Spain
Malaga: First driverless electric bus in Europe
Since February, Málaga has made a new and valuable addition to its public transport fleet-a self-driving electric and regular-sized bus, which is the first of its kind in Europe. Copenhagen and Hamburg are indeed experimenting with driverless buses, but these are 8-seater minibuses and they operate in a smaller area. The vehicle in […]
Read MoreEU: Spain and Greece on top of unemployment list
The latest unemployment report released by Eurostat, calculates that by October 2020, about 8.4% of the workforce in the Eurozone is unemployed, while about 7.6% of the workforce in the entire EU is unemployed. The reported unemployment rate is the highest in Greece (16.8% at the end of August) and Spain (16.2%). According […]
Read MoreSpain will reopen for tourism after vaccinating 40% of population
The Spanish Minister of Tourism said that the government plans to reopen the country’s tourism sector after 30% to 40% of the Spanish population is vaccinated against the coronavirus. Speaking to the local broadcaster Canal Sur, Maria Reyes Maroto said that the government hopes this will happen before spring, and she is “optimistic” […]
Read MoreSpain: Birth rate drops sharply in 9 months of 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is causing the birth rate in Spain to drop sharply. Between the beginning of December and the end of January, the number of births dropped by 22.6% from the same period last year. Civil records show that in the last month of 2020 and the first month of 2021, 45,054 […]
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