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Tourist Flat Opposition

The Spanish Tribunal Supremo has confirmed that block community associations can, with a three-fifths majority, prevent a flat from being turned into tourist accommodation .

Spoofing

One of our readers received the following email, which appears to be somebody attempting to blackmail the readers. Consequently, we contacted the Guardia Civil Cyber Security Branch.

Foreign Farm Workers

Approximately 30% of agricultural workers in Spain of foreigners; it’s hard to find Spaniards who are willing to work in intensive cultivation in the hot south, for example.

Lowering The Alcohol Limit

The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, announced yesterday that the Government has begun the parliamentary procedure to approve tightening the alcohol limits on drink driving.

Blow to Bullfighting

The Official Spanish Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado) published today an order from the Ministerio de Cultura cancelling the Premio Nacional de Tauromaquia (National Bullfighting Prize).