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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 What everyone in Spain is talking about today

• Congress rejects housing decree: eviction protections and rental extensions scrapped
• Record 22.4 million Social Security contributors after September surge
• Sánchez weighs early...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Congress rejects housing decree: eviction protections and rental extensions scrapped
▸ Congress voted 178 to 172 to reject the government's housing decree-law, with PP, Vox, Junts and UPN opposed. The repeal removes eviction protections for vulnerable tenants, automatic extensions of expiring rental contracts, and limits on investment funds buying homes below 70% of their appraised market value. The decree had been in force for only 24 hours.
📰 Europa Press

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Record 22.4 million Social Security contributors after September surge
▸ Spain added 92,327 Social Security contributors in September, a record for September, reaching 22,437,553 contributors. Of about 90,000 new contributors, 84,220 were foreigners, driven by the migrant regularization process. Registered unemployment rose by 23,587 to 2,379,505, the lowest since September 2007.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Sánchez weighs early election after housing decree defeat
▸ Pedro Sánchez will spend this weekend analyzing the defeat of both housing decree-laws and public reaction before deciding whether to call early general elections. An early vote would freeze pending housing, residency and tax measures and reshape the legislative calendar for foreign residents.
📰 Europa Press

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Poll: 65% back suspension of Ley de Nietos
▸ A Sigma Dos poll for El Mundo finds that 65.1% agree with the Supreme Court's precautionary suspension of the Ley de Nietos; 45% of PSOE voters view it favorably. The suspended law would have allowed descendants of Spaniards who left between 1936 and 1955 to apply for nationality and voting rights, potentially adding more than 500,000 new voters.
📰 El Mundo

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Rejected tax plan for empty second homes
▸ Royal Decree-law 26/2026 would have changed IRPF taxation of empty second homes from 2027, but Congress rejected it on October 2 — the changes will not take effect. Owners keep paying tax on imputed income at 2% of cadastral value (1,1% in some cases), with no new IBI surcharges.
📰 El Confidencial

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 73% would back a general strike over housing
▸ A poll by Ateneo del Dato for El Diario finds that 73% of Spaniards would support a general strike over housing, including more than 60% of PP and Vox voters. The Sindicato de Inquilinas called the strike; Comisiones Obreras and UGT are considering backing it, with mass mobilizations planned this weekend.
📰 El Diario

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Eurozone inflation climbs to 3.8% on energy spike
▸ Eurozone annual inflation rose to 3.8% in September, the highest since September 2023, according to Eurostat's flash estimate. Energy prices climbed 18.8% and core inflation reached 2.5%. Spain posted the largest rise among major EU economies at 4.6%, adding pressure on ECB rates and Euribor.
📰 El Confidencial

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 New Spanish retirees average over 1,700 euros a month
▸ New retirees in August began receiving an average retirement pension of 1,711.4 euros a month, while the system-wide average reached 1,374.6 euros in September, up 4.6% year-on-year. General scheme workers average 1,734.7 euros, while autónomos (self-employed) average 1,062.8 euros.
📰 Heraldo

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Heavy rain leaves 400,000 students without classes and 20 rescued
▸ Torrential rain in the Mediterranean region dropped more than 200 litres per square metre, suspending classes for over 400,000 students in Valencia. Around 20 people were rescued from vehicles in Tarragona and Murcia; in Terres de l'Ebre water rose to the height of rear-view mirrors. Alerts remain active until at least Sunday.
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 Drivers must yield to pedestrians even without zebra crossings
▸ From October 1, drivers must yield to pedestrians even where there is no zebra crossing on calles de plataforma única, where the pavement and road are at the same level. The rule is part of Real Decreto 518/2026, published in the BOE, and includes new rules for scooters and motorcyclists.
📰 Heraldo

🛒 Mercadona is closed tomorrow — stock up your fridge!

💬 Would you join a general strike over housing costs? A) Yes B) No C) Maybe

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Nothing Happened in Spain Today. Except This.

• New rental deduction under housing decree: up to €1,163
• Regulated gas price jumps 17.6% for three million households
• Housing decrees face Friday rejection as thousands protest

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 New rental deduction under housing decree: up to €1,163
▸ On Tuesday, the government approved two royal decree-laws on housing. One includes a new state IRPF deduction for tenants: up to €1,163 a year for taxable bases of up to €23,007.20, equal to 10% of €11,630 in annual rent. It also suspends evictions for vulnerable people until 2030 and allows two-year contract extensions.
📰 20 Minutos

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Regulated gas price jumps 17.6% for three million households
▸ The regulated gas tariff (TUR) rises by 17.6% compared with July, affecting nearly three million households. The TUR vecinal for communities of owners rises by between 22.6% and 33.1%. Heating and hot water bills will rise sharply for those on the regulated tariff.
📰 Heraldo

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing decrees face Friday rejection as thousands protest
▸ Junts, PP and Vox will vote against the two housing decrees in Congress on Friday, so both are set to be rejected. The government refused an offer from Junts to withdraw them and negotiate a new text. Thousands protested with pots and pans in Madrid and Barcelona, demanding that Congress validate them.
📰 Europa Press

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Inflation hits 4.9% and economist warns about the middle class
▸ The IPC reached 4.9% in September, its highest level since February 2023. Economist Pablo Gil warned that inflation "is destroying the middle class" and that the energy crisis could turn into a food crisis. He said household incomes are not keeping up with essential expenses.
📰 Heraldo

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain was the only EU country to vote against migrant expulsions
▸ Spain was the only EU country to vote against a new return regulation that facilitates the expulsion of irregular migrants and supports deportation centres in third countries. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said no migrant who arrived in Ceuta reached another EU country. Only Belgium and Ireland abstained.
📰 El Diario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Respiratory infections reach epidemic levels in Spain
▸ Acute respiratory infections reached 478.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, above Spain's epidemic threshold. That is 28.2% more than the previous week, according to the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Health centres are facing greater pressure, especially when caring for elderly and chronically ill residents.
📰 Europa Press

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 ⚠️ ⚠️ New DGT traffic rules now in force
▸ The reform of the General Traffic Regulations took effect on October 1. Drivers overtaking cyclists must reduce their speed to at least 20 km/h below the speed limit; rules for motorcyclists and scooter users also change, as do traffic-light rules. Fines apply for non-compliance.
📰 El Diario

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Brussels opens infringement procedure over electricity risk plan
▸ The European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Spain for failing to report its updated electricity risk-preparedness plan. Brussels sent a formal notice to Spain and France. The plan must cover extreme weather, cyberattacks and fuel shortages.
📰 El Confidencial

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Classes suspended in Valencia region over rain alerts
▸ Classes have been suspended for 359,896 students in 104 towns in the Valencian Community due to red and orange rain alerts. Most of the towns are in Valencia province. Some closures will last until noon on Friday, depending on the alert.
📰 Europa Press

🔟 🇪🇸 Elderly couple wins back €35,000 from bank
▸ The Madrid Provincial Court ordered ING to return €35,000 to an elderly couple scammed through a fake bank website. The court said the bank could not prove that the couple or their son had been negligent. Banks must refund phishing victims when customers were not negligent.
📰 El Diario

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain estimates 1.6 million tonnes of olive oil production
▸ Spain estimates olive oil production at 1,602,596 tonnes for 2026/2027, up 23% from the previous harvest. Total availability, with carryover stock, could reach around two million tonnes. Farm groups want to activate a market withdrawal mechanism; Minister Luis Planas urged prudence.
📰 El Confidencial

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 King and Queen to visit Ceuta and Melilla
▸ King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Ceuta on October 13 and Melilla on October 14. It will be the first royal visit since Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía visited in 2007. Pedro Sánchez will not attend.
📰 20 Minutos

💬 Respiratory infections are at epidemic levels in Spain. Will you get a flu shot? A) Yes B) No C) Got it

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Nothing happened in Spain today. Except this.

