The Government of France has ordered the temporary suspension of the Chinese e-commerce platform Shein until the company certifies that “all its content complies with the laws and regulations in force” in the country, according to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. The measure, dictated by direct instruction of ...
Buying a home in Spain not only means gathering the enough savings for entry or obtain financing through a mortgage. Added to this economic effort are the taxes associated with the purchase, which can mean thousands of additional euros and which, for many, represent a barrier to access for those ...
The price of gasoline in Spain rises after 5 consecutive weeks of decreases and diesel also becomes more expensive after weeks of stable prices. In this way, both fuels put an end to their downward trend. The average price of a liter of diesel rises to 1,408 euros, assuming a ...
The Juan de Mariana Institute (IJM) warns that Spain is experiencing “salary equalization below” as the most common salary approaches the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI). According to its latest report, the gap between the modal salary and the SMI has gone from 40% to 3% in the period 2018-2023, a ...
The average price of electricity in Spain for this Friday, November 7, 2025, is €68.22/MWh in the wholesale market. In this way, the weekend begins with a new increase in the price of electricity of 27.97 euros, taking into account that this Thursday’s price was 40.25 euros/MWh, according to data ...
The Superior Court of Justice of Madrid has ruled in favor of a woman to receive total permanent disability for her usual profession as a cleaner after Social Security denied it for not having “limiting” injuries. The woman who suffers from “failed back” syndrome will have the right to a ...
The emeritus king, Juan Carlos I of Borbón, father of the current monarch Felipe VI, has written in his memoirs that he is the “only Spaniard who does not receive a pension after almost 40 years of service.” With these words, which appear in the book ‘Reconciliation. Memoirs. Juan Carlos ...
The average price of electricity in Spain for this Wednesday, November 5, 2025, is €27.75/MWh in the wholesale market. With this, it is already the second decrease so far this week and knowing that this Tuesday the average price of electricity was 49.44 euros, we can say that the bill ...
Juan Leo, retired with 45 years of contributions, has defended the Social Security pension system in a program dedicated to the generation gap between young people and seniors. In his case, he is receiving a pension of 1,600 euros, an amount that, in his opinion, is not enough given all ...
The Superior Court of Justice of Galicia has ruled in favor of a woman to receive a widow’s pension whose husband died just three months after getting married. The National Social Security Institute had denied it, alleging that the death was due to a “common illness prior to the marriage”, ...