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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.

• Potato, corn and beans: the full cycle for starting from scratch
  A piece of potato grows a whole plant, and a 25-litre bucket yields 1 kg in three months: how the emergency staple reproduces
  Sep 29, 2026 · 100 replies
• Record number of over-50s drawing subsidy until retirement
  87% of unemployed over-50s on the subsidy will stay on it until retirement. It pays around €480 and contributes on 100% of the minimum base.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 221 replies
• Madrid 1987: 50-peseta sandwiches and one paycheck per household
  In 1987 one salary supported a house, a car and three children; a calamari sandwich cost 50 pesetas. Comparison with today's wages doesn't add up.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 248 replies
• Valencia: The Awning That Wasn't There and the Façade That Burned
  Photos from 2018 and 2022 show no awning on the terrace where the Valencia fire started, while the composite façade is the focus of suspicion.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 328 replies
• Tucker Carlson arrives at Ferraz with Abascal and takes aim at the amnesty
  Tucker Carlson appears at Ferraz with Abascal and says 'the world needs to see what is happening in Spain'
  Sep 29, 2026 · 342 replies
• Ibiza: PP would govern with 15 of 25 councillors and 52% abstention
  The PP rises from 8 to 15 councillors in Eivissa with 7.448 votes and 47,55%, while abstention stays at 51,72% of the electorate and moves no seat.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 303 replies
• Old car: clutch costs more than the car, owner says
  A 2002 Renault Laguna II with 143.000 km gets a 2.000€ clutch quote. Another garage did it for half, according to its owner
  Sep 29, 2026 · 250 replies
• A 2005 Fiesta for €4,400: why buying beats repairing
  A 2005 Fiesta 1.4 TDCi for €4,400 and 4.7 l/100 km: the maths behind a used-car swap when repairs no longer make sense
  Sep 29, 2026 · 163 replies
• Ione Belarra has just stopped by the gas station to fill up
  Belarra puts the cost of nationalizing Repsol at €8 billion and says the big four energy firms made €56 billion since 2022. Not an official valuation.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 14 replies
• Sol encampment: a tenant with €250,000, according to her critics
  Thousands of people are protecting an encampment in Sol in defence of a tenant said to have €250,000 and over 50 years of cheap rent.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 24 replies
• Overpopulation: the elephant in the room in the housing crisis?
  Spain’s housing debate heats up: is overpopulation, driven by mass immigration, the real cause of the crisis? We examine the...
  Sep 29, 2026 · 173 replies
• Boy, 13, attacked by group in Mataró
  A 13-year-old boy was attacked by a group in Mataró and the video is circulating without reaching news. Lack of official data is fuelling speculation.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 245 replies
• Mass ramming in Munich: 28 injured and an Afghan driver
  A 24-year-old Afghan driver allegedly drove into a trade union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 28 people, ten days before Germany's elections
  Sep 29, 2026 · 227 replies
• Czechia and Slovakia punish public support for Russia
  Rule punishing public support for Russia with up to 3 years in Czechia and 25 in Slovakia reopens fight over Western double standards
  Sep 29, 2026 · 246 replies
• Moving fibers in masks: home experiments, no answers
  An amateur films fibers moving inside an FFP2 and exposes them to steam, a magnet and electric current. A lab attributes it to polypropylene microfibers.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 576 replies
• “From 40 million to 10 million in 60 years”: a forum user’s calculation
  According to a calculation shared on a forum, with 1 child per woman and no migration, Spain would shrink from 40 million people to 10 million in 60 years.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 28 replies
• Urbagestión hands over flat to 78-year-old tenant
  Urbagestión's owner admitted live that the minister who criticized him was right, and the company ended up handing over the flat to its 78-year-old tenant.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 20 replies
• Maricarmen decree: expropriate homes from tenants over 70
  Sumar's draft decree would let authorities expropriate a home if the tenant is over 70. The industry warns: fewer rentals for older people.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 275 replies
• When did Europe's national football teams start to get more diverse?
  France fielded a Black player as early as 1938 and Portugal four in 1966. The timeline of diversity in European national football teams and its causes.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 58 replies
• Burbuja.info: the Spanish social network taking on the tech giants
  Burbuja.info: the Spanish social network taking on the tech giants. Debate has erupted over a proposal for a 100% Spanish social network...
  Sep 29, 2026 · 218 replies
• Europe would lose 80% of its under-30s, according to this thesis
  A thesis claims World War III would leave Europe without 80% of its under-30s through phased conscription. No evidence
  Sep 29, 2026 · 148 replies
• Ceuta and Melilla: the theory of a hybrid takeover through healthcare
  The theory circulating: Ceuta and Melilla would not fall to a military invasion but to a healthcare collapse forcing evacuation
  Sep 29, 2026 · 36 replies
• Sergeant convicted of pulling a female cadet's hair
  Six months in prison for abuse of authority and three for injuries: military court convicts the sergeant who pulled a cadet's braid during rappelling.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 259 replies
• The 90 days that block Spain's over-52 unemployment subsidy
  Spain’s over-52 subsidy requires 15 years of contributions, two in the last 15, and 90 extra days if you don’t sign on.
  Sep 29, 2026 · 200 replies
• IBI (local property tax): cadastral value up 46% while the market halved
  Cadastral value of urban land rose 48.42% between 2006 and 2013 while market prices fell 48.03%, and IBI (local property tax) already raises €12 billion
  Sep 29, 2026 · 206 replies
• The song-matching duel that keeps '80s icons alive
  The song-matching game lives on: dedicate an '80s ballad and wait for the reply. Olivia Newton-John and the mystery of her missing boyfriend
  Sep 29, 2026 · 247 replies
• Trump and Vance confront Zelensky live at the White House
  Trump puts Ukraine aid at $350 billion and warns Zelensky in the Oval Office: sign peace or the US walks away
  Sep 29, 2026 · 284 replies
• 28F opens Andalusia's fault line: Jaén doesn't feel like Seville
  28F divides Andalusia: Jaén and Almería argue over the holiday, flamenco and even Blas Infante, with unemployment and Seville bias in the background
  Sep 29, 2026 · 247 replies
• Sounds every 30 minutes at 4 km: the rescue that doesn't exist
  Media outlets confirm banging every 30 minutes at 4,000 meters, but the deepest submarine rescue ever achieved reached only 1,500 feet
  Sep 29, 2026 · 316 replies
• Shark in Hurghada: the attack that killed a tourist
  A Russian tourist died after a shark attack at a Hurghada beach and the animal was captured. The incident reopens the debate over great white, tiger and…
  Sep 29, 2026 · 260 replies