• Spain's rental contracts become indefinite, landlords face 12-month penalty
• Tourist flats hit with 10% VAT; councils can double IBI
• Government offers 100% rental deductions and...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain's rental contracts become indefinite, landlords face 12-month penalty
▸ The government's second Royal Decree-Law makes rental contracts de facto indefinite. Landlords who fail to extend a contract would have to compensate tenants with up to 12 months of rent. The text has been sent to parliamentary groups but was not published in the BOE on Wednesday, and support from Junts remains uncertain.
📰 El Diario

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Tourist flats hit with 10% VAT; councils can double IBI
▸ Holiday rentals under 30 days will be charged 10% VAT from December 1, treating them as a business activity for the first time. Town councils may also double the IBI property tax on tourist flats. The reduced VAT rate applies only when landlords do not provide hospitality services such as restaurant service or cleaning.
📰 El Diario

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Government offers 100% rental deductions and €50,000 zero-interest home loans
▸ The housing decree raises deductions to 100% for landlords who lower rents and adds a 10% IRPF deduction for certain tenants. It also launches a 'Tu Casa' mechanism with loans of up to €50,000 at 0% interest for a first home.
📰 Europa Press

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Rental prices across Spain up 43% since 2015
▸ Average rents in Spain climbed 43% between 2015 and 2024, nearly double salary growth over the same period. A flat rented for 800 euros nine years ago now costs at least 1,144 euros. Tenants now pay 5% more than a year ago, 10% more than in 2022, and 15% more than in 2021.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Euribor closes September at 3.24%, raising variable mortgage costs
▸ The Euribor averaged 3.24% in September, its highest level since July 2024. Families with an average 180,785-euro mortgage that is revised annually will pay 105 euros more per month, or 1,260 euros more per year. For a 300,000-euro mortgage, the increase reaches nearly 172 euros a month and about 2,074 euros more per year.
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6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Vulture funds banned from buying homes below 70% of value
▸ Until December 31, 2028, entities whose corporate purpose includes acquiring properties cannot buy homes for less than 70% of their market appraisal value. The restriction targets speculative bulk purchases of residential property.
📰 Europa Press

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Chinese battery makers invest 8,365 million euros in Spain
▸ Chinese electric car battery projects in Spain total 8,365 million euros and 7,490 jobs. Gotion High-Tech will pay 1,100 million euros for 49% of the Sagunto gigafactory owned by Volkswagen's PowerCo. The plant is expected to start operating in early 2027 with 1,500 initial employees.
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8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Electricity bill jumps 28% in Spain's priciest September since 2022
▸ The average user on the PVPC regulated tariff paid 104.31 euros in September, up 28% year-on-year and the highest for that month since 2022. Facua estimates the newly approved tax cut would have lowered the bill by 13.65 euros to 90.66 euros. The profile used has 4.4 kW of contracted power and monthly consumption of 366 kWh.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Gasoline stays at yearly highs ahead of 20-cent fuel discount
▸ Gasoline averaged 1.934 euros per liter on Tuesday, 11.6% more than on August 31. From October until year-end, a fuel discount applies: 20 cents per liter in October, 13 cents in November, and 6 cents in December. Diesel has stabilized near 1.93 euros per liter.
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 Madrid to host European Bizum headquarters from 2027
▸ Spanish payment platform Bizum and other European instant transfer networks have chosen Madrid as the headquarters of a new company, European Network for Payments. The alliance includes Bancomat, SIBS-MB Way, EPI, and Vipps MobilePay. The shared infrastructure aims to be operational next year.
📰 El Diario

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Italy extends border checks on Spain for another 15 days
▸ Italy is extending border checks on passengers arriving from Spain by sea or air for another 15 days, citing persistent conditions after the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta in late July. Travelers may face additional checks on routes to Italy.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pedestrians gain priority on single-platform streets from October 1
▸ From October 1, drivers must yield to pedestrians on single-platform streets even where there is no crosswalk. The change under Royal Decree 518/2026 aims to protect elderly people and people with disabilities. It also adds protections for cyclists, motorcyclists, and electric scooter users.
📰 Heraldo

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Moncloa contradicts Vivas over calls to Sánchez
▸ The government denies a claim by the president of Ceuta, Juan Jesús Vivas, that he tried to contact Sánchez's office ten times before large numbers of migrants entered Ceuta in late July. Government sources say phone records exist and warn that he is playing a very dangerous game.
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1️⃣4️⃣ 🇪🇸 AEMET warns of very heavy showers in eastern Spain
▸ AEMET has issued a warning for very heavy and persistent showers from Thursday until at least Monday across the eastern third of the peninsula. A front will cross the peninsula from west to east, followed by cold air and Mediterranean humidity.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣5️⃣ 🇪🇸 'La bola negra' breaks Spanish Tuesday box-office record
▸ The film 'La bola negra' achieved the best Tuesday box-office performance in history for a Spanish film, helped by the 'martes sénior' offer allowing people aged 65 and over to pay 2 euros. It grossed more than one million euros on Tuesday and is expected to surpass one million viewers on Wednesday.
📰 El Diario

💬 Tourist flats will charge 10% VAT from December. Will you still book one? A) Yes B) No C) Less often

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Nothing Happened in Spain Today. Except This.

• Housing decrees freeze rents and extend eviction protection until 2030
• Inflation hits 4,9% in September, highest since February 2023
• Ceuta migration crisis reaches two months w...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing decrees freeze rents and extend eviction protection until 2030
▸ Rents above the reference index are frozen until 2028; all other rents can rise only 2%. The two decrees also extend eviction protection to 2030, ban vulture funds from buying homes until 2028, add a 10% tourist VAT and regulate seasonal and room rentals. Existing contracts ending before December 31, 2028 get a two-year extension. Congress votes on Friday.
📰 Europa Press

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Inflation hits 4,9% in September, highest since February 2023
▸ Spain's CPI rose 4,9% year-on-year in September, the highest rate since February 2023. Fuel costs drove the rise after a summer of Middle East energy pressure; core inflation climbed to 3,1%, its highest since April 2024. Tourist package prices also fell less than a year earlier. Detailed product data arrives in two weeks.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta migration crisis reaches two months with thousands on streets
▸ Two months after more than 70.000 immigrants entered Ceuta on July 30, thousands remain in improvised camps and on the streets. Only two officials have resigned—government delegate Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano and his chief of staff Gonzalo Sanz. A judicial investigation is open into the events of July 30-31 after declassified documents warned of mass crossings.
📰 20 Minutos

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 ICO home loans will permanently cap resale prices
▸ Homes bought with the new ICO 'TU CASA' zero-interest credit line face a permanent resale price cap. On later sales, the price cannot exceed the acquisition price updated by the CPI, plus rehabilitation or improvement costs. TU CASA offers zero-interest, commission-free loans for 20% of the property, up to 50.000 euros.
📰 El Mundo

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Fuel discount extended to year-end, 20 cents in October
▸ The government extended fuel discounts to year-end, keeping 20 cents per litre on diesel and adding petrol from October 1. The aid tapers to 13 cents in November and 6 cents in December, with a safeguard to restore 20 cents if fuel CPI rises more than 15%. If tax cuts are fully applied, petrol would fall from 1,954 euros per litre to 1,80 euros per litre.
📰 20 Minutos

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pension formula using 304 contribution bases starts in 2027
▸ From January 1, 2027, pensions will be calculated using the 304 highest contribution bases among the 308 months before retirement, excluding the four lowest. The selected bases are divided by 354,67 to set the regulatory base. A transition period protects workers if the new formula yields a lower pension.
📰 Heraldo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pensioners can now work and keep part of their pension
▸ Since August 28, pensioners can return to work as employees or autónomos (self-employed) without giving up their pension. Employee contracts allow a working day of 33% to 80% of full time, with pension top-ups of 15% or 25% depending on hours. The pension amount is adjusted according to the hours worked.
📰 Heraldo

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Feijóo says mutuas could sign off sick-leave discharges
▸ PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said that if he comes to power, he will allow mutuas (work-injury insurers) to issue medical discharges for some sick leaves. He again claimed there is fraud in sick leave granted by public health doctors and called absenteeism a serious problem. The proposal is an opposition pledge, not adopted policy.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Felipe VI asks EU for more border help after Ceuta
▸ King Felipe VI called the mass entry of tens of thousands of people into Ceuta 'unacceptable' and urged EU member states to share responsibility for protecting the bloc's external border. He said countries under greater border pressure cannot bear alone a responsibility that belongs to everyone. He spoke at a dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron.
📰 20 Minutos

🔟 🇪🇸 Maricarmen accepts deal to return to her Madrid home
▸ Maricarmen, 87, accepted an agreement to return to the Madrid flat where she had lived since 1956, after being evicted last week. The deal gives her an eight-year rental contract with rent capped at 30% of her net income. The owner gets insurance, and the city provides legal, financial and tax advice.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain beat Croatia 4-1, extend unbeaten run to 40 matches
▸ Spain beat Croatia 4-1 in Seville in the Nations League, extending their unbeaten run to 40 consecutive matches. Lamine Yamal scored twice, with Marc Pubill and Nico Williams also on target. It was Spain's first home match as double world champions.
📰 Heraldo

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Three Spanish researchers target deadliest childhood cancers
▸ Three researchers at the University of Navarra's CIMA in Pamplona are working on the most aggressive childhood cancers, especially brain tumours and sarcomas. Paediatric solid tumours are the leading cause of death in children under 15 and remain underfunded. Their work is backed by Fundación CRIS Contra el Cáncer.
📰 El Mundo

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 DGT bans e-scooter riders under 15 from October 1
▸ From October 1, people under 15 are banned from riding e-scooters, and parents of minors who keep riding face a 100-euro fine. Helmets, reflective vests and night-visibility elements become mandatory. The DGT also introduced changes for motorbikes and bicycles.
📰 Heraldo

💬 Would you return to work part-time if you could keep part of your Spanish pension? A) Yes B) No C) Already working

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Nothing happened in Spain today. Except this.

