‘Brexit’ support service for British residents

The Valencia government will set up a telephone information service for British people who live in the region to give them ‘information and support’...

‘Unfair market practices’ over Covid testing for travellers

The UK’s competition watchdog has agreed to look into the cost of Covid-19 testing for travellers after health secretary Sajid Javid complained over the...

Getting new doctors

The government is stumping up an extra €52 million to provide grants to enable more than 700 additional young people to study medicine at...

Curfew ‘from the beginning of next week’

Regional president Ximo Puig has asked the departments for the judiciary and health to ‘define the legal framework’ which will allow them to introduce...

Aid for home improvements

Residents in the Valencia region can now apply for subsidies to reform their homes. A total of 30 million has been made available. Regional housing councillor...

Summer health department reinforcements increased

The regional health service has assigned €68.8 million to hire cover for medical personnel taking summer holidays and extra staff for health centres and...

‘No’ from the PSOE

The Socialist party (PSOE) has said it will not abstain in an investiture session vote in the regional parliament in order to allow the...

More recoveries than new cases

Councillor for health in the Valencia region Ana Barceló reported a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases – with 172 positive tests...

New high-speed trains mean more seats at low prices

Public rail company Renfe put its new S-106 trains into circulation for high-speed, low-cost Avlo routes between Madrid, Valencia, Murcia, Aragón and Cataluña on...

‘Disappointment’ in tax declaration challenge case

A European justice chief has ‘fallen short’ by failing to explicitly back the challenge to the Modelo 720 tax declaration form, according to opponents...

More capacity for high-speed trains

The government has given the green light to put a €20.7 million contract out to tender to bolster high-speed train access to Alicante station. A...

Coronavirus – Spain maintains ‘very good’ evolution

Spain has reported a total of 164 deaths with coronavirus for the second day running. There were just 356 new cases in the last 24...

Airlines told to cancel summer flights to prevent travel chaos

The UK government and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have told airlines to cancel summer flights now which they cannot supply this summer. The move is...

‘Oxford’ jab age group extended

The ministry for health and regional governments agreed last night that when all people aged 60 to 65 have been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca...