February 2023

MEXICAN information technology company Kio will open the Valencian Community’s biggest data centre before the end of the year. The centre costing €50 million will be located in Paterna’s Tactica business park, with the lowering of the first geothermal probe on the site taking place on Wednesday. Kio Spain’s CEO, Javier Jarilla, said: “We opted […]

A TEACHER at a school in the Andalusian province of Cordoba has been widely criticised online after a video circulated in which she appeared in blackface and using an exaggerated accent to teach her students about Africa. ‘Hello friends, my name is Bimba and I come from Africa,’ the teacher from the Catholic school Trinidad

THE SPANISH government is planning on granting temporary residence permits to illegal migrants in the country if they sign up for vocational training, which is known in Spain as Formación Profesional (FP).  That’s according to a draft of a Royal Decree, which develops another law covering FP that was approved a year ago by the

A SAN JAVIER couple will get €1.2 million in compensation after the birth of their baby boy left him with a permanent disability. The award was confirmed by the Madrid Provincial Court after the insurance company used by the Murcian Health Health service filed an appeal over the ‘excessive’ sum awarded by a lower court.

PEOPLE donating blood for the first time went up by 20% last year in the Valencian Community. The regional Transfusion Centre said 16,223 people responded to appeals to give blood for the first time out of a total of 116,267- some of whom donated more than once. Over 98,000 units of blood were given in

NEW real estate agency Alison Norton Properties specialises in property relocation, with the business owner herself moving to Spain from Cape Town in South Africa.  “Moving my family to Spain has been an amazing and eye-opening journey for all of us, yet a worthwhile experience,” she said. “I would be delighted to share with you

A 45-year-old woman has been arrested along with two men after trying to extort money out of her Alicante mother by lying about a fake kidnapping. The criminal plot involved demanding €3,000 for her freedom or else she would be killed. The mother contacted a charity assisting victims of human trafficking saying that her daughter

FOOD inflation in Spain stayed at over 15% in January despite an IVA tax cut on some basic products. The National Institute of Statistics(INE) on Wednesday reported an inflation rate of 15.4% for food and non-alcoholic drinks, compared to 15.7% in December. The overall inflation rate for January was 5.9%- higher than initially forecast by

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The Spanish government has decided to increase the minimum wage by 8% for 2023. The raise will mean about 2.5 million low/salary workers will receive €1,080 gross per month in 14 payments installations.  Labour minister Yolanda Diaz said the increase ‘is not just another piece of information’ but ‘makes it possible to change people’s lives’.