Murcia property sales UP in September and FLU vaccinations resume. Weekly Bulletin W/E 25th November 2012

Finally the News
This week the news has been dominated by two subjects: protest and evictions, both hard topics, but which reflect the ongoing problems caused by over 25% unemployment in Spain.

The evictions situation has been ongoing for months, but has been highlighted this last week by another suicide, as a woman leapt from a 4th floor flat rather than face eviction. This has forced through a rapid re-evaluation of the situation and yesterday the government announced that evictions for those in serious situations would be paralysed temporarily.

Protests against evictions formed one of the more vocal elements of the General Strike which took place on Wednesday, with protests, marches and confrontation across the country. The unions describe participation as massive, whilst the councils locally said it was low, and there are totally contradictory sets of figures in between, as many chose not to lose a day’s wages and put themselves in the firing line for the next round of job cuts.

On the theme of job cuts, there is a developing situation in the Spanish air industry, Iberia facing 4500 layoffs to counter losses of 1.7 million euros a day, a reshuffle inevitable, but the Iberia pilots union are not showing any signs of reaching a compromise and are threatening to strike again.

But at least flu vaccines are starting to flow again as the Novartis flu vaccines are deemed to be safe and the vaccinations campaign resumes with new doses arriving in the region.

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