Retail
What is 'Tienda 8'? The new Mercadona shopping experience that everyone is talking about
By the end of 2024 around 85 per cent of the supermarket chain's stores in Spain were operating in this new format
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Consumer affairs
Why are eggs so expensive at the moment in Spain?
A dozen medium-sized eggs now cost 25 per cent more than a month ago, and these are the reasons for the recent price hike...
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Inflation
Price of a regular butane gas cylinder in Spain rises again: this is what you should be paying
This is the fourth consecutive increase, reaching prices not seen since January 2023
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Benefit fraud
Prison sentence for Spanish woman who had been collecting deceased grandmother's pensions for 22 years
The Andalusian High Court of Justice also handed the granddaughter a 148,000-euro fine and and ordered her to pay back 113,128 euros
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Traffic
Express motoring fines have arrived in Spain and now you can receive them within 48 hours
The Dirección Electrónica Vial (DEV), a platform for receiving traffic notifications digitally, ensures faster and more direct communication
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Justice system
EU court dismisses unlimited refund claims on controversial mortgage clauses
The Court of Justice of the EU upholds the five-year statute of limitations on the time limit for claiming reimbursements
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Railway system
Catalan government and Renfe reach agreement, ceasing seven-day railway strikes in Spain
Renfe and Adif unions called off seven days of strikes after an agreement issued by the Ministry of Transport, according to which Renfe will still hold a bigger part of the railway shares (51%), even though Generalitat's goal is an independent Catalan company
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Housing
Tenant recovers more than 1,100 euros of illegal management fees from real estate agency in Spain
The victim paid in order not to lose the property, but later demanded the money back from the agency
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Consumer affairs
Spain's ministry of consumer affairs to ban price changes during online shopping and booking
Pablo Bustinduy's ministry will put in force a new regulation, according to which companies must be transparent about price changes during the online shopping process and cease automatic price variation, which pressures customers to purchase
Extra Helicópteros Sanitarios
Complex heart rhythm disorders treated by internationally recognised specialists
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Scam
National Police warn of new fraud as false summons notifications received around Spain
A massive email campaign spoofing the @police domain has been detected
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Weather
Aemet forecasts another week of rain in Spain: these will be the areas most affected
The state weather agency is forecasting that another storm will hit the country after Laurence
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Scams
New type of 'burger' scam on the rise
Cybercriminals spoof identities through an SMS chain involving gift baits, posing as famous burger restaurants
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Sánchez searches for political support to increase Spain's defence spending
Spain is under pressure to increase investment in defence as it has the lowest spending as a percentage of the size of the economy within Nato
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Mercadona boss criticises Dana response
Roig, who founded the Valencia-based supermarket, took the opportunity of announcing the results to criticise the response from the authorities to last autumn's devastating Dana storm
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