• Housing decree bans evictions until 2028; rental supply drops 20%
• Empty second homes are always taxed through imputed income
• Household mortgage burden nears Bank of Spain's 36%...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing decree bans evictions until 2028; rental supply drops 20%
▸ The government's draft housing decree bans evictions of vulnerable people until 2028, tightens temporary rental rules and grants tax relief to landlords and tenants. Separate data from Idealista shows permanent rental supply has fallen 20% since 2023, while prices have risen 5.8% to over 1,200 euros for 80 square metres.
📰 Europa Press

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Empty second homes are always taxed through imputed income
▸ A Hacienda official says an empty second home must be declared through 'imputación de rentas inmobiliarias' even if it produces no rental income. The tax is calculated on the cadastral value at 2% or 1.1%, and a garage or storage room also counts as imputed income. A primary residence is not affected.
📰 El Confidencial

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Household mortgage burden nears Bank of Spain's 36% limit
▸ Spanish households spent slightly more than 36% of net income on mortgage payments in early 2026, the highest since September 2023. The Bank of Spain considers 35% to 40% to be the maximum for total debt. The average home mortgage hit a record 180,785 euros.
📰 20 Minutos

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Fuel, power and gas hit 2022 highs before anti-crisis decree
▸ Petrol, electricity and gas prices are at their highest since 2022. Gasoline 95 reached 1.952 euros per litre and diesel 1.942 euros on Monday, with 40% of stations selling petrol at 2 euros or more. The government is set to approve a new anti-crisis package on Tuesday before the current one expires on Wednesday.
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5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Santander, Caixabank see rates above 3% and 4% in 2027
▸ Senior bankers expect ECB rates to rise above 3% and even 4% in 2027. Santander's CEO sees rates 'maybe above 3%' before falling, while Caixabank's CEO calls 4% 'a high but reasonable band'. That would push up mortgage costs and improve savings returns.
📰 elDiario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 2027 pension rise to top 3%; average over 1,625 euros
▸ Forecasts point to a pension revaluation of around 3.2% in 2027, taking the average retirement pension above 1,625 euros a month. The move would add at least 7,400 million euros to the Social Security bill.
📰 El Mundo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 'La bola negra' scores second-best Spanish opening in 10 years
▸ The film by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi grossed close to 4.7 million euros in its first weekend, the second-best Spanish opening in ten years. It has drawn more than 610,000 spectators since Friday, ahead of Christopher Nolan's La Odisea.
📰 elDiario

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 ⚠️ ⚠️ New DGT rules start October 1: what drivers must know
▸ A reform of Spain's General Traffic Regulations takes effect on October 1, bringing new safety rules for drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and scooter users. Drivers must overtake cyclists at least 20 km/h below the maximum speed; changes also cover equipment, traffic lights and emergency corridors.
📰 elDiario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta government delegate resigns after July mass border crossing
▸ Miguel Ángel Pérez Triano resigned as government delegate in Ceuta and left political life, denouncing a campaign of harassment after the July 30-31 mass entry of immigrants. His chief of staff had already resigned, accusing him of lying about prior warnings.
📰 20 Minutos

🔟 🇪🇸 Health Ministry to push abortion pill in primary care centres
▸ Health Minister Mónica García announced that pharmacological abortion will be added to primary care services, including changes to the mifepristone technical sheet. Women could then access the method at their local health centre instead of a hospital.
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1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 CNIO identifies target that could prevent brain metastasis
▸ CNIO researchers found a previously unknown vulnerable phase in brain metastasis development, called 'pausa proliferativa'. They tested three drugs in animal models, opening a possible route to prevent metastases or relapses. The work appears in Cancer Cell.
📰 Heraldo

💬 Did you know every Spanish electricity bill has a link + QR code to a government site where you can compare what you'd pay with another provider? A) Knew it B) Didn't know C) Been overpaying for years

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Spain in 30s

• Used home prices rise 74% faster than new builds
• Euribor closes September at 3.22%, mortgage payments jump
• Ceuta expulsion decree breaches EU pact limits, sources say
• PP proposes 100% home-buying guarantees ...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Used home prices rise 74% faster than new builds
▸ Second-hand home prices in Spain rose 12.9% in the past year, while new-build prices climbed 7.4%, according to INE. Between 2021 and 2025 Spain accumulated a deficit of up to 750,000 homes as the population grew from 47.4 million to 49.8 million. The shortage of new flats keeps pressure on resale prices.
📰 20 Minutos

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Euribor closes September at 3.22%, mortgage payments jump
▸ Variable-rate mortgage holders will pay more at their next revision as the Euribor closes September at around 3.22%. An average 178,365-euro mortgage over 25 years rises by 69 euros per month, or 828 euros per year; a 300,000-euro loan jumps 115 euros monthly and about 1,380 euros yearly. The ECB raised its key rates on September 10.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta expulsion decree breaches EU pact limits, sources say
▸ A draft Real Decreto-Ley to speed up migrant expulsions in Ceuta would violate basic guarantees of the EU migration pact, legal sources say. The text would suspend asylum safeguards, breach the 'principio de no devolución' (non-refoulement), and apply retroactively to protection requests pending since July 30. It goes to the Council of Ministers on Tuesday.
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 PP proposes 100% home-buying guarantees for young people
▸ The PP wants to build one million homes in four years, eliminate 'zonas tensionadas' (stressed rental zones), and offer public guarantees of up to 100% for young buyers. It also proposes tax reductions of up to 60%, saving between 21,000 and 26,000 euros. Alberto Núñez Feijóo's plan responds to Pedro Sánchez's housing policy.
📰 Europa Press

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Government rushes housing decree as tenant union camps in Madrid
▸ The Housing Ministry is racing to finalize a decree for Tuesday's Council of Ministers, needing support from both Junts and Podemos. The tenant union's camp in Puerta del Sol continues and demands indefinite rental contracts, which negotiators say are not on the table. The eviction of an 87-year-old woman who had lived in her home for 70 years has intensified pressure.
📰 El Diario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 UN: Spain breached obligations in Maricarmen eviction
▸ UN Special Rapporteur Koldo Casla said Spain violated international human rights obligations by evicting Maricarmen, an 87-year-old woman with 50% disability, on September 23. He said Spain ignored a June precautionary measure ordering suspension. Ratified treaties form part of Spanish law, and Casla called the damage irreversible.
📰 20 Minutos

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain wins U-20 Women's World Cup on penalties
▸ Spain's U-20 women's team became world champions for the second time, beating defending champion North Korea on penalties after 120 goalless minutes. Goalkeeper Laia López of Real Madrid saved two penalties. The team, coached by David Aznar, went unbeaten through the tournament.
📰 El Mundo

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Plan Auto+ 2026 offers up to 7,500 euros for EVs
▸ The BOE has published Line 2 of the Plan Auto+ 2026, offering subsidies of up to 7,500 euros for autónomos (self-employed) and companies buying electric or electrified vehicles. Self-employed workers can apply for aid for up to three vehicles; companies for up to ten. Dealerships and points of sale are excluded.
📰 Heraldo

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Adif and Renfe hack stole 150 million data records
▸ The cyberattack on Adif and Renfe websites stole 150 million data records, including names and email addresses. Renfe says there is no evidence of access to bank, financial, payment or DNI data. The National Cryptologic Centre took part in the response after Adif recovered its domain on Saturday.
📰 El Mundo

🔟 🇪🇸 Congress revives ban on social media for under-16s
▸ Parliamentary groups resume negotiations this week on a law that would ban social media for minors under 16. The text, in Congress since April 2025, will be debated on Tuesday in the Justice Commission. PSOE and Sumar also want new offences for platforms amplifying self-harm, sexual deepfakes or hate content.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Helmets mandatory for e-scooters from October 1
▸ Starting October 1, e-scooter riders must wear a helmet and use a reflective element at night or in low visibility; the minimum age is set at 15. Non-compliance is a serious infraction with a 200-euro fine. Drivers overtaking cyclists must reduce their speed to at least 20 km/h below the limit.
📰 Heraldo

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Switching supermarkets saves up to 4,381 euros in Madrid
▸ Households can save an average of 1,310 euros per year by choosing the cheapest supermarket, according to OCU. In Madrid, the saving reaches 4,381 euros, and nearby towns such as Alcobendas show 4,270 euros. The study analyzed more than 100,000 prices across 244 products.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Police clear migrant settlement near Ceuta desalination plant
▸ More than 300 National Police officers evacuated migrants camped around Ceuta's desalination plant early Sunday, citing security risks at the strategic water facility. The migrants, who had entered on July 30 and 31, were moved to the vicinity of the Fábrica del Guano.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Hotel stays nearly 70% pricier than a decade ago
▸ The average hotel overnight price in Spain reached almost 167 euros in August, a record and nearly 70% higher than a decade earlier. Average revenue per occupied room rose from 109.3 euros in 2019 to 166.9 euros this August. Prices range from 64 euros in Extremadura to 230 euros in the Balearic Islands.
📰 20 Minutos

💬 PP proposes 100% mortgage guarantees for young buyers. Would that convince you to buy? A) Yes B) No C) Already own

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Not much happened in Spain today. Just this.

