Sheikha Mai Al Khalifa says that if she is elected today as the new secretary general of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the first thing she will do when she takes office will be to create a museum in part of the space of the Palacio de Congresos de Madrid, a building that was partially […]
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The clear accounts: Why the electricity bill is higher in Spain
We are still pending the electricity bill in our country, and we also focus on the US and on the challenges of large technology companies such as Facebook, Apple or Amazon before the arrival of Joe Biden This week we are still pending the electricity bill. Spain is one of the countries where electricity rates […]
How to change banks a mortgage for free and save up to € 40,000 in interest
Between May and October 2020, more than 7,000 clients (40% more than in the same period of 2019) decided to change their mortgage bank to improve it and pay cheaper installments, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. This shows the popularity that this operation has gained, to which many mortgages can still […]
Spain, in favor of a “broad agreement” for an international vaccination ‘passport’ that allows travel without restrictions
The Government of Spain and the European Commission are in favor of seeking “a broad agreement” in the EU to issue an international vaccination certificate that allows travel and circumvent the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, as they have stated sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The initial proposal has come […]
The Supreme Court confirms that retired officials who carry out private activities will receive only 50% of the pension
The Court overturns an appeal of a teacher who worked as a lawyer, and thus ratifies the sentence that grants him “50% of the pension when developing an activity in the private sphere” The Supreme Court confirms with a ruling that the retirement pension of officials who perform activities in the private sector after […]
Barajas will not operate normally until tonight and Aena defends that “all available means” have been used
One week after the storm Filomena forced the closure of the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, This still does not work with total normality, although it already works at 90%. The aerodrome will not accept arrivals normally until eleven o’clock this Friday, as there is still a lot of snow and ice, according to Eurocontrol, an […]
The government says it will present 170 reforms to Brussels in exchange for the funds and the unions demand “prudence” of it.
The Government will present 170 reforms in 30 chapters to the European Union in exchange for European funds, according to the leaders of CCOO and UGT after a meeting with several ministers headed by the vice president Nadia Calvio. So much Unai Sordo, from CCOO, as Pepe Ã??lvarezThey have shown fear that the Executive will […]
Dia closes 2020 with the first growth in sales in years
The Dia supermarket chain, present in Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil, managed to close 2020 with the first improvement in sales in years. Specifically, it increased sales by 0.2%, to 6,882 million. The company will present its accounts on February 26, but provided the data this Thursday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Like-for-like […]
The resilience of the self-employed: the Covid year ends with only 13 casualties
I will resist, the song of the Dúo Dinámico that for months and months was a social emblem of the struggle against the Covid, It could well be applied to the effort that the self-employed make every day to survive all the vicissitudes they encounter in their day to day, even more so in times […]
The United Kingdom bans flights from Portugal and 14 South American countries
The Government of the United Kingdom announced this Thursday the ban on flights from Portugal and fourteen South American countries to try to prevent the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus detected in Brazil. The British Minister of Transport, Grant Shapps, reported that arrivals will be suspended from this morning from Argentina, Brazil, […]
