23/03/2025

Meetings

Next AFPO Meeting

Monday 26th May

Diamante Beach Hotel

Last Meetings

Tuesday 25th February

Club de Tenis, Calpe

The speaker was a representative from the Calpe Cruz Roja, who addressed us on the ‘Virtual Alexa’ app.

The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.

8th October 2024

Club de Tenis, Calpe

The speaker was Christina Brady of Blacktower Investments.

The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.

AGM: Tuesday 18th June 2024

This meeting took place in the Club de Tenis, Calpe

The speaker was Carole Saunders, AFPO President

The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.

General Meeting: Tuesday 13th February, 2024

This meeting took place in the Diamante Beach hotel.

The guest speaker was Pamela Twissell-Cross MBE, the Welfare co-ordinator for the Royal British Legion

The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.

UK Embassy: TIEs and appointment availability

November 2024 update

The British Embassy reminds British residents in Spain that the old green certificate, though still a valid residency document in Spain, does not guarantee exemption from the EU’s Entry Exit system, and will involve holders in full registration checks at the border.

On our key information page, we set out the guidance previously given by the Embassy.

This remains valid. The old green cerificate is protected by law inside Spain. But the EU's Entry Exit system, which will come into force later this year, requires travellers to provide biometric information which can only be found on the new plastic TIE card.

So if you are planning to travel in and out of Spain, switching to the new card is stronlgly recommended. It will save you having to re-register your details every time you travel.

In addition, the TIE is more durable and clearly shows that the holder is a beneficiary of the withdrawal agreement.

The Embassy have also been assured by the Alicante National Police that appointment availability for TIEs has improved since the summer.

Their own checks confirm that this is true.

Calpe elections (2023)

New Council (to 2027)

The new Calpe Council has now voted. For the next 4 years (in principle) Calpe will be run by a coalition of 3 parties, and Ana Sala, the current mayor, will continue in post.

The party with the most individual votes, the Partido Poplular, who wanted to force Ana Sala out, have instead been forced into opposition.

Up-to-the-minute news, togther with detailed analysis of the results of the elections (held on the 28th of May) can be found in our members’ area.

From the members’ area

In this section, we provide extracts from the announcements, news items and updates which our former President, Keith Wildman, publishes every day. To read the complete posts, you need to join the Association.

Announcements

Comedy presentation

(Notice posted: Friday, 14th March 2025)

The Penitential Brotherhood of Silence presents, at a price of €10, “Bar Manolo”, a comedy to restore the Christ of the Suor The Casa de Cultura hosts this March the funny comedy “Bar Manolo”, directed by José Luis Martín and represented by the members of the Penitential Brotherhood of Silence, to raise funds for the […]

Decoration

(Notice posted: Wednesday, 5th March 2025)

Calpe announces the V Street Decoration Contest dedicated to ‘The Awakening of Spring’ The prizes amount to a total of € 6000 The Department of Culture has announced the call for the V Street Decoration Contest of the Historic Centre, framed in the IX edition of Art al Carrer 2025. On this occasion, the contest will […]

Amadem will celebrate its XI Gran Calçotada Solidaria to support mental health in La Marina

(Notice posted: Saturday, 1st March 2025)

Amadem, the NGO for Mental Health of the Marina Alta, is once again committed to one of its most participatory activities. On Sunday, March 23rd its XI Gran Calçotada Solidaria will take place for the benefit of the entity. Amadem holds this day in order to raise funds to be able to continue carrying out […]

News items

Trial

Saturday, 22nd March 2025

Tried for prohibiting her neighbour’s children from playing in the park because they are not Spanish The Prosecutor’s Office requests that the defendant be sentenced to one year and three months in prison for a hate crime and a fine of 600 euros for threats “F*ing South American, go to your own f*ing country”, “you […]

Keep it clean

Saturday, 22nd March 2025

Alicante is preparing to apply a new set of sanctions in terms of Cleaning. The City Council’s Services Information Commission has approved the Street Cleaning and Waste Management Ordinance with the support of the PP, the PSOE and Vox. This new regulation toughens fines and reinforces inspection to avoid conduct that harms the image of […]

Easter camp

Saturday, 22nd March 2025

Calpe bets on conciliation with an Easter camp Aimed at children from 4 to 12 years old, it will be held at the Oltà school from April 22 to 28 with recreational and educational activities.

In Calpe we should not kill wild boars, they should have been castrated and allowed to live

Saturday, 22nd March 2025

The biologist , Rosa Mas, advocates for the sterilization and ethical management of wild boar populations in urban environments such as there were in Calpe. The presence of wild boars in urban and peri-urban areas has generated controversy in places such as Calpe, where several of these animals were killed after settling in Las Salinas, near a residential environment. However, biologist […]

Calpe begins the evaluation phase for the tender of the ORA service

Saturday, 22nd March 2025

Three companies are competing for the concession of the new service, which will bring important changes in rates and the management of parking on public The Council has concluded the deadline for submitting bids for the concession of the regulated parking serviceor on public roads (ORA), a process that now enters the evaluation phase. Three companies have applied to take over the management […]