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Spain's met office (AEMET) has issued alerts for strong winds all over the mainland. Winds speed up to 80kph are predicted to strike all over Spain today, affecting the Valencian Community, Andalucia, the Balearic Islands and most of the northern coastline. Costa Blanca The Costa Blanca largely comprises the entire coastline of Alicante province – a yellow warning for 80kph winds are predicted from 03:00 until 23:59 tonight. The southern […]

Wigan's future remains uncertain after the English Football League rejected an attempt from a Spanish consortium to buy the League One football club. Back in September, Wigan's administrators revealed they had reached an agreement with a 'preferred bidder from Spain' to purchase the club. Wigan were relegated from the Championship last season after receiving a 12-point penalty for entering administration in July. However, after investigating the proposed buyer, the EFL […]

Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias says the government is continuing to analyse shortening working hours as well as cutting the working-week to four days. It is considering proposing shorter working hours to boost employment, Iglesias said, and the Labour Ministry is also studying the possibility of shortening the working week to four days. Iglesias is the leader of Unidas Podemos, the junior partner in Spain’s governing coalition and the Labour […]

The lower house of parliament approved a proposed 2021 budget yesterday in what was seen as a vote of confidence in the left-wing coalition government's plans for increased spending on infrastructure, education, employment and health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A majority of 188 MPs in the 350-seat chamber voted to pass the budget plan. Representatives from the main conservative PP and right-wing Vox parties voted against it. Socialist Prime Minister […]

The Spanish job market is showing unexpected vigor amid an economic crisis of unprecedented proportions, with help from the government’s ERTE employment retention scheme. Social Security affiliations, considered a measure of job creation, grew in November for the seventh month in a row. The average number of contributors to the national safety net program was 19,022,002. This is the first time that this number has reached the 19-million mark since […]

A group of EU consumers has filed class-action lawsuits against Apple in both Spain and Belgium over the iPhone slowdown scandal, more commonly known as 'batterygate'. Apple has always maintained the feature prevents unexpected shutdowns and battery loss at the cost of limited performance. But the tech giant settled 'batterygate' in the US at the cost of around 500 million dollars, over claims that features included in its iOS software […]

A driver was spooked last Tuesday night when a herd of wild boar ran across the Avenida Juan Carlos I in Jávea. The wild animals crossed in front of the driver – but with just enough time for her to film the chance encounter. The video was published on Javea.com (see below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIAseOngDJg&feature=emb_title

A fire at the Centro Comercial Portal de la Marina broke out in Carrefour at 23:08 on Tuesday night. No one was hurt. A fire that broke out in the warehouse of Carrefour in Ondara has been put out with help from firefighters from as far as Benidorm. The fire broke out at 23:08, according to the Consorcio Provincial de Bomberos de la Marina Alta. It was put out by […]

A blast of 'maritime polar air' will hit Alicante this Thursday, leaving snow above 800m and temperatures below 0°C in the mountainous interior. An arctic blast will hit Spain this week, blanketing all the northern mountain ranges in snow and pulling temperatures down to -15 in the Pyrenees. The cold front will reach Alicante on the Costa Blanca too – snow will blanket mountains over 800m and interior will see […]