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Spain Approves 37.5-Hour Workweek Amidst Productivity Concerns

Spain's council of ministers approved a bill to reduce the workweek to 37.5 hours, aiming to increase worker productivity, despite data showing stable average hours over the last decade and a recent study suggesting that similar reforms in Europe did not lead to significant productivity increases.

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Seville Airport Taxi Monopoly Broken After Violent Extortion Ring Dismantled

Seville police dismantled a taxi association accused of violent monopolistic practices at the airport, resulting in 37 arrests and a new city-imposed rotation system to prevent future conflicts.

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Valencia Launches Online Language Vote for 570,000 Students

From February 25th to March 4th, 2024, 570,000 families in Valencia will choose online between Castilian Spanish or Valencian as their child's primary language of instruction, starting in the 2025-2026 school year, impacting class composition and potentially long-term language use.

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Spain's Gradual Military Expansion Faces Recruitment Challenges Amidst European Defense Urgency

Spain plans to increase its military personnel by 20,000 by 2029, a gradual increase that aims to reach the 2% of GDP investment in defense mandated by NATO, but faces challenges in recruitment and retention, leaving some experts concerned about its sufficiency given Europe's urgent need for enhance...

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Spain's Youth Gap: A 2.27% GDP Boost Possible with German-Level Reform

A report by Fundación PWC and Círculo de Empresarios reveals that closing Spain's youth economic gap to Germany's level would boost Spain's GDP by 2.27%. The gap is driven by high youth unemployment (9.1%), a mismatch between education and job market needs, and stagnant wages for young people since ...

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Spain's Post-WWI Military Procurement: Acquisition and Challenges

In 1922, a Spanish military commission purchased surplus WWI equipment from various European countries for around 10 million pesetas, aiming to modernize the army; the subsequent six-month assembly and testing at Retamares Polygon near Madrid involved significant logistical challenges and showcased ...

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Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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PP Demands Increased Aerospace Incentives in Spain

The Spanish Popular Party (PP) is pushing the government to increase incentives for its aerospace sector, particularly in rural areas, and to streamline drone regulations, citing concerns about stalled European funding and the Hispasat-Indra deal, alongside the sector's double-digit growth in 2023.

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RTVE Publishes €243 Million in Production Contracts, Unveiling Unprecedented Transparency

RTVE's newly published contracts for 2024 and January 2025 reveal €243,752,916 in payments to production companies, with Terrat (€28,152,271) and Bambú Producciones (€17,287,314) as top recipients, marking an unprecedented level of transparency under President José Pablo López's administration.

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Feijóo Convenes Experts to Counter Trump's Ukraine Policy, Criticizing Spain's Response

Following Trump's unsanctioned negotiations with Putin on the Ukraine conflict, Spanish opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo is convening former ministers and experts to strategize Spain's response to the evolving EU-Russia dynamic, criticizing the current government's handling of the crisis and a...

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Spain's EU Recovery Plan: Investment and Productivity Fall Short of Targets

Spain's €160 billion Next Generation EU recovery plan fell short of investment and productivity goals; public consumption, not investment, drove growth, resulting in a 2.5% increase in gross fixed capital formation and marginal productivity gains, despite nearly 2 million new jobs.

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Spanish Police Dismantle Drug Ring, Seize Six Tons of Cocaine Annually

Spanish authorities arrested 13 individuals and seized 28 vehicles with hidden compartments containing over 600 kg of cocaine and smaller amounts of ecstasy, dismantling a drug trafficking organization capable of transporting up to six tons of cocaine annually from South America to Spain and other E...

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Vox Faces Internal Revolt Over Leadership and Finances

Nearly 100 current and former Vox members, including over 20 councilors and 4 regional deputies, issued the "Barajas Declaration," demanding accountability from leader Santiago Abascal for alleged financial mismanagement and lack of internal democracy, calling for a party congress; the declaration w...

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