Movistar have today been announced as “The Worst Company in Spain”. a Whopping 37% of all votes placed online at the FACUA consumer action group’s third annual award for the worst business in Spain went to the Spanish telecommunications giant. Movistar also won the award on the two previous occassions – 2010 and 2011. This year’s runners up in this category were Vodafone... 

You can escape the charge by getting the airline’s new debit card. Photo – cashpassport.com/ryanair Ryanair is to introduce a six Euro surcharge on all flights purchased in Spain from April 15. This will appear as ‘coste de gestión’ (management charge) and will be added to the final ticket price with the rest of the charges. The charge is a strategy to promote the airline’s new... 

The Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, announced today in the Senate than in the horizon of 2024 his department will conduct a stable investment effort in Andalusia in order to carry out priority projects in infrastructure that will increase road safety and convenience of citizens. On the subject of roads, during his appearance before the Committee on Development of the Upper House, Shepherd stressed... 

The reason is that diesel vehicles cause more pollution than other vehicles. Enviromentalists have also been voicing concern about th effects of the drought. The Spanish Government has revealed that it wants to increase the tax on diesel vehicles because they ‘contaminate more’. The change will be a modification on the vehicle matriculation tax. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Federico... 

TWO men who lost their lives today in a light aircraft crash in the Granada area have been identified, although their names have not been revealed until their family members have been contacted. Emergency services say the victims are a 57-year-old man from Murcia and his 60-year-old companion from Orihuela (Alicante). They perished this afternoon when their craft went down in the rural area known as... 

Spain’s Prado Museum put the earliest known copy of the “Mona Lisa” on display Tuesday for the first time since restoration work revealed it was likely painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci’s apprentices as he worked on the original. Throughout the day, a crowd gathered around the painting, which shows the same woman the Italian artist painted, backed by a landscape of hills resembling... 

The 30 year old victim has not yet been named The body being removed from the scene – EFE A 30 year old British man was killed on Monday, in a fire in a flat in the Zaidín district of Granada, according to the National police who identified him this afternoon. The fire broke out at 9am in the morning for reasons which are still being investigated, in the eighth floor flat of Avenida de América... 

Ana Pastor has said in the Senate, the Government will ensure the infrastructure of Andalusia, including the most urgent A-7, which has suffered a series of delays and lack of commitment the previous government of the nation. Carlos Rojas has expressed “great satisfaction” with the announcement by the Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, speaking at the Panel session in the Senate in which... 

Spain’s government will unveil reforms to rigid labour laws today that it hopes will be radical enough to get to grips with sky-high unemployment while not severing links altogether with unions ahead of key regional elections. Investors will be watching closely as the legislation also marks the latest stage in a concerted campaign by Madrid to persuade markets it can slash its public deficit... 

If the latest educational reforms are passed, secondary education (ESO) will be reduced from four years to three, and sixth form studies (Bachillerato) and professional training (FP) would be increased to three.  There are also plans to replace ‘Educación para la Ciudadanía’ (EpC – citizenship studies) with “civic and constitutional” studies. The final year of secondary... 

The ransomware attacks inform users that their computer has been blocked for accessing illegal sites Image supplied by the National Police The National Police have warned of a new ‘ransomware’ attack in Spain, where emails claiming to be sent by the National Police inform the user that they must pay a fine for accessing file sharing sites or others containing child pornography. This form of malware... 

The five marijuana greenhouses were all powered with electricity stolen from the public lighting supply One of the greenhouses in Pinos Puente. Photo – Interior Ministry There have been several drugs hauls in eastern Andalucía in recent days, including one ton of cannabis which was confiscated in a Civil Guard operation on a beach in El Ejido last Saturday. Nineteen bales of the drug were found...