The general strike scheduled for Wednesday is expected to bring pickets to ports and some major supermarket chains in A Mariña. Ence Navia workers have agreed a 10-hour production stoppage and plan to block truck movements from midnight.
The Council of Ministers has approved more than €11.8bn in defence programmes. The largest allocation is €3.4bn for mobile air-defence systems, alongside funding for submarines and counter-drone equipment.
Spain’s Defence Ministry plans to sign 15 new armament programme contracts by 31 December. Nearly €1.5bn is due to be disbursed in 2026, supporting the country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defence for a second consecutive year.
Spain is seeking unanimous Eurogroup backing for Pablo Hernández de Cos to become European Central Bank president, Carlos Cuerpo said. Ministers are due to review nominations on Monday, with an agreement expected at the 26-27 November summit.
The Partido Popular proposes widening access to public mortgage guarantees, with eligibility potentially extending to age 50. It also wants VAT on a first new home for under-40s cut from 10% to 4% and paid in instalments.
Eurobattery Minerals says Roberto García Martínez has been placed in pre-trial detention in Sweden. The former Galicia chief executive received a final two-year prison sentence in Spain for fraud, with nearly €3.5 million in civil liability.
Luca Sra says Madrid and Valladolid remain key sites in Grupo Iveco’s Spanish industrial network. The truck division chief also says the group is developing an innovative high-end product.
From 1 January 2027, the worker’s share of Spain’s MEI pension contribution will rise from 0.15% to 0.17% of the contribution base. On a €1,500 base, that means 30 cents more a month.
Spain will require olive mills to store 12% of their declared output for the 2026/27 campaign, equivalent to about 188,000 tonnes. Agriculture Minister Luis Planas says the measure should protect growers without raising retail prices.
The Zagreb site combines vehicle sales with a package of finance and after-sales services as EBRO enters Croatia. The company plans two outlets there by year-end and an eight-site sales and service network within 12 months.
Óscar Fayanás has argued that Aragón’s geological heritage can support rural tourism and local employment. At the University of Zaragoza’s II Jornadas Geología y Sociedad, he presented geotourism as a way to diversify the rural economy.
The draft 2027 budget for Aragón assigns no money to international cooperation, ending a funding line maintained for three decades. The previous approved budget allocated €1.45 million; the regional federation says projects reached nearly 500,000 people.
Ada Colau says the Frente Amplio would tax fortunes above €1 million at 2% a year and raise the rate to 3% for assets above €50 million. The party estimates about 231,000 people would be affected.
Spain’s energy ministry has revised its electricity planning proposal for La Rioja after reviewing 2,566 submissions. It includes capacity upgrades covering 152 kilometres of lines and provision for 17 MW of mainly industrial demand.
British visitors accounted for 36% of tourism in the Canary Islands from January to September 2026. Provisional airline schedules point to 332,390 fewer UK seats for summer 2027.
Felipe VI and Pedro Sánchez closed the Ibero-American Business Meeting in Madrid, calling for closer economic ties between the EU and Latin America. Sánchez wants a regional alliance to tackle challenges such as artificial intelligence.
Carlos Cuerpo became economy minister on 29 December 2023 after working in public economic institutions. He entered Spain's senior civil service in 2008 and later worked at the European Commission and AIReF.
Airef has lifted its 2026 deficit forecast to 2.8% of GDP and says Spain will miss its agreed budget targets. Net primary spending is expected to grow by 7.3%, more than twice the 3.5% limit.
October's inflation data put the average CPI figure used in the calculation at 3.47%, while the projected pension rise is around 4.5%. The final rate depends on November's CPI, due later this month.
Valdecarros has reserved 142,000 square metres of land for a retail centre with 72,000 square metres of commercial space. The project is assigned to phase four of the Madrid development, planned to contain 51,000 homes.
Hospitality businesses estimate a 70% drop in turnover after central Valencia shut or curtailed activity on Saturday. Some shops say security measures cost between €1,000 and €10,000.
LA UNIÓ says Valencian olive oil prices are about 30% below production costs, with extra-virgin oil near €3.20/kg against estimated costs of €4.60/kg. It is seeking €400 per hectare for traditional rain-fed groves.
PowerCo and Gotion are preparing a 100,000-tonne-a-year materials plant in Kenitra, with some output intended for Sagunto. The partnership aims to diversify supply as Volkswagen expands LFP battery production in Europe.
More than six million people are expected to celebrate across Spain. Nightlife businesses forecast 1.7% revenue growth and 29,000 temporary jobs as Halloween falls on a Saturday.
Pimec and Catalonia’s College of Civil Engineers accept that major works are needed but oppose a total shutdown. They want some trains to keep running and say planning must account for passengers and businesses.
Hundreds of farmers and about 500 tractors reached Madrid after organisers cancelled their march following the railway disaster in Toledo. The rally ended at Plaza de Colón without reaching the Agriculture Ministry.
Five tractor columns left for Madrid between 6:30 and 7:30 as Asaja weighed cancelling the mobilisation after a train collision in Los Yébenes. Farmers' demands centred on production costs and prices at origin.
Ceuta president Juan Jesús Vivas used an appearance on ‘El Hormiguero’ to urge Spain’s government to act on migration. He said the crisis was costing the city €1m a day and damaging residents’ lives.
Spain had 22,852,600 people in work in the third quarter, a record, but employment rose by just 73,600. Unemployment increased by 95,900 to 2,591,200 and the jobless rate returned to 10.2%.
Spain recorded 95,900 more unemployed people in the third quarter as the jobless rate reached 10.18%. Net employment growth came from the public sector and foreign workers.
Spain's unemployment rate rose three tenths of a percentage point to 10.2% in July to September, even as employment reached 22.85 million. The labour force hit 25.4 million, while unemployment fell by 21,900 over the year.
Up to 770,000 Spaniards are left financially vulnerable after paying rent or a mortgage, information from Oxfam Intermón. Economic journalist José María Camarero says one in three families cannot cover an unexpected cost.
Three Andalusian organisations will join a national tractor protest in Madrid on 28 October. About 500 tractors are due to set off at 11:00 as farmers demand relief from rising costs and fairer competition.
FRUGA says contract renewals have cut milk prices by about €0.09 as production costs rise in Galicia. It wants an urgent meeting of the Mesa de la Leche and production costs factored into new contracts.
SEA-EU will take part in BlueZone Forum InnovAzul 2026 in Cádiz from 28 to 30 October. Its programme examines blue-economy training and cross-border innovation before a closing forum on putting ocean research to work in public policy.
