MALAGA City Council has placed in streets and squares of the city giant figures of the Three Wise Men. Since yesterday, Thursday December 29, giant-sized allegorical figures of the Three Wise Men can be found at three points in the historic centre of Malaga for children and families to enjoy and visit a few days […]
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SPAIN’S inflation rate has fallen to a one-year low of 5.8% according to preliminary December figures published on Friday by the National Statistics Institute(INE). Inflation stood at 6.5% in December 2021- well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with soaring electricity costs fuelling the rate 12 months ago. The INE said that falling electricity and fuel
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MADRID City Hall will be putting a strict limit on the number of people who will be permitted to enter the central Puerta del Sol square on December 31 to ring in the New Year. A total of 7,500 partygoers will be allowed to attend the festivities, a lower number than usual given that ongoing
PEOPLE flying into Spain from China will have to produce a Covid vaccination certificate or show proof of a negative Covid test. Friday’s announcement from Health Minister, Carolina Darias, comes after Italy and the United States introduced similar measures after China decided to end mandatory quarantine on arrival. That prompted an uptake of people flying
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A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting consent at the heart of sexual assault cases but has had the unexpected effect of reducing jail terms for some convicts. According to figures compiled by news agency Europa Press, a
WATER from a Malaga province countryside town is not fit for human consumption, its mayor said on Thursday. Humilladero mayor Miguel Asencio said the levels of chlorine and nitrates has made him impose a ban on drinking or cooking with the tap water. While the situation is being resolved, the town council will be distributing
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SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the news a triumph for democracy as it tilted the judicial balance to the left. The governing body of Spain’s judges and courts, the CGPJ, had blocked a government move to
SPAIN’S postal service Correos is putting up prices for domestic mail on January 1. The cost of sending a letter weighing up to 20 grams in Spain increases by four cents to €0.75. Since 2015, basic domestic mail charges have sky-rocketed by 79%- well above the rate of inflation. Postage costs to most European destinations
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A NEW anti-crisis plan has been approved that includes a one-time payment of €200 for cash-strapped families. The Social Shield initiative is aimed at families with annual incomes of less than €27,000 and a net worth of no more than €75,000. It will also include the extension of leases set to be renewed between January
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