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the seven best apps for chat communities

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Let’s tell you what they are the main alternatives to Discordso that if you want to change this platform you know which are the best destinations. In the middle of the debate about anonymity on the internet, Discord will begin to request the DNI to verify the age of users. Therefore, let’s look for alternatives focusing on those that are most privateoffering you open source and decentralized. Even so, there will also be some other private alternative for you to consider. Matrix Let’s start with a decentralized and open source alternative. That decentralized means believing that each group of people or community can create their own Discord on their own servers, something similar to what happens with MastodonPixelfed and other elements of the fediversebut with a Matrix protocol. Here, there is no central server that accumulates all the data, and identity verification methods depend on each server. Within each server there are different rooms, just like Discord, with emojis, reactions, search options, and even video conferences. Rocket.Chat This is an alternative more like Slack than Discord, although it is similar. It is open source and you can use it in two ways: hosting it on your own server or paying to use it on the servers of the company that develops it. Before it was fully compatible with Matrix to federate, but now it is looking for its own federation scheme. Otherwise, this tool supports end-to-end encryption, and since it is focused on the business world, administrators can review messages, something that may not be convenient if you are looking for privacy. As for options, you can make calls, share files, write private messages, everything you can do in Slack. Sloat Formerly known as Revolt, it is an open source alternative to Discord. You have all the options, plus others such as community votes to ban or expel members. It is very customizable and both secure and private. It has applications for computers and several in beta for mobile devices. The negative part is that it’s still a little greenso it may not be the best option for large teams. Pumble Not everything will be open source to promise maximum privacy and transparency. There are also good alternatives from private companies like Pumble. It will allow you to have group or personal chats, channels, discussion threads, and share files. There’s also voice and video calling, screen sharing, pretty much everything you could ask for. Of course, advanced functions such as those dedicated to meetings and videoconferences are paid only, and the amount is paid per user. elements An alternative to Discord created in Germany and compatible with Matrixthe communication protocol of the Matrix app. This application can be free to host on your own server or paid to pay for each user. Companies also have a self-hosted paid version. Zulip A mix of forum and chat platform, a duality that allows you to use it in real time when you want to chat or in a more relaxed way when you don’t. You can host it on your own serveralthough whether you opt for this or a Zulip-hosted option, if you want all the features you will have to pay. It is much more expensive than other alternativesso it is not available to many, although in exchange you have a large repertoire of functions. Another negative point is that it does not have native end-to-end encryption. signal And we’re going to finish with Signal. Is the best alternative to WhatsApp and Telegramand therefore also a good alternative for communities where you simply want to create a group where everyone can talk. Signal is built on privacyand although it does not have as many functions or the possibility of having a channel scheme to chat thematically, in the event that this is not necessary it is the best option you have. In Xataka Basics | Alternatives to WhatsApp: the best messaging applications if you want to change Meta for another

Why communities already vaccinate the entire population (and not just the elderly)

