Originally Posted by Hondon Voyager

Here in UK we are told that unemployment in Spain is down by 55,000 ,as I said I think this is bull ,was just waiting for a comment on this sudden upturn in the Spanish unemployment situation ,think you answered my question in no uncertain terms which I thought was more realistic than we can sometimes be lead to believe .

Originally Posted by lynnxa

it may well be down - thousands of seasonal workers will have now 'signed off' for the season & will be 'signing on' again in the winter


it happens every year

Originally Posted by Econ

I am not sure what you are trying to say here? what figures and what have they to do with it anyway? what are you not convinced about, what they say or me?

Is this what you are referring to:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_11641217.htm

don't!
this brings unemployment down to to 3.5 million 'a great month Zapatero said' (the man should be put on a yellow bus ). This was helped by the government creating jobs... but how long is that going to last and what happens at the end of the summer when even more businesses shut their doors along with the summer employment becoming unemployed (the legal ones that is)... then as I mentioned the government needs to get money to pay for the 55,000 jobs it created out of 3.4 million unemployed.... money for the EU.... then find some for the banks when they start to go........

Eurostat said Spain, where a slump in construction led to record economic contraction in the first quarter, posted the highest unemployment rate in the EU at 18.7%, and many of them don't even know they are in a crisis yet!

Originally Posted by Econ

prostitues work seemingly freely on the sea front of the town... probably because they cannot get money off them in fines.

Originally Posted by mikelincs

Biggest problem is the huge numbers of Brits (and other nationalities) who are charging for picking people up, and making a living from it, they are unlicensed, uninsured etc. Yes they are cheaper, BUT, woe betide anyone who uses them and is stopped, they may well finish up at the side of the road with all their luggage, and have to get a taxi! I do pick people up, BUT, only relatives, AND only usually a maximum of two lots a year.

Originally Posted by fionamw

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I´m sometimes there twice a week, occasionally more if either or both my UK-based offspring and/or my sometimes UK based OH happens to have scheduled inconsiderately awkward flight times. I´d say the least I visit Malaga AGP is twice a month - no make that four (returns too!) Shouldn´t someone be able to say (or obliged to know) what guidelines the Guardia have for frequency of visits before they issue denuncias?

Originally Posted by mikelincs

If you had read the article, this is all happening at ALICANTE airport, and not, as far as the article goes, at any other airport.... at the moment

Originally Posted by mikelincs

Biggest problem is the huge numbers of Brits (and other nationalities) who are charging for picking people up, and making a living from it, they are unlicensed, uninsured etc. Yes they are cheaper, BUT, woe betide anyone who uses them and is stopped, they may well finish up at the side of the road with all their luggage, and have to get a taxi! I do pick people up, BUT, only relatives, AND only usually a maximum of two lots a year.

Originally Posted by cricketman

Sometimes I wonder what world people live in. I dont know how you can say many Spaniards dont know that they are in a crisis. All you need to do is watch the news on Spanish TV, read a Spanish newspaper or listen to what people are saying on the street to know that is absolute nonsense

Originally Posted by pete_l

A nasty little example of presumed guilty unless yo can prove your innocence, which seems to be creeping in everywhere these days.

Originally Posted by jackytoo

I would be more afraid of the taxi drivers than the Guardia