According to the World Health Organisation, the people who have the longest life expectancy in the world are natives of Lanjarón.
Long Live Lanjarón
by Hugh MacArthur •
Tag Archive for pensioners
Fewer Pensioners
by Hugh MacArthur •
For the first time the amount of pensioners in Spain has descended, partly because many have died during this health crisis.
Vikings to The Rescue
by Martin Myall •
(GIL) According to tourism forecasts, this winter on the Costa Tropical is going to be a bumper one, thanks to the growing influx of Nordic visitors.
2017 National Budget
by Martin Myall •
The 2017 Budget which is about to be approved, thanks to Basque nationalist backing, can be summed up in the following fashion: incoming!
Motril Roast Chestnuts Scandal?
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Motril IU and PP are revving up for some Christmas spirit and are throwing mutual accusations at each other.
New York Times vs Reality
by Martin Myall •
The photo coverage offered by the US daily, the New York Times, had most Spaniards reacting with indignation. There were photographs of people sifting through rubbish hoppers etc, and only Mad Max and a herd of zombies was missing to give the impression that Spain was oozing misery.
Hotel Gloom Over Imserso
by Martin Myall •
Hotels on the Costa Tropical face having to close down for the off season as fears grow over the a possible loss of state-subsidized holidays for pensioners.
Common Sense Prevails
by Martin Myall •
It was a system that worked well; pensioners would open the school gates in the morning – it gave them something to do and added a little to a meagre pension. Everybody was happy, as the arrangement had been in place for decades… but then an opposition party denounced that one of the janitors was the father of one of the ruling party.
The Reoccurring Six
by Martin Myall •
Six people were arrested for allegedly embezzling 9,700 euros from an elderly man, even going so far as to threaten his life. The six men, all from different villages around the Alpujarra, are aged between 21 and 40.
The Imserso Cushion
by Martin Myall •
Many hotels on the Costa Tropical manage to keep going through the winter thanks to Imserso, which is a state-subsidized, pensioners’ holiday scheme. However, this winter, like the swallows, they’re staying elsewhere.