poverty

‘I’ve never been happier’: US expat says she feels ‘freer’ and ‘more at peace’ in Spain – and pays just €300 in rent

A WOMAN from the US has found a new lease to life after packing up and relocating to Spain. Shawna Lum is a 31-year-old from

28 Feb, 2025 @ 14:43

Barcelona·Lead

Analysis: Spain to beat all tourism records this year as visitors spend more than ever – but that might not be good news for locals

NEW data from Caixabank suggests the Spanish tourism industry is growing at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the economy, bringing in unprecedented

24 Jun, 2024 @ 12:50

Lead·National News·Tenerife·Travel News

Spain wants to hand out €2,400 to families in a bid to combat extreme child poverty - what you need to know

Spain has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, says latest Unicef report

SPAIN has the highest child poverty rate in the European Union, with more than two million children – 28% of the total number of youngsters

19 Feb, 2024 @ 14:44

Lead

Spain announces supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so they ‘don’t have to go to food banks’

THE Spanish government announced on Tuesday that it is introducing supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so that they ‘don’t have to wait in line

23 Jan, 2024 @ 14:18

Lead·Politics

Percentage of Spaniards at risk of poverty or social exclusion falls two points to 26%

THE PERCENTAGE of Spain’s population that is at risk of poverty or social exclusion fell by nearly two points in 2022 to 26%. That’s according

25 Apr, 2023 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Valencia police suspend much needed food distribution group

Police in Valencia interrupted a charity distributing freshly cooked meals to people in need after receiving a complaint from a neighbour on Wednesday, March 29.

1 Apr, 2023 @ 11:30

Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

The Costa del Sol is home to the two towns where house prices are rising the most in Spain

Spain’s Red Cross warns over energy poverty

By Livia Cockerell

26 Jun, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

EU training spaniards queue outside unemployment office data

MAPPED: Spain’s shocking north-south divide revealed in latest poverty statistics

PEOPLE living in the south of Spain are more at risk of poverty than those in the north, a new study has confirmed. While it

29 May, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

ANALYSIS: Extraordinarily, the effects of the Spanish Inquisition linger to this day

Even now, 200 years on from the Spanish Inquisition, the locations affected appear to be poorer, less educated, and less trusting.

16 Apr, 2022 @ 12:00

Lead·National News

Homeless man freezes to death on the streets in Spain’s Mallorca

THE body of a 63-year-old homeless man was found on a bench, covered by cardboard, in Plaza Germans Garcia Penyaranda, next to s’Escorxador de Palma.

14 Jan, 2022 @ 10:30

Lead

Clean bill of health: Spain’s health system is amongst best in EU for protecting people from financial hardship

PEOPLE in Spain are less likely to suffer financial hardship due to healthcare costs than in most other European countries. The financial crisis in Spain

20 Dec, 2021 @ 15:15

Business & Finance·Health·Lead

COVID-19: Pandemic leads to 10% increase in the number of undernourished people in the world

WORLD hunger and malnutrition levels skyrocketed last year with unprivileged nations sinking further into poverty due to the impact of COVID-19, according to a United

13 Jul, 2021 @ 18:30

Health·Lead·Other News

Parish in Spain’s Mallorca will provide rooms for people unable to pay rent

The Mare de Deu de Montserrat Parish in Palma want to renovate classrooms in their building in order to accommodate those in financial difficulty

26 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·Mallorca

More than 700,000 people in Spain will be forced into poverty due to coronavirus, according to Oxfam

THE coronavirus crisis will force more than 700,000 people in Spain into poverty, a new report has found.

23 Jun, 2020 @ 19:48

Lead·National News

UN expert calls for Spain’s minimum income plan to be extended to combat poverty and inequality

A UN expert has called on Spain to extend its new minimum income scheme to more people. Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on

4 Jun, 2020 @ 13:37

Business & Finance·Lead

23 Of The Elderly In Andalucia Are At Risk Of Poverty Compared To 6 3 In The Basque Country 1

Study finds 23% of elderly in Spain’s Andalucia are at risk of poverty, compared to 6.3% in the Basque Country

The survey considered ‘elders’ to be those aged 65 and above.

