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Moreno Luis - is a business and economics reporter based in Barcelona. Prior to joining the BNE24 he was economics editor of the BBC Spaine and worked as an economics and political reporter for Murcia Tuday.

Deadlines to claim the SEPE subsidy for people over 52 years of age if you have been denied

Those over 52 years of age, as stated by the Public State Employment Service (SEPE), are entitled to an unemployment subsidy for those over 52 years of age in case they have exhausted the contributory benefit. To opt for it, it is necessary to be registered as a job seeker and sign the activity commitment that obliges you to actively seek employment.

To access it, the SEPE includes on its website a series of requirements to collect this benefit, the amount of which is 80% of the IPREM (about 480 euros per month) and the duration, if the requirements are met, is until the age required to be entitled to the Social Security contributory pension.

However, it is possible that, either due to not duly accrediting compliance with the requirements or due to an error, the request for said benefit may be denied.. In this case, applicants should know that there is an appeal period that SEPE includes on its own website.

These are the deadlines to claim the SEPE

From the SEPE they specify that, “in the case of not agreeing with the resolution of approval of your request for unemployment benefit or with the denial”, you can claim “within thirty days from the notification of the resolution”. Three months are also available from the presentation of the same if no response has been received.

Once the claim has been submitted, the SEPE must respond to it within 45 days. From the administration they inform that “if this period elapses without an express resolution being produced, the claim for administrative silence will be understood as dismissed. In this case, it is possible to file an appeal before the courts within 30 days.

Where is the claim filed?

The claim, notify from the SEPE, must be submitted in writing with name, surname, ID, postal address and the reason for the challenge, in addition to the date, signature and body to which the claim is addressed.

Requirements for the provision of people over 52 years of age

  • be unemployed
  • ​Age 52 or older
  • Have exhausted the contributory benefit
  • ​Be registered as a jobseeker for one month from the end of the unemployment benefit
  • Sign the activity agreement
  • Lack of income above 75% of the SMI
  • Proof of having contributed for retirement for a minimum of 15 years
  • Have contributed unemployment for a minimum of 6 years.

In which cases can a widow and retirement pension be collected at the same time?

When you reach the ordinary retirement age or meet the contribution period required by Social Security, you have the right to receive a contributory retirement pension from the public body. But in what situations is it possible to receive two pensions at the same time?

First of all, in order to receive 100% of the retirement pension in 2023, it is necessary to be 66 years and four months, if they have contributed less than 37 years and nine months. It is also possible to retire by collecting the full amount of the benefit at age 65, as long as they have contributed for 37 years and nine months or more.

What are the exceptions

The General Social Security Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 8/2015, establishes in article 163 that it will not be possible to make pensions compatible “when they coincide in the same beneficiary, unless expressly provided otherwise, legal or by regulation”.

However, there are exceptions, such as the case of the collection of the widow's pension. This is financial aid aimed at those people who become widows as a result of the death of their companion, when they have had a marital relationship or as a common-law relationship with them, as long as they meet certain requirements.

This pension can be collected at the same time that a work activity is carried out, as well as collecting the unemployment benefit or other types of aid. The widow's pension is compatible, in turn, with the retirement pension and the temporary disability pension. However, a series of conditions must be met, such as not exceeding the maximum pension limit established by law.

Do you have World Cup 82 coins? The value of one of them has skyrocketed due to a manufacturing error

Barely 7 years after the end of the Franco dictatorship and with Spain making great efforts to open up to the international community, the 1982 World Cup presented itself as a great opportunity for the country to recover international prestige and open up to the world.. Those days Spain was looking forward to the World Cup event and although the sporting experience was not the best (Spain would fall in the second phase), the whole country turned to preparing for the World Cup.

Even in the smallest details, Spain wanted to prepare for its first major international event. So much so that the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT) launched peseta coins commemorating the event. Coins of 100 pesetas, 50, 25, 5, 1 and 50 cents with the portrait of Juan Carlos I and different inscriptions such as the national coat of arms, the inscription “España '82” or soccer balls.