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Every winter, history repeats itself in our country. Along with the drop in temperatures, the flu makes an appearance in our environmentcausing many people to start sniffling, coughing or having a fever. In general, in order to prevent the worst of this virus during the previous months, we are committed to carrying out vaccination campaigns for a part of the population, while the ‘unlucky’ rely on paracetamol and some slightly bad days. The epidemic. For a few days now, Spain has been officially in a flu epidemic due to the increase in cases in much of Spainwhich has led some communities to activate the recommendation to wear a mask in some locations. Everything to avoid, above all, continuing to spread the virus and not infect those most vulnerable people who can easily end up admitted to a hospital, putting strain on the health system. The problem this year is in the ‘variant K‘ of this virus for which we were not fully prepared with the vaccines available and neither were our immune systems. But luckily the weapons we have have a predictable effect to minimize their effects on the body. Vaccination system. Currently vaccination officially recommended to a specific population. One of these groups are the smallest in the house, because they are a group of people who act as vectors. This means that it can become infected, have a very long incubation and then barely show any symptoms. The problem is that they will be able to infect everyone around them, such as their parents or even elderly people such as grandparents, which is a serious problem, since they will manifest the disease aggressively. In this way, the strategy is to block this vector with the vaccination of children under six years of age, although not without being free of bioethical problems. On the other hand, there is vaccination for the elderly, health personnel or immunocompromisedwhere infection by this virus can lead to a very delicate state of health. Vaccination for all. Vaccinating a small part of the population is the strategy on the table right now, but more and more voices are pointing to the need to carry out mass vaccinations. As happened during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this way, the Spanish Association of Vaccinology (AEV) and the Vaccine Advisory Committee of the AEP defend this strategy due to the pure statistics that exist in our country. They point out that as long as vaccination coverage is not massive, the virus always finds “gaps” to circulate. If we only vaccinate grandparents, the virus circulates freely between children (the major transmitters) and young adults, mutating and staying strong until, inevitably, it jumps back to the vulnerable. The keys. As we have said before, the AEP has been insisting in universal childhood vaccination (from 6 to 59 months). Not only to protect the child, but because children are very efficient vectors, and they conclude that if the virus is stopped in daycares and schools, you indirectly protect the entire community. But there are more and more voices that point to the need for Those under 17 years of age should also fall within the technical criteria to receive this vaccine. But not only these, since international organizations such as the ECDC and the WHO have indicated that expand coverage to “broad segments of the population” (including cohabitants and active workers) is the only real way to contain the epidemic wave. The more vaccinated people there are at the beginning of the wave, the fewer “highways” the virus has to move. It is already being done. From public administrations we already see how vaccination is being recommended before the maximum peak of this epidemic arrives, which is expected just at Christmas, since that is when people can gather the most in a closed space. In this way, the Minister of Health herself, Mónica García, point for “the entire population to be vaccinated” without reference to the criteria established in the technical plans. And it is something that the autonomous communities are doing, opening the door to anyone who wants to be vaccinated by eliminating restrictions. Catalonia, for example, since December 1 It has been opened so that anyone who wants to be immunized can do so. For their part, Galicia and Castilla y León have implemented mass vaccination campaigns without prior appointment (“open doors”) during the weekends, making it easier for anyone passing by to receive the jab. yesThey have joined the strategy of “accelerating immunization” by eliminating the bureaucratic barriers of prior appointment. The underlying message of these policies is clear: if you have the arm and the will, we want you vaccinated now. The sooner the better. The experts in this case are quite clear because the vaccine does not ‘work’ at the time of inoculation. You have to wait a few weeks to generate optimal protection against the virus to reduce symptoms in the event that you contract the disease. Images | Mufid Majnun In Xataka | Bacteria have an ‘escape plan’ to survive the viruses that kill them, and it is key to defeating superbugs

It already affects nine autonomous communities

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On November 7, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition issued an alert after detecting listeria in the canned chopped sold by DIA and manufactured by the Cárnicas Serrano company. Now he just expanded it to six more products in a case that is beginning to become much more complicated than expected. First of all: What products are involved? Chopped can thin slices: Sliced ​​packaging 150 g from the brand “Nuestra Alacena (DIA)” | Lot number: 252771 with expiration date 11/18/25 Truffled turkey with pistachios: Sliced ​​packaging of the “Serrano” brand. | Batch number 252771 with expiration date 11/18/2025 Turkey mortadella with olives: Sliced ​​packaging from the La tabla brand (Aldi) | Lot numbers: 252761 with expiration date 11/17/2025 and 252771 with expiration date 11/18/2025 Turkey mortadella: Sliced ​​packaging from the “La tabla (Aldi)” brand. | Lot number: 252761 with expiration date 11/17/2025 and 252771 with expiration date 11/18/2025 Chopped turkey: Sliced ​​packaging of the brand “La tabla (Aldi)” | Lot number: 252761 with expiration date 11/17/2025 and 252771 with expiration date 11/18/2025 Maxi turkey: Sliced ​​packaging of the brand “La tabla (Aldi)” | Batch number: 252761 and 252763 with expiration date 11/17/2025. Maxi York: Sliced ​​packaging of the brand “La tabla (Aldi)” | Batch number and expiration date: 252761 and 252763 with expiration date 11/17/2025. What has happened? As I said, on November 7 (and through the Coordinated System for Rapid Information Exchange), the AESAN received a alert notification of the Junta de Andalucía regarding the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a sliced ​​chop sold at DIA Supermarkets. At the same time that the product was withdrawn, the authorities traced the origin of the outbreak to Cárnicas Serrano, based in Paterna (Valencia). That is where they verified that the company (in addition to having its own brand) manufactured white label sausages. for several supermarkets. That’s why the case has escalated so quickly. According to the information availablethe distribution has been to the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Community of Madrid, Basque Country and Valencian Community, yes ok “It is not ruled out that there may be redistributions to other communities autonomous”. What is listeriosis? Listeriosis is an infection caused by listeria monocytogenes. It is an ‘opportunistic’ disease that especially affects pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and, in general, people with a compromised immune system who have eaten contaminated food. Therefore, although generally It is considered a “mild illness” (similar, in many cases, to “gastroenteritis”) in these groups of people can cause quite serious conditions (septicemia or meningitis) and has mortality rates that are between 20 and 30%. The common problem is that people with invasive listeriosis usually develop symptoms between one and four weeks after eating contaminated food (there have been cases where symptoms begin to appear up to 70 days later). This often makes it difficult to identify contaminated food. During pregnancy it can cause a mild infection for the pregnant woman but be serious for the baby. The infection usually occurs due to food poisoning but in severe cases it reaches the blood or brain, causing septicemia, meningitis or encephalitis. Like other food infections, listeriosis can cause fever and diarrhea. How dangerous is the situation? It depends on the level of consumption that the contaminated product reaches. The AESAN recommends that people who have products affected by this alert at home refrain from consuming them. And that is the basic security measure. If you have consumed any of the products from the affected batches and present symptoms compatible with listeriosis (vomiting, diarrhea or fever), it is recommended to go quickly to a health center. Actually: no surprise. In 2019, when the great listeria outbreak in Sevillewas published a study on the epidemiological situation of the disease warned about the increase in hospitalizations. Between 1997 and 2015, there were 5,696 listeriosis-related hospitalizations in Spain. An incredibly high number considering that only a few serious cases require hospitalization. But perhaps the most problematic thing is not that, but the fact that the numbers have not stopped growing in those almost 20 years. In the 1990s, listeria outbreaks were linked to cold cuts, sausages, and other similar products. Today, outbreaks are linked to dairy products, fruits, vegetables and, perhaps related to the upward trend, convenience foods. Is it a trend? Yes, and a dangerous trend: the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is clear that it is an emerging disease in Europe and that is underdiagnosed. The biggest problem with these infections is that it is not enough to keep the products refrigerated: in slightly contaminated foods, the listeria monocytogenes They can continue to multiply inside the refrigerator. In foods that do not need to be cooked, this is problematic and can only be solved by being especially scrupulous in production processes and food hygiene. In this sense, Zaida Herrador and her team (2019) concluded that, despite the progress, the growth of the disease indicates that “it is necessary to improve the surveillance of this disease in animals and humans” while continuing to improve its control and “the prevention of cases” (with advice to pregnant women and immunosuppressed people). Despite the interest that all this generated in 2019, the pandemic made the issue invisible and the consequences are visible. Image | AESAN In Xataka | Spain returns to a health alert for listeria: its challenge now is not to fall prey to alarmism

