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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.

• Banned Inventions: From the Water Engine to the Car That Never Needs Charging
  The promise of vacuum energy and water engines has gone decades without a single prototype sold. The recurring cases, and why they never reach stores
  Sep 30, 2026 · 169 replies
• Disneyland Paris: strikes and a model that doesn't fit Europe
  Disneyland Paris faces strikes and debate over a costly model that doesn't fit Europe, with tickets from €75 and streaming losses
  Sep 30, 2026 · 220 replies
• Why Covid vanished from the headlines when the war began
  Covid coverage collapsed when the war in Ukraine began, with some 7 billion vaccinated. The virus is still in health centres.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 253 replies
• Smaller portions in bars and restaurants while bills don't shrink
  Smaller portions in bars and restaurants: beer up from 1,70 to 2,90 euros, tortilla pincho from 3,50 to 5,80 euros, bill doesn't drop.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 268 replies
• Why the US has no high-speed rail and Spain does
  Spain has the world's second-largest high-speed rail network while the US has none: the 700 km between Boston and Washington still have no high-speed rail.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 241 replies
• Putin's visit to Mariupol divides opinion between praise and doubt
  Putin's Mariupol visit comes amid tweets cheering it and claims of a body double, green screen and cardboard set
  Sep 30, 2026 · 142 replies
• SEPE (Spain's public employment service) courses: the route to a job that almost never arrives
  Over €5,000 million spent on training for the unemployed, but real jobs come only from healthcare transport, welding and professional driving licences
  Sep 30, 2026 · 160 replies
• Blablacar pays €26 to driver who threw a couple out of his car
  A €52 two-seat trip ended with a couple stranded in Benicàssim and the driver receiving only €26 in compensation from Blablacar
  Sep 30, 2026 · 284 replies
• “Profits in Luxembourg at 1%,” says a Spanish businessman
  A businessman says he leaves profits in Luxembourg and pays 1% tax. Others counter that the general rate there is around 30%
  Sep 30, 2026 · 176 replies
• Ukraine war: Russia arms drones as Europe braces for winter
  Russia boosts "Geran" drone production; Europe faces critical energy winter. Strategic strikes in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions shape...
  Sep 30, 2026 · 11068 replies
• 98% of VOX voters reject shorter workweek, INVYMARK poll finds
  INVYMARK puts 98% of VOX voters and 89.7% of PP voters against cutting hours while keeping pay. The cost is up for debate.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 307 replies
• Debate: A government good for some, bad for others?
  Civil servants and pensioners say the current government has improved their lives, while private workers and freelancers denounce debt and impoverishment…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 203 replies
• Decongesting Madrid: a Franco-era model worth reviving?
  Franco's industrial decongestion plan, with satellite towns and industrial estates, contrasts with today's concentration in Madrid. Could it be a model…
  Sep 30, 2026 · 297 replies
• Spain's Christmas Lottery: An orchestrated fix?
  Fraud suspicions around Spain's Christmas Lottery grow amid alleged ball tampering and odd comments. Orchestrated fix or human error?
  Sep 30, 2026 · 210 replies
• Labour shortage stalls construction in Santiago
  90% employment rate in construction vocational training doesn't ease crew shortage: around thirty vacancies in A Coruña and projects turned down
  Sep 30, 2026 · 421 replies
• You don’t avoid a noisy neighbor by buying; you avoid them by paying
  Residential peace has become a luxury good: plots of 1,000 to 2,500 m², slow complaints and responses ranging from dialogue to retaliatory noise
  Sep 30, 2026 · 104 replies
• Polyurethane soles: why shoes fall apart after 2 years
  Polyurethane degrades on its own: Clarks, Camper and Chiruca shoes disintegrate after two years even if hardly worn. No receipt, no claim.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 104 replies
• "Yeoshua, not Jesus": the Jew who did not found Christianity
  "Yeoshua, not Jesus": the Jew who did not found Christianity. Matthew 15:24, circumcision and the war of dates between Talmud and Bible
  Sep 30, 2026 · 269 replies
• Enrique Moreno: 16 years of exams to become a notary at 44
  Enrique Moreno, from Montijo, passed the notary exam at 44 after 16 years of study. Average: 8 years; 780 candidates for 92 positions.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 271 replies
• Sugar gel regrows 90% of hair in bald mice
  A deoxyribose gel helped mice with alopecia regrow 80-90% of their hair. The FDA has only approved two drugs for alopecia.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 221 replies
• El Jueves puts Milei and Trump on its €10 cover
  El Jueves' €10 cover sparks controversy over missing Sánchez, Begoña, Mazón and Abascal. A forum user claims it receives subsidies via BOE since 2011.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 208 replies
• The EU Without a Captain: Technocracy and 'America Owns Europe'
  Debate on the EU as a technocratic project without peoples: 'decisions in Washington and London', demographic alarm and the Kalergi plan hoax.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 104 replies
• Chechens in Ukraine: Debating Their Real Role
  The thread debates the Chechen role in Ukraine: doubts about their elite status, possible casualties, and Mariupol.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 114 replies
• Viral photo with swastika attributed to Ukrainian refugees
  A Daily Star photo shows a tattooed swastika and is attributed to Ukrainian refugees; messages debate whether it's a fake or real
  Sep 30, 2026 · 139 replies
• Tank fires at building in Borodianka as someone films
  Geolocated video from Borodianka shows a tank firing at the building from which someone is filming. Debate over whether the person was a civilian remains open.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 117 replies
• Uneasy Calm: The Feeling That Something Big Is About to Happen
  A forum thread captures the sense that something big is coming: internet collapse in 2025, Trump, and apocalyptic theories without evidence.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 261 replies
• Thesis: End of humanity by AGI before 2035
  A thesis argues that an AGI will end humanity before 2035 due to negative utilitarianism: suffering as an absolute evil that justifies extinction.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 253 replies
• Tweet claims mortgage payment jumps from 570 to 1,076 euros as Euribor hits 4.13%
  A tweet says a 180,000-euro, 30-year mortgage went from 570 to 1,076 euros a month as Euribor hit 4.13%.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 251 replies
• Lyon to charge €45 a month to park heavy electric vehicles
  From 2024, Lyon will impose a €45 monthly penalty for parking heavy vehicles, including electric ones over 2.2 tonnes. Paris is considering it.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 175 replies
• Starting a business in Spain: 1,000 AliExpress headphones with no way out
  Buying 1,000 headphones on AliExpress to resell on Facebook no longer works: the market is saturated and margins have vanished.
  Sep 30, 2026 · 166 replies