41 years later, these commemorative coins have become a coveted item for numismatists, coin collectors. Their value, their circulation, the four decades since their issuance are factors that make them valuable.. Some, in fact, more than others.

The five pesetas coin, especially valuable

In this sense, the 5 pesetas World Cup coin is a 'rare bird' due to a manufacturing error. And it is that, although its reverse shows the correct value, the World Cup inscription and the year of minting (1980) on the reverse the portrait of King Juan Carlos I appears with the date of 1975.

This error has triggered the value of this coin (which was originally five pesetas, that is, about three current euro cents) to 400 euros, according to El Español.

This is the most valuable coin that thousands of Spaniards can still keep from that time, but whoever has these commemorative coins should know that they all have special value for collectors.. In fact, according to the specialized portal Foronum, the 100 pesetas coin can be paid for up to 27 euros, the 50 pesetas coin up to 16 euros and the 25 pesetas coin up to 22 euros, depending on the state of conservation.

They leak an intelligence report that criticizes the lack of training of Ukrainian soldiers in the counteroffensive

A German intelligence document says the Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russia is not making “significant progress” because the army is under-trained and failing to take advantage of Western training being provided.

This has been confirmed by the German newspaper Bild, where they have had access to this confidential information that has been developed with the aim of evaluating Ukrainian soldiers. According to this newspaper, they are making “a great learning success”, but German intelligence is not so satisfied with the work of their superiors.

The German newspaper has explained that some of these leaders are showing “considerable deficiencies in leadership”, as well as in the application of management processes, which sometimes leads to “incorrect and dangerous decisions”.

In relation to this information, a senior official from the British army has assured The Daily Telegraph that this information only serves to “unduly criticize Ukraine”. They [Ukrainians] have a lot of problems, but I don't think this German accusation is one of them,” he said.

However, this is not the only one

A drone records an arsonist while starting fires in southern Italy

An arsonist was recorded by a drone while causing fires in a cane field in southern Italy, in the Calabria region, where some thirty drones have been deployed as a form of deterrence and to identify the architects of some of the fires that burn these days in the country.

The video shows a man burning several plants until he realizes that he is being recorded by a drone and tries to bring down the device by throwing stones.

“Calabria is a civilized region but it also has some imbeciles who are going to start fires in the forest like this arsonist,” the regional president, Roberto Occhiuto, denounced today on his social networks after stating that the penalties for this crime can reach seven years in prison.

“He sets the fire, then he sees the drone and tries to knock it down with stones, but where does it come from? From the caves?” he questioned about the individual, whom he assured had already been identified and denounced.

Southern Italy is suffering devastating fires these days after a week with temperatures that have reached 46 degrees due to the Charonte heat wave.

One of the most affected areas is Sicily, where at least three people have died (two of them burned) and more than 2,000 citizens have had to be evicted. This Tuesday, the flames came so close to the city of Palermo that its airport had to be evacuated throughout the morning.

State of emergency

Also in the vicinity of Catania, the second most populous city in Sicily, the flames have reached inhabited areas and devastate palm trees in urbanized streets, gardens and homes, where there is also no water or electricity due to the intense heat that is causing overloads in services electrical.

The health authorities have asked people not to leave their homes because the air is unbreathable due to smoke and ash.

The Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, advanced this Tuesday that Italy will declare a state of emergency not only because of the fires, but also because of the violent storms that the north has suffered, with cyclones, tornadoes and hailstorms that have resulted in two deaths, one 58-year-old woman and a 16-year-old adolescent, due to falling trees.

“The fires and weather catastrophes of recent days have put Italy to the test. I am sincerely close to the pain of those who have lost loved ones,” Meloni said, in a video.

At least six injured when the arm of a crane fell against another building in Manhattan

At least six people have been injured after the articulated arm of a construction crane collapsed this Wednesday on the New York island of Manhattan, in the United States.

