More than 1000 expats a day are going online to register to vote in the upcoming EU referendum, according to data released by the British Embassy in Madrid.
A legal challenge will be launched on Wednesday, which could see voting rights in the Brexit referendum granted to British expats in Spain who have lived abroad for over 15 years.
Bucking the trend back in the homeland, American Democrats in Spain voted strongly for Bernie Sanders. But some still fear the impact of "the rise of Trump".
As a week of the "Global Primaries" for expat Americans around the world kicks off on Tuesday, we look at how you can cast your ballot from a continent away.
British people living abroad are clamouring to have their say on June 23rd with the number of expats registering to vote quadrupling since the date was set.
A British expat living in Murcia has been handed a suspended prison sentence for failing to update the UK benefits office, as authorities vow to hunt down benefit thieves.
Mention expats and many minds are drawn to stereotypes of workers sent abroad for three years to live in a compound and sip gin. But today’s mobile professionals aren't posted overseas – they just get up and go, writes The Local's Managing Editor James Savage.
Labour’s candidate for mayor of London, Tessa Jowell has suggested that Londoners might be better off commuting to the city from Madrid rather than living in the UK capital itself.
The Local talks to Maura Hillen, president of the AUAN property rights association and now local councillor in Albox, southern Spain who thinks expats need to get more politically engaged.
New legislation will protect thousands of homeowners across the Spanish costas whose properties are threatened with demolition after falling foul of planning laws.
Both Madrid and Barcelona have seen living costs for expat workers plummet in comparison to other cities worldwide, thanks in part to the devalued euro.
Calls are growing for voting rights to be extended to ALL British expats living in EU member states regardless of the length of time lived outside the UK to give those most affected by a possible Brexit a vote in the referendum.
Don't get us wrong, Spain isn't perfect. It has struggled out of a crippling economic crisis as well as having high pollution levels and a perpetually corrupt political system. But despite all that, it is still the best place to live in the world. And here is why:
A survey by networking community InterNations has ranked Spain 7th-best in the world for foreigners according to criteria including quality of life, finance, ease of settling in and work-life balance.
The UK's Conservative Party has made a bid to woo expat voters by pledging to end the controversial "15-year rule" that prevents millions of Brits abroad from being able to vote, but one Spain-based campaigner told The Local the move doesn't go far enough.
With British and German expats leaving Spain in record numbers in 2013, The Local looks at the reasons for the exodus and ask if the dream of a better life in Spain really is dead in the water.
