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Issue No. 64 - Dream Scene
June 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Out & About
  4. Letters / e-mails to the Editor
  5. Loss-making Airports
  6. Spanish Banks Asset Valuation
  7. Other Bank News
  8. Change?
  9. Spanish Banks - The corralito risk
  10. Lime Bar Golf Society
  11. Pheonix Golf Society
  12. Problems at Gibraltar
  13. Dream Hills Petanca Club
  14. Changes to Property Rental Law in Spain
  15. YOUR MONEY IN SPAIN - THE GUARANTEE FUND
  16. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC
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Issue No. 65 - Dream Scene
July 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Round & About
  4. Tension in Torrevieja
  5. Local Stuff!
  6. Banco Sabadell offer CAM solution
  7. CAM Bank and developer lose important court case
  8. Lime Bar Golf Society
  9. Pheonix Golf Society
  10. New Bus Service, Playa Flamenca - Guardamar - La Marina - Alicante’s El Altet Airport
  11. Changes re prescription charges
  12. Spain, the ‘greed’ continues!
  13. Other News
  14. What’s happening in July?
  15. Still more airport lunacy!
  16. Idiot Of The Month Award - a particularly busy month!
  17. The History of Spain, Part 29. The Rise of the Carlists
  18. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC
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Issue No. 66 - Dream Scene
August 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Round & About
  4. The Euro 2012 Football Championship
  5. MAJOR CHANGES TO IVA (VAT) RATES
  6. French to penalise foreign second home owners
  7. The Theft and Recovery of the Priceless Códice Calixtino
  8. Swimming News
  9. Lime Bar Golf Society
  10. Pheonix Golf Society
  11. Illegal dump continues to grow
  12. More Cuts and Changes
  13. The Asturian Miners’ Strike
  14. Moors & Christians Fiestas
  15. New Residency Requirements for Spain
  16. Claiming back overpayment on prescription charges
  17. Julio Iglesias, The Idol
  18. Foods that help you live longer and healthier
  19. The Young & Beautiful?
  20. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC
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Issue No. 67 - Dream Scene
September 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Round & About
  4. Local News
  5. High state subsidies to trade unions
  6. Letters to the Editor
  7. Sport’s News
  8. Lime Bar Golf Society
  9. Pheonix Golf Society
  10. The Pulmón de Oro
  11. Idiot of the Month Award
  12. The Spanish public healthcare system - an anomaly
  13. Property news still grim and getting grimmer
  14. Keep out of the bins
  15. Keep the kids off the weed
  16. Warning from British Embassy regarding rented properties
  17. Bits & Bobs
  18. Shortcomings in Aviation
  19. La Tomatina by Jules (Reprinted from Jan 2010)
  20. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 68 - Dream Scene
October 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. Activities at La Casita
  5. Tough times in San Miguel de Salinas
  6. The continuing flight of funds from Castellón Airport
  7. CAM Bank, the latest
  8. Local Mayors in the Mire
  9. The continuing Andalucian ERE scandal
  10. Idiot or Idiots of the Month Award
  11. Botched restoration a success?
  12. Lime Bar Golf Society
  13. Pheonix Golf Society
  14. Growth in second-hand market
  15. Food, Glorious Food!
  16. Going Bats over Mozzies?
  17. Spain ups ante on Gibraltar
  18. Health Care Stat’s
  19. The Tragic Tale of Ruth and José
  20. The Catalans and independence
  21. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 69 - Dream Scene
November 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. What has Julio been up to?
  5. Newsy Bits!
  6. Mosquitos
  7. Arsonist
  8. Airports - What’s New?
  9. The Truth!
  10. Baby Snatching
  11. The Human Castles!
  12. The Russians are coming!
  13. Lime Bar Golf Society
  14. Wall Street Journal Praises Mercadona
  15. Idiot of the Month Award
  16. Watch out for….
  17. People
  18. Lorca Earthquake ‘man-made’?
  19. The History of Spain. Part 30. Pronunciamiento after Pronunciamiento
  20. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 70 - Dream Scene
December 2012

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. All Saints Day November 1st
  5. Important Changes to Taxation for Expats
  6. Lime Bar Golf Society
  7. The General Strike November 14
  8. Buckle-Up!
  9. The Truth!
  10. Selling your car in Spain
  11. Limits on Cash Transactions - Important
  12. The Ibero-American Summit 2012
  13. Idiots of the Month
  14. ¿Cuánto cuestan los testículos?
  15. The Crevillent Con Man
  16. Gallery
  17. Spain’s Eviction Crisis
  18. State to fast-track residency permits for foreign buyers
  19. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 71 - Dream Scene
January 2013

