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Spain’s government to BAN bank charges for over-65s who withdraw cash from branches

SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has announced that the government is to ban charges for over-65s and the disabled who withdraw

19 Dec, 2023 @ 10:20

Business & Finance·Lead

Ramon, 94, pushes his wife's wheelchair due to lack of ambulances

Husband, 94, goes viral in Spain after being forced to push his sick wife on a wheelchair from hospital due to a lack of ambulances

THE PLIGHT of a 94-year-old man from Spain has gone viral on social media after a photo was widely shared of him pushing his wife

5 Dec, 2023 @ 14:46

Catalunya·Health·Lead

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

As local election campaign kicks off, Spain’s prime minister promises subsidised cinema tickets for the over-65s

ANOTHER weekend in the run-up to the May 28 local and regional elections in Spain, and another spending promise from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

14 May, 2023 @ 13:58

La Cultura·Lead·National News·Politics

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests man accused of stealing more than €11,000 from dead pensioner he used to care for

THE SPANISH Civil Guard has arrested a man in Seville on allegations that he spent more than €11,000 using the credit card of a pensioner

12 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

With death of French nun, the world’s oldest living person now resides in Spain

THE WORLD’S oldest person is now thought to be Spaniard Maria Branyas Morera, who is aged 115 and lives in Catalonia. She takes the accolade

18 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45

Catalunya·Lead·National News

Taxi drivers in Spain’s Pamplona to restart free trips for pensioners to see the Christmas lights

AFTER a two-year break due to Covid-19, today the taxi drivers of Pamplona will be volunteering their time to take 90 or so residents of

28 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·National News

Experienced expat accountant: How to navigate Spanish pensions, social security

Benidorm pensioners get electricity bill discount on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM council is offering pensioners in the city a discount of at least €50 on electricity bills. A €300,000 fund has been created and applications

5 Aug, 2022 @ 12:52

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Benidorm pensioners fleeced by helpful bank machine conmen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SWINDLERS in Benidorm conned elderly people out of over €7,000 at ATMs after pretending to help them. The Policia Nacional have arrested two men- one

15 Jun, 2022 @ 15:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

8 arrested for defrauding 73-year old pensioner

Pensioners in Spain’s Malaga robbed of bank cards by two women who watched them tap in PIN numbers at ATMs

POLICE in Malaga have arrested two women who stole bank cards from pensioners and illegally withdrew money from their accounts. The duo aged 24 and

8 Jun, 2022 @ 11:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Malaga recieves 1.2 million tourists in first quarter of 2022—four times more than last year

Travel against Putin: Germany encourages pensioners to holiday in Spain to save on household fuel bills

A GERMAN travel association has come up with a wheeze to reduce its country’s reliance on Russian gas – give pensioners cash for an extended

13 May, 2022 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

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Bear hunt: Pensioner attacked by brown bear while hiking in Spain’s Asturias

A HUNT was on for a bear which attacked a 75-year-old woman while she was on a walk with her family in the countryside. The pensioner

31 May, 2021 @ 14:45

Asturias·Environment·Lead·Nature

GRANDPA KILLERS: Two men in court for separate attacks on elderly pensioners in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men are facing long sentences for two separate brutal attacks on elderly people in Valencia Province. Both court cases were reported today (Friday May

21 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

BEWARE OF THE BIRDMAN: British pensioners on Costa del Sol issue warning after bizarre ‘bird poo’ robbery

The couple from Yorkshire, were walking home in Benalmadena when they were showered in a brown liquid

11 May, 2019 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain to protect access to healthcare and pensions for British expats in no-deal Brexit with ROYAL DECREE

Under the plan, expats will have guaranteed healthcare provision until at least 2020 and continued access to unemployment benefits and pensions

1 Mar, 2019 @ 13:34

Lead·Politics

Thousands of OAPs protest on the streets of Spain calling for pension security

PENSIONERS in their thousands have taken to the streets of Spain to demand decent pensions. Demonstrating across Spain to ask the government to guarantee pensions

23 Feb, 2018 @ 11:28

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Grim business as funeral planners whose adverts included John Cleese ‘harass’ pensioners and breach data laws

A BRITISH funeral planner has been exposed for targeting vulnerable pensioners, using high-pressure and illegal tactics to sell expensive funerals. Plan My Funeral, majority owend

6 Dec, 2017 @ 12:13

Crime & Law