Boletín OEG de Prensa, nº 186

Boletín de Prensa del Observatorio Europeo de Gerontomigraciones

Nº 186, 30 de mayo, 2014

European Observatory on Gerontomigration Press Bulletin
#186 (30 May 2014)
"Brit-conning expat developer jailed", Costa News, 29 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
A property dealer who sold illegal off-plan homes to two retired British couples has been jailed ... German national ... already faced three-and-a-half years behind bars, but an appeal by the victims to the regional High Court of Justice has led to the sentence increasing to six.
 
"Tax office targets expats", Costa Almeria News, 29 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
Pensions from abroad in the firing line
 
Los socialistas presentaron una proposición de ley para que se abra un periodo extraordinario que permita a los afectados regularizar su situación fiscal sin recargos ni sanciones
 
"Spanish tax office sets sights on pensioners", The Olive Press, 28 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
The Spanish tax agency has launched investigations into more than 27,000 retired expats and returned Spanish nationals for failing to declare their pensions from abroad.
 
"UK makes changes to overseas birth and death registrations", Euro Weekly News, 29 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
...this option for British expatriates will be carried out by a central registration unit in the UK.
 
British nationals living in Spain should note that from Monday June 9, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is changing the way that it registers the births and deaths of British citizens overseas.
 
“Informe de demanda inmobiliaria extranjera en España 2013? ... un análisis detallado de la información del Colegio de Registradores de la Propiedad, así como del consejo general del Notariado ... fuerte crecimiento del porcentaje de compra de vivienda por extranjeros respecto al total de compra de vivienda en España en los últimos cuatro años ... el grupo de los “10 principales países compradores” ... (británicos, franceses, rusos, belgas, alemanes, suecos, noruegos, italianos, argelinos y chinos) se ha mantenido estable durante los últimos años. ... reducción significativa de las compras procedentes de los ingleses...
 
...a pensionistas retornados y jubilados extranjeros residentes en España...
 
...el partido que defiende la disolución del euro y que ha obtenido siete escaños en el Parlamento Europeo ... está reclamando que se investigue el voto de todos los ciudadanos europeos con doble nacionalidad para confirmar si hay o no fraude electoral.
 
"Property market looking up in Malaga", Euro Weekly News, 27 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
Most buyers of existing properties are foreigners who are taking advantage of the current situation, with lower prices and banks now being more willing to give credit.
 
"Heading home? You'll need to get your tax affairs straight", The Telegraph, 27 | 05 | 2014 - Opinión (Dawn Register is a director in the tax investigations team at BDO LLP, a global accountancy network)
When it comes to being an expat, as far as the UK taxman is concerned, absence does not make the heart grow fonder. A tax specialist gives tips on avoiding problems
 
"Malaga couples in trouble over building", Euro Weekly News, 27 | 05 | 2014 - Noticia
A criminal court in Malaga has sentenced two British couples to six months in prison for crimes against territorial planning in Tolox. While the dreams of many foreigners who bought property in good faith in Andalucia turned into nightmares when they found that their homes were not legal, in some cases the law is not so sure that they were innocent parties.
 
"Mi casa es ilegal", Comando Actualidad (TVE), 27 | 05 | 2014 (22:30h.) - Reportaje
Un hogar convertido en propiedad de nadie. ¿Cuáles son los casos de derribo que inundan España? ¿Quién ha sacado partido concediendo licencias de construcción?, ¿por qué viviendas compradas legalmente dejan de serlo?, ¿quién denuncia?, ¿cómo luchan los vecinos?...
 
Un programa ofrecerá entrevistas con afectados británicos en horario de máxima audiencia
 
Se prevé que cerca de 50 mil turistas visiten España en busca de servicios médicos de calidad a precios más asequibles que en el resto de Europa.  El llamado ‘Turismo Sanitario’, atrae a visitantes de la cuenca del Mediterráneo, Alemania y Reino Unido que demandan intervenciones de cirugía plástica y traumatológica, chequeos generales y tratamientos de reproducción asistida.
 
"Statistics and sunshine", The Leader, 25 | 05 | 2014 - Opinión (Barrie Mahoney)
Recent headlines in the UK press screaming “One in five British Expats in Spain returning home” and “End to the Mediterranean Dream for British Expats”, and “Has the Sun Set on the Expat Dream in Spain?” caught my attention recently. ... the use of flawed statistics by the press do not tell the true story...
 
"EU elections: Do expats care? Of course they do", The Local, 23 | 05 | 2014 - Reportaje
You would think that out of all the people who should care about the EU elections, it would be expats living in a foreign country. Here, several high profile Britons in France tell us why they are voting and why they are particularly worried.