Spain Today – Wednesday 7 February 2024

In Spain Today, resale property prices rise 7.5 percent, Pellet crisis comes to Congress, Cancer Surveillance System within the State Public Health Surveillance Network to be created, and ships to transport water to Catalonia.

Across Europe, we will know the data on industrial production in Germany, which will likely continue to show the deterioration of the sector. In addition, data on industrial production in Spain and retail sales in Italy will be published.

Contents (click to jump ahead)

• Spanish News Headlines
• Things to Do Today
• Local Markets
• Traffic and Travel
• Weather
• On This Day
• Video of the Day
• Follow Mark Nolan’s Podcast

Spanish News Headlines

The price of second-hand housing in Spain has risen 0.6% in January compared to December, but 7.5% in its interannual variation. Thus, this price stands at 2,215 euro per m2, according to data from the Fotocasa Real Estate Index. This latest year-on-year value (7.5%) is 1.5 percentage points less than in January 2023 (9%).

The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, will appear before the Plenary Session of the Congress of Deputies today to report on the measures and actions of the Executive in response to the spill of ‘pellets’ that appeared on the Galician coast in the last two months.

The Minister of Health, Mónica García, has closed the Spanish Summit against Cancer, organised by the Spanish Group of Cancer Patients, and announced the creation of the Cancer Surveillance System, which will make it possible to harmonise the information currently available, coordinate cancer surveillance at the level of all the autonomous communities and, have quality information on cancer to improve research and evaluation of control and prevention programs.

The Vice-President of the Government and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and the Councillor for Climate Action of the Generalitat de Catalunya, David Mascort, met in Barcelona to coordinate the work between both administrations that address the situation of emergency due to drought in Catalonia. Regarding emergency measures, the Government will make available desalinated water from Sagunto, Valencia, which will be transported by boat to the city of Barcelona. It will make it possible to have desalinated water of up to 40,000 m3 per day starting in June, which will be determined according to need.

To read these articles in full, visit SpainToday.news

Things to Do Today

Guardamar del Segura is celebrating Valentine’s with special promotions in many shops, bars and restaurants, a full list available form the town hall or tourist info.

For more local events, pick up The Leader newspaper every Monday, and This is Torrevieja for Torrevieja events.

Local Markets

Midweek markets can be found today at Guardamar del Segura, La Mata (Torrevieja), San Isidro, and San Miguel de Salinas.

The roads will of course be busy around those locations.

Traffic and Travel

Road wise, there´s nothing significant planned but remember that if you are venturing into the mountain areas, which in some cases might be less than an hour from the sunny coast, snow chains should be a consideration to avoid getting stranded.

For information and updates about driving in Spain, visit N332.es

Weather

• Click here to visit AEMET for weather alerts and forecasts.
• Click here to visit the DGT for live traffic and road conditions.

On This Day

2020, National Forest Day is celebrated in Madrid. In 1786 the first National Corps of Forest Agents was created.

2005, the process of extraordinary regularisation of immigrants begins, which seeks to legalise the situation of almost one million foreign workers living in Spain.

2003, the Ebro River – the largest in the country – floods several municipalities and forces the evacuation of almost a thousand people.

2003, the Spanish Government approves the bill that modifies the Penal Code to introduce the increase and full compliance of sentences for those convicted of terrorism and serious crimes.

1978, the consensus on the Spanish Constitution is broken. The PSOE abandons the presentation.

Video of the Day

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