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The most discussed topics on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., summarised in English: Spanish news, economy, housing and society as Spain talks about them.

• Sanna Marin: from dancing video to taking a drug test
  Sanna Marin agrees to take a drug test after a leaked video shows her dancing at a private party during her holiday.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 174 replies
• They plan to use public money to pay mortgage interest to the bank
  ICO (Spain's state credit agency) guarantees up to 20% of the mortgage principal and only pays if the borrower defaults. Interest subsidies are separate.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 1 replies
• Banderas, Almodóvar and Maricarmen (Juan Carlos Girauta in El Debate)
  Antonio Banderas calls for looking at the whole picture, while Pedro Almodóvar urges politicians to prevent further evictions.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 0 replies
• Leaked chats reveal Ábalos and Pedro Sánchez fighting Podemos over a few votes, with rental housing in the middle.
  OKDiario publishes chats in which Sánchez tells Ábalos not to give ground to Podemos on rent control and opens the battle over rent caps.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 0 replies
• Moncloa privately admits public housing is 'impossible'
  Moncloa privately admits public housing is 'impossible' in the short and medium term: 200.000 new households a year versus 95.000 homes built
  Sep 30, 2026 · 30 replies
• Lifetime pension for children over 45: the requirements
  Spain's Seguridad Social requires unmarried status, two years of financial dependence and income under €15,876 to collect a family pension of around €651.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 89 replies
• You Never Make Peace With the State, a Lawyer Says
  A lawyer argues the State is the one enemy you can never make peace with; the debate turns to the monopoly on violence and taxes.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 245 replies
• Vegan raw-food influencer dies at 39 after extreme diet
  Zhanna Samsonova, 39, a raw-food influencer, died in Malaysia from an infection worsened by the 'exhaustion' of an extreme fruit-only diet
  Sep 30, 2026 · 293 replies
• Mariupol basement: five claimed perpetrators and a video that no longer exists
  An unverified account of a woman found in a Mariupol basement has five different claims of responsibility and no verifiable documentary evidence.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 193 replies
• Rental fraud shifts to rooms and converted ground-floor units
  Room contracts in whole flats, converted ground-floor units and seasonal lets: how the law is dodged while tenants accept whatever they're given
  Sep 30, 2026 · 38 replies
• Núcleo Nacional and its image: from muscle to backlash
  Núcleo Nacional moves from its athletic 2024 profile to an image backlash in 2026, as debate mixes aesthetics, election spending and infiltration
  Sep 30, 2026 · 187 replies
• The bar at 49: 50 dates and no lowering it
  Patricia, 49, and some 50 dates since her 2018 separation, says she isn't tired, she's disgusted; 8 in 10 users are fed up.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 276 replies
• Spain leads the world in anti-anxiety drug consumption for two years running
  Spain has been the world's top consumer of anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants for two years, a trend linked to precariousness and the cost of living
  Sep 30, 2026 · 249 replies
• Eight Billion Humans Can Fit in a One-Kilometer Cube
  At 75 kg per person, all 8 billion humans can fit in a cube 1 km on each side. The problem isn’t space: it’s water, calories and the…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 139 replies
• The Lion King VHS at 100 euros: the market that won't close
  The Lion King VHS tapes at 100 euros are multiplying on Wallapop, but identical copies at 50 cents can't find a buyer: VHS selling is a shop window with...
  Sep 30, 2026 · 140 replies
• Gold stuck at 0.382 as bitcoin takes the spotlight
  Gold stuck at 0.382 and unable to recover while bitcoin hits 6.000 dollars; thresholds at 1.250 and 1.050 set the scene.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 133 replies
• This post on X from back when it was still Twitter is getting people talking online again.
  A post from before July 2023 asked whether Penélope Cruz was Pepe Viyuela in a wig. The joke is doing the rounds again.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 5 replies
• Leganés Metro: A Mirror of Immigration Overwhelming Public Transport
  A video from the Leganés metro, packed with Latin American immigrants, sparks intense debate over the socioeconomic and social-cohesion consequences of…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 207 replies
• The Economist 2025 cover: two hits credited to it
  The Economist's 2025 cover has two hits credited to it: the Los Angeles fires and DeepSeek's blow to AI
  Sep 30, 2026 · 445 replies
• The Spanish classism that leaves skilled trades unfilled
  Spain would be a feudal society doomed by classism, per a contested thesis: empty trades, rich workers, broke low earners
  Sep 30, 2026 · 351 replies
• Back to your parents at 40: rent prices force a return home
  Young workers earn €1,089 a month on average; rent costs €912, or 83.7% of their pay. With utilities, just €37 is left to live on.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 310 replies
• At Davos, Sánchez accuses Putin of planting ‘rotten seeds’ in Spain
  Sánchez says in Davos that Putin’s ‘rotten seeds’ must be fought. In Spain, the remark is read as pointing to Catalan independence, without public proof…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 124 replies
• Why Chinese-run bazaars survive with hardly any customers
  Margins of up to 5,900%, loans between compatriots and money-laundering cases: how Chinese-run bazaars with almost no customers keep going
  Sep 30, 2026 · 104 replies
• Porn Actress and the 100-Men Challenge: Suicide or Strategy?
  Porn actress Lily Philips and her 100 men in a day challenge. A debate on dignity, a million-dollar business, or social decay? Analysis.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 204 replies
• Four reasons for Sánchez to resign that the video doesn't list
  A video promises four reasons for Sánchez to resign but lists none: watch it all and you get soul-searching and tears, with no evidence.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 241 replies
• Record Christmas spending as 75% take home under €30,000
  Packed terraces with no heating and shops bursting: Christmas spending soars while 75% of tax filers earn under €30,000
  Sep 30, 2026 · 340 replies
• Ferraz: police ID checks and blocked marches toward La Moncloa
  Ferraz sees nightly standoff between protesters and police: ID checks, penalties and blocked marches toward La Moncloa
  Sep 30, 2026 · 426 replies
• Truckers are scarce, but the €1,000 CAP certificate puts candidates off
  The sector says it can't find truckers and offers “millions”, but the €1,000 CAP (driver certificate) and stagnant pay hold candidates back.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 711 replies
• Málaga: 160,800 unemployed as housing gets 8% pricier
  Málaga adds 29,500 unemployed, jobless rate hits 19.37%, while price per square metre rises 8% and average salary is around €18,000
  Sep 30, 2026 · 190 replies
• The housing bubble bursts: no energy, no new boom
  Spain’s growth model is running out of steam amid a saturated power grid, undeveloped land and rising debt. The debate points to the lack of a plan B
  Sep 30, 2026 · 260 replies