26/01/2026
Meetings
AFPO General Meeting
Tuesday 17th February
10.00 AM for 10:30
Club de Tenis, Calpe
Representatives from Pellicer and Heredia Lawyers will give a talk on Reverse Mortgages and making Wills in Spain.
For further information call Carole on 639 637 520.
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.
Last Meetings
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.
AGM: Monday 26th May
Diamante Beach Hotel, Calpe
The full minutes of this meeting can be read in our members’ area.
A talk was also given by the “N332” Facebook Team (The Guardia Civil traffic division), giving us an update on the the latest Spanish driving regulations.
This talk was open to the public and was free of charge.
AFPO President's reminder
September 2025
Our President reminds everyone of the facts spelt out in our Embassy's March update (below).
The new Entry/Exit System is due to come into force on the 12th October.
If you still haven't acquired a TIE by then, and you are relying on your green Residence card, you may be treated as a tourist if you leave Spain and attempt to come back.
Some up-to-date sources of guidance:
- Living in Spain Guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-spain
- Everything about the EES: https://travel-europe.europa.eu/en/ees
- Brits in Spain Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/19tiaWyFML/
UK Embassy: get your TIE now!
March 2025 update
The British Embassy reminds British residents in Spain that the old green certificate, though still a valid residency document in Spain, will not provide exemption from the EU’s Entry Exit system.
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 it will not be of any use to you if you want to travel out of Spain or back into Spain.
This month, the European Union (EU) has published draft legislation in preparation for the EES coming into force in Autumn 2025. It states that Green Certificates will not be recognised by the EES, in Spain or any other Schengen country. While the Spanish National Police may wish to be pragmatic with British residents in Spain, they will be operating under instructions from the EU so Green Certificate holders should not expect flexibility from them.
This will be concerning news for many, particularly Green Certificate holders. But there remains time for British residents to get a TIE if they act now.
All the details are spelt out in a letter from the new British Ambassador, which is published in full in our Members’ Area.
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
Tree day – 31st January
(Notice posted: Monday, 26th January 2026)
Calpe celebrates the Tree Day of the Valencian Community with a participatory day next to the Red Wall The activity will take place on Saturday 31st January in the morning and is open to residents and visitors with prior registration Calpe joins the celebration of the Tree Day of the Valencian Community with an environmental day […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe organizes the 3rd Conference on Ethics and Integrity in Public Procurement – on February 6th
(Notice posted: Friday, 23rd January 2026)
The Council of Calpe will hold next Friday, February 6, the III Conference on “Ethics and Integrity in Public Procurement”, which will once again turn the town into a meeting point for public sector professionals committed to transparency, good governance and the improvement of contracting processes. The conference will take place in the Auditorium of […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe celebrates on Sundays 18th and 25th January with the blessing of animals and a new fair
(Notice posted: Tuesday, 13th January 2026)
The programme will take place in the parishes of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves and Nuestra Señora de la Merced, and will incorporate as a novelty the I Fair of Sant Antoni, together with the traditional acts of the festivity. Calpe will celebrate in January 2026 the traditional festivity of Sant Antoni del Porquet, an […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
You can now download, for free, the guide to the ‘55 best restaurants in the Valencian Community’
(Notice posted: Saturday, 10th January 2026)
The tenth edition of the gastronomic manual published by the three newspapers of Prensa Ibérica in the Valencian Community is now available in digital formatFoodies are in luck. From today, you can download the guide to the ’55 best restaurants in the Valencian Community’, a joint project of the three newspapers of Prensa Ibérica in the Valencian […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
The XL edition of the Volta Ciclista a la Marina Alta kicks off this weekend, runs till 22nd March
(Notice posted: Saturday, 10th January 2026)
This weekend begins one of the most popular sporting events in the region. The Volta Ciclista a La Marina reaches its fortieth edition and its celebration dates back to 1985. The test takes the participating cyclists to the most emblematic mountain points of the region. Through this link you can access each of the stages, registrations, […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
News items
Delta force – not
Monday, 26th January 2026
In 1979, the U.S. Army powered the Delta Force as a rescue and response team for special operations in the face of the increase in international terrorist incidents. Something like this was expected in 2022 with the A1-01 within the Generalitat, An elite corps of specialized public employees in the management of European programmemes linked to the Next […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Rental costs
Monday, 26th January 2026
Rent already exceeds 1,000 euros on average in more than half of Alicante Changes in tourist rentals: a before and after for neighbourhood rest In May 2023, days before the Spanish government approved the Housing Law, renting a ninety square metre flat in neighbourhoods such as Altozano, San Antón, Vistahermosa or El Pla cost less than […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
The fishing industry
Monday, 26th January 2026
From when the fish markets of the Marina Alta were pure joy in the twentieth century to the current sunset: “We are afraid of disappearing” The pyrrhic victory achieved this week by the brotherhoods actually hides a very bitter victory: they know that they are losing the war with Europe The life linked to the […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Swimming award
Monday, 26th January 2026
The young Calpino Maxim Zyablov breaks the regional swimming record in 50m breaststroke At the age of 17, he has already been proclaimed regional champion several times In the prestigious Pascual Román Memorial Trophy last Friday in Elche, the young swimmer from Calpe Maxim Zyablov Valdaev, 17, twice broke the regional record of 30.26 seconds in […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Calpe forecast
Monday, 26th January 2026