December 2021

ONLY one Spaniard has made it into the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women and it isn’t Queen Letizia or Penelope Cruz who both clock up more column inches, at least outside of the business pages. Ana Patricia Botin, the 61-year-old president of the Banco Santander group has moved one place up […]

MARIJUANA plant seizures have gone up fourfold in five years in Spain along with a big rise in ‘associated crime’. Spain has now surpassed the Netherlands for the first time in terms of plants seized by the police. Just over 3 million plants have been removed so far this year, compared to 724,611 plants in

THE price of electricity in Spain will break new records on Wednesday as Spain’s electricity operator (OMIE) predicts an average cost of €291.73 per megawatt hour (MWh). This will exceed the record set on October 7 when electricity prices hit €288.53 on Spain’s wholesale electricity market. Costs have fallen to €100 per MWh on days

WIND power is on track to become Spain’s leading energy source this year, overtaking nuclear and gas-powered electricity for the first time. Wind power has generated 23.1% of Spain’s electricity in 2021 so far, above Nuclear’s 21% contribution and 16.8% from combined-cycle generators which run on natural gas. Unless there’s a fluke outage of wind

A Spanish tourism group says the country is committing ‘harakiri’ by requiring proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for British children aged 12 and above. The Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation(Cehat) claims the new rule has led to ‘tens of thousands of cancellations’. All EU countries are imposing the restriction on non-member states

LEVELS of alcohol consumption in Spain have been decreasing progressively over the past 30 years, although they remain above the OECD average. In the 60s, an average of 10 litres of alcohol per person each year were consumed. In the 70s and 80s this rose considerably higher and has since been steadily declining, with under

A new round of holiday vouchers offering big discounts on accommodation will start being issued next week to Valencian Community residents. The voucher scheme began in October 2020 as a way to boost regional tourism which was affected by the pandemic. Online voucher reservations can be made from next Monday(December 20) from 10.00 am via

SPAIN’S Office for Internet Security (OSI) has issued a warning against online scams asking for cash in return for fake COVID certificates that never arrive. The body found numerous groups on social media platform Telegram offering fake COVID passports or negative PCR results, costing upwards of €100 usually paid via Bitcoin. It comes as users

A VALENCIAN T-shirt printing and design company has seen a spike in business after offering personalised keyrings printed with your own COVID certificate. Goatxa boss Juanfran Peñaranda said his phone was ‘smoking’ with non-stop orders for the keyrings costing €9 each, and ready for delivery within 24 hours. The square-shaped keyrings are printed with personal

THE first COVID-19 infection involving the Omicron variant has been officially confirmed in the Valencian Community. The contagious coronavirus strain has been detected in a patient who has presented mild symptoms. No details about his or her vaccination status has been given. Confirmation of the new variant case was made after tests carried out at