Pain felt over pump prices
THE ADVERTISED price of fuel has doubled in two years in Spain, stoking the general rise in the cost of goods and services.
Back in...
MEPs vote to end sale of fossil fuel cars by 2035...
The European parliament has voted to halt the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035, rejecting attempts to weaken the proposal to move...
Fight against rising prices
The Valencia government is setting up an observatory to detect ‘unjustified’ price hikes.
The news came this week as the national government reported that their...
Airport ‘chaos’ complaint hits Spain following disarray in the UK
Complaints over long waits at passport checkpoints in Spain – principally at Madrid’s Barajas airport – have been voiced by the airline Iberia and...
EU deal struck on common charger
From mobile phones to digital cameras, consumers will soon be able to use a single charger for all their portable electronics devices, according to...
Spain shows hunger for chip production
The government has approved a €12 billion strategic plan to turn Spain into a ‘reference country’ for the design and manufacture of chips for...
Sexual health law guarantees right to abortion
The government has reformed the 2010 law on sexual and reproductive health to ‘guarantee and increase’ rights, and remove obstacles that were preventing some...
Electricity bill reduction procedure passed by Cabinet
The government has finally been able to approve the measure which will see the wholesale price of electricity reduced, bringing down bills for households,...
Call for life – 024
A nationwide helpline for people at risk of suicidal behaviour, the telephone number 024, was launched on Tuesday.
Almost 4,000 people took their own lives...
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 –...
Stealing ‘lease’ cars – international theft racket busted
A massive National Police operation against illegal dealing in vehicles has arrested 82 people around the country, 33 of them in Alicante province.
Officers recovered...
Black Friday ‘bargain’ con busted
A ‘criminal organisation’ which managed to defraud 160 people around the country via a Black Friday internet offer for electronic equipment has been ‘dismantled’,...
Valencia to get part of €10 billion investment by Volkswagen
The presentation of the project by Volkswagen to construct the ‘Gigafactory Valencia’ – enabling ‘sustainable battery production’ for electronic vehicles – was attended by...
Spying scandal hits the government
After it was revealed at the end of April that more than 60 separatist politicians and their supporters had been spied on using the...
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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...
