May 22, 2026
A law change in April 2025 already shifted the default. What you can do next depends on your housing type.
May 21, 2026
Saturday is yours by Article 53. The 2027 vote paperwork starts at your ayuntamiento.
May 15, 2026
Something to celebrate on Labour Day. Five things on the Costa that got easier.
May 1, 2026
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.
Apr 30, 2026
Mijas. Benalmadena. Fuengirola. Torremolinos. The middle of the coast is thinning out.
Apr 27, 2026
32,000 freelancers in one province. 50 coworking spaces. 29,000 TechPark employees. The place is finally building in your direction, because it has to.
Apr 25, 2026
We were told that there were seven scheduled catastrophes in eight weeks. Six of them defused. This is the pattern.
Apr 10, 2026
Good things build slowly. On the Costa, the slow builds are finally delivering.
Apr 9, 2026