• Housing decree likely Tuesday after Maricarmen eviction
• Foreign buyers pay 35% more for Spanish housing
• Social Security: 37 years needed for full pension
• Coffee, eggs, chocola...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing decree likely Tuesday after Maricarmen eviction
▸ The government expects to approve a housing decree on Tuesday after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen sparked protests. Junts and Podemos had blocked a deal; Junts wants tax breaks for owners, while Podemos backs expropriations and price controls. Tens of thousands marched, and the Tenants' Union camps demand an eviction ban and rent extensions.
📰 Europa Press

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Foreign buyers pay 35% more for Spanish housing
▸ International buyers paid an average of 2,479 euros per square meter in 2025, about 35% more than the 1,839 euros paid by Spanish buyers. Foreign residents made up 11.6% of the residential market versus 7.2% for non-residents, and spent an average of 204,365 euros. The UK, Germany and Morocco lead non-resident demand.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Social Security: 37 years needed for full pension
▸ Starting in 2027, workers need 37 full years of contributions for 100% of the regulatory base, up from 36 years and six months. Workers with 38 years and six months or more can retire at 65; otherwise the ordinary retirement age is 67. A new formula allows workers to choose the 304 highest contribution bases within the last 308 months.
📰 El Confidencial

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Coffee, eggs, chocolate cost up to 142% more
▸ Spain's supermarket basket now costs 39.5% more than five years ago, based on OCU analysis of 101,520 prices. Ground coffee has risen 142% since 2021, size M eggs 135%, size L eggs 123% and milk chocolate 101%. Orange juice, ice cream bars and stewing beef also climbed sharply.
📰 20 Minutos

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Where to find fuel under 2 euros in Spain
▸ Petrol and diesel prices have risen for 20 and 16 consecutive days, respectively, with averages of 1.946 and 1.942 euros per litre. Catalonia has the cheapest 95-octane petrol at 1.915 euros and 72.8% of stations below 2 euros; Navarra has the cheapest diesel at 1.903 euros. Murcia, La Rioja, the Valencian Community and Aragon also have many stations below 2 euros.
📰 20 Minutos

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Bottle deposit coming to bars and restaurants
▸ Spain will introduce deposit-return systems under an EU packaging waste regulation that has been in force since August 12. Bars, restaurants and supermarkets will charge a refundable deposit of about 10 cents on bottles and cans. The EU wants a collection rate of at least 70%; Spain collected only 41.3% of single-use plastic bottles in 2023.
📰 Heraldo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain opens world title reign with Wembley win
▸ Spain beat England at Wembley in their first match since winning the World Cup. They led early, trailed at halftime and missed several clear chances, while England's Kane missed a penalty. It was a winning start to their title reign.
📰 El Mundo

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Who should decide Spain's future after grandchildren law?
▸ The "ley de nietos" (grandchildren law) has generated more than 2.4 million applications for Spanish nationality of origin. It stems from the 2022 Ley de Memoria Democrática as historical reparations. An opinion piece asks what link should be required for nationality, residence and voting rights.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 100 hours that turned Ceuta into a powder keg
▸ The first warning of a planned mass crossing at Ceuta came via a WhatsApp message from the CNI on July 29. The message alerted the Delegation to a call to storm the fence and sea at 20:00 the next day; groups behind it had around 180,000 followers. Officials dismissed it as "Sus rilas".
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 20,000 march in Madrid over Ceuta crisis
▸ Around 20,000 people joined the second "Marcha por la Dignidad" in Madrid to protest the government's handling of the Ceuta crisis and demand early elections. The march was organized by Sociedad Civil Española and attended by Vox leader Santiago Abascal and PP secretary general Miguel Tellado. Protesters chanted against Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska and President Pedro Sánchez.
📰 Europa Press

🛒 Mercadona is closed today, but not everywhere!

💬 Housing rules could change again. Are you renting or buying in Spain? A) Renting B) Buying C) Waiting

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Spain had an ordinary day. Mostly.

• Spain returns 23 Sudanese to Morocco despite war
• When Spain can strip nationality
• Spain weighs banning vulture fund evictions and purchases
• Home sales in Spain fall 5.1% in July

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain returns 23 Sudanese to Morocco despite war
▸ The Interior Ministry returned 23 Sudanese nationals from Ceuta to Morocco, despite Sudan being a war-torn country. The ministry says all 23 rejected international protection; lawyers and NGOs question that and say the procedure lacked guarantees. About 90% of Sudanese asylum seekers in Spain obtain protection.
📰 El Diario

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 When Spain can strip nationality
▸ Spanish nationality cannot be withdrawn arbitrarily; the Civil Code sets specific grounds. These include voluntary acquisition of another nationality, exclusive use of a foreign nationality, and, for naturalized Spaniards, a final criminal sentence. Those living abroad can avoid loss by declaring their wish to keep Spanish nationality within three years.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain weighs banning vulture fund evictions and purchases
▸ The Housing Ministry is negotiating with Junts to include a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenants in homes owned by investment funds and a veto on such funds buying residential property. The decree is expected to be approved by the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The measure follows a Sumar proposal on which PSOE abstained two weeks ago.
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Home sales in Spain fall 5.1% in July
▸ Home sales fell 5.1% year-on-year in July to 61,417 transactions, the sixth decline this year. Used homes, 78% of the market, fell 6.1% to 48,128 units, while new home sales dropped 1.4% to 13,289. Transactions are down 3% year to date after growing 11.5% in 2025.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Fuel aid expiry looms as gasoline and diesel prices peak
▸ Government fuel tax discounts expire on Thursday, October 1, as gasoline consolidates annual highs and diesel approaches them. Diesel now averages 1,942 euros per litre, the same price as before discounts took effect. OCU warns that removing support completely would add at least 20 cents per litre for diesel drivers.
📰 20 Minutos

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 DGT imposes new motorcycle rules from October with fines
▸ The DGT's reform of the General Traffic Regulations enters into force on October 1, 2026. Motorcycle and moped riders must wear gloves on interurban roads and closed-toe footwear on all roads, with new rules for using the hard shoulder in congestion. Violations are serious infractions carrying a 200 euro fine.
📰 El Diario

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Centenarian organist Montserrat Torrent: 'I will play until I die'
▸ Montserrat Torrent, a 100-year-old organist from Barcelona, continues to tour Spain and Europe with one of the longest artistic careers on the continent. She says music is like breathing and plans to play until she dies. She also advocates for the rights of older people, saying society is unjust to the elderly.
📰 El Diario

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 INE confirms Spanish GDP grew 0.7% in second quarter
▸ Spain's economy grew 0.7% in the second quarter, confirming the preliminary figure, with year-on-year growth of 2.6%. Private consumption rose 1.2% and productive investment advanced 1.7%, offsetting a negative contribution from the external sector. External demand subtracted 0.9 percentage points from GDP growth.
📰 El Confidencial

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pension spending hits record 14,498 million euros in September
▸ Social Security spent a record 14,498 million euros on contributory pensions in September, up 6.3% year-on-year. The average retirement pension rose 4.5% to 1,576.1 euros per month, while the average pension reached 1,374.6 euros. The general 2026 pension increase is 2.7%, in line with average CPI.
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 Comparing supermarket prices can save up to 1,310 euros
▸ The OCU says shoppers in Spain can save up to 1,310 euros a year by comparing supermarket prices. The shopping basket has risen 1.8%, and the consumer group warns many families have not recovered lost purchasing power. It is calling on the government to adopt measures and aid.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Volkswagen, Audi, Seat recall 2.8 million vehicles
▸ Volkswagen, Audi and Seat are recalling around 2.8 million vehicles worldwide over a possible steering defect caused by corrosion in a fixing screw. Affected models include the VW Tiguan, Touran, Golf Variant, Golf Sportsvan and Caddy, the Audi Q3, and the Seat Ateca and Tarraco. Owners should check whether their vehicle is part of the recall.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Barcelona raises cruise passenger tourist surcharge to 24 euros
▸ Barcelona's city council approved a progressive increase in the tourist surcharge for cruise passengers in transit from 5 to 24 euros by 2030, while freezing the surcharge for youth hostel guests at 4 euros. The PSC minority government passed the measure with support from Junts and ERC. Proposed IBI, IAE and ICIO tax changes were rejected.
📰 Heraldo

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Renfe probes cyberattack on Adif systems exposing customer data
▸ Renfe is investigating a cybersecurity incident originating from compromised Adif servers that exposed a limited volume of customer data, mainly names and email addresses. The company says no DNI numbers, payment methods or financial information were stolen. There is no evidence the material has been publicly disclosed.
📰 Europa Press

🛒 Mercadona is closed tomorrow — stock up your fridge!