Work absenteeism in ITV workshops has skyrocketed in some autonomous communities. The solution: private detectives

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The public company SITVAL, in charge of managing technical inspections of vehicles in the Valencian Community, has put out to tender a contract of 140,000 euros to hire detective agencies to investigate possible unjustified absences, incompatible activities or fraudulent situations among its staff. Just like inform from El Español, the measure seeks to tackle an absenteeism problem that has skyrocketed since the ITVs went under public management in February 2023. The underlying problem. Since Ximo Puig’s Government reverted service to the public sector, work absenteeism in Valencian stations has skyrocketed to between 16% and 18% on average, according to share the middle. The figure doubles the regional average for absenteeism in the community, which stands at 6.4%, and is well above the national 7%. The result is a collapsed service with waits exceeding eight weeks for heavy vehicles, according to the Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Entrepreneurs (FVET). What will the detectives do? The contract, published On October 27 on the Public Sector Contracting Platform, it commissioned the agencies to observe, monitor and prepare documentary and audiovisual reports on SITVAL personnel. Just like share El Español, detectives must collect truthful information about possible unjustified absences and, if necessary, appear before administrative or judicial bodies to ratify their reports. The contract is divided into three lots, one for each Valencian province, with an execution period of two years. It is not an isolated case. The Valencian Generalitat is not the first administration that uses private investigation services to control absenteeism in public ITVs. The Government of Andalusia launched a similar service in August of last year, divided into two lots for the western and eastern areas of the community. Consequences. The middle emphasize That the reversal of the service, which occurred three months before the 2023 regional elections, has generated an unexpected effect: the massive relocation of inspections. According to data Officially, in 2024 a total of 291,662 vehicles chose to pass the ITV in other autonomous communities such as Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha or Tarragona, which means less income compared to the 2,332,087 inspections that were carried out in 2022. Qresion in it transportation sector. The situation has led the Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Entrepreneurs (FVET) to announce the departure of its presidentCarlos Prades, from the board of directors of SITVAL at the end of October. “We pay more than in other communities for a less efficient, slower service that generates uncertainty,” denounced Prades, who added that “Valencian stations are no longer a real option for many companies.” The figures don’t add up. Puig’s Government justified the transition to public management arguing that it could generate up to 40 million euros per year in operating income for the Generalitat, compared to the 7 million euros paid by private concessionaires together. Although it seems that the forecasts have not taken into account the impact of absenteeism, the drop in inspections carried out or additional costs such as this investigation services contract. Cover image | FVET In Xataka | Yes, there is a way to check if the V-16 beacon is working correctly. And you are not going to alert the DGT or the emergencies about it.

