Esme Fox

4 days ago | thelocal.es | Esme Fox

The Spanish cabinet on Tuesday announced that it would spend €39 million in order to strengthen mental healthcare treatment availability in public hospitals. It also approved another €17.83 million for the implementation of suicide prevention measures, in line with Spain's Mental Health Action Plan 2025-2027 and the Suicide Prevention Plan 2025-2027. Mental health cover is one of the biggest gaps in the public health system in Spain and it seems though people are suffering because of this.

4 days ago | thelocal.es | Esme Fox

A whopping total of 96.5 percent of new autónomos in Spain who registered over the past four years were foreign nationals, according to the National Federation of Self-Employed Workers (ATA). From March 2021 to the same month in 2025, 108,155 new self-employed workers have signed up to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA) - out of these 104,338 have been foreign entrepreneurs.

4 days ago | thelocal.es | Esme Fox

Ordering 66,000 illegal Airbnb ads to be taken down, banning tourist apartments in central areas and prohibiting new tourist licences - Spanish national, regional and city authorities appear to finally be taking action against short-term lets. This is all in a bid to return tourist rentals to the general market and help alleviate the housing crisis, which is currently the biggest problem Spanish society is facing.

4 days ago | thelocal.es | Esme Fox

The BBC recently reported that a Worcestershire couple found a great way of getting around the problem of travelling to the EU regularly with their dog by getting EU passport to save money on travel costs. According to the British government website, Britons have to get an animal health certificate or ACH from their vet if they want to travel to an EU country with their pet.

5 days ago | thelocal.es | Esme Fox

The group Canarias tiene un límite (The Canary Islands have a limit) are due to hold their next protest against the archipelago's economic development model and overtourism in Teide National Park, just below Spain’s highest mountain. The protest is due to be held on Saturday June 7th at 8am in the Roques de García area of the park. The group is demanding the conservation of the park and “the defence of its values, against the prevalence of mass tourism and leisure promoted by the Council”.