News: IBI, gas, electricity and the minimum wage go up on New Year's Day
THE NEW Year has started off with increases in fuel, property tax and motorway tolls – and of the minimum wage. Mains gas will go up by 6.2% on average - 4.9% for those who use it for hot water and cooking only and 6.6% for those who use it for heating – due to price rises in raw material in...
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News:'Storm Bruno' replaces 'Storm Ana': Rain, wind, cold and snow across Spain.
NOW Storm Ana has blown over, Spain is about to be hit by Storm Bruno with torrential rain, wind and snow in the centre, south and north of the country and in mountainous areas. Spain's second 'storm with a name' is currently lingering off the coast of Galicia and Cantabria, having arrived...
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News: A youtuber acrobat records his own death in a Chinese skyscraper.
Wu Yongning was only 26 years old and had a legion of a million followers in Chinese social networks. He was a youtuber acrobat who shared his temerities on big buildings in China on the net. He did it without a harness or any protection and finally a slip saved his life last month. The...
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News: 754 million people will speak Spanish in 2050
A total of 572 million people in the world speak Spanish, for the Second Mother Tongue number of users after Mandarin Chinese (950 million), according to the Yearbook "Spanish in the world 2017", of the Cervantes Institute. L'those 572 million, 477 native speakers, five million more than a...
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News: Michelin Guide Belgium and Luxembourg 2018
The new Michelin Guide Luxembourg and Luxembourg 2018 has been presented, this year there are no new three Michelin stars, three restaurants get their second star and 14 receive their first Michelin star. The results are especially poor for Luxembourg, where only one restaurant has managed to...
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