The pocket of the Autonomous Communities

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As half the world, Spain is going through a deep housing crisis in which there is only one group escaping its deadly trap, The heirs. In just five years, the average price of the square meter It has triggered more than 40% According to idealist data, and with this the collection of who receives a percentage of each second -hand sale is growing at a frantic rhythm. The great winners. The Autonomous Communities have two key taxes in regards to the sale of second -hand housing. They are the Tax on Patrimonial Transmissions (ITP) and the Tax of Documented Legal Acts (AJD). The first is the greatest, and communities They establish it between 6% and 11% (except the Balearic Islands, which reaches 13%). In a Spain in which they are sold 40,000 homes per month, The confidential It details how the collection of autonomies is shooting in the first five months of the year: they enter 25% more this year than in the same period of 2024. It is also explained with a growth of 20% of the sale in that same period. In absolute numbers, there are 300,000 operations, the highest figure from an indicated date: 2007, the bubble peak. Income at various speeds. The problem of access to housing is unequal throughout Spanish geography. So is the sale number and, therefore, the collection of autonomies. Madrid and Catalonia take just over 40% of the national collection, despite having 30% of the population. In both communities, ITP and AJD total 9.5% of total income. In the Balearic Islands, that figure is triggered at 22%, more than double the average. It is no accident that these three communities have their capitals in the top of the effort rate ranking. The one that grows the most since last year is La Rioja, with 425%, a fact that is explained by a poor figure in 2024. It is followed by Murcia, Asturias, Canary Islands and Cantabria. The ITP problem. The ITP is, in general, a tax that by default is not divided at the time of purchase. That is, you have to pay it TO TOCATEJA, It is often a huge amount that was not counted, after having to contribute a 20% of the value of housing To access a mortgage. The fractionation has requirements that depend on the autonomous community (as well as the Reductions), and it is not approved by default, but the buyers remain to be triggered for what the administration decides according to the figures and the characteristics of each sale. The aid ends up in the pocket of homemade and owners. For 60% of housing purchases, which are made No mortgagemade by investment funds or wealthy people, ITP may not be a problem, but it has a great effect on the figures to which young people have to save, which are The great losers of the crisisand that often continue to depend on Family aidwith devastating data for Spain. At the moment, the aid raised for rent and buy They only have two winners: homemade and owners who inflate even more prices. The autonomous communities go up to that income car while the nominal types remain fixed in full price escalation. There is only one Fast road to get free housing In Spain: be a doctor and want to work in Pinto. Image | Unspash (Joemi Brazier) In Xataka | A two -speed society: with housing for clouds, Spain had never won so much with rentals

is in four autonomous communities at the same time

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The geography It is capriciousjust as history or politics is often. In the case of Valverde, a tiny district of the municipality of Alhama River Cerverathose three whims have converged to generate a situation Very unorthodox: A population in which four autonomies shake hands. His situation is so rocambolesca that a inhabitant of Valverde arrives a small walk to tour La Rioja, Aragón, Castilla y León and Navarra. All an anomaly in the broad (often capricious) Spanish administrative map. In a place in Spain … In Alhama-Linaressouth of La Rioja, there is a municipality called Alhama River Cerveraof just over 2,200 neighbors and a long Employment traditionthat hides a small secret inside. Administratively the town is Rioja, but from time to time jumps to the holders for the particular status of one of its districts, Valverde. The reason? It is literally fitted among four different communities. A town, four regions. If you open Google Maps and “Valverde” You will verify the peculiar situation of the population, at the confluence of four different regions: La Rioja, Aragón, Navarra and Castilla y León. The inhabited nucleus is split by the dividing line that separates Aragon from La Rioja, but that is not its only anomaly: the Castellanoleonese border is located a few hundred meters from where the houses are located. And Navarra is not much further. If situation comes so much about the common It stands out The City of Cervera del Río Alhama. “The neighborhood is from the center of the Villa 10 kilometers, it is located at the southeast end of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, next to the skirts of Moncayo”, Remember the Consistory’s website. “Its location is peculiar, because it coincides with the border limits of four communities.” A curiosity, a legend. Valverde is not only striking for its mixture of borders. It is also for The story (Legend, rather) that has its peculiar position Sancho el Fuerte, Alfonso II El Casto and Alfonso VIISovereign respectively of Navarra, Aragon and Castilla, to negotiate alliances. The place chose it because that way the three could be cited without any abandoned their domains. Some versions They tell In fact, the monarchs came to celebrate a lunch on a triangular table arranged in the kingdoms. The place is known as “The Mojón de los Tres Reyes”. A theoretical division. The most striking of Valverde is that in that anomaly you are barely felt in the day -to -day life of its neighbors, except in special situations, such as During pandemia. The division of the district, in which some 200 people (Many of them on Rioja soil) The brand the street of the station. The Herald newspaper Precise Also that most people’s services are located in the area that corresponds to La Rioja, near the road (N-13) that connects Pamplona with Madrid. According to the exact place in which the neighbors are censored, yes, they have to go to Hospitals in Logroño or Zaragoza. Images | DAP and Google Maps Via | This road town is quite ugly, but it is unique in Spain: its municipal term includes four autonomous communities In Xataka | After the civil war, Franco wanted to colonize empty Spain. So 300 new villages were invented

