The Irish carrier has canceled 400 Spanish flights ahead of planned strikes by cabin crew next week that will leave thousands of passengers grounded. The Spanish Public Works Ministry stated on Wednesday that the cancellation of 400 flights by Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, which was announced yesterday ahead of planned strikes by […]
LESS than a month after it was announced that the long-awaited high-speed train (AVE) link from Alicante to Murcia was just around the corner, a new lengthy delay was revealed this week. The tunnel into Murcia city ‘has to be built first’
A strike by staff at Amazon over the last few days has resulted in two people being arrested. Workers at the internet giants depot in Fernando de Henares near to Madrid set up a picket line for 72 hours on Monday, impacting Amazon Prime day. The two arrests were made after […]
SPAIN’S new president Pedro Sánchez has given regional governments licence to spend extra cash this year by relaxing debt limits. Increasing regions’ deficit margins from 0.1% of their GDP to 0.3% will free up another €2.4 billion across the board. As a result, long-shelved plans such as building, expanding or […]
Spain’s prime minister said Tuesday he could not reveal who got a tax amnesty six years ago after the former mistress of Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos alleged he benefited from the measure. Far-left party Podemos had asked Pedro Sanchez to make public the names of those who benefited from an amnesty […]
A liver transplant for cancer-stricken ex-Barcelona footballer Eric Abidal was carried out according to the law, Spanish health authorities said Tuesday, dismissing reports of organ trafficking. The transplant “took place according to the law in place and good clinical practice,” said a statement from the Spanish health ministry’s body responsible for monitoring […]
Spain’s Constitutional Court said on Tuesday it had blocked a motion approved by Catalonia’s parliament to resume steps to declare independence of the wealthy northeastern region. The court’s formal suspension of the secessionist motion approved on July 5 by the Catalan assembly in Barcelona followed an appeal against the move […]
The number of migrants arriving in Spain by boat is surging, the UN said Tuesday, and it has now surpassed Italy as the top destination for Mediterranean crossings. So far this year, 50,872 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe — less than half the number that made the treacherous journey […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has spoken at an extraordinary session of Congress today to explain his governing program, a month and a half after coming to power on the back of a historic no-confidence vote against the government of Mariano Rajoy, of the Popular Party (PP). The Socialist Party (PSOE) leader […]
BRITISH-BORN honorary chairwoman of the Spanish Film Academy, Yvonne Blake, has died aged 78 just seven months after suffering a stroke which forced her to step down from her leader role. The Oscar- and Goya-winning costume designer from Manchester – who has held Spanish nationality since the 1970s when she […]
British tourists hoping to make the most of all-inclusive alcohol deals this summer are set to be disappointed as two Spanish islands prepare to ditch unlimited booze. All-inclusive holidays may soon be less inclusive, as islands Majorca and Ibiza in Spain reveal plans to charge tourists extra for alcohol. The booze […]
Draft decree eliminates need to register on municipal rolls and strikes the 90-day period limiting access to full services Undocumented migrants will have access to public healthcare the moment they set foot in Spain, according to a draft government decree to which this newspaper has had access. The draft, which the […]
