Day: November 13, 2008

Son of a…. El Ejido owes over €90,000,000 claims P.P.

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The P.P. claims that the town hall of El Ejido is so badly managed that it has ended up with debts of over €90,000,000 (90 million euros). Or, 15 thousand million pesetas in old money. Jose Francisco Riviera, spokeperson for the P.P. (Partido Popular) Party in El Ejido, claims that the town hall has spent more on hiding costs than controlling them; this has led to a situation in which the town hall has reached Continue reading Son of a…. El Ejido owes over €90,000,000 claims P.P.→

NIE rolls over to a new number

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The NIE (Numero de Indentificacion de Extranjeros, or Foreigners Identification Number), has been, since time immemorial, a number that starts with X and ends with a control digit. IE, X1234567L. Check out Gabilos.com for a free app to generate your own. Well… it seems that there are now so many foreigners in Spain that they have had to change the system. So NIEs now start with Y and are one digit less – the previous Continue reading NIE rolls over to a new number→