Wind energy were happy to promise their expansion in Colombia. Until he ran into indigenous communities

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La Guajira is one of the departments poorer from Colombia, home of Wayuu indigenous people and a land shaken by some of the strongest winds in the country (there is talk of gusts of 11 m/sa 100 meters high), which has turned the region into a key protagonist of the Government’s commitment to renewable energies. The problem is that these pieces are not easy to fit. As the wind turbines have been raising in La Guajira they have also done it The voices in local communities that warn of their impact and see the green revolution with distrust. There are those who already speak of “The Wind War”. “Only with the energy of La Guajira …” La Guajira, a Caribbean region located northwest of Colombia, It has sun And wind, which makes it a strategic piece for renewables in the country. He made it clear In 2023 President Gustavo Petro, when during the signing of the Pact for the transition Energy said the department has potential for 25 GW. “With the clean energy of La Guajira at its maximum, we could replace Colombia’s electricity generation, including hydroelectric plants,” He stressed. Mill display. He is not the only one who thinks. La Guajira offers a panorama attractive enough so that over recent years it has caught the attention of companies in the sector. In 2019 the Indepaz Institute I calculated that throughout the next decade up to 57 wind projects promoted by 19 companies could be built, many of them linked to multinationals. In summary: tens of thousands of hectares and several thousand self -generators. For now, BBC points out that in the region there are 15 parks under construction that will be added to existing ones, such as Guajira 1with a power of 20 MW. Something more than wind. La Guajira is nevertheless more than a territory in which to lift wind turbines. The Peninsula is also home to Wayuu peoplean indigenous community that has seen how the soil he occupies for generations became the object of desire for energy. With all that that implies. “The situation is complicated since many companies, several of them, began to arrive with the intention of developing renewable projects,” explained A year ago Mikel Berraondo, a lawyer specialized in human rights and indigenous peoples, in an article published in The country. To that factor is added another, just as relevant. According to data from the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia, at least in 2022 La Guajira was the second department of the country with a Greater poverty index. His fact only overcame him. The area too stands out In studies on “multidimensional poverty” and according to data collected in 2022 in the middle Portfolio Thousands of homes also lack electrical connection. The wind war. The situation in La Guajira has tensioned so much that there are those who already speak of “The Wind War”. And the reason is not so much wind projects themselves as the way they are being deployed. Critical voices They speak of lack of impact studies and a limited participation of communities in the benefits generated by parks. They also question how traditional authorities that represent the peoples settled in the region for centuries have been consulted, which would have in turn referred to conflicts. “Disturb our dreams”. In An article Prepared two years ago María M. Monsalve explains that the Wayuu have questioned the previous consultations that, theoretically, should ensure that the development of wind projects is not done back to them. The reason: according to critics, there are closed pacts with people who do not hold the property of the land or have decision -making capacity. The equation is complicated by the existence of different authorities in the communities, the debate on how to compensate them or the impact of plants on the culture of the natives. “At night, the noise of the turbines disturbs our dreams. For us they are sacred,” Point to the BBC José L. Iguarán. When he now leaves his house in La Guajira, what he sees is a row of mills. What … and how. “There have been no analysis of the risks and studies of impacts on human rights with the participation of the communities. Nor are they seen resolution and mitigation of adverse impacts. And, judging by the complaints that arrive from the Wayuu communities and organizations, the international standards of rights of indigenous peoples ratified in Colombia are not being respected,” laments Berraondo. “Many communities do not oppose the development of projects if their rights are respected.” The debate, served. The issue is complex because other relevant factors are added to the tensions in the community, such as Energy plans from the country or the contributions of companies to the territory. Despite the noise of turbines or how they affect their traditions, Iguarán admits that in certain aspects its people have also been favored with the arrival of the wind farm Guajira i. The company behind the project has financed better infrastructure for water channeling or traffic and pays several communities a quota that depends on the income generated by electricity and the sale of carbon credits. Enough? “Companies are not respecting the right to participation for the benefit of communities and, on the other hand, offer them social investment plans with trap, since they can only execute such plans with the same companies that propose them,” Berraondo trench. A problem with consequences. Beyond the debate generated in Colombia or its media reach inside and outside the country, the situation in La Guajira is relevant because It is affecting to the sector and complicates the plans of the companies. TO late 2024 EDP ​​Renewables, in charge of the Alpha and Beta parks in La Guajira, decided to leave Colombia. The reason: delays and complications in which several factors influenced, such as COVID, but also the increase in indigenous communities involved in the prior consultation phase. In 2023 And after the effect of “Constant” Protests in the … Read more

