The Government has approved a new pharmaceutical co-payment system that introduces monthly limits on spending on medicines for workers with low and lower-middle incomes. The measure was published this Wednesday in the Official State Gazette (BOE) through and begins to be applied the day after its publication, that is, starting ...
For Tuesday, May 12, 2026, the average price of electricity in Spain is 69.23 euros per megawatt hour (euros/MWh) in the wholesale market according to data published by the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE). In this way, the second day of the week continues the same upward trend in the ...
Medical leave due to temporary disability has a maximum initial duration of 12 months, so many workers in this situation wonder what will happen if they have not yet recovered. Until recently, it was normal for a Social Security medical tribunal to decide at that moment whether to discharge or ...
Many tenants are unaware that the duration that appears in the rental contract is not always the real time they can stay in the home. Even if it is signed for a year or even less, the Urban Leases Law (LAU) establishes specific protection that allows you to continue in ...
Workers who have lost their jobs and do not have the contributions required to access the contributory unemployment benefit (unemployment), should know that the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) has a special subsidy for people who have worked less than a year. This benefit is regulated in article 274 of ...
Permanent disability is granted by degrees based not on the pathology, but on how it affects the time of working, whether in the same profession or any other. To determine one of the four degrees (partial, total, absolute or major disability), the National Social Security Institute (INSS) usually takes into ...
The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia has recognized a permanent absolute disability pension for a former self-employed bus driver with addictions, contrary to what the National Social Security Institute (INSS) defended. For justice, the worsening of his health (with bipolar disorder, severe depressive and anxious-obsessive symptoms, along with a ...
Access to housing continues to be one of the biggest challenges that Spanish society is experiencing in 2026. With the price of real estate setting record after record, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to buy a house or even rent it. And one of the great triggers of this ...
Nuclear energy is once again the subject of debate in Europe. After the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, several countries are thinking about closing the nuclear power plants. However, Spain maintains the idea of progressively turning them off starting in 2027. Alfredo García, disseminator of nuclear science ...
The average price of electricity on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, rises again and reaches 138.85 euros/MWh for consumers with a regulated or indexed rate in the free market, according to data published by Red Eléctrica. Electricity increases its price for the third day in a row and is paid 2.32% ...