SPAIN'S TREASURES: The Local gives us 15 of these
here. I'm pleased to say I've seen most of them.
CHANGING SPAIN: My Ferrol friend and regular
reader, Richard, has reminded me that Spain is getting better at
allowing people to set up businesses and at making it "easier to
pay taxes"(!). But very slowly. Per the World Bank, Spain has
recently moved up one place in their rankings of ease of doing
business and now rank a still-lowly 33rd. Things remain particularly
bad for those wanting to set themselves up as an autónomo, or sole
trader in UK terms. Not only is it mired in bureaucracy but also expensive, at c.€300 a month in taxes from the word go, even if you don't turn a penny.
AN AIRPORT
DEAL: The Local tells us here that the ghost airport down in
Castellón is now not quite as useless as it was. A deal has been struck
with Ryanair which will bring an income of €600,000 a year. To
Ryanair, that is. As I say, I guess it makes sense to someone. In
Spain, I mean. Ryanair's logic is obvious. At €10 each for 600,000 projected customers.
FRAUDULENT
BRITS: Hard as it is to believe, there are Brits - surely all down on
the south and east coasts - who indulge in benefit fraud. Essentially
by forgetting to tell the UK government they've moved to Spain and
lost their entitlements. Anyway, they've been warned they face jail
sentences, like the woman who's just been given this treatment, after
collecting €58,000 over 8 years.
CLEAVAGE v
BOOBAGE: New to me but there seems to be a difference between these
concepts. I guess everyone knows what the former is but here's the
definition of the latter:- The
exposure of vast amounts of breast in dresses that squish
unattractively rather than hugging sexily. It's said that the former
is for film stars and the latter for mere 'celebs'. I don't suppose many
men care about this distinction.
FINALLY .
. . RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA: Here, again, is the site of the European
organisation which tracks Moscow's preposterous - and sometimes hilarious - disinformation. They
can also be followed on Twitter. Whatever that is. At @EUvsDisinfo
FOOTNOTE: Another
Facebook 'success' this morning. I got a friend acceptance from a
lady in Madrid whom I now see has 1,360 'friends'. So I don't feel
terribly exclusive and will now defriend her. Nice to see my
spellcheck doesn't recognise defriend. Or spellcheck.
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