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The number of holiday homes for rent in Spain has been drastically reduced due to stricter laws

Tougher laws lead to big cutback in tourist homes available for let in Spain

The number of vacation homes in Spain that were available to rent fell by 12.4% between November and December last year. It was the biggest drop ever since the National Institute of Statistics began compiling statistics twice a month. The INE stated that the total was 329.764 in November, which is 13.6% lower than in the previous survey of May. …

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Andalusian pioneers in the Winter Olympics

Andalusian pioneers at the Winter Olympics

Share Ernestina maenza is the woman who started Andalusian participation at the Winter Olympics. She managed, along with a Catalan named Margot Moles to put women’s sports on the map at a time of unrelenting sexism. Later, some athletes from Andalucía had prominent roles as pioneers of winter sports at the Winter Olympic Games. Ernestina Maenza Zoom Ernestina Maenza. Ernestina …

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What is the AP-7 road? Catalonia recently installed 10 mobile cameras to monitor speed on the roads.

Driving on the AP-7? Catalonia just put 10 mobile speed cameras on the road

Catalonia improves speed monitoring along the 344km AP-7 by installing new mobile radar units. Credit : csp, Shutterstock It is useful to know if the AP-7 is used regularly. From this week, the entire 344 kilometres of the AP-7 in Catalonia – from La Jonquera to Ulldecona – are now under mobile speed surveillance. Not only the usual accident hotspots. …

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