March 2023

Light at the end of the cable: Spain and France finally set to agree funding for undersea electricity link

SPAIN and France are set to resolve their long-running dispute over the cost of their first undersea electricity link.  The 400 km-long cable link from Spain’s northern coast to France’s western coast was designed to double existing transmission capacity between the countries and allow Spain to feed its abundant renewable energy into a wider European […]

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Multi-million euro plan for Costa Blanca city in Spain takes big step forward

TORREVIEJA council has allocated a €1.5 million contract to draft a construction plan to revamp the city’s Paseo de la Libertad area. The tender winner has six months to produce the draft for a project that could cost up to €20 million. Work could start before the end of the year after over two decades

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Archaeologists uncover rare medieval synagogue in Andalucian town

An archaeological marvel dating back seven centuries has been uncovered in the south of Spain. After two years of searching archaeologists have finally uncovered a rare Spanish medieval synagogue in Andalucia. The 14th century building in Utrera was also used as a hospital, restaurant, disco and home for abandoned children.  It is just one of

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Over 100 people apply to run a bar in one of the least populated towns in Spain

Andalucia’s second smallest village received over 100 applicants to open the only bar in the town. This followed the Council’s call for hopeful entrepreneurs to head up the establishment for only €20 per month in a bid to avoid further loss of population. The town hall of Cumbres de Enmedio, which has a population of

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February’s unemployment figures in Spain stay virtually unchanged

THE number of people registering as unemployed in Spain rose by just 0.1% in February compared to a month earlier, according to Labour Ministry figures released on Thursday. The increase was 2,618 people, leaving a total of 2.91 million people out of work in the lowest February figure since 2008. Compared to a year earlier,

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ECB boss brings little cheer for people in Spain on variable-rate mortgages

THE president of the European Central Bank(ECB) has offered little respite for over four-million households in Spain that are struggling to pay their variable-rate mortgages. Speaking to Antena 3 on Thursday, Christine Lagarde said that interest rates will continue to rise this year and that they will then be at a high level for a

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Spain’s Costa Blanca has third-highest number of health worker attacks and threats in the country

ALICANTE PROVINCE had the third-highest number of assaults and threats made to health workers in Spain last year according to the Policia Nacional. The region had 16 assaults last year- six more than in 2021- with five people additionally charged with threatening behaviour. One of the most dramatic cases was at an Alicante health centre

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U-turn by regional health bosses after Torrevieja Hospital staff voted for strike action on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Valencian Health Ministry has withdrawn a legal challenge to a collective employment agreement which prompted staff at Torrevieja Hospital to vote for strike action a week ago. Regional Health Minister, Miguel Minguez has instructed government lawyers to file a challenge launched at an Elche court last September over the deal that was struck with

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