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- Holiday plans for 2024: Up to €1,500, staycations or Europe, and DIY bookings most popular April 6, 2024THE average Spanish resident will spend between €500 and €1,500 on their holidays this year, with three in 10 set to increase their budget from last year and 16% reducing it.
- Express rail fares slashed by 40% through increase in competition April 4, 2024HIGH-SPEED rail services between Spain's largest two cities and France have been snapped up by half a million passengers in less than nine months, reveals the transport board.
- Spain's post office launches nationwide luggage locker service April 2, 2024SPAIN'S State post office has launched a new solution for passing travellers who do not want to lug their suitcases around: Lockers for bags are now provided, with prices depending upon weight.
- Orange-MásMóvil merger confirmed March 31, 2024A MERGER between two key telecommunications providers has now been finalised – Orange and MásMóvil will operate as a single company from April onwards.
- Cost of living, food and inflation in Spain: The latest from Eurostat March 31, 2024FOOD price inflation in Spain is settling down, with the rate of price rises having halved since 2022 – but remains well above the European Union average, according to the latest figures.
- Housing market shows recovery in January after 12 months of decline March 29, 2024AN ONGOING slowdown in home sales in Spain showed signs of recovery in January – the last full month for which figures are available.
- New childcare support law for Spain: An overview March 18, 2024GREATER practical and financial help for parents is on the cards now that a new 'family law' has passed its second reading in the Council of Ministers, with extended maternity and paternity pay, protected time off for childcare, tax rebates, and a revised definition of households eligible for extra support.
- How to get the best out of Valencia's Fallas festival, according to the experts March 16, 2024IF YOU'RE in the Comunidad Valenciana any time between now and the early hours of March 20, you may notice an awful lot of noise and colour on the streets. It's the season for the region's biggest festival, the Fallas – and it's anything but quiet.
- Customer service law approved: Changes for the better explained March 10, 2024A GROUND-BREAKING new customer service law has finally been approved by Spain's Council of Ministers after being shelved for nearly two years.
- Extra-terrestrial treasure: Prehistoric links to outer space found in Alicante province February 29, 2024OUTER space and the Bronze Age do not sit well in the same sentence – they may both have existed at the same time, but anyone based on Earth back then would not have known much, or anything, about what lies beyond.
- What's new at Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2024? February 28, 2024A FIRM annual fixture for fans of the latest technology, the Barcelona-based Mobile World Congress (MWC) never fails to blow visitors' minds with creations they didn't know they needed. And these cutting-edge inventions are not just about ever-more sophisticated mobile phones and similar gadgetry – the futuristic concepts showcased cover all areas of life and […]
- 'Style Queen': UK media pours praise on HRH Letizia's elegant attire February 27, 2024BRITISH media outlets have lauded Spain's Queen Letizia's effortlessly-elegant dress sense over the past few days as she accompanies her husband King Felipe VI to London.
- Foreign incomers push population above 48 million for first time ever February 22, 2024SPAIN'S headcount has risen to its highest figure in history – for the first time ever, the population has broken the 48 million barrier.
- One in three homes bought without a mortgage February 13, 2024MORTGAGE-LENDING has reduced dramatically in Spain in the past year, but that has not stopped homes on sale being snapped up: Over a third were purchased in cash, according to the latest figures.
- Goya Award for Ghostbuster Sigourney Weaver...and other winners for 2024 February 11, 2024SIGOURNEY Weaver and survivors of a South American plane crash took centre stage at Spain's answer to the Oscars this week, the Goya Awards – and one film netted 12 prizes out of its 13 nominations.
