| The Grapevine Issue 172 2014
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Crisis sees rise in number of
youngsters out of work and not
studying - One in every four young
Spaniards is a “nini” – a nickname in
Spanish for someone who is neither
working nor studying (ni trabaja, ni
estudia). According to a new education report from the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Spain has the highest number of ninis aged between 15
and 29. The level is also five points
higher than the OECD average, on a
par with Chile, Ireland, Turkey, Italy
and Mexico. The number of university graduates in the country out of
work, or who are no longer studying,
has risen 10 points in four years, to
23 percent, according to the OECD’s
Education at a Glance 2014 report.
For full story see: El País in English
Port works began on 9th Sept The renovation of the avenida Jaume
I was planned for the autumn of last
year but was delayed after several
modifcations, which forced it to be
redone and re-tendered. Then Easter got in the way and the works were
delayed until after the summer. The
project will cost of 110,000 euros and
in addition to widening the sidewalks,
will renew tree grates, install new
street lights and reorganise the parking spaces. The work will be carried
out by Montgó SL and will have a duration of four months. from XAD:
Compiled by
Christine
Betterton - Jones
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Wage cuts causing Spanish
households to struggle, warns
OECD - Cuts to the annual average
wage of around 2% triggered by the
economic crisis have caused Spanish workers and families to struggle
to make ends meet, a study by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has
found. In its 2014 Employment Outlook the international organisation
adds that the reductions have also
improved productivity and external
competitiveness. Spain will post the
best unemployment reduction rate
between 2014 and 2015 (-2.2%), but
the jobless rate will still hover around
23.9% by the end of next year, a figure that is set only to be surpassed
by Greece with 27%. The euro zone
average is 11.6% while the US aver-
age is 6.2%.: El País in English
Summer tourism 2014 shows
slight improvement over 2013 Figures released by the Xàbia Tourism department showed the overall
number of tourists this summer to be
similar to last year. Hotel occupation
and registered property rentals were
down a bit, while camp site occupation was up. Numbers of tourists per
day, calculated from water consumption and volumes of rubbish collected were just over 41,000 in August
and just over 33,000 in July. Overall
the figures were seen as a “slight
improvement”, though there was a
tendency for short stays and visitors
were spending less. For full story
see: Javeamigos The main foreign
tourists were English and French followed by Dutch and German
Can we prevent the End of the
World? see Video top right - a short,
surprising talk by Lord Martin Rees
Spain’s brain drain ‘worst in Western Europe’ Spain is among the
European countries hardest hit by
the so-called ‘brain drain’ effect with
thousands of professionals including
nurses and teachers taking steps to
leave the country in recent years..The
professionals most likely to seek to
leave Spain were secondary school
teachers, nurses and doctors, the Eurostat figures show. The United Kingdom was by far and away the most
popular destination with 55 percent
of applicants choosing that country.
Germany and Italy both received 10
percent of all applications. Of the total
of 18,408 people with Spanish qualifications who had those recognized
overseas, 6202 were recognized as
secondary school teachers in the UK
and 887 were recognized as doctors
in the UK.: The Local...
Xabia works to declare Loreto fireworks as “Fiesta de Interés Turístico” - At the last council meeting, the
Town Council agreed unanimously
that Xabia should start the process
of declaring the Loreto Fireworks as
a Festival of Tourist Interest. From
XAD: