Illegal "squatting" of apartments in Spain has increased by 34% since 2018

Illegal “squatting” of apartments in Spain has increased by 34% since 2018

Currently, the latest data records a total of 16,426 complaints, which corresponds to approximately 317 per week. Compared to the previous year, illegal squatting has experienced a 7% increase. This trend highlights the persistence and complexity of the phenomenon in our country, despite statements by the government and many left-wing parties, including Podemos, that deny this situation.
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will be Spain’s first offshore plant for the production of renewable hydrogen

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) will be Spain’s first offshore plant...

The initiative, part of the H2VERDE project, aims to promote the archipelago's energy autonomy. The Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) will be Spain's first offshore renewable hydrogen production facility.
Marbella: The Wall Street of Crime

Marbella: The Wall Street of Crime

Juanjo Gómez, a retired National Police officer, has dedicated his career to pursuing major drug lords and dismantling their empires. Today, he has become a "reference book" for new agents.
The price of petrol in Spain is at its lowest level in almost four years

The price of petrol in Spain is at its lowest level in almost four...

Fuel prices continued to fall in free fall last week, reflecting the decline in oil prices a few weeks earlier. Super 95 gasoline has...
Dealing with paranoia: What the blackout reveals about our mental health

Dealing with paranoia: What the blackout reveals about our mental health

Amidst the reverberations of the chaos left behind by the blackout—or perhaps still suffering from its consequences, because when normality is lost in such a drastic way, it takes time to return—we are left, in most cases, with one central question: Will it happen again?
Telephone fraud: FACUA warns of calls pretending to be power companies offering false compensation for the blackout

Telephone fraud: FACUA warns of calls pretending to be power companies offering false compensation...

FACUA-Consumers in Action warns of the proliferation of scams exploiting the widespread power outage that affected mainland Spain on April 28 to obtain bank details from potential victims and withdraw money from their accounts.
In Madrid, a police officer was sentenced to 39 years in prison after pushing an elderly woman down the stairs

In Madrid, a police officer was sentenced to 39 years in prison after pushing...

The Madrid Provincial Court sentenced Fernando R.C., a local police officer, to 39 years and six months in prison. He killed an elderly woman by throwing her down the stairs of his home in Ciempozuelos (Madrid).
A tourist dies in her hotel room in Ibiza: She is the second British victim in just three days

A tourist dies in her hotel room in Ibiza: She is the second British...

A 33-year-old British woman was found dead in her room at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel in Sant Antoni de Portmany, on the island in the Balearic archipelago
How the electricity system works in Spain and why an imbalance can lead to power outages within seconds

How the electricity system works in Spain and why an imbalance can lead to...

Due to its geographical characteristics, Spain has more than ten electricity systems. The largest of these is the Peninsular grid, through which more than 200 gigawatt hours flow annually. There are also the power systems of the islands of La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria, the connections between Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Zero emissions - zero electricity - zero answers: Gas and hydropower plants saved Spain from net-zero death after power outage

Zero emissions – zero electricity – zero answers: Gas and hydropower plants saved Spain...

Europe's dangerous and radical transition to unreliable net-zero energy represents a disaster and an embarrassment for the left-liberals perched high in their palaces in Brussels.