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. More Changes to Spanish Healthcare
  5. Mubarak’s millions in Spain, or at least some of them
  6. Lime Bar Golf Society
  7. Ryanair card charges
  8. Queen Sofia of Spain
  9. The Lime Bar Fishing Club
  10. The New Court Fees
  11. The Spanish Brand, who are the best ambassadors?
  12. Fear of Flying?
  13. Idiot of the Month Award
  14. Different ways of dealing with the crisis
  15. Gallery
  16. Happily Ever After?
  17. Gallery II
  18. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 72 - Dream Scene
February 2013

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. Combating the Crisis
  5. Pensions, Electricity & Driving Licences
  6. Scandals, ‘dodgy’ judges, foreigners and electricity fraud
  7. The scandalous wastage in Valencia continues!
  8. Brothel Wars or Trouble at t’Knocking-shop!
  9. Idiot of the Month Award
  10. The History of Spain. The Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-83, Part 1
  11. GALLERY
  12. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 73 - Dream Scene
March 2013

  1. Bienvenido a todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. The Goya Awards 2013
  5. IMPORTANT: Tax Declaration Deadline
  6. Pressure on Retail Rents
  7. Did you know………?
  8. Football gets dangerous!
  9. Lime Bar Fishing Sunbathing Club
  10. PEOPLE - Cheating the Devil
  11. You’re Bugging me!
  12. Where there’s a Will……….!
  13. Silly Villains, Nasty Villains and Dumb Courts
  14. Do you live in Entre Naranjos?
  15. Important: Spanish pensions not being calculated correctly for EU migrant workers
  16. The History of Spain. The Great Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-83, Part 2
  17. Careful with those pipes!
  18. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 74 - Dream Scene
April 2013

  1. Bienvenido and welcome!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. Spanish Property Sales - Two Views
  5. Foreign purchasers flooding back!
  6. Valentine’s Night at the Dona Monse Hotel by Vivianne
  7. State Challenges Catalan Declaration
  8. Lime Bar Fishing/Sunbathing Club
  9. Mercadona improves earnings despite recession
  10. Ferran Adrià & El Bulli
  11. Two Good ‘Uns. Manuel’s & Alingui
  12. People
  13. The Dribblers of Orihuela Costa by Lee B
  14. A closer look at the lost generation
  15. NATURAL GAS COMES TO DREAM HILLS BACKED BY AN INCREDIBLE OFFER
  16. GALLERY
  17. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 75 - Dream Scene
May 2013

  1. Bienvenido and welcome!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. Review: Che, Argentinian Restaurant at Zenia Boulevard by Tid
  5. Clearing out the kitchen!
  6. Idiot of the Month Award - The Demon Drink!
  7. Torrevieja Desalination Plant
  8. Madrid Prostitution Scam
  9. Lime Bar Fishing/Sunbathing Club
  10. Remember Eating in the U.K. in the 1950’s? Part 1
  11. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY - The Curtis Cup
  12. IMPORTANT VOTING AT THE DREAM HILLS AGM
  13. Letters to the Editor
  14. N.H.W. Report
  15. New Spanish Mortgage Regulations
  16. Grisly events in Benijofar
  17. NATURAL GAS & DREAM HILLS - UPDATE
  18. A Taxing Time!
  19. The History of Spain. Part 31 - King Amadeo I and the First Republic
  20. Need help with the rent?
  21. GALLERY
  22. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 76 - Dream Scene
June 2013

  1. Bienvenido a todos
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. ANDALUSIA: HASISH CENTRE OF EUROPE?
  5. New Residency-Permit Threshold Announced
  6. THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THERE SUCKERS!
  7. Letters and Emails to the Editor
  8. INTERNATIONAL IDIOTS OF THE MONTH
  9. Quickies!
  10. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY
  11. 86 and still scoring!
  12. Top of the World, Ma!
  13. Changes to Rental Laws
  14. Remember Eating in the U.K. in the 1950’s? Part 2.
  15. Still making its mark!
  16. Where’s my water pressure? by Lee
  17. Coastal Law Amnesty
  18. THE SPANISH PROPERTY MARKET, ONE VIEW
  19. Dream Hills - Annual General Meeting May 17th
  20. ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATION
  21. HOLIDAY RENTALS
  22. Bull’s Eye for The Phoenix!
  23. The History of Spain. Part 32 - The First Republic and The Restoration
  24. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 77 - Dream Scene
July 2013

