EU plan to reduce energy bills
Revenue generated by windfall taxes on energy companies would be ‘used to help consumers reduce their bills’, according to a plan published on Wednesday...
Distribution giants reject price caps on basic food products
The proposal by deputy PM Yolanda Díaz to set price caps on staple foods to combat rocketing inflation has met with opposition from the...
Airport figures flying high again
More than half a million Britons passed through Alicante airport in August.
Traffic at Spain’s public airports last month returned to 92.6% of August in...
King Felipe remembers his ‘aunt Lilibeth’
King Felipe was one of the first to write a message in the book of condolence which has been set up at the British...
Booster jab available later this month
FOURTH jabs to protect against Covid-19 will start in Spain on September 26, minister for health Carolina Darias has revealed.
The vaccinations will initially be...
Murcia teenager on top of the world
Murcia’s Carlos Alcaraz is the new world number one after defeating Casper Ruud in the final of the US Open Tennis.
The 19-year-old is the...
‘No rationing’ but more ‘measures’
PM Pedro Sánchez promised that there will not be energy ‘rationing’ this winter or ‘apocalyptic scenarios’.
He made the vow during a debate with Partido...
Pirate UK TV busted by the police
A man has been arrested in Denia for illegally selling subscriber television content for clients to access via the internet or satellite, the National...
Food price caps proposed by deputy PM
A proposal to cap the price of basic food products has been made by second deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, who is also minister...
Summer tourism back in business
Tourism figures have been buoyant this summer and indicate that by the end of this year the region will have welcomed a similar number...
VAT on gas to be slashed
THE GOVERNMENT is set to reduce IVA (VAT) on gas from 21% to 5%, starting in October.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told national radio station...
‘Use the land to stop fires’, campaign
The regional government is launching the ‘Producto Stop al Foc’ (stop fires product) campaign in an attempt to reduce the threat of wildfires in...
‘Prudence’ call due to high bull-run death toll
An emergency meeting was called following the seventh death of a bull run participant in the Valencia region this summer – but no move...
Surgical infections ‘more than halved’
A programme to reduce infections from surgery, led by Elche general hospital, has cut incidences of these by more than half, according to the...
