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Brits buying in Spain again
The hoped-for green shoots of the economy in the UK were showing their heads in Birmingham last weekend, when thousands of people turned out for the “A Place in the Sun” exhibition held at the NEC. International property shows in the UK had been in the doldrums over the past months and some of the […]
Spanish government propose increase to retirement age
Last Friday the Government approved a draft bill that would raise the retirement age from 65 to 67, an idea strongly opposed by the country’s largest labour unions. The plan aims to “guarantee the sustainability” of the Spanish retirement system through to the year 2030, Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández de la Vega told […]
40% of jobless unlikely to find employment
The Employment Ministry has designed an index of vacancies for the registered unemployed, and it shows that 39.9 percent of the total number of people who were registered late last month had only a bleak chance of finding jobs. According to the data, about 1.6 million belong to this category out of the 4 million […]
Spain unemployment figures rise to 3.5m
The number of unemployed has risen once again in February, 154,058 more people have lost their jobs, bringing the total unemployed to nearly 3.5 million. The sectors most affected are agriculture, services and construction. Although the increase was less than in January, when it rose by 198,838 people, the total number of unemployed is now […]
Penalty points system amended
EVEN before the penalty points system launched three and a half years ago for driving offences has been fully implemented across Spain, the traffic department has decided to reduced the number infractions that will see drivers penalized via this system. In Spain the system works the opposite way round to the UK. All drivers start […]
Consumer spending on the up
Consumer spending increased slightly in the last quarter of 2009, the first rise the country has seen in two years. Spending increased by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with the third, whilst the GDP for the same period continued to drop, albeit only slightly, with a fall of 0.1%. According to […]
New Malaga Airport terminal will have more police
MALAGA – POLICE presence at Malaga Airport will be increased with the opening of the new T-3 terminal on March 15, coinciding with one of the busiest periods of the year, Easter. There will initially be 10 new officers, but this number will be increased over the year, as Malaga is one of the hotspots […]
More radars on Spanish roads
Pere Navarro, director of the National Traffic Department (DGT), told the press today that there would be a limit on the number of new radar speed traps on the roads each year, stating that “they cannot increase indefinitely” and quoting 150-200 as possible limits. In a conference that brought together representatives of the various sectors […]
Spain unemployed nearly 4 million
Data released by the Ministry of Employment has revealed that unemployment in Spain increased by 25.4 percent last year and the jobless count is now just under 4 million. The figures show the number of unemployed people at 3,923, 602, of which 794,640 were added last year. This number is the highest since the introduction […]
Consumer spending on the up
Consumer spending increased slightly in the last quarter of 2009, the first rise the country has seen in two years. Spending increased by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with the third, whilst the GDP for the same period continued to drop, albeit only slightly, with a fall of 0.1%. According to […]