The airline Iberia has cancelled all flights for Saturday December 4th as a result of the wildcat strike by air traffic controllers and advise passengers not to turn up at airports. They are hoping to resume flights on Sunday.
Military take over Spanish airports
The Spanish military has taken over the country’s air traffic control after civilian air traffic controllers called in sick en masse and will maintain control over planning, supervision and control of the country’s airspace unless the controllers called off their unsanctioned strike.
Up goes the price of petrol
A 1.4% increase in the past week has pushed the price of one litre of petrol above the €1.20 mark for the first time since July 2008. The price of diesel has gone up by 1.16%.
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid
Eleven yellow cards, one red for Sergio Ramos and five goals, what more could you expect from a meeting of the ‘big two’?
Pensions to increase by 1.2% in January 2011
Eight and a half million pensioners should see an increase in their pensions of around 1.2% as from January 2011. This is because inflation increase in the month of November was 1.2 points above the predicted figure.
EU forecast shows Spanish deficit reduction for 2011 will be off-target
Forecasts released today by the European commission indicate that Spain will not be able to achieve the objective of reducing its public deficit to 6% of GDP by 2011 because the growth rate for next year will be significantly less than the government had predicted, expected or hoped for.
Nerja win, Málaga don’t
Little point in playing well if you then go and throw it all away with defensive errors, which is exactly what the Blue and Whites did on Sunday, losing 2-0 to Mallorca.
Proposed Civil Code amendment relating to domestic violence
The Minister of Health, Social Policy and Equality, Leire Pajin, has presented a proposal to the Council of Ministers to reform the Civil Code as part of its fight against domestic violence.
64 domestic violence fatalities so far this year
According to the latest report by the Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality, a total of 64 women have died so far this year at the hands of their partners or former partners, which is 9 more than for the whole of 2009.
Six killed on Spanish roads at the weekend
A total of six people died on the roads in Spain at the weekend with another three people seriously injured.