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  Business over Tapas A digest of this week's Spanish financial, political and social news aimed primarily at Foreign Property Owners: Prepared by Lenox Napier.   Consultant: José Antonio Sierra For Subscriptions and Tip Jar , go here . email:   lenox@businessovertapas.com   *** Now with Facebook Page (Like!) *** Business over Tapas and its writers are not responsible for unauthorised copying or other improper use of this material. Subscription and e-mail information in our archives is never released to third parties.     April 16 2026             Nº 628              Editorial:   News reaches me from Sweden that Per Svensson has died at the age of 92.  Per was responsible for me launching my weekly bulletin ‘ Business over Tapas’ (so called because Spaniards like to seal their deals over a beer in the bar downstairs). His own w...

BoT 627

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  Business over Tapas A digest of this week's Spanish financial, political and social news aimed primarily at Foreign Property Owners: Prepared by Lenox Napier.   Consultant: José Antonio Sierra For Subscriptions and Tip Jar , go here . email:   lenox@businessovertapas.com   *** Now with Facebook Page (Like!) *** Business over Tapas and its writers are not responsible for unauthorised copying or other improper use of this material. Subscription and e-mail information in our archives is never released to third parties.     April 9 2026             Nº 627               Editorial:   Down past the Castellana, on the bit called Paseo de Recoletos, opposite the Biblioteca Nacional de España, is a marvelous old watering hole called the Café Gijón, founded in 1888. It’s probably Madrid’s most famous joint, along wi...