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Vaccinated visitors welcome from June 7 SPAIN will welcome visitors from around the world from Monday June 7 but they must be fully vaccinated. Full details of the end of travel restrictions are expected to be announced this weekend but it is likely the government will insist they will have been fully vaccinated 14 days before arrival – and have received both shots of an officially accepted vaccine or one […]

Employment boost in pandemic recovery SPAIN’s jobs market is steadily recovering from the coronavirus pandemic crisis according to the latest employment figures. People registered as unemployed fell to 3,781,250 in May – a drop of 129,378 and a record fall in statistics dating back to 1996; the Last time there was a similar monthly improvement was in 2017. The easing of coronavirus health restrictions since the state of emergency ended […]

Experts must decide if painting is authentic SPANISH police have arrested an international drug trafficker and seized a painting by renowned painter Francisco de Goya. The high-living suspect was held in Valencia when officers stopped his top of the range Mercedes and discovered 7kg of high-purity cocaine in the car following a National Police surveillance operation. Searches of his luxury home in the city and outlying villa also found marijuana, […]

Pedro Sánchez wants funding released by Brussels SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has urged the EU to quickly approve the recovery package for member states and release funding. The bloc has put together a €750 billion war chest – partly financed by borrowing – to help the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. The action plan is now waiting for national governments to rubberstamp the aid plans. Spain is looking […]

Traffic light system introduced THE price of electricity in Spain has skyrocketed with a leap of over 45% on a year-on-year comparison – an average consumer facing a €26 higher bill. At the most expensive rate, power will cost 32 cents per kilowatt hour – the cheapest tariff is 14 cents per kwh. However, customers will have to get used to a traffic light system as the charges are linked […]