A fresh direct aid package to help farmers cope with soaring energy prices following the war in Ukraine will be approved by the government on Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced. At a socialist political rally in La Palma, together with the President of the Canary Islands regional executive, Ángel Víctor Torres, Sánchez reiterated the good economic prospects for Spain this year, after a very positive 2022. The Spanish economy ended the year with GDP growth of 5.5%, the same rate as the previous year and, in both cases, the highest since 1973, despite the fact that all forecasts pointed to a slowdown, EFE repor ... (full story)