Help with cost of living rises continues
The reduction in VAT (IVA) on food will continue until the end of the year.
The extension of the policy was announced following Tuesday’s Cabinet...
Inflation eased in May
The National Statistics Institute (INE) has reported that the consumer price index (IPC) fell in May to 3.2%, which is 0.9% lower than the...
Warm and ‘wetter’ for the summer
This summer is set to be ‘very hot’ but also with more storms than in a normal year on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, according AEMET.
The...
Illegal plastic rackets targeted
Eight people in Spain are being investigated for the illegal ‘trafficking’ of 5,700 tonnes of plastic waste.
The operation has been carried out by the...
Tracking orcas to prevent boat collisions
Satellite tags are being fitted to the fins of six Iberian orcas which have had repeated ‘interactions’ with boats in the Strait of Gibraltar,...
Drug gang with ‘links to hooliganism’ taken down
A gang transporting ‘vast amounts of drugs hidden in lorries of fruit and vegetables’ has been busted in an operation carried out by the...
Cash to improve local health services
New minister for health José Miñones has set out a €580 million plan to improve primary healthcare infrastructure around the country so people do...
The right to a decent home
A national law enshrining the right to housing has now been definitively approved and will come into force as soon as it is published...
Cheaper cinema tickets for senior citizens
An initiative to make the cinema more accessible to senior citizens has been passed by the government.
In Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting they agreed to fund...
Mass arrests over website appointment scam
National Police have arrested 69 people over a scam which blocked their online system for making immigration appointments, so that foreign citizens were forced...
Going Oval – Sánchez in the White House
PM Pedro Sánchez held a meeting with US president Joe Biden in the White House on Friday.
It was the first time that Sr Sánchez...
Pay deal set to avert strikes
Employers’ representatives and the country’s two main unions – UGT and CCOO – have come to an agreement over pay which is set to...
Job creation boost
The number of social security contributors increased by 128,824 people in April. This brings the national total of people in work to 20,661,195, up...
Coronation visit
The Spanish king and queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia undertook a two-day trip to London for the Coronation of King Charles III.
They arrived...
POPULAR NEWS
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...
