November 2021

THE Spanish regional government of Catalunya has offered Volkswagen’s SEAT the choice of at least two possible sites for a large electric vehicle battery plant the carmaker proposes to build in Spain. The neighbouring region Aragon has also proposed a possible site for the plant. Several viable Spanish regions are competing for a slice of the […]

FREE IVF treatment has been extended in Spain to single women, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. The order was signed this Friday by Health Minister, Carolina Darias, at a Madrid ceremony witnessed by medical officers and campaigners. Carolina Darias said: “This is a milestone based on equity, diversity, and equality.” In 2014 the previous Partido

FORMER Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez will be the La Liga club’s new coach. Xavi,41, has been in charge of Qatari club Al Sadd since 2019 and replaces the sacked Ronald Koeman. The stumbling block to him returning to Spain was a reported €5 million compensation payment to Al Sadd. Barcelona’s vice-president Rafa Yuste and director

GOVERNMENT announcements of possible electricity blackouts across, Austria, Germany and Sweden have urged many people in the Balearic Islands to stock up on food and other items. On the Spanish island of Palma in Mallorca, camping gas stoves, butane bottles, battery-operated lighting and torches are being bought in quantity and hoarded due to the widespread alarm

THE heart of nougat making in Alicante Province will be hosting this Sunday’s World Nougat Day. Jijona will be offering ‘open days’ in its nougat factories that produce the famous product that is especially popular at Christmas. Jijona council said that ‘nougat has a history stretching back 500 years and is one of the most

Villa Javea / Xàbia, Alicante   4 beds   4 baths € 725,000 This villa was fully reformed to a very high standard less than 10 years ago and offers spacious accomodation, a high level of comfort and of course some of the best views possible looking down on the beautiful city of Denia. The

SPAIN’S Tourism Minister, Reyes Maroto, has predicted that foreign visitor numbers could return to pre-pandemic levels next year. Maroto made her forecast on the back of a surge in tourist figures for September. Figures from the National Statistics Office showed almost 4.7 million international visitors to Spain- four times the admittedly low number recorded came

GOOGLE NEWS is returning to Spain after a seven-year break, the service was discontinued in 2014 ahead of a change to the country’s copyright law. Google News Service will once again be available in Spain in early 2022 after the government of Pedro Sanchez introduced a Royal Decree that changes its online copyright laws. This means the

While online therapy has existed for years, the COVID-19 problem is prompting rapid growth in telemental health, both to reduce the risk of disease transmission between doctors and clients and to address the crisis’s effect on people’s counseling-being. Follow our eight tips on how to make the best out of online therapy and how to

THE average daily price of electricity in Spain for the wholesale market will rise again this Friday, November 5 for the fifth consecutive day to 171.45 euros per megawatt-hour. According to data published by the OMIE, Spain’s designated electricity market operator, today is the eighth day on which the price of electricity is below 200 euros per