Relocation & Living
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The Fundación César Manrique have confirmed a three month extension of the resident offer to visit the Casa Museo César Manrique in Haría.
Since opening last August, César Manrique’s House Museum has been visited by 4,200 residents during the six hours per week allocated for free entry. If you are a resident living within the municipality of Haría or born in Lanzarote then a free pass is still available for you to visit the Casa Museo César Manrique Haría (CMCMH). The three month extension was confirmed, due to popular demand on Friday 28th February 2014. You can request a free visit on read more » |
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Residents and visitors to Lanzarote are invited to participate in the Intercambio sessions, which are held on a regular basis in different locations around the island.
Intercambio is a language exchange scheme, it’s free to attend and offers a great opportunity to make new friends as well as improve your conversational Spanish. Participants join in the conversations around the room, spending time talking in English & Spanish so that other attendees can improve their level of English in exchange for helping to improve your Spanish. The Lanzarote Business and Residents Association hold four weekly sessions: Monday 17:30 Picnic Lanzarote on Avenida de Las Playas in Puerto del Carmen Tuesday 18:00 read more » |
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In 2012 the Spanish government passed legislation that required any foreign person resident in Spain to declare assets held abroad totalling in excess of €50,000 euros or £44,000 pounds.
The legislation was brought in by Royal Decree Law 1558/2012 and published in the Official State Bulletin BOE-A-2012-14452 on the 24th of November 2012 to prevent tax evasion, carrying heavy penalties with a minimum fine of €10,000 euros if the Modelo 720 (Declaración informativa sobre bienes y derechos situados en el extranjero) was not completed, or submitted incorrectly. Residents were initially required to make the declaration about their assets (with total value over £44,000) owned outside of Spain at any time during the year 2012 including bank accounts, property, shares, insurance policies etc during 2013, even if they had been disposed of, or transferred before the 31st December 2012. The first asset declaration had be presented between the1st of February and 30th April 2013. Foreign residents in Spain need only present a subsequent one between the 1st of January and 31st of March, if their assets abroad increase by more than €20,000 euros £17,000 pounds in the year, in relation to their former declaration. There are many British people who spend time living in both the UK and Spain, your tax residency is defined by read more » |
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If you’re a patient at the doctors surgery in Costa Teguise, the Centro de Salud has moved over the weekend from C.C. Los Charcos to a new location in C.C. Teguise Greens.
The old centre was too small to cope with the demand of residents now living within this area and as yet, work has not begun on the new site outlined which will be next to the secondary school I.E.S. Costa Teguise. From Monday 24th February 2014, patients will now find the surgery on the read more » |
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Professional help is available in Lanzarote for residents and holiday makers suffering with painful back and neck problems.
Physiotherapy San Bartolomé can help you with a speedy recovery and return to your daily activities and sport. If you have any of the following conditions, professional help is at hand to get you enjoying life again.
Danielle Hooijschuur has worked internationally since graduating in Physiotherapy at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her practice Fisioterapia San Bartolomé is situated in the centre of the island, with easy parking and wheelchair access, offering a range of high quality treatments to help you get moving and feeling your best again. Before opening her own practice, Danielle has worked in the UK at Outpatients departments for the NHS and rehabilitation centres in Germany. In Lanzarote her experience includes treating elite sports professionals at Club La Santa and working within the private health care service on the island since 2001. They can also help you with relaxing treatments during your holiday such as a massage or a session of craniosacral therapy. And for those on a training holiday you can count on the professional help of the physios at Fisioterapia San Bartolomé in case of muscular aches or injuries. Treatments available include: read more » |
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The Spanish deadline for registering an intention to vote in the European Parliamentary elections is Thursday 30th January. If you are a British resident in Spain you can have your say, provided you take action by the deadline.
The Spanish government has provided the following information (translated by the British Embassy) that residents may find useful: “Applications to express an intention to vote may be carried out in several ways: - In the case of citizens who received a communiqué from the Electoral Registry Office (Oficina del Censo Electoral) in November 2013, the only requirement is to fill in and sign the formal statement included in the communiqué and then send it to the relevant Regional Delegation of the Electoral Registry Office. In the event the Electoral Registry Office should also have the person’s Foreigner Identification Card Number (NIE), then that person may also go online to express the intention to vote, through the link read more » |
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Do you have bit of land and have been pondering what to do with it? Have you always fancied growing your own wine? Now is your chance.
The “Servicio Insular Agrario”, or the Island’s Agricultural Service, under their campaign “Venta de plantas” (selling plants) are accepting request to buy grapevine plants at a low price. The deadline to present the request is the 31st of January, 2014. Anybody interested in purchasing a minimum of 100 units should either complete the form attached below and email to [email protected], or call 928 83 65 90 ext 11 / 27 / 44 or in person at the “Granja Agrícola Experimentnal”, the Experimental Agricultural Farm between 8:00 and 14:00 from Monday to Friday before the end of the month. The varieties available are: read more » |
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