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Spain

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Population: 44 million
Currency: Euro
Time zone: GMT +1hour
Language: Spanish, Catalan
Capital: Madrid

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Recent Articles Related to this Country

Dreaming of Spain
Lee Young explains that the prospect of a sunny holiday home continues to lure many Britons to Spain. But for those with modest incomes, the move can become a nightmare
Cost of the Lanzarote coastline
Penelope Farmer writes that a hitherto unenforced law that was designed to protect the coastline of this Spanish island from shoddy development may end up robbing residents of their homes
Seeing double in Barcelona
Natasha Young admits that living in the Catalonian capital can often be an incredible challenge and a huge expense, but the warm sunshine and the vibrant nightlife somehow make it all worthwhile

Country Experts

Patricia Dawn Severenuk
Patricia came to Madrid and couldn't bring herself to leave again. She has established herself as a correspondent for various Madrid-based magazines
Valerie Collins
Val arrived in Barcelona to teach English 1974 and never left. She has just written In the Garlic, a guidebook to Spain

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