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October Strikes

More strikes announced, both railways and airport related. Railways UPDATE 19.9.2015: partial Renfe strikes, during 2 hours every shift, on October 2,9, 16 and 23.  00.00-02.00 hrs, 13.00-15.00 hrs and 20.00-22.00 hrs on all mentioned days. Mi

Investors, Were You Mis-sold A Bank Investment Product?

The Spanish Supreme Court has obliged a bank to refund the sum of 279,000 euros to a client who was sold bonds in a Lehman Brothers product without telling the investor of the risks associated with the investment. The judge also overturns the ju

Traffic Law Changes May 2014 Now Added To Traffic Reglament

That is, only a couple of them. Would like to refer to our info document re the Law Changes, from May 2014 and confirm that the Traffic Reglament now includes the changes re the use of homologated child retention seats and minimum length for min

Can We Now Expect Spain’s Wildfires To Increase?

Summer in Spain and the country dwellers try to settle to enjoy another sweltering Spanish summer, yet always with the fear in the back of their minds that at any moment acres of land around their homes, could go up in flames. The efforts of tho

Increased Road Safety For Cyclists On Cycle Routes - Rutas Ciclistas

Due to the steady increase in popularity of the sport of road cycling DGT/Trafico has decided to increase road safety for those road users on specific stretches of ´carreteras convencionales´ i.e. the N-roads that connect one town with anothe

Min And Max Speeds Spanish Roads

Just to remind you about the maximum, but also minimum speeds to maintain on Spanish roads.   So the round blue signs indicate minimum speed to maintain, while the square ones, like the one below, indicate a recommended speed for that spec

Cab Spain To Hold Clinics In Various Regions Of Spain

CAB Spain with the assistance of Patrice Grant British solicitor, will be holding open clinics in various towns commencing with Fuengirola and Marbella. You will be attended by a CAB Spain adviser, Patrick and English speaking lawyers if necessa

Price Gas Bottles Repsol And Galp Gone Up Or Down ?

Update 20.7.2020 Prices will do DOWN on Tuesday the 21st, to 12,71 euros for butane. We will add info for propane when Repsol publishes. Update 19.01.2020 Prices will go UP on Tuesday the 21st, to 13,37 euros for butano, 11,76 for propane. Updat

Health Care For All In Valencia And Balearic Islands?

Last Thursday, 16th of July, the Valencia Councillor for Health Services announced that the Royal Decree 16/2012 that excluded immigrants without the proper paperwork to accredit their status as residents from access to public healthcare, will n

Finding Your Holiday Home Occupied By Squatters?

What to do if you start your vacation and find your property occupied by squatters? Normally it would not be expected that vacationers arrive at their holiday destination to find squatters in their holiday residence. The crime of occupying someo
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