There are three autonomous communities that take the palm

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In Spain the DGT watches traffic with fixed radars, section radars (Some of them In full installation process), Mobile radars and Pegasus. To these devices we can add the surveillance cameras or the work of the agents aboard vehicles, vans and even camouflaged motorcycles. Of all those devices, the most controversial generate are the Velolaser mobile radars (because their small size prevents guessing before going through them) and the situation of mobile radars. These, assures the DGT, are located where it is understood that they are more necessary for drivers to lift the accelerator’s foot and reduce the accidents. However, we also know that there are hundreds of empty boxes distributed throughout the territory and that are used to move radars. The box, whether or not it is in operation, is already enough to make the driver suspect and reduce the speed. Where are the radars that put the most fines With the data that the DGT is making public, Associated European motorists (AEA) Punctually update the list with the radars that impose the most fines over a year. As confirmed to ourselves, the data has a certain delay because traffic does not update them promptly at the end of each exercise. Therefore, those shown here are the radars that more fines imposed In 2023, the last year of which you have data. In spite of everything, we know that in total these 50 cinemometers added 3,355,287 complaints. The figure is 9.4% less than the year 2022 (3,704,675 sanctions) but the growth of some radar is observed that for the first time must have been working at full performance in the same place. This conclusion can take it out because the growth of some speed controllers has been 500% compared to the figure of 2022. In addition, we also know that almost one in four fines that are imposed in Spain arrive from these radars. In total, they made 1,245,053 sanctions, which represents 38 % of the total complaints. By autonomous communities (Basque Country and Cataloniawho have the transferred powers), the most punished region was Andalusia, with 436,273 complaints made. It was followed by the Community of Madrid (210,792 sanctions) and the Valencian Community (127,063 complaints). Autonomous Community Province VIA PK Complaints Madrid (community of) Madrid M-40 20.2 118149 Andalusia Malaga A-7 968.2 66869 NAVARRA (COMMUNITY OF) Navarre A-15 127.6 49677 Andalusia Malaga A-7 978.9 45522 Galicia Pontevedra A-55 9.2 45276 Balears (Illes) Balears (Illes) EI-600 9.6 44985 Valencian Community Valencia/València A-7 326.4 43269 Canary Islands Palmas (Las) GC-1 42.2 38240 ANDALUSIA Cádiz A-38 137.3 35915 ANDALUSIA Seville A-92 83.8 33849 ANDALUSIA Seville SE-30 10,1 33748 Madrid (community of) Madrid M-40 52.7 33612 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-45 128.7 33310 ANDALUSIA Huelva H-31 79.9 30537 ANDALUSIA Seville A-92 29.1 26414 Asturias (Principality of) Asturias A-66 35.2 26083 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-7 936.2 23273 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-4 12.4 21105 Castilla y León Burgos A-1 194.2 21048 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-4 13.3 20807 ANDALUSIA Seville A-4 495.6 20216 ANDALUSIA Malaga A-45 118 20100 Cantabria Cantabria A-67 195.6 19607 Castilla-La Mancha Basin A-3 156.5 19355 CANTABRIA Cantabria A-8 144.4 19128 CANTABRIA Cantabria A-67 185 18507 Galicia Lugo A-8 545.1 17618 Madrid (community of) Madrid A-2 15 17119 Castilla-La Mancha Toledo A-5 57.8 16130 Andalusia Seville A-92 0.8 15558 Estremadura Cáceres A-66 508 15403 Galicia Pontevedra A-55 11.7 15229 Valencian Community Valencia/València A-3 314.8 15128 Valencian Community Alicante/Alacant A-70 27.3 15030 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló AP-7 356.7 14750 Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife TF-13 0.5 14309 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló AP-7 374.7 13780 GALICIA Coruña (a) AG-55 11.7 13533 GALICIA Pontevedra A-52 282.5 13388 Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real A-4 230.8 13330 Andalusia Malaga A-356 36.5 13293 Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real A-4 177.5 13142 ANDALUSIA Malaga MA-20 10.4 12742 Andalusia Huelva H-30 8.5 12671 Valencian Community Castellón/Castelló N-340 1010.6 12563 Valencian Community Alicante/Alacant A-70 8.6 12543 Cantabria Cantabria A-67 191,6 12539 ANDALUSIA Seville A-66 795.5 12256 Castilla y León Lion A-6 347.9 12211 ESTREMADURA Badajoz A-66 685.9 12187 Photo | DGT In Xataka | The DGT will install 122 new radars in 2025. Locations and when they will begin to fine the 24 radars that are already active