💬 Fuel discounts expire October 1. How will you cope? A) Drive less B) Pay more C) Public transport

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Nothing much happened in Spain. Almost nothing.

• Eviction of 87-year-old prompts urgent housing decree
• House prices rise twice as fast as incomes since the 1980s
• Andalusia cuts property transfer tax, aiding 150,000 families

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Eviction of 87-year-old prompts urgent housing decree
▸ The eviction of Maricarmen, 87, from the home where she had lived for more than 70 years has pushed the Government to consider an urgent housing decree as early as Tuesday. Spain recorded 4,000 evictions in Q1 2026 and 24,540 in 2025, 74.6% for rent arrears. Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia and Madrid account for most cases.
📰 El Mundo

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 House prices rise twice as fast as incomes since the 1980s
▸ Bank of Spain data show real house prices have multiplied by 3.5 since 1980, while real household disposable income has multiplied by 1.8. Deputy Governor Soledad Núñez warned of a 750,000-home supply deficit from 2021 to 2025. Prices have accelerated to levels comparable to 2005 due to a lack of supply.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Andalusia cuts property transfer tax, aiding 150,000 families
▸ Andalusia will cut the general property transfer tax (ITP) on second-hand homes from 7% to 6.75% and raise the maximum price for the 6% reduced rate from €150,000 to €200,000. The PP-Vox pact measure will benefit about 146,500 families.
📰 20 Minutos

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Fuel prices hit new yearly high near €2 per liter
▸ Petrol averages €1.928 per liter and diesel €1.918 after 11 consecutive weekly rises. Petrol is up 30% since late June; filling a 55-liter tank costs about €106, €25 more than a year ago. Prices remain below July 2022 records of €2.141 for petrol and €2.1 for diesel.
📰 20 Minutos

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pension reform final phase: 38.5 years to retire at 65
▸ From January 1, 2027, workers must have contributed 38 years and six months to retire at 65 with a full pension. Those with fewer contributions must wait until 67. The 2011 pension reform's transitional period ends on January 1, 2027.
📰 Heraldo

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Government seeks legal ways to shorten asylum deadlines
▸ The Government has commissioned jurists to find legal formulas to shorten asylum processing and speed up returns after the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta on July 30. Minister Ángel Víctor Torres said mechanisms are being studied to reduce the three-month period under the EU Migration Pact. Reforms would apply to future emergencies, not the current Ceuta situation.
📰 20 Minutos

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Renault to invest €600 million in Spain through 2030
▸ Renault will invest €600 million in Spain from 2026 to 2030 to produce five new models in Valladolid and Palencia, including its first 100% electric vehicles made in Spain. The project, backed by the Spanish Government and Castilla y León, includes a battery assembly line in Valladolid.
📰 El Diario

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Videos confirm soldiers beating migrants in Ceuta
▸ elDiario verified videos showing uniformed soldiers beating migrants in Ceuta during the recent mass entry. The Government expressed 'total consternation and condemnation' and opened an investigation. Two dozen migrants had previously reported beatings and humiliation.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Feijóo proposes 0% VAT on basic foods and child tax relief
▸ PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has proposed cutting VAT on basic foods to 0%, doubling child tax deductions until year-end, and lowering energy VAT from 21% to 10%. The PP will seek approval in Congress and the Senate, where it holds an absolute majority.
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 EU court allows refunds for abusive clauses after three years
▸ The EU Court of Justice ruled that a national three-year deadline cannot block refunds collected under abusive contract clauses. The case involved a German heating contract, but the ruling could affect similar claims in Spain, including mortgage clauses. The Spanish Supreme Court separately annulled CaixaBank multi-currency mortgages for lack of transparency.
📰 El Confidencial

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Covid cases double in a week among babies and elderly
▸ Covid incidence doubled in a week among babies under 1, from 123.6 to 225.5 per 100,000, and among people over 80, from 18.1 to 30.9. Overall respiratory infections rose from 270 to 370 per 100,000. RSV doubled among children under 5.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Surgeon sues Madrid health minister over waiting list claims
▸ Surgeon Luis Martos filed a lawsuit against Madrid health minister Fátima Matute after reporting that Ramón y Cajal Hospital downgraded 57 patients' priority to improve waiting lists. Matute had accused him of manipulating lists to 'work less'. Dozens gathered outside the hospital in support.
📰 El Diario

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Electoral board tightens voting registration rules abroad
▸ The Central Electoral Board approved stricter requirements for voters abroad to justify the municipality and constituency where they vote. The rule affects those naturalized under the 'ley de nietos'. If no municipality is given, the Consular Office will determine it.
📰 20 Minutos

1️⃣4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Benjamín Noval wins junior road race at Montreal Worlds
▸ Spanish cyclist Benjamín Noval won the junior road race at the Montreal World Championships, breaking away with 45 km to go and winning solo. The victory completes a double after his time trial title.
📰 El Mundo

💬 Spain sees 45 evictions a day. What's your housing status? A) Renting B) Own C) Looking

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Slow news day in Spain. Almost.

• PP pushes reform allowing hot returns by sea
• Housing decree accelerated after Maricarmen eviction protests
• OECD raises Spain growth forecast to 2.6%
• Urban land prices hit 15-year high

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 PP pushes reform allowing hot returns by sea
▸ The PP will force a Senate vote on reforming the Ley de Extranjería to permit "hot returns" of migrants arriving by sea. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that current law does not authorize returns for people who swim to Ceuta or Melilla. The change would remove the "elementos de contención" requirement and could shift border enforcement.
📰 El Mundo

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing decree accelerated after Maricarmen eviction protests
▸ The government is rushing to approve a stalled housing decree after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen sparked outrage. Pedro Sánchez urged parliamentary groups to pass the measure, which has been blocked since early July. Nearly 10,000 people protested in Madrid's Chamberí neighborhood, calling for Isabel Díaz Ayuso's resignation and for the attic to be returned to Maricarmen.
📰 El Diario

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 OECD raises Spain growth forecast to 2.6%
▸ The OECD lifted Spain's 2026 GDP growth forecast to 2.6%, up 0.4 points, making it the fastest-growing advanced economy. But it worsened the inflation outlook to 3.7% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027, citing energy prices and El Niño-driven food prices. Growth should outpace the US (2.2%) and more than double the eurozone (1%).
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Urban land prices hit 15-year high
▸ Urban land prices rose 15.3% year-on-year in the second quarter to €207.8 per m2, the highest since 2011. The quarterly increase was 10.6%, and all regions rose except Castilla y León. Navarra (133.5%) and País Vasco (59.7%) saw the sharpest jumps, signaling higher future housing costs.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Congress backs early retirement without penalties after 40 years
▸ The Congress approved debating a Podemos bill to remove pension penalties for early retirement with 40 or more years of contributions. PSOE backed the measure in a 178-136-33 vote; the PP abstained and Vox opposed. Those already retired could request recalculation, but the bill may stall before the legislature ends.
📰 El Diario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain to approve new Iran war support package
▸ Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo confirmed the government will approve a new support package linked to the war in Iran next Tuesday. Existing measures expire on October 1 and have already cost more than €10 billion since March. The state absorbed half of the increase in diesel and gasoline prices, cutting inflation by up to one percentage point.
📰 20 Minutos

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Eight Spanish players complete World Cup, Euro, Nations League treble
▸ Eight Spanish players have now won the World Cup, Euro and Nations League under coach Luis de la Fuente. Spain claimed the 2026 World Cup on July 19 with Ferran's goal in New Jersey and resumes its campaign at Wembley aiming for a fourth Nations League final. De la Fuente has used 80 players since March 2023.
📰 Marca

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Payroll deductions to rise in 2027 as MEI hits 1%
▸ The BOE confirms the intergenerational equity mechanism (MEI) will rise from 0.90% to 1% of the contribution base on January 1, 2027. Employers will pay 0.83% and workers 0.17%, up from 0.75% and 0.15% in 2026. Take-home pay will dip slightly.
📰 El Confidencial

