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HIGH street fashion chain Adolfo Domínguez has announced its plan to “return to profitability” with the news 300 jobs will go across Spain. The move is to “adapt” to the digital age but involves cutting around 30% of the workforce after a challenging decade of results. The chain reported €8.3 million losses for 2019/29 and follows four years ofreorganisation within the retail operation. The company said it has to adapt […]

Every last Sunday of this month the clocks are brought forward with the intention of making better use of the sunlight. In 2019, the European Parliament approved that in 2021 the clock change would come to an end in the EU allowing each country to choose whether to maintain daylight saving time or winter time. However, this decision seems to be delayed and it seems the choice of one hour […]

THE gambling sector is calling on Valencia to allow it to open the doors to bingo halls, casinos and gaming salons as thousands of jobs are at risk. The region is the last amongst the country’s 17 autonomous authorities to keep the sector closed under its Covid-19 health regulations despite the efforts of businesses to make them safe places to enjoy a flutter. And now the gambling council CeJuego, the […]

A couple of British nationality were arrested in Adeje (Tenerife) last Monday when they were accused of parking their car in a disabled area and assaulted police officers. One of them was injured in the leg. It happened in the south of Tenerife. Two local police officers from Adeje saw a car parked in an area intended for people with reduced mobility. At that time, when the car was being […]

SPANISH company Enterticket is encouraging people to use digital bookings rather than paper tickets to enjoy events and save trees. The Valencia-based booking agency – part of a nationwide group – claims to have saved some 359 trees since 2019 with its change. And to mark International Day of the Tree this year, it has launched a new ‘save a tree’ campaign to raise awareness of the problem of deforestation […]

SPANISH car manufacturer Seat has announced the launch of a small electric car aimed at urban mobility from 2025. The company aims to produce 500,000 of the vehicles a year and with an affordable price tag of between €20,000 and €25,000 give it ‘massive’ appeal to the market. The news from Seat, part of the Volkswagen Group, did not specify whether the new car would roll off production lines at […]

FRAUDSTERS hoped for a huge payday after convincing a Spanish company that hundreds of thousands of boxes filled with sand was vital equipment for frontline medical workers. The victims paid €2,700,000 for the rubber gloves, which were destined to help protect medical workers in France fighting Covid-19 after being sold on by the distribution company. Money was transferred to a Turkish bank to release the cargo but the scam was […]

THE Spanish parliament today passed a law to decriminalise euthanasia and becomes the sixth country in the world – the fourth in Europe – to allow a legal right to die with dignity. Congress approved the controversial legislation by 202 votes in favour to 141 against and two abstentions – but members of the right-wing Vox party earned a reprimand for a demonstration in the chamber vowing to repeal the […]

Eva never imagined that her water bill could rise above 6,000 euros, the equivalent of a consumption of 1,202 cubic meters. However, the most striking thing is that Eva was not living in this house in Denia, which is her second residence, on the date on which such an expense was made. On the first invoice they received they claimed €5,800. Now the total amounts to €6,330, which they will […]