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Travel to Spain made easier for British families

British youngsters aged between 12 and 17 years old no longer have to show a Covid vaccination certificate to enter Spain. The changes came into...

Spot the fake – coin counterfeiters collared

Police have dismantled the largest workshop for manufacturing counterfeit €2 coins in Spain – and ‘the most significant in Europe in the last decade’. A...

More aid to combat energy crisis

PM Pedro Sánchez revealed in parliament on Thursday that his coalition government will free up an additional €3 billion in aid to help ‘40%...

Electricity bill reduction plan due to be passed today

The government is due to approve the plan to cap the price of gas – and so reduce the wholesale price of electricity –...

‘Largest suppliers of hashish ever known’ taken down

The security forces have ‘totally dismantled’ a criminal organisation pinpointed as being the biggest ever smugglers of hashish into Spain, who also shipped large...

Spain gets running and walking – in turns

Residents in Spain (such as this early-morning walker in Valencia) are exercising on the streets for the first time after seven weeks of coronavirus...

Seven die in bridge crash tragedy

Seven people were killed when a bus plunged from a bridge into a river in Galicia which had been turned into a torrent by...

Volcano ‘still dangerous’

The volcanic eruption in the Canary Island of La Palma may be officially over after 85 days, but scientific committee PEVOLCA warned there are...

More than half of Spain’s branch offices shut since 2008

A total of 26,400 branch offices have been closed and 100,000 employees dismissed by the banking sector in Spain since the first economic crisis...

Action demanded to tackle food price hikes

The reduction in IVA (VAT) on certain basic foodstuffs to combat inflation has not stopped many prices from rising significantly, according to a study...

Tests for UK travel start tomorrow

People travelling to the UK from any country will need to take a pre-departure test from tomorrow (December 7). According to the UK’s Department of...

Farmers’ call to make agriculture ‘viable’

With agriculture on war footing, the government has announced a one-off payment for 139,756 farmers around Spain amounting to €269 million. However, the funding has...

Super sub enters into service

The first of the new S-80 generation of military submarines, the S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’, has been put into service by the Spanish navy in...

Outdoor mask rule ended

The obligation to wear a face mask outdoors was withdrawn on Thursday after the amendment was published in the official state bulletin on Wednesday. However,...

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Benidorm locks-up again

To avoid residents from other regions breaking the lockdown and trying to reach holiday apartments in Benidorm this May 1 holiday weekend, local authorities...

Deep snow in Alicante province

With the north of Alicante province still on red alert for snow today (Monday), around half a metre has fallen in Banyeres de Mariola...

Brexit passport rule changes

BRITISH people travelling within the European Union should be aware passport validity rules will change after December 31 because of Brexit. During the current transition...