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Sotogrande community raises thousands in festive fundraising

The Sotogrande community came together in impressive style over the past two weekends to support the Saint George Charity’s Christmas “Feed a Child” campaign. Padel and party time On Saturday November 22, a Community Charity Padel Tournament raised more than €2,300, with players and spectators enjoying a day of sport, music and community. Held at Sotogrande Racket Centre, the event …

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Spain’s housing crisis is squeezing renters in Madrid to bursting point – can Pedro Sanchez’s government build their way out of it in time?

FAMILIES in Madrid’s lowest-income district are spending more than half of their annual earnings on rent, new data has shown – as experts renew warnings that property prices in Spain are spiralling out of control. Figures from Idealista and Idilico Realty showed that rents in Puente de Vallecas, in south-west Madrid, averaged nearly €18,000 a year in October. That amounts …

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The country that The Economist thinks is most similar to Britain is Spain

A NEW analysis by The Economist has delivered a surprise that may bruise egos on both sides of the English Channel: the country it says is most similar to Britain is not Denmark, not America, not Germany – but Spain. The finding comes after the magazine compared OECD nations across ten social, economic and cultural indicators to see which ones …

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