The taxi strike in Madrid has entered its eighth day, with drivers blocking a major thoroughfare and promising more action with help from colleagues coming in from other parts of Spain to support the protest against ride-hailing services like Uber and Cabify. Riot police and tow trucks were sent in […]
Spain’s Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities has announced an increase in funding for the State Agency for Research. Pedro Duque announced that the budget for the agency will increase by €102 million, with increases in grants for research and the hiring of more staff the two main areas of […]
Madrid City Hall has approved free enrollment at public daycare centers for children up to three years of age. Over 8,500 children at 69 centers are set to benefit from the measure, which will take effect in the next school year. The program will cost the local government around €1 […]
The European Commission has give Spain and eight other member states two months to enforce new EU rules on non-native ‘invasive’ animals, birds and plants. The new rules require member states to take measures to curb the number of invasive species…defined as those which live outside their natural habit, spread […]
Spain’s Minister for the Interior has confirmed police can now “restart” the process of investigating how two-year-old Julen came to fall down a 72-metre borehole in Totalan after rescue workers found the toddler’s body at 1.25 this morning. Fernando Grande-Marlaska claimed police had not yet made any, “presumptions,” but would now carry out their investigation, […]
The European Union on Saturday warned beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela to call for re-elections within a span of eight days or otherwise, opposition candidate Juan Guaido, who announced himself as an interim President on January 23, would be recognised as the new President of the nation. Al Jazeera quoted […]
According to a study carried out by BCNatal, the Center for Maternal Fetal of the Sant Joan de Deu and Clinic hospital, 42 per cent of women consume alcohol despite the negative affect it can have on the baby’s growth and neurodevelopment. The report, posted in the ‘Alcohol’ journal, claimed […]
National health authorities have announced a radical crackdown on sugar, salt and saturated fat in supermarket goods, and have managed to get nearly 398 companies on board in its efforts. Around 4,000 packaged products, including ready meals, will be affected by the new scheme, designed mainly to fight obesity. By […]
Four people have died in landslides and river overflows caused by the heavy rains that have struck Asturias. The latest casualty was a 70 year-old who was killed when his car dropped 50 metres after a road collapsed in Mieres, just after 1pm on Thursday afternoon. Hours earlier, at 11.20am, […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido in a phone call on Thursday that he supported the legitimacy of the Venezuelan parliament and called for free elections, in line with the European Union’s position. Guaido has declared himself Venezuela’s interim president, with the backing of Washington […]
The former head of the political wing of Basque separatist group ETA, known as “Antza”, has returned to Spain a free man after completing his jail sentence in France, police said Wednesday. Mikel Albizu Iriarte, alias “Antza”, was arrested in France in 2004 along with his partner and other accomplices […]
There are almost 241,000 British citizens living in Spain, down from a peak of almost 400,000 in 2011 according to new National Institute of Statistics (INE) data from 2018. INE figures showed there has been a gradual decline in the number of British nationals living in Spain since 2012. The […]
