2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (369+ words) In a 21 February ruling, Spain's Supreme Court ordered that migrant youths must be presumed to be under 18 whenever medical age tests are inconclusive, reinforcing EU child-protection standards and overturning a lower-court decision from the Canary Islands. The judgment forces border…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago  (260+ words) Iberia scraps "99 price cap on Madrid-Barcelona shuttle as rail disruption eases'VisaHQ The price freeze was introduced on 3 February after derailments near Adamuz (C'rdoba) and Gelida (Barcelona) crippled Spain's high-speed rail corridor, diverting thousands of passengers to the air shuttle With…...

22+ hour, 21+ min ago  (213+ words) Night-Time Closure of Brennero'Modena Section to Affect North-South Freight Corridors'VisaHQ Autostrade per l'Italia has announced three consecutive overnight closures of the northbound A1 corridor between the A22 Brennero'Modena interchange and Reggio Emilia to allow resurfacing works The shutdowns will run 21:00-05:00 on 24-25 February…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (249+ words) Spanish care-home federation offers 160,000 jobs to migrants slated for regularisation'VisaHQ Spain's largest elder-care employers' association, the Federaci'n Empresarial de la Dependencia (FED), announced on 20 February that it can absorb up to 160,000 of the workers expected to receive legal status under…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (238+ words) Spain's Four Biggest Airports Log 460 Delays & 15 Cancellations in One Day'VisaHQ Spain's aviation network suffered a fresh stress-test on 20 February when Adolfo Su'rez Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona El Prat, M'laga'Costa del Sol and Palma de Mallorca recorded a combined 460 delayed departures/arrivals and…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (342+ words) A leaked National Police report indicates Spain's forthcoming extraordinary regularisation could legalise between 750,000 and 1 million undocumented migrants'double the government's earlier estimate of 500,000. The wider pool arises because pending asylum seekers will also qualify, and police warn of administrative strain and…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (277+ words) EU Visa Strategy Signals Digital, Conditional Future for Travellers Entering Spain'VisaHQ Just three weeks after the European Commission adopted its first-ever EU Visa Strategy, the implications for Spain are becoming clearer An analysis published on 17 February breaks down what the…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (397+ words) Spanish Police Warn Regularisation Plan Could Legalise Over One Million Migrants'VisaHQ Spain's much-debated extraordinary regularisation of undocumented migrants has taken a dramatic turn after an internal "risk analysis" by the National Centre for Immigration and Borders (CNIF) of the National…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (234+ words) Renfe Restores Catalonia Commuter Trains'but 200 Slow-Speed Zones Keep Service Limping'VisaHQ Commuters across Catalonia returned to a patchy rail network on Monday after Renfe restarted services crippled by storm damage and emergency track works'but with some 200 sections still under 30 km/h…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (312+ words) New Biometric Entry/Exit System Triggers Long Queues at Swiss Airports as EU Roll-Out Accelerates'VisaHQ Switzerland on Monday joined more than twenty EU and Schengen partners in switching on the biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) for third-country travellers'an upgrade that…...