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Europol dismantles migrant trafficking network in 17 countries
▸ Spanish National Police and Europol dismantled a transnational network involved in migrant trafficking, document forgery and money laundering. Six people were arrested in Spain, Austria, Italy and the UK. Security forces from 17 countries coordinated the operation.
📰 Europa Press

🔟 🇪🇸 Spain to allow driving at 17 under EU directive
▸ The DGT confirmed that 17-year-olds will be able to take driving tests and obtain a B license under EU Directive 2025/2205. Drivers must be accompanied by a supervisor in the passenger seat until they turn 18. Spain plans to apply the measure by November 26, 2028.
📰 El Confidencial

1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Madrid doctors report organ transplants without rejection
▸ Hospital La Paz in Madrid reports two patients whose transplanted organs have been working for over five years without rejection and with minimal immunosuppression. The technique combines organ transplant with bone-marrow hematopoietic cells from the same donor, inducing transient mixed chimerism. Spain's transplant authority says the finding could have enormous implications for waiting lists.
📰 El Diario

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Renfe tickets and passes to work on iPhone next year
▸ Renfe will make transport passes and tickets available on the iPhone starting next year, after having already supported Android. The change allows users to use digital passes without physical cards and opens the door for other operators and transport consortia to use iOS.
📰 El Diario

💬 Housing is in the spotlight after Madrid's eviction protests. Are you renting? A) Yes B) No C) Looking

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Quiet day in Spain. Then this.

• Room rentals surge as housing crisis deepens
• Regulated gas bill could jump over 50% in October
• Spain studies shortening migrant expulsion deadlines
• Glovo founder to stand trial over false a...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Room rentals surge as housing crisis deepens
▸ Renting a room in a shared flat has become the only housing option for many in Spain. 3.2% of Spaniards rented or sought a room in the first half of 2026, up from 2.8% in 2025. Madrid province holds 26.35% of national room supply, up from 19.26%; Madrid city alone lists 22.59%. Barcelona and Valencia account for 16% and 10.9%.
📰 El Mundo

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Regulated gas bill could jump over 50% in October
▸ OCU estimates the regulated gas tariff (TUR) will rise about 69% in October. A household using 9,000 kWh annually would pay around €910, up from about €600, adding €310 a year. The TUR.2 rate would climb from 4.12 to 6.95 cents per kWh.
📰 20 Minutos

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain studies shortening migrant expulsion deadlines
▸ The government is working to shorten administrative and judicial deadlines for expelling migrants who do not qualify for asylum; current limits are 12 weeks. Interior Minister Marlaska will ask the EU next week to relax rules in exceptional situations like Tarajal. Ángel Víctor Torres is negotiating with Ceuta's president, Vivas, to house 3,500 people.
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Glovo founder to stand trial over false autónomo riders
▸ A Barcelona judge sent Glovo founder Oscar Pierre to trial for keeping delivery riders as false autónomos (self-employed). The judge rejected his request to archive the case and accepted the request from the Fiscalía and the CGT union. Pierre is accused of undermining workers' rights and cutting costs by not guaranteeing a professional salary.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pibank raises savings rates to 3.03% deposit
▸ Pibank will raise its 12-month deposit to 3.03% TAE from September 29, with no minimum or maximum amount, quarterly interest, and partial or total cancellation. The remunerated account will rise to 2.02% TAE from 1.76%, and the payroll account to 2.50% TIN (2.52% TAE) for balances over €5,000 from October 1.
📰 El Confidencial

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Congress to debate early retirement with 40 years contributed
▸ PSOE and Sumar voted to admit Podemos' bill allowing early retirement without pension penalties for people with at least 40 years of contributions. Months ago, PSOE voted against a similar reform. The proposal now moves to the Congress plenary.
📰 Heraldo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain's national team celebrates World Cup triumph
▸ Spain's national football team held its first open training session at Las Rozas as both European and world champion, drawing huge crowds. Coach De la Fuente called up 26 players, and Lamine Yamal's number 19 shirt was the most popular among fans.
📰 Marca

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spanish doctors create transplants without rejection
▸ Doctors at Hospital Universitario de La Paz have developed a technique that prevents transplant rejection without lifelong immunosuppressive medication. It uses an immune passport from the donor's bone marrow. The ONT says if it passes the safety phase, it could free up 20-50% of retransplant waiting lists.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain hits record exports but trade deficit widens
▸ Spain's exports reached a record €35,554 million in July, up 3% year-on-year, but imports rose 6% to €40,678 million. The deficit was €5,224 million, and the accumulated deficit through July hit €38,005 million, the highest since 2022. Energy exports surged 61% to €3,319 million.
📰 20 Minutos

🔟 🇪🇸 Constitutional Court backs amnesty for Puigdemont embezzlement
▸ The Constitutional Court's progressive majority will draft a ruling to amnesty embezzlement charges against Carles Puigdemont and other procés leaders, potentially allowing Puigdemont to return without arrest. The plenary rejected conservative magistrate José María Macías's opposing draft ruling. The next plenary is October 6.
📰 El Diario

💬 Gas bills could jump over 50% in October. What's your plan? A) Switch tariff B) Use less C) Just pay

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[Spain Daily @spanified]

🇪🇸 Spain today. Briefly.

• Spain faces the biggest pension replacement rate drop in Europe
• Energy costs add €148 a month for self-employed workers
• Ceuta raises migrant triage numbers as Spain and Morocco plan talks
• Spain to r...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain faces the biggest pension replacement rate drop in Europe
▸ Spain faces the largest drop in the pension replacement rate among major European economies by 2050, according to a Fedea study. Aging and baby-boomer retirements will add 2.5 points of GDP to the pension deficit between 2022 and 2050. Workers paying into Spanish Social Security will see public pensions replace a smaller share of their final salary.
📰 El Mundo

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Energy costs add €148 a month for self-employed workers
▸ Self-employed workers (autónomos) face an extra €148 per month because of higher electricity and fuel prices, according to UPTA. Transport, agriculture and livestock are the most exposed sectors as energy prices climb amid the Iran war. The added cost hits monthly budgets directly.
📰 Heraldo

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta raises migrant triage numbers as Spain and Morocco plan talks
▸ Ceuta is now processing more than 105 triage assessments for adult migrants per day, with an estimated 3,000 to 3,500 people still on the streets. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will meet his Moroccan counterpart in New York this week, and Morocco says it will take "necessary measures" to prevent another mass entry.
📰 Europa Press

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain to reform medical waiting list registry to end 'makeup'
▸ The Health Ministry is preparing a Royal Decree to overhaul waiting list registration and avoid "makeup". Patients would enter lists from the moment of medical indication, with data broken down by clinical priority. The rule would ban parallel lists, add primary care waiting times and strengthen information rights. Congress must validate it within 30 days.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Verifactu invoicing rules: Word and Excel still allowed
▸ Verifactu takes effect January 1, 2027 for companies and July 1, 2027 for self-employed workers (autónomos), under Royal Decree-Law 15/2025. Basic Word or Excel invoicing can continue, says tax advisor José Ramón López. Automated spreadsheets, macros or data-reuse tools must comply with technical requirements. The Tax Agency will target those who have not adapted by the deadlines.
📰 El Confidencial

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 District real estate fair opens in Madrid amid crisis
▸ The District, the largest real estate fair, opens on Tuesday in Madrid with backing from Madrid's president Isabel Díaz-Ayuso. About 20,000 professionals and investors are expected, with an estimated economic impact of €40 million. Tenant groups plan an alternative summit, "El Barrio", from Thursday to Sunday. Madrid does not apply the housing law or rent caps.
📰 El Diario

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Foreign investment in Spain jumps 31% to €12,446 million
▸ Foreign investment reached €12,446 million in the first half of 2026, up 31.2% from a year earlier. The US was the main investor, accounting for 23% of the total, with gross investment up 84%. Greenfield project investment grew more than 52%. Rising investment signals confidence and can create jobs.
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8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Brussels questions Spain's deficit safeguard clause request
▸ The European Fiscal Board doubts Spain's use of the national escape clause to avoid an excessive deficit procedure. It says defense spending has been "very limited" and questions the flexibility. Spain is in the very high debt group, above 90% of GDP; debt hit 100.7% in 2025, with 99.6% forecast for 2026. The deficit was 2.4% in 2025.
📰 El Diario

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Government challenges Supreme Court ruling on grandchildren voting rights
▸ The State Legal Service has appealed the Supreme Court's precautionary ruling limiting voting rights for descendants of Franco-era exiles. It argues the decision exceeds the limits of the precautionary measure and rules on a 2022 instruction that was not challenged in the process. People who gained nationality under the grandchildren law could see voting rights affected.
📰 El Diario

