The Junta de Andalucía maintains one of the most relevant lines of aid to improve housing in the community, with subsidies aimed at financing rehabilitation works in houses and residential buildings. These aids seek to improve both the security, accessibility and energy efficiency of properties, especially in old or deficient ...
Frans Burchartz, an 84-year-old former nursing professor, decided to leave the labor market at 61 through an early retirement program in the Netherlands. More than two decades later, he claims to have no regrets. “I wouldn’t have wanted to work longer, it was the right thing to do,” he told ...
Rotor Componentes Tecnológico, a Spanish manufacturer of high-end bicycle transmissions, has activated an urgent search for investors to avoid the cessation of its activity. The company, based in Ajalvir (Madrid) and with 70 employees, is going through its second bankruptcy process in less than a year and a half after ...
The average price of electricity this Wednesday, May 6, 2026, rises to 143.06 euros per megawatt hour (euros/MWh) for consumers with a regulated or indexed rate in the free market, according to data published by Red Eléctrica. This implies that electricity is paid 4.02% more expensive than this Tuesday in ...
A retiree must return 3,162.93 euros to Social Security, for having started working full-time while collecting 100% of his retirement pension as it was an improper charge. The Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia has agreed with the National Social Security Institute by considering that working full time is incompatible ...
The average price of electricity for this Monday, May 4, 2026 is 69.71 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) in the wholesale market, according to data published by the Iberian Energy Market Operator (OMIE). The week begins like this with a increase of 44.84% compared to Sundaywhich translates into paying about ...
Periods without contributions do not remove the right to retire if the minimum 15 years are met (article 205 of the General Social Security Law), but they do reduce the amount of the pension because they lower the regulatory base. Social Security applies a mechanism called gap integration that fills ...
Retirement is usually understood as the stage in which, after decades of work, people can leave their work obligations behind and enjoy a calmer life, with time for leisure and family. However, this image is far from the reality of some older people in Europe, who are forced to continue ...
Social Security allows workers who are 65 years old and have contributed at least 15 years to access a retirement pension if they stopped working before April 1, 2013. However, this modality is not valid for all workers, since a series of very specific conditions must be met, included in ...
The Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León has ruled in favor of a 63-year-old woman to access total permanent disability for her usual profession as a domestic worker and cleaner due to suffering from fibromyalgia, herniated discs and a depressive condition. Although Social Security had denied her, the ...