Valencia hikes bus ticket prices
Bus ticket prices for single fares in Valencia will rise by a third from 2025.
Valencia's Municipal Transport Company (EMT) is increasing its prices on single or sencillo tickets by 33 percent from next year, meaning it will go from current price of €1.50 to €2 per journey. This comes after a 12 year price freeze.
The cost of other bus tickets in the city will remain the same, such as the 10-trip Bonobús, which will continue to cost €8.50, excluding current state discounts.
Málaga looks for ways to keep wild boars out of the city
Málaga city council is proposing new ways to control the increase of wild boars and pigs invading urban areas of the Andalusian city.
For residents in Ciudad Jardín and Churriana neighbourhoods, wild boars have been increasingly coming into the city in search of water and food in recent months.
Animal rights groups are calling for ethical responses to the problem, such as a sterilisation programme, while the town hall has floated the idea of stunning the boars with ‘narcotic darts’ before having a vet euthanise the animal.
According to the city’s Councillor for Environmental Sustainability, Penélope Gómez, this plan would have to be authorised by the Junta de Andalucía.
More parental leave for single parents
The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that single parents can be entitled to 26 weeks of maternity or paternity leave. For now, it seems the ruling only impacts public sector employees, and the court came to its decision so as not to discriminate against children born into single parent families
In the ruling, the court upheld the appeal of a teacher whose request to extend her maternity leave from 16 to 24 weeks was rejected by Valladolid’s Provincial Directorate of Education because she is a single parent.
The ruling stated that “the type of family cannot, therefore, determine the difference in treatment, so that a child born into a single parent family will enjoy the care, attention and family protection established in article 68 of the Civil Code for a much shorter period of time, 16 weeks, than if he or she had been born into a two-parent family, 26 weeks.”
Waste collection charges to increase by up to 150% across Spain
From 2025 city councils across Spain will be forced by law to increase their waste collection charges and pass them onto residents.
The increase stems from a European directive that requires member states to promote more efficient recycling and reduce the environmental impact of municipal waste. Fees are expected to increase by 150 percent, as local residents currently only pay around 40 percent of the total cost of the service.
Oviedo city council has been the first to implement the increase, with an increase of 80 percent, but the increased charge will be felt throughout the country.
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