The new flexible retirement rules, which allow pensioners to return to work as self-employed and combine this activity with part of the pension, have been in effect since this Friday. The royal decree, published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) in May, extends this modality to self-employment. Until now, retirees could only apply it if they returned to work as employees.
Doctors know that when circulation in the arteries is blocked, there is a risk of having a heart attack. For the first time, several key maritime navigation channels are simultaneously experiencing disruptions, which increases costs, delays delivery times, and heightens the specter of inflation, when maritime transport accounts for more than 80% of global goods trade.
The persistent rise in oil prices due to the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is already having a strong impact on prices. General inflation rises in August, reaching 4.3%, according to the preliminary CPI indicator from the National Statistics Institute, seven tenths higher than that recorded in July and the highest rate in the last three years, since February 2023. With the August data, inflation records two consecutive months of increases and stands above 4% for the first time since April 2023.
Nvidia’s results cast a very long shadow on Wall Street. Jensen Huang, CEO of the hottest company of the moment, did not shy away from the euphoria. “Today we are living in a golden age of new AI labs and startups,” he said this Wednesday when presenting quarterly results at the close of the New York stock market that once again exceeded all expectations.
The Government is preparing to implement a major screening to put order in the large number of permits granted for the construction of data centers in Spain, whose volume, if fully installed, would seriously strain an already questioned electrical grid following the blackout.
The Council of Ministers today, the first after the summer holidays, has approved a Royal Decree-law for the creation of a “public and mandatory” register of lobbies to ensure greater transparency and accountability.
Action and reaction. After the lack of agreement was confirmed and President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney responded on Friday in Ottawa that his country will match those levies, dollar for dollar, starting September 8.
The rise in housing prices in the Balearic Islands is pushing an increasing number of its residents to buy apartments in other autonomous communities. It is a growing phenomenon. In the first quarter of this year, one in four property purchases made by residents of the islands was in another autonomous community, with Asturias as the preferred territory. The previous year, these external purchases accounted for 21% of total transactions, according to data from the Ministry of Housing.
The economy is split into winning and losing sectors, and the State’s strategic investments are in luck, falling on the winning side. Unlike what happened during the pandemic, tourism, banking, and defense are now in a good moment, which has allowed the value of public shareholdings on the stock market to increase by 17% in the last year. Dividends from these companies also rise by 8% and for the first time approach 2 billion euros, with Aena and CaixaBank as major contributors.
Spain is boosting its imports of used vehicles to meet a demand for second-hand cars that continues to grow. But not for relatively new vehicles, rather the oldest ones. In 2025, car imports increased by 32%, according to data from the consultancy MSI, reaching 137,122 units. Of these, 51,000 vehicles are over 10 years old. These purchases have grown by 46% compared to 2024. And in the first quarter of 2026, the trend is the same.