Expatica Spain latest blogger left her city three years ago and has since been living in a less than “real life’’, or so says her friends. read more

Israel at 60: Europe grapples with how to react to conflict with Palestinians. read more

Finding a tomato plant in one’s back garden is a nice surprise in Spain. read more

No other country in Europe sees more remittances sent to other countries read more

British Council project aims to help teachers tackle such problems in the classroom read more

Why is it that travellers across the globe end up listening to the same music? read more

The United States is currently a hugely popular holiday destination. Travel agents say the low dollar exchange rate is an important stimulus. The US is more accessible than ever. By Wendy Braanker read more

Expatica's editor in Germany is a veteran of three 'home-swaps'. She shares the upsides and downsides of a growing trend. read more

Galician photographer examines the nomadic lifestyle read more

Hillary Clinton won important victories in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Super Tuesday. She won more votes than Barack Obama in four of the five biggest states holding polls, including California. John McCain won the Republican primary in California and in enough other states to gain a clear lead in his party’s nomination race. By correspondent Reinout van Wagtendonk read more

The Editor says farewell as he signs off for the last time. read more

When a friend calls it a day, it leaves you reassessing your own 'expat' life. Read the Editor's Diary. read more

Parking is a subject of which many never tire of. Read the Editor's Diary. read more

If you think you are having a tough time trying to make your new life work in Spain, spare a thought for the locals. Read the Editor's Diary read more

Living abroad sometimes means we have to adapt and do things we would not have imagined for ourselves. read more

Madrid is not all jazzy bars, great restaurants and fantastic art museums. Real people live in the suburbs, as the Editor found out. read more

Is the cliches true about the Costa del Sol? Of course not. Well, maybe. Read the Editor's diary. read more

How does Basque sound to your ears? It can throw up a few little surprises. Read the Editor's Diary read more

Whizz round the city on the back of one and it is like being in Easy Rider. Well, almost. But otherwise they are a pest, says The Editor. read more

Can you tell a Spanish accent from one part of the country to the next? More's to the point, how does English sound to Spaniards? Read the Editor's Diary read more

A number of worried readers have contacted us recently about the civic corruption scandal in Marbella which led to the dissolution of the city council by the Spanish government. We reprint some of the emails of expats concerned their properties may be affected. read more

Catalan nationalism, Spain's pursuit of US soldiers in Iraq, giving Viagra to convicted rapists and those impolite Spanish bankers. These were just some subjects which made you write to us. read more

What concerns you? We want to hear from our readers about life in Spain. In the first part of a regular feature, we publish a selection of your emails. read more

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