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Butane gas is still used to heat homes in Spain despite the high cost. According to the Ministry for Ecological Transition & Demographic Challenge (Miteco), the market for these cylinders has shrunk. Data shows that the sales of cylinders have decreased by 50% in the past two decades to 700,000 tons per year. This is especially true in rural areas. …

In order to secure a mortgage, banks often ask their customers to purchase a life-insurance policy. This ensures that, in the case of a serious accident, the borrower will be able to repay the loan or, in the unfortunate event of the borrower’s death, that his heirs are not liable to pay any debts incurred by the mortgage. Is it …

ING has refunded a customer the 3,990 Euros that was stolen from their credit card due to the intervention by the Spanish consumer’s organisation Facua. The incident took place in August 2023 while the woman, along with her husband, was on vacation in Burgos. The purse containing her phone, keys and wallet was stolen in the cafeteria of the hotel …

Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 14:58 The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands ruled that the local health services must pay 352,479 euro plus legal interests to the couple whose twin daughters died in September 2018 from a serious infection due to medical negligence. According to the ruling of the court, the medical intervention on the pregnant woman was …

Monday, 3 March 20, 19:27 The first birth of the Iberian lynx’s breeding season was recorded at the captive breeding centre in Zarza de Granadilla (Cáceres) on Wednesday 26 February. Hubara gave birth at 7.44pm to a single kitten in her den after a 65-day gestation. According to a press release issued by Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition, the birth …

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12:29Updated 12h34h. | Updated 12:34h. King Felipe VI has reiterated his support for Ukraine and the “territorial Integrity” of Ukraine’s land and people. Since the Russian invasion began three years ago, the monarch has been loyal to President VolodymyrZelenskyy. He expressed this in his speech on Sunday at the Mobile World Congress. The king made …

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 19:58 All owners of a property for tourist rental have until 1 July to register it in Spain’s Registro Único for holiday rentals. Anyone who wants to advertise their house or flat on holiday platforms as well as anyone who would like to rent it out for a short term is required to take this …

Monday, February 24, 2025 at 13:45 Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez has announced that his government will grant Ukraine a 1-billion-euro military aid package. The initiative, which coincides with a 3.5-billion euro aid package from EU and other countries’ support, consolidates solidarity towards Ukraine on the anniversary of the Russian invasion. “24.02.2022” – This is the date the war began in …

Friday, 21 February 20, 12:48 Anneleen Lenaerts is a celebrated Belgian Harpist. She is principal harpist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as well as a member at the Vienna State Opera. On Tuesday 25th February, she will perform in the Convent Ballroom of Gibraltar. Lenaerts is described as a “virtuoso on her instrument” by The New York Times. She will …

Friday, 21st February 2025 at 15:14This page was last updated at 15:41h. | Updated 15:41h. Here are the first pictures of the first narco-tunnel discovered in Spain. Guardia Civil was able to gain access to an underground gallery in Ceuta. The entrance was discovered on Wednesday, at noon. The Moroccan drug mafias have used it for years to smuggle huge …