Getting the health service ‘back to normal’
Health centres are aiming to hold 80% of primary care appointments for their patients in person in May, depending on the level of demand,...
Extension to opening hours brings bar cheer
Bar and restaurant owners – and their customers – were celebrating this week after closing time was pushed back to 22.00 following the regional...
Mediation system to ease pressure on courts
New regional regulations establish how mediation can be used as an alternative method of conflict resolution to the courts.
Regional vice-president Mónica Oltra said it...
Small rise in Covid cases – but incidence remains low
Active cases of Covid-19 are slowly creeping up in Valencia – but the region made up of the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Castellón...
Valencia remains the best in Spain
Valencia continues to buck the national trend and remains the region with the lowest instance of coronavirus in the country.
While cases rocket in a...
Biggest public spend in history
The arrival of billions of euros in European cash to Spain presents ‘the greatest opportunity for our country since we joined the EU’, stated...
Pfizer’s ‘shot in the arm’ for inoculation campaign
Spain and other European countries suffered a setback and a boost for their vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 this week.
The news that the single-dose Janssen...
Agency to police town planning abuses
The statutes of the land protection agency – which is being set up by the regional government and will be based in Elche –...
Customers advised to challenge money transfer ‘rip offs’
Spanish banks which are charging residents for money transfers up to €50,000 from the UK at a higher rate than they charge for national...
Green light for electric car subsidies
Purchasers can claim up to €9,000 off the price of an electric vehicle with the government’s new Plan MOVES III scheme.
The initiative – which...
Vaccination ramp up in the Valencia region
The health authorities were set to administer 224,000 anti-Covid jabs in the Valencia region this week.
Regional president Ximo Puig said this was their best...
UK extends support for vulnerable Britons applying for residency in Spain
THE UK government is extending support for potentially at-risk groups – including pensioners, disabled people and those with language difficulties who live in Europe...
‘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...
Partial halt to AstraZeneca vaccinations
Inoculations with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 will be halted for anyone under the age of 60 in Spain, according to health minister Carolina...
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Sabadell rebuffs BBVA merger
The administrative board of Banco Sabadell has rejected the offer of a merger from the BBVA bank.
After meeting on Monday to analyse the proposal,...