In the war between communities of neighbors and tourist floors there is a key date, on April 3. And favors the first

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With the influx of tourists in Historic maximumsthe residential market Tensioning and the price of housing climbing until Nourish With those of the brick bubble, administrations have launched themselves to regulate tourist floors. In Madrid, Barcelona either Valencia The municipalities have moved file to put limits and in Seville they have even considered ending the illegal offer by closing the tap. Literally. From April 3 who want to devote themselves to holiday rental will have to deal with a new challenge: neighborhood communities. If until now they were the ones that suffered the most tourist floors, they are about to become the opposite: a way to stop their proliferation. What happened? That on April 3 a change of the Horizontal Property Law which will fully affect the relationship between neighbors communities and tour floors. And it will also do so in favor of the former, expanding its margin to stop the proliferation of vacation rentals. Legal change is included in the Organic Law 1/2025a rule published in the BOE earlier this year, but which has a period of three months to enter into force. What does the law say? Basically it establishes that anyone who wants to rent their apartment to tourists must get permission from most of its neighbors. And what is more important, has to have that collective ‘ok’ before leasing the floor. “You must previously obtain the express approval of the community of owners”, Clarify the new standardwhich also specifies that the decision must be made with a broad support of the three fifths of the owners. Wasn’t it so far? The legal change gives more tools to neighbors communities when limiting tourist rentals within their block, but that does not mean that until now they have had their hands tied. On the contrary. He Royal Decree 7/2019which entered into force six years ago, already provided that the communities could “limit or condition” the holiday rentals in the building if the three fifths of the owners agreed so. And can they report? Yes. Now the law goes a step further. It speaks of the need to obtain “previously the express approval” of the community and pronounced on the margin of maneuver that the neighbors have, even about the possibility of denouncing in case they detect a rented floor without their placet. “The president of the community, on his own initiative or of any of the owners or occupants, will require those who carry out the activity, without expressly approved, the immediate cessation of the same, under the warning of initiating the judicial actions,” indicates the law published in January. Does it have retroactive effect? No, the legal change will not have retroactive effect on the apartments that are rented respecting the norms. The text Published in January it is quite clear about it: “That owner of a house that is exercising the activity prior to the entry into force of the law, which has previously been accepted to the tourist sector regulations, may continue to exercise the activity with the conditions and deadlines established in it. “ The new law also echoed another of the powers that communities have and appeared already reflected in The 2019 decree: The whole of the neighbors may apply to the owners of tourist floors a “special quota” or “an increase in the participation of the common expenses of the house”. Of course, that increase should never exceed 20% and the decision must also be endorsed by a lazy majority of the three fifths of the owners. Is it a novelty? It is a novelty the entry into force of the law on April 3, but probably caught by surprise a few owners of flats and communities of neighboring. And not only because the regulations have been published in the BOE January 3. The government had been looking for the way to “empower” the neighbors in the face of the proliferation of vacation rentals and months ago he acknowledged that one of the ideas he had in mind was to give communities a veto power. “What we want is that the authorization of the neighbors be necessary, with a major I advanced In July, Minister Carlos Body in RNE. Images | Stay Grouted (Flickr) and Tomáš Gal (Unspash) In Xataka | In Spain, floors are being rented as tourist accommodations without a license. Now also elderly residences

