SPAIN’S government will not introduce a national road toll scheme in 2024 due to the state of the economy. Spain has been under pressure to fall in line with other EU member states like France, Germany and Portugal where widespread toll road charging is the norm. Introducing the measure was in return for getting €70 […]
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TWO of Spain’s leading immunology and epidemiology experts want coordinated European Union action to reduce the chances of a new Covid-19 strain being imported from China. The main concern is that since China has a high level of Covid cases, the virus can mutate leading to a new strain that current vaccines cannot deal with.
GIBRALTAR got the all-clear for bird flu after dead seabirds that arrived on its shores tested negative for the disease in results that arrived from the UK. Director of Public Health Helen Carter said that no animal or human being had tested positive for avian flu. But she praised the quick reactions of her department
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POLICE arrested 43 people as they busted a group of criminals that allegedly exploited illegal migrants for cheap labour in the Malaga province. The criminals drew up fake contracts for the workers that showed the workers were earning up to €3,000. Policia Nacional sources said the gang had some of the illegal workers living in
A 72-year-old woman and four other people have been injured after a tractor lost control during a Three Kings parade in the municipality of Marchena in Sevilla. For reasons as yet unknown, a tractor carrying the carriage of King Baltasar lost control while travelling down an incline and rammed into the crowds, eventually stopping when
Benalmadena in Spain’s Costa del Sol has experienced a major population growth in the past year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The municipality’s population jumped from 70,204 in 2021 to 73,160 in 2022, the second highest growth in the past decade. “This increase in the census represents the highest population growth in
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More than 50 million people who travelled to Spain during the Covid-19 pandemic used the government’s health app to help ensure the disease was kept out of the country. New Spanish Ministry of Health data released this week revealed 52,709,223 travellers – or 94.12% of people who arrived in Spain during the pandemic – used
Municipal authorities have been left stumped as to how an illegal six-day New Year’s Eve rave attended by 5,000 people outside a small village in Granada was pulled off flawlessly without any kind of permit or licence. Residents of La Peza, with a population of 1,500, watched on in bemusement as an unannounced stream of
A criminal group that exploited undocumented migrant workers, mainly from Morocco, in the agricultural sector has been broken up. The group is accused of selling false documents to migrants for up to €3,000 and housing them in inhumane conditions. Police swooped on the criminal ring in a dramatic raid in Malaga province on Thursday morning.
THE youngest alcohol drinkers and tobacco smokers in Spain are in the Valencian Community according to a Health Ministry study. No reason has been given for why there’s a younger start in Valencia compared to elsewhere. The survey-prepared as background for a national plan on drugs- says that Valencians start drinking alcohol at the age
