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The Eurozone interest rate has now marked its fourth anniversary in negative figures, meaning mortgages in Spain and other common-currency nations will continue to be low – in fact, the closing figure for February was the second-lowest in 14 months at -0.179%. Spanish variable-rate mortgages are set according to the euro interest figure, or Euríbor, and unlike in the UK, are re-valued annually. The Central European Bank (BCE) has consciously […]

Spain´s minister of equality has defended herself from attacks by right-wing opposition parties who have criticized her use of a bold slogan to support the government´s draft bill on sex crimes. The ministry included the slogan "Drunk and alone, I want to make it home" on a message it posted Tuesday to promote the new proposed law. The slogan is used at protests for gender equality and Equality Minister Irene […]

The alleged ringleader of a cocaine trafficking group that expected to bank more than £1 million every month has been arrested in Spain after more than six years on the run. Dominic McInally, 29, from Formby, Merseyside, was arrested when officers from the Spanish National Police raided the Casa Masa strip club, near Marbella, in the early hours of 28 February. McInally was a subject of Operation Captura, which targets […]

The Spanish government backed proposed changes to the country’s current rape laws, so only ‘yes means yes’. The changes proposed by Equality Minister Irene Montero, aim to eliminate the difference between abuse and aggression, so that rape is decided only on consent. This change will bring the current legislation in line with other countries, such as the UK, Germany and Sweden, which already define rape as sex without consent.