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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Protesting farmers close border motorway
The AP-7 in Girona province – which connects Spain and France – has been blocked by protesting farmers today (Tuesday).
The national traffic department (DGT)...
‘Robin Hood’ government slammed by the banks
Big banks and electricity giants are registering record profits – but are still up in arms over additional taxation imposed by the government to...
Bid to ‘grow’ Castellón airport
The regional government is bidding to almost double the number of passengers using Castellón airport over the next two years.
This will be done by...
Study reveals the secrets of the black vulture
The most detailed information yet about the movements of cinereous vultures – also known as black vultures – based in Spain has been published...
Farmers descend on Madrid as protests continue
Around 1,500 tractors arriving from different parts of Spain headed for the centre of Madrid on Wednesday.
The protesting farmers had set out on Tuesday...
Bank improves forecast for Spain’s economy
The Bank of Spain has improved growth predictions for Spain for 2024.
Their report on Tuesday forecasted that the economy would expand by 1.9%, which...
Jail sentence for killing brown bear
A hunter who shot dead a female Iberian brown bear in the Montaña Palentina in Castilla y León region has been handed a two-year...
Norwich and Cardiff get the nod from budget flyer
Budget airline Ryanair has announced nine new routes from Alicante-Elche airport as the low-cost operator carries out its promised expansion on the Costa Blanca.
Provincial...
Winter bites back
Snow caused chaos on roads in the north of Spain over the weekend, with motorways in Castilla y León region affected – as shown...