Year: 2020

A ‘mobile’ speed camera has been has been purchased by Torrevieja town hall to dissuade drivers from breaking the speed limit around the town. Mayor Eduardo Dolón said local police force would start to use the ‘Velolaser’ this week and the portable camera could be set up anywhere around the municipality.

An alleged gangmaster has been arrested after an illegal worker died of heatstroke at the weekend. The victim is 42-year-old man from Nicaragua, who was working in fields near Lorca in temperatures that reached 44°C. The man was taken to a health centre suffering from ‘serious effects of heat’ at around 15.30.

In July Spain registered its first drop in jobless claims since February as more businesses began to reopen their doors after months of coronavirus lockdown. The Labour Ministry says the number of people in Spain registering as jobless fell by 2.33% in July from a month earlier, or by 89,849 people, marking the biggest July drop since 1997. Still, 3.7 million people remain out of work across the country and […]

Since Friday, 435 migrants from Africa have arrived on the Spanish coast in small boats, with most of them landing on the Canary Islands and in Andalusia. Of the 43, 168 arrived in the Canaries, eight in the Balearics, 128 in Andalusia, and five in the neighboring Murcia. Police are also currently searching for 34 migrants infected with coronavirus who escaped from quarantine in Murcia. Since the beginning of this […]

Intense speculation in the Spanish media continues about the whereabouts of embattled ex-King Juan Carlos, after his shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving the country. The 82-year-old, who is targeted by a corruption probe, announced the move in a letter posted on the royal website. It gave no details about his destination, but reports suggested he had gone to the Dominican Republic. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he […]

Spanish factory activity expanded in July, rebounding from its worst slowdown in almost 12 years as the economy revived after the government ended one of Europe’s strictest coronavirus lockdowns a month earlier, a survey showed on Monday. In another positive sign, new car registrations ticked up by 1.1% in July from a year ago, largely thanks to help-to-buy schemes, according to car makers’ association Anfac. IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index […]