The Consumer Price Index (CPI) closed 2008 at 1.4%, the lowest figure for ten years. This is based on such items as transport, food, non-alcoholic beverages and housing. The ‘shopping basket’ index was helped on its downward slide by falling oil prices and, to a lesser extent, food prices. The underlying inflation rate, which excludes fuel and food prices, closed …
Queues begin in Havana
Hundreds of Cubans have been queuing outside the Spanish Consulate in Havana to collect the necessary forms to apply for Spanish citizenship. Under the Law of Historical Memory, citizenship will be granted if either:
Difficult times
Around 300 self-employed people are currently going under each day in Spain as a result of the economic situation.
55 arrests in connection with child pornography
A total of 55 people have been arrested in Spain during the past month as part of ‘Operación Lobos’, an investigation into child pronography.