26/04/2025
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: 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
Medieval market, 25th – 27th April
(Notice posted: Wednesday, 23rd April 2025)
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Missing man
(Notice posted: Tuesday, 15th April 2025)
The SOS Desaparecidos Association has issued an urgent alert to find the whereabouts of José J. C., a 56-year-old man who disappeared from his home last Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in Teulada. According to the family, the last time he was seen was on Wednesday, April 9 at the Perles Supermarket, located in the Benimarco area, between the municipalities of Teulada and […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Easter week
(Notice posted: Sunday, 13th April 2025)
Holy Week 2025 in Calpe is lived intensely from the beginning of March until Easter Sunday, with a program full of liturgical acts and processions that will tour the Old Town. The Junta Mayor has designed an agenda that combines tradition, religiosity and citizen participation, highlighting the role of the brotherhoods and brotherhoods of the […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
News items
A touch of digital humour
Friday, 25th April 2025
The computer swallowed Grandma Yes, honestly, it’s true! She pressed ‘control’ and ‘enter’ And disappeared from view. It devoured her completely, The thought just makes me squirm. She must have caught a virus Or been eaten by a worm. I’ve searched through the recycle bin And files of every kind; I’ve even used the Internet, […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
From where did Spain obtain its name?
Friday, 25th April 2025
It might seem fake, but this is actually what historians has come to agree after many years of study: Carthaginians soldiers landed for the first time on what is known as Spain in the 5th Century BC. When they arrived and discovered it, Spain was so full of rabbits (literally crowded) that those animals were […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Compensation
Friday, 25th April 2025
The owners of houses close to the coast will be compensated for the demarcations if they destroy them. The PP incorporates in the new coastal law that the owners of homes 20 metres from the coast will have to remove the property to opt for the land pool. The new demarcation of the bay of […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Take care!
Friday, 25th April 2025
One in four people from Alicante suffers from some type of respiratory allergy (25%), according to specialists in Allergology in the province of Alicante, and it is estimated that by 2050 this figure will rise to 50% of the population. Very high values that mean that half of citizens can go through medical consultation throughout […]
Read more about this in the members’ area.
Benissa is committed to tourism modernisation through data analysis
Friday, 25th April 2025
The town Council is launching an ambitious tourism intelligence study, financed by European funds, which will allow it to get to know its visitors in depth and adapt the offer to their real needs The Council, within the framework of the European Union’s Tourism Sustainability Plan in Destinations (PSTD), has taken a further step towards tourism modernisation and intelligence to […]