🔟 🇪🇸 Flu cases double in Spain as COVID spikes in babies
▸ Flu positivity in primary care has doubled to 8.2%, from 4% a year ago, though still below epidemic thresholds. COVID incidence among babies under one year jumped from 47.4 to 125.8 cases per 100,000 in two weeks. The increase is mostly due to flu A H3N2 subclade K, according to the ISCIII respiratory report.
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1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Justice administration staff move to 35-hour week
▸ Administration of Justice staff and court clerks move to a 35-hour working week on September 22, with an annual total of 1,512 hours. Hours between 17:00 and 22:00 count double; nights, weekends and holidays count as 2.5 times. The rule includes summer intensive hours and flexible entry and exit times.
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1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spanish doctors achieve organ transplants without rejection
▸ A team at La Paz hospital has developed an experimental technique that lets recipients' immune systems accept transplanted organs as their own. Yassine, 21, and Nora, 55, are healthy six years after receiving organs through this method. The ONT says the formula could eliminate lifelong immunosuppression.
📰 El Diario

💬 Self-employed workers in Spain face €148 more a month in energy costs. What's your move? A) Raise prices B) Cut costs C) Absorb it

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🇪🇸 What happened in Spain while you were busy

• Euribor hits 3% as Spain's inflation gap widens
• Autónomos face 2027 quota uncertainty as reform stalls
• Ceuta asylum wait times grow as Melilla reinforces border
• Rents cost €379 ...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Euribor hits 3% as Spain's inflation gap widens
▸ The Euribor hit 3% in daily quotes for September, up from 2.954% in August and 2.114% a year ago, pushing variable mortgage payments higher. Spain's inflation rose to 4.6% in August compared with 3.2% in the eurozone, the widest gap since August 2022, as the Iran conflict drives up energy prices.
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2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Autónomos face 2027 quota uncertainty as reform stalls
▸ Autónomos (self-employed workers) still do not know their 2027 Social Security contributions because the reform remains stalled. Pending changes include cese de actividad and corrections to paternity, maternity and medical leave penalties; unions and associations are urging the Ministry of Social Security to resume negotiations.
📰 El Diario

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta asylum wait times grow as Melilla reinforces border
▸ Sub-Saharan asylum seekers in Ceuta wait over three months to formalize their requests, with one person who arrived in late July given a Nov. 2 appointment. The government has also sent Guardia Civil reinforcements to Melilla after calls on social media for new mass entry attempts on Sept. 20 and 23.
📰 El Mundo

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Rents cost €379 more than mortgages, no bubble seen
▸ Renting a home in Spain costs an average of €1,204 per month, compared with €825 for a mortgage, a gap of €379 that makes saving harder. Economist Jordi Llatzer says there is no housing bubble and prices will not fall as they did in 2009–2015, with new households far outpacing housing construction.
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5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Sánchez slams Supreme Court over 'ley de nietos' block
▸ Pedro Sánchez described the Supreme Court's suspension of voting rights for 400,000 Spaniards abroad under the 'ley de nietos' as 'very serious' and said he would not forgive PP and Vox. PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo proposed an 'orderly' migration policy and a review of how nationality is granted, maintained and lost.
📰 Europa Press

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ex-partner cannot evict you from rental home
▸ Under Spain's Urban Leases Law, a separated partner cannot unilaterally evict the other from a rental home. If minor children are involved, a judge awards the home based on custody or economic need, and the partner not named on the lease can take over the lease by notifying the owner within two months.
📰 Heraldo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Madrid teen wins tech olympics with anti-bullying game
▸ Darius Atanasiu, 15, from Pinto (Madrid), won the national phase of the International Technology Olympics using an anti-bullying video game called 'Máscara'. He will represent Spain in the international final on Sept. 22 and 23, having competed against more than 5,000 young people from nine countries.
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💬 Variable mortgage payments are rising with the Euribor. Are you on: A) Fixed B) Variable C) No mortgage 👇

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🇪🇸 The Spain update you actually need

• Transparency body demands nationality figures under memory laws
• Housing crisis pushes homeless to sleep in Ibiza cemeteries
• Surgery waiting lists hit 121 days on average in Spain

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Transparency body demands nationality figures under memory laws
▸ The Council of Transparency and Good Governance has ordered the Foreign Ministry to report how many people obtained Spanish nationality under the 2007 Historical Memory Law and the 2022 Democratic Memory Law. The 2022 law includes the 'ley de nietos' (grandchildren's law) route for descendants of Spaniards. The ruling could clarify how many people have used these nationality pathways.
📰 Europa Press

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Housing crisis pushes homeless to sleep in Ibiza cemeteries
▸ Homeless people in Ibiza, some with jobs, are sleeping among niches and tombstones in local cemeteries. The Sant Josep council closed the cemeteries and a sports center to stop the practice after complaints from families and neighbors. Foreigners pay almost double what local residents pay for housing in the Balearic Islands.
📰 El Diario

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Surgery waiting lists hit 121 days on average in Spain
▸ Patients in Spain waited an average of 121 days for surgery at the end of 2025, with more than 850,000 people awaiting an operation. Manuel, 79, has been waiting over a year and a half for knee surgery due to osteoarthritis and fears ending up in a wheelchair.
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain extends border controls for passengers from Italy until Oct 7
▸ Spain's Official State Gazette (BOE) published an Interior Ministry order extending controls at ports and airports for passengers arriving from Italy from September 23 to October 7. Italy initially imposed controls on travelers from Spain after the Ceuta migration crisis, when more than 80,000 people crossed the border; Spain responded with similar checks. The controls will be lifted automatically on October 7 unless a new reasoned order is issued.
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5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta migration standoff escalates as court admits appeal
▸ The Spanish government has activated more than 6,000 reception places in Ceuta, but thousands of migrants remain without shelter. Ceuta's president, Juan Jesús Vivas, blocks transfers of minors to the mainland, drawing direct accusations from Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez after 50 days of clashes. Separately, the Audiencia Nacional admitted a police union appeal against a migrant reception facility at Ceuta's port.
📰 El Diario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain approves first labor protocol against radon gas
▸ The government has approved its first occupational health protocol for workers exposed to radon, a colorless, odorless, carcinogenic gas. It covers workers receiving doses above 6 millisieverts and applies to priority zones in more than 1,600 municipalities. In Galicia, where 91% of municipalities are priority zones, radon is linked to about 300 lung cancer deaths per year.
📰 El Confidencial

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Europe's largest pumped-storage plant stores 20 hours of electricity
▸ Iberdrola's La Muela pumped-storage hydro plant in Valencia can store up to 20 hours of electricity and produce up to 1,800 MW. It can reduce gas consumption by 12% on a sunny working day in September and supplies nearly 600,000 homes annually.
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8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Aragon economists concerned but not alarmed by inflation
▸ August inflation reached 4.3% in Spain and 3.9% in Aragon, driven by rising fuel prices. Economists and businesses in Aragon say they are concerned but not alarmed. Farmers are planning street protests over diesel costs.
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9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Heat and pollution already affect housing prices in Spain
▸ A Bank of Spain report found that in Madrid, a 10% increase in NO2 emissions reduces housing prices by 0.65%, about 1,327 euros. A Complutense University study found a 0.08% price drop for each additional day above 35 degrees compared with the previous year. Buyers prefer areas less affected by pollution and extreme heat.
📰 El Diario

🛒 Mercadona is closed today, but not everywhere!

💬 Who's applied for Spanish nationality through the 'ley de nietos' and how long did it take? 💬

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🇪🇸 Here's Spain today, in under a minute

• Spain builds half the homes its new households need
• Marbella approves new urban plan, expands buildable land
• Agricultural diesel surge pushes Spanish farm costs to record
• INE revises...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain builds half the homes its new households need
▸ Spain creates between 220,000 and 230,000 new households every year but builds just over 100,000 homes, economist Jordi Llatzer says. The mismatch keeps housing supply short and prices under pressure, driven by population growth, young people leaving home, and family separations. Construction also faces skilled labor shortages, higher material costs, and stricter technical requirements.
📰 El Confidencial

2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Marbella approves new urban plan, expands buildable land
▸ Marbella approved its first general urban plan under Andalusia's territorial law, increasing urban land by 13 million square meters. PP, Vox, and Opción Sanpedreña voted in favor; PSOE abstained. The plan allows hotel development on common rural land and replaces the 1986 PGOU, which was reinstated after a Supreme Court ruling 11 years ago.
📰 El Diario

3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Agricultural diesel surge pushes Spanish farm costs to record
▸ Agricultural diesel now averages €1.405 per liter; a 300-liter tractor tank costs €421.50 to fill. Farmers call the surge devastating and demand that subsidies expiring on September 30 be maintained. The Iran conflict is inflating energy prices, likely pushing food costs higher.
📰 El Diario