  1. Bienvenido and welcome!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. Síndrome del vestuario
  5. BANK CHARGES & YOU
  6. COMPETITION!
  7. Layoff-scam judge accuses labour unions of complicity in massive fraud
  8. Too Much Mercury
  9. IDIOT OF THE MONTH
  10. SOLUTION TO DOG-POO PROBLEM?
  11. GROWTH OF ‘EYEBALLING’ & ‘TAMPODKA.’
  12. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  13. Some Really Bad Eggs!
  14. HIGH SPEED RAIL LINK COMES TO ALICANTE
  15. Quick Review - ‘Why are we always late in Spain?’
  16. Letters and Emails to the Editor
  17. DONKEYS IN MIJAS TO CARRY ID!
  18. The prostate exam
  19. SOME CHANGES TO SPANISH HIGHWAY CODE
  20. ILLEGAL POLITICAL FUNDING WIDESPREAD
  21. ATTITUDES: THE GERMANS AND THE SPANISH.
  22. Lime Bar Fishing/Sunbathing Club
  23. World's 'most racially intolerant' countries mapped
  24. GALLERY
  25. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
  26. Late News
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Issue No. 78 - Dream Scene
August 2013

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. FITTING AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM
  5. ELECTRICITY TO GO UP AGAIN!
  6. BAD NEWS FOR SECOND-HOME OWNERS
  7. THE ANDALUCIAN ERE SCANDAL CONTINUES
  8. HEY DUDE, WHERE’S MY FAT BELLY…… AND MY MEMORY?
  9. TELECOM COMPLAINTS UP
  10. FED UP WITH COLD CALLS?
  11. DREAM HILLS (1) FIESTA! SAT’ SEPTEMBER 7th
  12. IDIOT OF THE MONTH
  13. THE FACE OF EVIL
  14. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  15. GOVERNMENT RENEGES ON PROMISE TO PAY SUPPLIERS
  16. STAMP FRAUD
  17. RENEWAL ENERGY GENERATION PENALISED!
  18. IMPORTANT URBANISATION LAW CHANGES
  19. SUNSHINE SUNSET BOAT PARTIES - A REVIEW
  20. Eggs, cholesterol, Omega-3 fatty acids and beer
  21. The History of Spain, Part 33. Recap’ of 19th Century, Economic Development and the Rise of Anarchism
  22. Lime Bar Fishing/Sunbathing Club
  23. GONE MAD IN MURCIA!
  24. CORVERA AIRPORT - THE LATEST
  25. GALLERY
  26. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 79 - Dream Scene
September 2013

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. What's Up
  3. Local News
  4. CARS! CARS! CARS!
  5. SPANIARDS UNDER 30 TOO POOR TO FLEE THE NEST!
  6. Friday Night at Belushi’s
  7. A Few Days in Valencia by Jan & Dave Knight
  8. CORVERA AIRPORT & PARAMOUNT PARK THE CIRCUS CONTINUES!
  9. “The name is Bond, Jaime Bond.”
  10. THE GIBRALTAR SMOKESCREEN
  11. TRANSFER TAX ON RESALES TO GO UP
  12. TREATMENT OF EU PENSIONERS IN SPAIN INCREASES SLIGHTLY
  13. PUBLIC HOUSING IN VALENCIA
  14. REGIONAL BUSINESSES
  15. PRIZE DRAW WITH A DIFFERENCE
  16. TOURISM AND PROPERTY PURCHASE STATISTICS
  17. COPPER AND ALZHEIMER’S
  18. DOES EVERYBODY HATE THE FRENCH?
  19. IDIOT OF THE MONTH
  20. The History of Spain, Part 34. The Tragic Week, Disaster in North Africa and a New Dictator
  21. Lime Bar Fishing Sunbathing Club
  22. LET’S TAX THE SUN!
  23. GALLERY
  24. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Issue No. 80 - Dream Scene
October 2013

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. Did you know……
  3. What's Up
  4. Local News
  5. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  6. Idiots or Follies of the Month
  7. Other Spanish News
  8. INHERITANCE TAX & YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
  9. HEALTH NEWS
  10. Prosecutor targets “disproportionate” pay-off packages at failed bank
  11. Review - Tommy Mel’s Classic Diner, Zenia Boulevard
  12. ENERGY CERTIFICATES
  13. Chocolate IS good for you!
  14. EU Inspectors visit Gibraltar
  15. Dream Hills II Fiesta
  16. Madrid attempts to tighten belt on regions
  17. The History of Spain, Part 35. The Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera
  18. Lime Bar Fishing (Sunbathing) Club
  19. KEEPING YOUR MIND ACTIVE & AGILE
  20. How to turn a ‘silk purse’ into a ‘sow’s ear’ and make a bucket of money!
  21. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
  22. Words of Wisdom
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Issue No. 81 - Dream Scene
November 2013

