06/03/2026
Meetings
Next meeting
The AFPO AGM in May
(date to be arranged)
Last Meetings
Tuesday 17th February
Club de Tenis, Calpe
Representatives from Pellicer and Heredia Lawyers gave a talk on Reverse Mortgages and making Wills in Spain.
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Tuesday 14th October
Club de Tenis, Calpe
The speakers were from the Calpe Cruz Roja, who introduced members to many First Aid procedures.
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
Centro de Salud
Christmas 2025
AFPO run a translation service in the Calpe Centro de Salud (details on this website). The photograph shows members of AFPO giving a box of chocolates to the staff of the Centro de Salud at Christmas.
If you would like to help as an interpreter call Noel on 620 687 633.
UK Embassy: older Brits in Spain
February 2026 update
The Foreign Office has updated its survey of the things that we need to take account of when growing older here.
In a page on the government website, they cover everything from medical care to finances to wills to funeral plans to going back to the UK.
AFPO recommend that you call up the page: Planning for later life as a British person in Spain. It's well worth reading!
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
International Women’s Day events – 4th to 27th March
(Notice posted: Thursday, 5th March 2026)
The Council of Calpe has launched the commemorative programme for March 8th, International Women’s Day, with an agenda that will take place throughout the month and that includes workshops, exhibitions, talks, participatory activities and specialized training. The programme starts on Wednesday, March 4 with the workshop “Journey of women’s rights in Spain”, aimed at users of the Civic Centre and taught by the municipal […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Project to transform the Poquet Beltrán house into a Museu de la Festa -meeting on 11th March
(Notice posted: Thursday, 5th March 2026)
The Council of Calpe has convened for Wednesday, March 11 at 8:00 p.m. an informative meeting open to the public in the plenary hall of the consistory to explain the current situation of the project of the Museu Fester, whose works will begin with the demolition of the Poquet Beltrán house. The call comes backed by a context of neighbourhood pressure in the […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Illuminations on March 7th
(Notice posted: Friday, 20th February 2026)
The old town of Calpe will once again be illuminated with thousands of candles in the second edition of “La Nit Encesa”The event will be held on Saturday, March 7 with travelling theatre, live music and the novelty of “La Calle del Arte” The old town of Calpe will be transformed next Saturday, March 7, […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Valencians to New York – exhibition from February 25th to March 18th
(Notice posted: Sunday, 15th February 2026)
Calpe hosts the exhibition ‘Valencians to New York (1892-1930)’ on Valencian emigration to the United States The Exhibition Hall of Casa Nova – Seu Universitària de Calp will host from February 24 to March 18, 2026 the exhibition “Valencians to New York (1892-1930)”, a proposal that covers the history of Valencian emigration to the United States between the end of […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
More cyclists – from 6th to 8th March
(Notice posted: Tuesday, 10th February 2026)
The II Vuelta Ciclista Costa Blanca consolidates itself as a showcase for young cycling talent The U-17 round will travel through Altea, Jávea and Calpe from March 6 to 8, 2026 and will once again place Las Marinas in the focus of formative cycling The II Vuelta Ciclista Costa Blanca continues to establish itself as one of […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
News items
Trump redoubles his attack on Spain and calls the country a “loser”
Friday, 6th March 2026
Donald Trump has redoubled his attacks on Spain on Thursday, two days after denouncing in the Oval Office the government of Pedro Sánchez as “Terrible” after the Spanish refusal to allow the use of the bases of Rota and Morón for the attack on Iran. In a telephone statement to the tabloid ‘New York Post’, the Republican used the derogatory term “loser” to […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
The magnitude of the water drama in the Vall de Laguar
Friday, 6th March 2026
The Lucifer well in the Val de Laguar is the main supplier of Water to Calpe Serious problems that have left the population without drinking water for a year and a half due to the fiasco of the filtering plant built by the Provincial Council, comes out again today with great turbidity Unfortunately, it does […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
The rains already exceed 60 liters in the Marina Alta and force the closure of roads
Friday, 6th March 2026
L’Atzúbia and Vall de Laguar are the municipalities where it has rained the most so far, although on the coast it has also exceeded 40 litres in Jávea or Benitachell The day has started with heavy rain in the Marina Alta, especially in the interior of its northern half. In several of the municipalities located there, […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Japanese retaurant
Friday, 6th March 2026
The Japanese restaurant Amas, among the best openings of the year according to the Macarfi GuideThe Macarfi Guide 2026 has included the Amas restaurant, located in the AR Diamante Beach hotel in Calpe, among the most outstanding gastronomic openings of the year in the Valencian Community. The project is led by chef Diego Laso and […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Women in healthcare
Friday, 6th March 2026
Women who care, manage and lead: the growing weight of female talent in healthcareHealth care not only depends on the time of consultation, but organisation, coordination and management are part of a daily work in which female talent has a prominent weight in clinics such as Salufit Behind every consultation, every treatment or every medical […]