Valencia highlights waiting list reductions
The number of patients on the high-priority waiting list for operations was slashed in the last six months of 2023, according to the Valencia...
Pioneering Parkinson’s disease treatment carried out in Valencia
The first implant of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system, to help improve the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, in Spain has been successfully carried...
Cash pledge for mental health
A significant additional investment in prevention, detection and treatment of mental health and addiction problems has been announced by the regional government.
A total of...
‘Adiós’ at last to the 15-year rule
In a major shake up to the UK’s voting rules, from January 16 all British citizens
overseas who have previously been resident or registered to...
Plastic tide of spilled pellets hits the Galicia coast
A massive clean-up operation is finally underway as millions of plastic pellets shed into the sea from a container ship wash up on the...
Turtles in seventh heaven
The 777th loggerhead turtle to be treated in the Oceanogràfic centre in Valencia since 2007 has been released back into the sea.
Sea turtles, which...
Face mask returns for health centres
The surge in numbers of people suffering from respiratory infections has led the Valencia government to make it obligatory once again to wear a...
Britons help Valencia beat record
More international tourists than ever before visited the Valencia region in 2023, before the December figures have even been counted.
According to figures from the...
Winter viruses hit the health service
The regional government will take a ‘series of measures’ to enable the health service to cope with rocketing numbers of people suffering from respiratory...
More people in work than ever before
The number of unemployed people in the Valencia region at the end of 2023 was the lowest since 2007 despite a slight increase in...
A ‘good’ investment for Spain
PM Pedro Sánchez has carried out an expected reshuffle in his coalition government after minister for the economy and first deputy prime minister Nadia...
Government bid to stabilise electricity bills
A new formula for calculating the regulated tariff (PVPC) electricity bill for households came into force on January 1.
A spokesman for the department of...
2023 was a hot and dry taste of things to come
An ‘extremely hot and dry’ year in the Valencia region is forecast to end with the third driest trimester in a century and a...
Help for struggling households
The government has extended many anti-crisis measures approved in 2022 to mitigate the economic effects of the war in Ukraine – but electricity and...
