Economy & Business

Rabat’s decision to pass laws appropriating an area near the Canary Islands encroaches on Spanish maritime borders at a spot that is rich with a rare mineral

The 25% levy on the product, combined with low prices and the EU’s failure to address storage issues, has hit the sector hard, with exports falling by 15,000 tons from November

The AVLO, which will cover the popular Madrid-Barcelona route, will begin operating in April, and will offer an average discount of 60% on the cost of the existing AVE train

Software Delsol, located in the southern city of Jaén, has introduced the new timetables this year in a bid to boost productivity but without cutting salaries

The regional government has approved a new law that restricts the sale of alcohol in popular tourist destinations and bans bar crawls

The facility manager, Aena, wants to merge Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and to expand Terminal 4 in order to raise potential passenger volume to 80 million

Energy produced at coal-fired thermal stations made up less than 5% of all electricity generated in 2019, as natural gas and renewables become more profitable options

Local authorities have introduced a five-year ban on new dining and drinking establishments in downtown areas that are already saturated with venues

Despite the overall drop in holidaymakers during the third quarter of last year, tourist spending continued to rise from the same period in 2018

Misleading labeling means that many people are not aware that many food products are being imported

A low birth rate and new migration trends pose questions about the country’s ability to generate growth

Prohibitively expensive prices combined with low incomes are making it increasingly difficult for youths to become independent, with 81% still living in the family home

A change to the 2012 labor reform, which was upheld in October by the Constitutional Court, allows workers to be sacked for taking medical leave, even if they have a doctor’s certificate

The head of Renfe, Isaías Táboas, speaks to EL PAÍS about what the new budget high-speed train service AVLO will offer when it launches next year

In places like Villalbarba, where there are only 132 people, residents say there would be no social life if they could not come together for a coffee or a game of bingo

The decision to clamp down on the illicit traffic of goods from the Spanish exclave city to Morocco is being described as an economic disaster for people on both sides of the crossing

The aim is to bring the system “into the 21st century” by imposing a 3% levy on tech giants such as Amazon, but first a government must be formed

The ride-hailing company says this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial collaboration following years of confrontation between both sectors

The European Central Bank’s stimulus policy will create significant savings from lower borrowing costs, but the EU wants Madrid to use that money to reduce its debt

The current president of the European Central Bank was on the board of subsidiaries of the legal firm in Bermuda and Singapore between 2003 and 2005

The European Commission warns about the risk of non-compliance with EU rules after Madrid submitted a budgetary plan for 2020 “based on a no-policy-change scenario”

The new government that emerges after the Sunday vote will have to deal with an impending slowdown and introduce much-needed reforms after years of political paralysis

After years of lobbying, Spain has finally been granted approval to export shoulders and legs of ‘jamón’ to the Asian country, which is the biggest global market for luxury goods

This week we discuss the death of Doctor Vela, the first person to go to trial in relation with irregular adoptions during the Franco era, and ask why the Spanish research sector is lagging behind those of other countries

The family that had moved in to 94-year-old Victoria de Castro’s house ended up securing police protection in exchange for leaving the premises