Demolition - yet for 8 years property owners never told

[Mowser]

Beach

I realise that, but further down the page in your link we have

But the abuses are still going, and UKIP MEP for the South East Region, Marta Andreasen, seized on his visit to name four constituents she said faced financial ruin as a result of the property rules: Mr and Mrs Prior, and Ms Snook of Berkshire, and Mr Lohmann of Buckingham.

The Priors' Spanish home has been demolished, and Ms Snook and Mr Lohmann cannot live in their properties because of a lack of basic services and infrastructure.

She told Mr Zapatero, holding the EU Presidency for the next six months: "We want a solution now. We want the people to be able to live in the houses they bought. If this is not possible, they need to be granted fair compensation."

[Beachcomber]

Yes, agreed. Let's hope the EU shows its teeth to Spain for once instead of plaguing the UK with the enforcement of ridiculous and useless rules and regulations that are routinely ignored in other European countries in general and in Spain in particular.

[Bongtrees]

This is specifically in respect of land grab in Valencia:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/break ... 44597.html

but it could have a knock-on effect.

The article in the Belfast Telegraph states that thousands of holiday villas have been demolished without compensation for their owners and in some cases the authorities have charged the property owners for the installation of local services even after they have lost their property.

However, it doesnt say where this has happened...............

does anyone here know ?

[Beachcomber]

I think that may be a bit of journalistic licence but it must have been published as a press release because the same article appears in several publications including this one:

http://www.fingal-independent.ie/breaki ... 24081.html

A bit more digging reveals that it is a press release from the Press Association:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpres ... hkcJ5Op9NQ

[Bongtrees]

I think that may be a bit of journalistic licence

I think that is disgraceful that newspapers can print lies.

[lenox]

My favourite weekly freebie has gone from 'a quarter of a million readers a week' to 'a half a million readers a week'... in just one week!
Yikes!
So no, don't believe everything you read!

[julian]

"think that may be a bit of journalistic licence "

lies exaggerating anything negative about spain are now "journalistic licence"

[Beachcomber]

Complain here:

http://www.pressassociation.com/contact-us.html