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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
Ban on farmers’ fires
The Valencia government has banned the burning of agricultural waste in the countryside until October 15 after the practice allegedly caused two huge infernos...
Underwater investigators drafted in
A ‘special team of marine vigilance environmental officers’ is being set up by the Valencia government.
Regional councillor for the environment, infrastructure and land, Salomé...
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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...