15 Oct, 2019 @ 10:36

Lead

POVERTY STRICKEN: Andalucia provinces fill top spots in Spain’s latest poverty assessment

CORDOBA has the highest amount of people living in chronic poverty. According to a new ranking by the AIS Group, 45.2% of Cordoba live below

23 Aug, 2017 @ 11:12

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga·National News

Almost 50% of children in Sevilla live in poverty as Andalucia left behind by economic growth

POVERTY rates in Andalucia are the same as they were at the height of the crisis. In Sevilla, 40% of children are still living in

3 Aug, 2017 @ 11:08

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Economic recovery in Spain failing to reach wage earners as poverty increases

Poverty has increased in the country despite its solid performance

22 Mar, 2017 @ 11:57

Almeria·Business & Finance·Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Huelva·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·National News·Politics·Sevilla

Spain slammed by European Commission for inequality levels

Levels of poverty, inequality and social exclusion are ‘among the highest in the EU’, according to the European Commission’s Spain 2017 Report

9 Mar, 2017 @ 14:30

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s richest 10% hold more than half the country’s wealth

New Bank of Spain figures show the wealthiest tenth of Spanish households hold 52.8% of the country’s wealth

5 Feb, 2017 @ 14:35

Business & Finance·Other News

Homeless man has to be rescued from bin in Spain after becoming trapped

Officers at the scene were unable to free the man

25 Oct, 2016 @ 16:15

Health·Lead·National News

More than 12% of Spanish workers at risk of poverty and social exclusion

The overall risk of poverty rate in Spain is 22.2 %

5 Jun, 2016 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead

Educating the world

International Development Specialist Brad L. Brasseur reports on the battle to bridge an education gap that is condemning third world citizens to a life sentence

8 Feb, 2016 @ 16:17

Education

Spain’s ten poorest towns all in the south, says new report

Spain's geographical wealth divide is starkly illustrated in a new report

9 Oct, 2015 @ 10:30

Business & Finance

Torrevieja: The poorest city in Spain?

Expats, tourists, and a seasonal economy may distort statistics on Torrevieja

9 Jul, 2015 @ 11:10

Lead

‘I’ve never been happier’: US expat says she feels ‘freer’ and ‘more at peace’ in Spain – and pays just €300 in rent

Analysis: Spain to beat all tourism records this year as visitors spend more than ever – but that might not be good news for locals

Spain announces supermarket payment cards for vulnerable families so they ‘don’t have to go to food banks’

Valencia police suspend much needed food distribution group

Spain’s Red Cross warns over energy poverty

MAPPED: Spain’s shocking north-south divide revealed in latest poverty statistics

ANALYSIS: Extraordinarily, the effects of the Spanish Inquisition linger to this day

Homeless man freezes to death on the streets in Spain’s Mallorca

Clean bill of health: Spain’s health system is amongst best in EU for protecting people from financial hardship

COVID-19: Pandemic leads to 10% increase in the number of undernourished people in the world

Parish in Spain’s Mallorca will provide rooms for people unable to pay rent

More than 700,000 people in Spain will be forced into poverty due to coronavirus, according to Oxfam

UN expert calls for Spain’s minimum income plan to be extended to combat poverty and inequality

Study finds 23% of elderly in Spain’s Andalucia are at risk of poverty, compared to 6.3% in the Basque Country

POVERTY STRICKEN: Andalucia provinces fill top spots in Spain’s latest poverty assessment

Almost 50% of children in Sevilla live in poverty as Andalucia left behind by economic growth

Economic recovery in Spain failing to reach wage earners as poverty increases

Spain’s richest 10% hold more than half the country’s wealth

Homeless man has to be rescued from bin in Spain after becoming trapped

More than 12% of Spanish workers at risk of poverty and social exclusion

Educating the world

Spain’s ten poorest towns all in the south, says new report

Torrevieja: The poorest city in Spain?

New Sevilla exhibition uncovers the wealth and fabulous empire of estates, palaces and castles belonging to the late Duquesa de Alba

Revealed: Easter holiday bookings to Spain’s Balearic Islands have surged by 40% thanks to the war in Iran

Violent Romanian criminal, 45, is deported from Spain after five-year reign of terror in Costa del Sol town

Search is on for missing Brit who vanished just hours after landing on Tenerife while out for a stroll without his phone or passport

Pedro Sanchez tells UK podcast Spain doesnt have a corruption problem and defends ‘innocence’ of wife and brother

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