Spain's free suicide prevention number 024 launches
The telephone helpline is available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year and is manned by qualified professionals who are employed by the scheme, and not by volunteers
Antonio Paniagua
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Spain is likely to make changes to the way the government fuel discount is applied from 1 July
There is concern that the big oil companies are increasing their prices to offset the discount, so the authorities are looking at ways to ensure that those most in need do not miss out
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Brussels gives Spain and Portugal the go-ahead to cap the wholesale price of gas
This will mean that electricity bills should be cheaper, although households will not notice the difference until June
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Some British residents forced to stop driving as right to use a UK licence ends
Spain and Britain have not yet agreed a simple post-Brexit process for swapping to a Spanish- issued licence
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Two dead and 18 people injured, one seriously, in Madrid explosion
After more than five hours of searching, the rescue teams have located the bodies of the two workers trapped under the rubble
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Average spending by foreign tourists is already ahead of pre-pandemic levels
Visitors handed over 1,257 euros in Spain on their holidays, almost 200 more per person than in 2019, although total spending is 15 per cent lower than in 2019
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What is the Pegasus software that has spooked everybody ?
The expensive Israeli software has been in the headlines all week after being used to spy on Spanish politicians
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Government admits that PM's and defence minister's phones were hacked last year
Sophisticated Pegasus software was found to have been used and, although no country has been blamed, speculation is focusing on Morocco
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Spain’s Ministry of Health delays fourth Covid jab for over-80s decision
The Andalucía and Asturias regions have led calls for the fourth dose be administered as soon as possible, given the increase in the cumulative incidence rate and infections among the elderly
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Which supermarkets in Spain have increased their prices the most?
Prices have risen by 9.4 per cent in one year, although half of this increase has taken place in the last three months, according to a report by the OCU consumers association
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Record-breaking month as Spain finally smashes 20 million workers barrier
The target has been achieved, four years late, after the Covid-19 pandemic that suddenly destroyed almost a million jobs and in the midst of the war in Ukraine that is driving prices to record levels not seen for more than three decades
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Well-known Pfizer high blood pressure drug is recalled in Spain
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products has 'detected a quantity of impurities greater than those allowed' in the medication
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Three dead after suspected arson attack on building occupied by squatters
The blaze started in two different areas and authorities say there was a history of problems between the building’s occupants and local residents
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Plan to cap gas prices in Spain is delayed by a week
Teresa Ribera has confirmed that without the final approval from Brussels the Cabinet will not be able to approve the proposal this Tuesday
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Easter and the end of masks bring the seventh wave of Covid closer in Spain
The situation differs by autonomous region, and half of Spain has an incidence rate in the vulnerable population of over a thousand
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