LIVING
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What You Need to Know About Bringing Your Pet to Spain
If you and your two-legged family members plan to travel or move to Spain with your four-legged kids in tow, it’s important to know the rules for entering the country, as well as the national, regional, and municipal animal regulations. Read more
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Joggers in Jardins de Joan Maragall. Photo by Paola de Grenet courtesy of the Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
The Exercise Pill: How Exercise Keeps Your Brain Healthy and Protects It Against Depression and Anxiety
Contrary to what some may think, the brain is a very plastic organ. Regular exercise, especially cardio, does change the brain. Read more
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20 Ways to Create More Diverse Conferences
Stereotyping and unconscious bias can lead to discrimination in any professional area, as an organizer, making sure that your team is diverse can help to mitigate this. And, diverse teams make good business sense. Read more
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Ending the Conference “Manel”
Have you ever been to a conference and noticed that you’re watching an all-male panel? Or looked around the room at an event amazed to see such diversity, only to disappointingly turn to the front and see that the diversity isn’t replicated on stage? Read more
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5 Common Mistakes Job Hunters Make and How to Avoid Them
Discover how you can avoid making some of the most common mistakes job hunters make and increase your chances of landing that dream job. Read more
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Snack Your Way to Better Health with Bite-Sized Exercise Breaks
Exercise snacking isn’t new, although the research and the term are. If you’ve ever been sitting at your computer or watching TV and had the urge to stand up and walk around or stretch, you’ve had an exercise snack. Read more
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Do You Need a Spanish Bank Account?
Theoretically, you can manage your finances from an overseas account and pay with your Visa, Master Card or American Express credit cards, but many aspects of life in Spain are virtually impossible to manage without a local bank account. Read more
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COVID-19 & Kids: What to Watch For
In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents worry at the first signs of cough or breathing difficulties in their child. It could just be a cold. But, how can you tell the difference? Read more
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (right) is the only woman who has chaired the Federal Reserve in its over 100-year history. Photo courtesy of Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (CC BY-ND 2.0).
The Gender Gap in Economics Is Huge—It’s Even Worse Than Tech
Government policies would likely look very different were more women involved in drafting them. Read more
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Do You Need to File Spain’s Modelo 720?
As a fiscal resident in Spain, your holdings outside of the country have to be declared to the Spanish government if they exceed €50,000. Failure to disclose can lead to hefty fines. Gert-jan Geerse of BCNBS gives an overview of the Modelo 720. Read more
