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Understanding Embargoes In Spain Expat Tips Published: 14 November 2018 20:10 CET Updated: 30 May 2025 10:41 CET

If you’ve had money disappear from your Spanish bank account—or found yourself suddenly unable to access funds—you may have been hit by something locals call an embargo. Unlike the international trade term you may be familiar with, in Spain this is a direct legal mechanism used to seize assets...

Spain To Tackle Obesity With Nutri-Score Labelling Spain News Published: 14 November 2018 12:35 CET Updated: 14 November 2018 13:35 CET

Spain’s Ministry of Health has announced a number of new measures in the fight against an ever increasing obesity epidemic in the country. The...

Spanish Government Forces Banks To Pay Mortgage Tax Spain News Published: 09 November 2018 10:30 CET Updated: 12 November 2018 11:30 CET

The Spanish government has acted swiftly after the country’s Supreme Court decided during the week to make mortgage customers pay the controversial...

Tougher Penalties And Reduced Speed Limits Proposed For Spanish Roads Spain News Published: 08 November 2018 17:17 CET Updated: 08 November 2018 18:17 CET

Pere Navarro of the DGT has proposed a series of changes in an attempt to reduce the number of deaths that occur on Spanish roads each year.

More Hispanics and Sephardic Jews Now Pursuing Citizenship In Spain Spain News Published: 07 November 2018 14:12 CET Updated: 07 November 2018 15:12 CET

A combination of Donald Trump’s recent demonisation of Latin American immigrants and the current economic turmoil in Venezuela and other parts of...