In Spain Today, minimum wage to be agreed, husband and wife face prison in inheritance scam, waiter on trial for assault in bar, and diving instructor facing rape trial.
In Europe today, we will know the evolution of factory orders in Germany and retail sales in the Eurozone.
Spanish News
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced at the weekend that the Council of Ministers will today approve the increase in the Minimum Interprofessional Salary (SMI) by 5% to 1.134 euro per month, an increase of just over 50 euro a month, in line with the agreement reached last January between the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy and the unions.
The Court of Pontevedra, at its headquarters in Vigo, will host the trial from today against two people accused of falsifying documents in an inheritance for whom they request a sentence of four years in prison. The Prosecutor’s Office document states that the accused’s brothers filed a lawsuit to claim payment of their inheritance from their mother’s will. Both defendants, husband and wife, guided by a “spirit of illicit enrichment” and previously agreed, developed a plan to respond to said procedure.
The Second Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands holds the pre-trial hearing today against a waiter for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old minor whom he invited to enter the bar where he worked to take refuge from the rain. According to the prosecutor ‘s brief, the events occurred in a bar in Palma, where the accused, 58 years old, invited the minor to enter and, once inside, hugged her tightly to himself, kissing her on the neck, touching her intimately, and kissing her on the mouth.
The Second Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands holds the trial today against a diving instructor, accused of raping a young woman on a boat excursion in Cabrera. The Public Ministry asks for ten years in prison for him. According to the indictment, the events occurred in July 2020, when the victim and his family went on a boat excursion, contracted with the company dedicated to diving activities where the defendant worked.
What’s On
Carnaval in Torrevieja will be coming to an end this weekend, but others will be starting, including Orihuela and Santa Pola, we will give you more information nearer the time.
Guardamar del Segura is celebrating Valentine’s with special promotions in many shops, bars and restaurants, a full list available form the town hall or tourist info.
On This Day
2005, in a rural hostel in Todolella in the Castellón province, 18 people die from carbon monoxide inhalation while they slept.
2004, the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs prohibits the sale of 197 naturopathic medicines, classifying them as toxic.
2004, on the floor of the baroque Church of the Savior in Seville, a group of archaeologists finds four hundred tombs from the 18th century. Archaeologists were searching for the remains of an ancient mosque.
2003, at the La Paz Hospital in Madrid, a medical team manages to transplant a complete digestive system in addition to a kidney to a 16-year-old teenager who suffered from idiopathic pseudo-obstruction chronicle.
2002, at the University Clinic of Navarra, a medical team performs the first stem cell implant in that country to regenerate an infarcted heart.
