The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has defended the extraordinary regularization of migrants in an irregular administrative situation considering that Spain needs workers for sectors such as agriculture. He did so this Thursday during a visit to Almería after holding an event with socialist militants and sympathizers, ...
The European Union has ratified the new ‘Right to Repair’, a directive that obliges manufacturers to make mobile and laptop repairs easier and cheaper. The rule, which comes into force this July, seeks to make repairing the device always the first option before having to buy a new one. This ...
A 49-year-old security guard has managed to maintain a total permanent disability pension of 785.40 euros per month after Social Security tried to prevent him from recognizing the degree. The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia considers that the almost total loss of vision in his right eye, added to ...
The retirement age in Spain is about to end. In 2026, this will be 66 years and 10 months for those who do not have at least 38 years and 3 months of contributions, but in 2027 it will reach 67 full years, this being the one provided for by ...
A Romanian who paid about 100 euros per month (500 lei) on his electricity bill has now reduced his bill to zero after installing photovoltaic panels and storage batteries. The case, broadcast on Romanian television Observerexplains a trend where thousands of families seek to produce their own energy to avoid ...
The Superior Court of Justice of the Basque Country (TSJPV) has ruled in favor of Lanbide and has confirmed the return of 3,250 euros by a beneficiary of the Minimum Living Income (IMV) who did not correctly declare the income obtained from renting rooms in his home. The ruling rejects ...
The average price of electricity in the wholesale market for this Wednesday, May 13, 2026 falls to 48.26 euros per megawatt hour (euros/MWh) according to data published by the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE). This means that, after days of increases, electricity drops by 30.29% compared to this Wednesday in ...
The integration of gaps is a mechanism regulated in article 209.1.b) of the General Social Security Law, which allows “filling in” the months without contributions with fictitious bases. This system is activated when a worker accesses the pension and presents work stoppages within the previous 25 years that are reviewed ...
The Supreme Court (TS) determines that contributions for the retirement contingency made by the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) during the receipt of unemployment benefits for those over 52 years of age cannot be computed as income for the purposes of complying with the limit established to access or quantify ...
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) has recognized the right of a Senegalese woman to collect a widow’s pension after the death of her husband, a Spanish national, although the marriage was celebrated in Mauritania. The marriage was never registered in the Spanish Civil Registry, and despite this, ...