Prices in Andalucia up by 1.2%

Prices in Andalucia rose by 1.2% during April according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), with the CPI for Spain as a whole rising by 1.1%.

April food prices

Figures published by the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Commerce show that, in April, the price of beans, lettuce, whiting and roosters went down, but the price of tomatoes, green peppers and sardines went up.

136 road traffic fatalities in Spain during April 2009

The total number of fatalities on the roads of Spain over the long May Day holiday weekend was 19, with 6 of these being motorcyclists. A further 11 people were seriously injured. The two main causes of the accidents were ‘distractions’ and ‘excessive speed’. During the month of April, 136 people lost their lives on the roads in Spain, 29 …