23/01/2025

Meetings

Next AFPO Meeting

Tuesday 25th February 2025

Last Meetings

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

Events guide

(Notice posted: Tuesday, 21st January 2025)

Free guided tours of the historic centre of Calpe Dates Sun, 05/01/2025 — Sun, 26/01/2025 Schedules Sunday 5th, 11am Sunday 12th, 11am Sunday 19th, 11am Sunday 26th, 11am Price: Free Registration / Reservations Telephones: 96 583 69 20 / 96 583 85 32 Email: turismo@ajcalp.es Meeting point: Casa de Cultura

Trudy Lynn and her Texas & Blues Band arrive in Calpe with their unmistakable blues sound

(Notice posted: Friday, 17th January 2025)

Trudy Lynn and her Texas & Blues Band arrive in Calpe with their unmistakable sound in creational blues Trudy Lynn, considered the first lady of blues soul in Houston, will offer a concert next Thursday, February 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Auditori Casa de Cultura in Calpe The American artist, emotional heir to Etta […]

FITURE 2025

(Notice posted: Friday, 17th January 2025)

Costa Blanca is committed this year at FITUR to greater municipal attendance and an experiential strategy. The president of the Alicante Provincial Council assures us that this event “will be a key showcase to position us as a leading destination in diversity, innovation, sustainability, accessibility and excellence.” The president of the Alicante Provincial Council, Toni […]