After a terrible start to the year weather-wise with Storm Gloria leaving behind 12 fatalities and unprecedented damage in the Balearics and Alicante coastline the national weather service AEMET is predicting a spring-like feel to February. Forget about the hail storms of the previous week in Malaga as temperatures are set to rise in what AEMET is calling “veranillo en …
The number of unemployed registered with the Public Employment Service (former INEM) in Spain rose by 1.6% in February to 4,299,263, the highest level since 1996.
Unemployment in Andalucía rose by 3.93% compared to the previous month, bringing the total number out of work to 774,198. Nationally, the increase in unemployment in February was 4.63%. Provincially, unemployment in Jaén was up by 10.5%, Almería up by 5.91%, Córdoba up by 5.03%, Sevilla up by 4.04%, Granada up by 3.79% and Málaga up by 3.32%.