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 INE revises GDP: 2024 stronger, 2025 growth cut to 2.6%
▸ Spain's INE revised annual GDP figures, raising 2024 growth to 3.7% and lowering 2025 growth to 2.6%. The 2023 growth estimate was trimmed to 2.4%. The revision covers years marked by inflation, EU funds, defense investment, and the US trade conflict.
📰 El Diario

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pensions to rise over 3% in 2027 as inflation accelerates
▸ Spain's contributory pensions are on track for a revaluation above 3% in 2027, up from 2.7% in 2026. August CPI hit 4.3%, the first reading above 4% in three years, and BBVA Research's chief economist expects September inflation to reach 4.8%. Higher energy prices are driving the increase.
📰 Heraldo

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Ceuta migrant crisis deepens as abuse probe opens
▸ Spain's attempt to clear Ceuta's beaches failed as migrants remained, and experts now estimate up to 20,000 irregular migrants in the enclave. Separately, the prosecutor for minors opened an investigation into alleged physical and psychological abuse at a center for migrant girls, including reports of violence and restricted healthcare access.
📰 El Mundo

7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain leads the world in life expectancy after adding 40 years
▸ Spain's life expectancy has risen by more than 40 years over the last century, making Mediterranean Europe a global longevity leader. The gains were interrupted only by the 1918 flu, the Spanish Civil War and post-war period, and COVID-19. Europe has the highest life expectancy, while Africa and parts of Asia rank lowest.
📰 El Diario

8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Private-label brands now over half of Spain's shopping basket
▸ Private-label products now represent 53.8% of purchase volume in Spain, the fastest growth in Europe. Consumers save an estimated €2,400 per year as 69.2% fill half or more of their baskets with store brands. Aldi cut private-label prices by 2% while the market average rose 1.9%.
📰 El Confidencial

9️⃣ 🇪🇸 EU rule brings bottle deposit charges to Spanish bars
▸ A new EU packaging regulation brings deposit, return, and refund systems to Spanish bars, restaurants, and supermarkets. Consumers will pay a refundable deposit of about 10 cents per bottle or can. The EU requires collection of at least 70% of these containers; Spain collected only 41.3% of single-use plastic bottles in 2023.
📰 Heraldo

🔟 🇪🇸 Mercosur-EU deal makes meat cheaper for Europeans
▸ Three months after the Mercosur-EU trade agreement took effect, meat is expected to become cheaper for European consumers. The pact eliminated 91% of tariffs on European exports and 92% on Mercosur exports on some products. Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay are among the world's top ten meat exporters.
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1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Foreign tourist spending in Spain jumps 9% on geopolitics, eclipse
▸ Foreign tourist card spending in Spain rose 8.8% between May and August, boosted by geopolitical tensions and the August eclipse, according to BBVA Research. International tourists accounted for 85% of total tourism spending in those months, and total tourist spending increased 5.7% year-on-year in the second quarter.
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1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Sánchez announces new university requirements: more in-person classes, 50% doctors
▸ Pedro Sánchez announced that the government is preparing a royal decree requiring each university degree program to have 50% of professors with a doctorate. The rule tightens the current university-wide 50% requirement and will also require in-person classes where necessary.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 New wildcat species discovered in Bolivia after 100 years
▸ Scientists identified a new wild feline species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas cloud forests. DNA analysis of museum specimens and live samples showed a group once considered one species is actually at least five species. The tilcayo cat measures about 46 cm and weighs about 1.4 kg, smaller than an average domestic cat.
📰 El Diario

🛒 Mercadona is closed tomorrow — stock up your fridge!

💬 What's hurting your budget more in Spain right now: rent or food prices? 👇

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🇪🇸 What mattered in Spain today

• Spanish housing prices hit record, 12% above bubble peak
• Spain urges EU fast-track returns after Ceuta crisis
• Court backs landlords' tax deduction for mortgage life insurance
• Building permits...

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1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spanish housing prices hit record, 12% above bubble peak
▸ The average price per square meter in Spain reached €2,355 in Q2 2026, 12.1% above the 2008 bubble peak of €2,101. An 80-square-meter home now costs about €188,000 on average. Madrid remains the most expensive region at €4,090 per square meter, followed by Baleares (€3,981) and País Vasco (€3,102). Eleven autonomous communities set new price records.
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2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain urges EU fast-track returns after Ceuta crisis
▸ Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska asked the EU to speed up returns after 80,000 people entered Ceuta on July 30; more than 10,000 remain. The European Parliament linked Spain's extraordinary regularization to a "pull effect" and warned Morocco over sovereignty. PP and Vox demand that irregular entrants be returned.
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3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Court backs landlords' tax deduction for mortgage life insurance
▸ A court ruling recognizes that landlords can deduct life insurance premiums required by banks for mortgages on rental properties. Hacienda had repeatedly denied the deduction in previous checks. The ruling relies on Article 23 of the IRPF Law and Article 13 of its Regulation. Foreign residents who rent out Spanish property may claim this deduction.
📰 El Confidencial

4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Building permits rise but construction stalls in Spain
▸ Approved surface area for new builds and major rehabilitation rose 18% in the first half of 2026 to 20.99 million square meters, the best since 2019. But many projects are slowing or halting because of higher material prices and a shortage of construction workers. The housing supply shortage is causing the worst affordability crisis in decades.
📰 El Mundo

5️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain's public debt falls below 100% of GDP
▸ Spain's public debt closed July at 99.9% of GDP, the lowest ratio since February 2020 and the first time below 100% since before the pandemic. Nominal debt still reached a record €1.744 trillion, up 3.8% year-on-year. During the pandemic, the ratio exceeded 120% of GDP.
📰 El Diario

6️⃣ 🇪🇸 Average Spanish salary rises 4.2% but inflation erodes gains
▸ The average gross salary in Spain rose 4.2% year-on-year in Q2 2026 to €2,464 per month. Hourly wage costs rose 4.4% to €19.41. August inflation of 4.3% erased much of the purchasing power gain, with the largest salary increases in education (9.6%) and public administration (8.4%).
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7️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pensioners abroad face September 30 proof-of-life deadline
▸ Spanish pensioners living abroad must complete the "fe de vida" (proof of life) procedure by September 30, 2026, or their pension will be suspended. The right is not permanently lost, but payments stop until the procedure is done. The VIVESS app allows facial biometric recognition from abroad; consular offices are also an option.
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8️⃣ 🇪🇸 Santander opens talks on technology unit layoffs
▸ Banco Santander has begun negotiations with unions for a restructuring process (ERE) in its technology subsidiaries SDS, SGTO and Gravity, which employ around 13,000 people worldwide. No negotiating table has been set up yet, and the number of job cuts is unknown. It would be Santander's first ERE since the pandemic.
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9️⃣ 🇪🇸 Pre-2024 interns can buy five years of pension contributions
▸ People who completed unpaid internships before 2024 can recover up to five years of social security contributions through a special agreement. Applications must be formalized before December 31, 2028. Eligible periods include university, vocational, artistic, sports and research training.
📰 El Confidencial

🔟 🇪🇸 Spain creates capacity market auctions to prevent blackouts
▸ The government approved a capacity market system that will auction electricity to guarantee supply during periods of high demand. The mechanism favors combined cycles and nuclear, and penalizes wind and solar. The European Commission estimates the cost at €9 billion, passed on to consumers through electricity bills.
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1️⃣1️⃣ 🇪🇸 Sumar proposes wealth tax on fortunes over 50 million euros
▸ Sumar presented a proposal in Congress for a new tax on fortunes above €50 million, affecting about 1,500 taxpayers and aiming to raise €4.5 billion for child benefits. Approval is unlikely. The average payment would be about €3 million per taxpayer.
📰 El Confidencial

1️⃣2️⃣ 🇪🇸 Moeve breaks ground on 300 MW green hydrogen plant
▸ Moeve broke ground on its 300 MW renewable hydrogen plant in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, the first phase of the Valle Andaluz del Hidrógeno Verde. It aims to produce up to 300,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year and create more than 8,000 direct and indirect jobs. Operations are expected to start in 2029.
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1️⃣3️⃣ 🇪🇸 Crime in Spain rises 0.5% on sexual, drug offenses
▸ Crime in Spain increased 0.5% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier. Sexual offenses rose 4%, aggravated sexual assaults rose 3.5%, and drug trafficking rose 8.3%. Serious and minor injuries and brawls increased 10%.
📰 Europa Press

1️⃣4️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain accounts for 44% of EU burned area in 2026
▸ Spain has recorded 296,815 hectares burned this year, 44.4% of the EU total, and 3.4 times the annual average since 2006. The country registered 446 forest fires in 2026. The Los Gallardos fire in Almería, one of the deadliest in Spain's history, killed 15 people.
📰 20 Minutos

💬 Spanish home prices just hit 12% above the 2008 bubble peak — would you still buy now or wait it out? 🤔

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