ITV strikes on hold
The industrial action affecting the ITV (MOT) motor vehicle inspection service has been suspended, following an appeal to unions by the regional government, accompanied...
Snow, wind and rain for Good Friday
Snow is affecting driving on 24 roads in Spain, according to the national traffic department (DGT).
The adverse conditions associated with Storm Nelson are principally...
Financial client protection system on the way
Financial customers will be able to submit their complaints to a single body ‘quickly and free of charge’, according to the government.
Economy minister Carlos...
Call for ‘equal access to water’
Valencia and Murcia want a ‘national pact for water’, which would see more of the precious resource brought from wetter areas of Spain to...
Big getaway starts today
The special campaign for the Easter holidays operated by the national traffic department (DGT) starts on Friday (March 22).
A total of 16.5 million road...
Getting serious over social housing
The government has signed deals with 10 regional governments to ‘reform or construct’ 3,236 social homes in 88 municipalities around the country.
In Valencia region...
What happened to winter?
Residents of the Valencia region will not be surprised to learn that this past winter was characterised as ‘extremely hot’ and ‘very dry’ by...
Government’s war on smoking
The government is aiming to ban smoking from ‘various communal and social areas outdoors’, and increase the price of a packet of cigarettes.
Minister for...
ITV chaos continues
A region-wide strike took place at ITV (MOT) motor vehicle inspection stations on Tuesday, as part of workers’ ongoing protests to demand the regional...
See Spain by train
Options to visit new parts of Spain using low cost high-speed train services are multiplying.
Additional destinations being offered by state rail company Renfe and...
Getting a little help from their friends
The Valencia government is set to amend regional legislation governing tourism lets, using a decree that just been approved in Andalucía region ‘as a...
Record number of people in work
A total of 551,000 more people are making social security payments in Spain than at the same time last year, the government announced on...
Aquarium elated at baby sharks
The first sandbar sharks to be born this year at Valencia’s Oceanographic are two males and a female, each weighing about a kilo and...
Motorway to France remains blocked
Catalan farmers are continuing to block the AP-7 – the main Mediterranean highway into France.
They are calling for an end to cheap imports of...
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Brain drain to Spain
A record number of foreigners are working in Spain – many in ‘high value’ professions.
The government reported this week that more non-Spaniards than ever...