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. Did you know that …….
  3. What’s Up?
  4. Local News
  5. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  6. SURELY THIS BIRD WILL NEVER FLY?
  7. Other Spanish News
  8. A RE-THINK ON AIRPORT TAXES!
  9. INHERITANCE TAX & YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. Part 2
  10. An Unfortunate Experience!
  11. Energy Efficiency Tests - an update
  12. LATE NEWS
  13. HUMOUR IN THE DREAM SCENE
  14. Ryanair Ruling
  15. THE MALAYA CASE
  16. THE CHINESE TOURISTS ARE COMING!
  17. KEEPING YOUR OLD NUMBER!
  18. BATHROOM CONVERSIONS
  19. FANCY A CHANGE?
  20. THE WOLVES IN SPAIN
  21. ERE SCANDAL CONTINUES TO SHOCK
  22. TOURISM REVENUE IN SPAIN THIS YEAR TO DATE
  23. IMPORTANT TAX JUDGEMENT
  24. WHERE?
  25. PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF VICTIMS
  26. Lime Bar Fishing (Sunbathing) Club
  27. The Spanish Property Market
  28. Property Auction Mafia
  29. KALIMOTXO
  30. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
  31. INSULTS etc
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Issue No. 82 - Dream Scene
December 2013

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. Did you know that …….
  3. What’s Up?
  4. Local News
  5. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  6. THE SPANISH PROPERTY MARKET - TWO VIEWS
  7. EXPAT NEWS: WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE & TAX GRAB
  8. INHERITANCE TAX & YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. Part 3
  9. Would you believe it?
  10. THE GOOD NEWS!
  11. GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE…… Jane and Neil’s Karaoke Disco - a review
  12. FROST-FREE FRIDGES & FREEZERS
  13. GALLERY
  14. Idiots of the Month.
  15. GOSSIP!
  16. HOW THE EU AND THE SPANISH LEGAL SYSTEM HAVE FAILED THE VICTIMS
  17. The History of Spain, Part 36. The Departure of the Bourbons & The Second Republic
  18. Lime Bar Fishing (Sunbathing) Club
  19. THE NEW CITIZEN SECURITY LAW
  20. OTHER LATE SPANISH NEWS
  21. WANNA’ BUY A BOAT?
  22. Another one bites the dust!
  23. Valencia’s Regional TV & Radio Station Closed Down
  24. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENT
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Issue No. 83 - Dream Scene
January 2014

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. Did you know that …….
  3. What’s Up?
  4. Local News
  5. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  6. What the Papers Say
  7. Top football clubs to be investigated
  8. China launches economy smartphone in Spain
  9. CHAOS AT THE NATIONAL PARKS AGENCY
  10. BEAUTIFUL SPAIN
  11. NON!
  12. EXPATS RETURNING TO UK TO FACE NEW BENEFIT CURBS
  13. SGAE NOT ‘PERFORMING’ VERY WELL!
  14. Govt backtracks
  15. LOST! PLEASE HELP!
  16. Ryanair ‘pulls finger out!’
  17. The Granville Memorial Darts Cup
  18. Dodgy Oranges!
  19. The Autonomous Communities of Spain
  20. The History of Spain, Part 37. The Second Republic in 1931
  21. Lime Bar Fishing (Sunbathing) Club
  22. Catalonia and Independence
  23. Private Security Guards to Get Increased Powers
  24. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENT
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Issue No. 84 - Dream Scene
February 2014

  1. Bienvenido a Todos!
  2. Did you know that …….
  3. What’s Up?
  4. Local News
  5. LIME BAR GOLF SOCIETY,
  6. INHERITANCE TAX PART 4, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
  7. SANGRIA!
  8. OTHER NEWS STORIES
  9. Capital Gains Tax on Non-UK Residents
  10. Energy Certificates: Costs & Contacts
  11. Idiot of the Month
  12. Giving Credit Where it is due - Peter’s Pork Pies & Pasties
  13. A Word to the Wise - Iberdrola Door to Door Chappie
  14. PINE CATERPILLARS – Yes it’s that time of year again!
  15. Driving in Spain
  16. Spanish Men, The Best Lovers in the World?
  17. GALLERY
  18. The History of Spain, Part 38. The Second Republic in 1932
  19. Lime Bar Fishing (Sunbathing) Club
  20. Letters to the Editor
  21. CLASSIFIED ADS, ANNOUNCEMENT
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