These are the autonomous communities that maintain the discounts

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Yesterday, January 22, 2025, the Government failed to carry out the Omnibus Decree that contemplated the pension increasethe extension of the MOVES III Plan and its aid to the electric car or the public transport subsidywith free or discounted multi-trip passes and tickets. The latter has had a direct consequence among those who use public transport daily because they have seen how the same transport passes that were discounted yesterday have now returned to their official prices before the discount. Óscar Puente, Minister of Transport, assured yesterday that public transport passes acquired before the refusal was given Omnibus Decree of the Government will maintain the advantages until the end of the first quarter (when said subscriptions had to be renewed) since the user had the “acquired right” with the purchase of the titles. However, those who had not obtained the titles before yesterday’s vote will not have these purchase aids. Aid that also affects regional titles. In the latter case, the transport subsidy is maintained if the town councils or autonomous communities responsible for them undertake to extend their contribution. Some of them have already confirmed that this will be the case. The autonomous communities that will maintain aid for public transport in 2025 Just a few days ago, with the first hours of 2025, the Government confirmed that it was extending aid to public transport until June 30, 2025. A measure that It would cost us 1.6 billion euros and that came with another promise: a single public transport ticket for all of Spain starting in the second half of the year. Aid for public transport, however, reached citizens through two sources. In those of state ownership (such as free quarterly subscriptions for Media Distancia with predefined origin and destination, the 50% reduction in the price of Avant multi-trip tickets or the free state-managed bus lines), the aid has been completely eliminated as it does not have the support of the Congress of Deputies. However, passes and multi-trip tickets of municipal or regional extension within the same autonomous community had double funding in the aid. The responsible organizations that wanted to benefit from the aid had the obligation to offer these multi-trip passes and tickets with at least a 50% discount. In order to apply this discount, the regional government was obliged to commit to a minimum aid of 20% of the original price and the State would support with the remaining 30% until reaching that minimum 50% reduction. Without the contribution of the State and the extension of aid, the autonomous communities and town councils have three options: Eliminate aid for public transport Maintain your minimum contribution of 20% or the one you have been applying until now Assume the State’s part and maintain the 50% discount, accepting that the entire final amount has to come from its coffers. In this context, some autonomous communities have already confirmed that they will maintain their aid to public transport in one way or another: Community of Madrid: It will maintain the 60% discount that its users already enjoyed. The regional government matched the State contribution and, therefore, the reduction in the final price was 60%. Government spokespersons in the region have confirmed that They will maintain the aid “for the moment” and therefore the prices They are still the ones you find in this link.Catalonia: At least temporarily, aid for public transport in Catalonia is maintained. It has been confirmed by Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) who claim that prices are maintained at a 50% discount “until the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility officially publishes or communicates” the withdrawal of its 30% state aid. From then on, the ATMs of Barcelona, ​​Lleida, Tarragona and Girona will maintain the 20% aid that corresponded to them until now but the state contribution will be lost. the Basque Country: As stated EFEaid for public transport in the Basque Country will also remain at a 50% discount until the Government of Spain confirms the withdrawal of its part of the aid. At this time, 20% of Basque aid is provided, 10% by the Autonomous Community and the remaining 10% by the provincial councils and town councils. Regarding the application in each City Council, in Bilbao the 50% discounts are maintained on the barik card and in temporary titles until February 20. After this date, if the State does not maintain its 30% aid, the reduction will be 20%. In San Sebastián it has been confirmed that the 50% discounts are maintained although no date has been specified and in Vitoria they will be maintained, at least, until January 31, according to Basque Chronicle. Valencian Community: According to The Sixththe Generalitat Valenciana is studying to what extent it can maintain transport aid, which, for the moment, will continue to receive a 50% discount until next December 31. Andalusia: As stated Seville newspaperthe Junta de Andalucía will maintain, at least, the 20% discount on the price of passes and multi-trip tickets that it already supported with its funds. This discount is active throughout the Autonomous Community and, therefore, also in the Metro services of Seville, Málaga and Granada.Galicia: Pick up ABC that the Xunta de Galicia will also maintain transport aid at 50% until the end of January. From then on, the aid will be reduced to 20% corresponding to the section provided by the autonomous communities.Asturias: The Principality of Asturias has confirmed in X that the CONECTA card is used throughout the Autonomous Community will continue to maintain exactly the same current rates. The card can be recharged monthly up to a maximum of 30 euros (unused money is returned) and with it you can take trips that are divided into zones. Prices can be consulted at this link.Castile and León: Pick up EFE that the Junta de Castilla y León has confirmed that it will maintain public transport subsidies that depend on the regional contribution. Thus, the Avant service will maintain a 20% discount and metropolitan transport a 20% discount. Rural transport will … Read more

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