Spanish Medicines Agency issues health alert and withdraws some popular high blood pressure pills
The official body has warned of the "detection of an impurity in the active substance irbesartan above its accepted limit"
ALMUDENA NOGUÉS
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La Palma registers 49 earthquakes since midnight, including one that was felt in Tenerife and La Gomera
Classes at five schools on the island have been suspended and more residents have been advised to stay indoors due to the quantity of ash and sulphur dioxide being emitted from the Cumbre Vieja volcano
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Employment in Spain returns to pre-pandemic level with 19.6 million workers
The data from the Department of Social Security shows that 102,474 jobs were created in October, mainly in the services, agriculture, construction and industry sectors
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Top Covid expert in Spain sees no need for a third dose "in general" and says "give them to the third world"
Fernando Simón also claimed "in the first wave 2.3 million people were infected with coronavirus, not 226,000" and also gave his explanations for what triggered the different waves
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La Palma's Cumbre Vieja volcano ash cloud intensifies threatening commercial flights
There are concerns the volcanic plume could affect other Canary islands and air traffic as of this Tuesday
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Spain will donate 50 million Covid vaccines to developing countries
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the doses will delivered, mainly to Latin American nations, before the end of the first quarter of 2022
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Owners who have an ongoing complaint against their tax charge will benefit from the judgement
There will be no backdating of the decision so people who have already paid the land tax without dispute will not be refunded
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Crisis in government coalition over repealing labour market legislation
It was a condition of Unidas Podemos joining with the PSOE in 2018 that a 2012 law unpopular with the left was reformed
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Town halls fear for public services as Plusvalía tax is ruled unconstitutional
The levy on changes in land value when a property changes owners is based on fictitious values says the Constitutional Court
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Constitutional Court overturns the legality of Spain's second state of alarm
It ran from October 2020 to May 2021 but the split decision said parliament was ignored and too much power went to the regions
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Spain will ban the advertising of 'unhealthy' food and drinks to children
The measure could come into effect as soon as 2022 and will cover adverts on television, radio, cinema screens, social media networks and apps
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Recovery in Spain's job market with more than 20 million employed for first time since 2008
At a local level, a busy summer holiday season and fewer coronavirus restrictions allowed Malaga province to add 22,100 new workers in the third quarter of 2021, recovering pre-Covid employment levels
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Carrefour trials the sale of second-hand clothing in two of its stores in Spain
The French supermarket chain aims to promote the recycling of clothes and is signed up to The Fashion Pact, an agreement to reduce the environmental footprint left by the fashion industry
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Underground pressure from magma forces ground around La Palma volcano to rise
Spain's National Geographic Institute recorded some 180 tremors on the island in the latest 24-hour period
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Widespread rain forecast threatens to put damper on holiday weekend in Spain
The state weather agency, Aemet, is warning of generalised heavy rainfall due to the arrival of a cold front in Spain this Thursday
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