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THE start of 2019 has brought with it a freeze in outer-suburban train ticket prices, a rise in the minimum wage and inn pensions, among other changes which have been announced over the last few weeks – and in the...

SPANISH president Pedro Sánchez has promised high-speed AVE rail links, motorways, greater employment, and social housing during his last six months of talks with regional governments in a bid to get the 2019 budget...

INCOME tax deducted from maternity and paternity leave will be refunded starting today (Tuesday) after a Supreme Court ruling that these contributory State benefits are exempt.

SPAIN'S president Pedro Sánchez and leader of left-wing Podemos, Pablo Iglesias have finally shook hands on the details of next year's State budget after a long meeting following weeks of debate.

CENTRE-RIGHT opposition party Ciudadanos wants the government to scrap inheritance tax between parents and children and spouses, and dramatically reduce it for more distant family members and those where the deceased...

SPAIN'S government is discussing increasing income tax for individuals who earn €150,000 or more per year, but stresses it has not come to any final decision as yet.

SPAIN'S new president Pedro Sánchez has given regional governments licence to spend extra cash this year by relaxing debt limits.

A WOMAN who took her son on holiday to Spain and never returned has been ordered to give him back to his father in the UK.

INSURANCE company customers will be given more information about costs, risks and cover from now on in a government move to ensure policyholders know what they are buying.

AROUND 1,400 women in Spain are fighting for compensation from German pharmaceutical giant Bayer after suffering serious and often permanent side-effects from an contraceptive coil.

RISING interest rates increases the risk of mental illness and aggravates existing conditions, according to the University of Sterling in Scotland.

PODEMOS members are among 15 MEPs who have signed a petition calling for Spain not to extradite HSBC whistleblower Hervè Falciani, saying that thanks to his actions, the European Union has recovered €3 billion in...