According to the assistant commissioner of the New York Fire Department, Joseph Pfeifer, all the victims – four civilians and two firefighters – have suffered minor injuries and their lives are not in danger.

According to city officials, the incident occurred at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 41st Street.. A tower in front of the building under construction has been affected after receiving the impact of the articulated arm of the crane.

Preliminary reports suggest that the crane caught fire when an operator tried to lift a load weighing 16 tons.. The operator managed to get out of the cabin unharmed, according to CNN.

Pfeifer has pointed out that the flames could have affected the crane wiring “to the point where it loses its strength, and that is where the collapse has occurred.”

The New York authorities have launched an investigation to clarify what happened and settle responsibilities. Engineers from the city's Housing Department will assess the structure of the building hit by the crane.

A communist-era mass grave found in the foundations of a Warsaw apartment building

Polish authorities found human remains of victims of post-war communist repression on the land now occupied by a housing development in central Warsaw.

The exhumations will continue this Wednesday, according to what the vice-president of the Institute for Polish Historical Memory, Krzystof Szwagrzyk, told the press, who stated that, since the discovery of the first human remains last Monday, the conclusion has been reached that the total number “is very large”.

On the site of Calle 11 de Noviembre where several blocks of flats built in the 1990s now stand, was the detention and torture center known as “Toledo”, where political prisoners were interrogated and executed under the government. Polish communist between 1945 and 1956.

“Right under the windows of this beautiful and modern housing estate lies the evidence of Stalinist crimes.. History is alive in this place,” said Professor Szwagrzyk, who regretted that the investigations in that place have begun, in his opinion, “decades late.”

“30 years ago we found here the remains of more than 30 people who were murdered in that prison and buried in its vicinity.. Today, in just a few minutes of excavation, we have found more fragments of human remains,” said the researcher.

Professor Szwagrzyk stressed that “the prison that was here was one of the harshest in all of Poland, death sentences were carried out here against soldiers, members of the Resistance, many of them young people”, and in most cases they were buried outside the walls”.

Although, according to historians, it will be impossible to identify all the victims whose remains are found, “it is only a matter of time before the identity of some can be determined and then we will contact their relatives,” Szwagrzyk explained.

According to the Polish Institute for Historical Memory, at the end of World War II about 2,500 people were buried in mass graves throughout Warsaw and only about 400 have been exhumed so far.

One dead and 16 injured in the fire of a car cargo ship in the North Sea

At least one person has died and 16 others have been injured in a fire that broke out on a cargo ship in the North Sea, some thirty kilometers off the coast of the Netherlands, which was traveling from Germany to Egypt with thousands of cars. on board.

As reported by the Dutch Coast Guard, the cargo ship is still on fire almost 30 kilometers off the coast of the Netherlands, although the 23 crew members on board have already been evacuated: some were brought ashore in a boat of the maritime rescue services and others have been flown in by helicopter.

The injured were taken by ambulance to hospitals near the coast with respiratory problems, although none of them are in danger, according to regional security services.

The ship Fremantle Highway sailed under the Panamanian flag and left the German port of Bremerhaven for Port Said, in Egypt. It had about 3,000 cars on board, of which 25 were electric cars. The fire could have started in one of those electric vehicles and quickly spread to the rest, the Coast Guard believes.

The crew themselves tried to control the fire, but due to its intensity, it was not possible, which led seven of them to jump off the ship in a controlled manner until the rescue services arrived and pulled them out of the water.

In addition to the official authorities, a fishing boat that was sailing in the area when the fire broke out also came to the rescue of the crew.

The fire continues out of control, especially at the front of the ship, while the Coast Guard is trying to control it from its own vessel because it is no longer safe to transfer firefighters aboard the freighter.

A tugboat managed to attach a cable to the Fremantle Highway to prevent it from drifting, thus ensuring that important shipping routes to and from Germany are not blocked as there is a strong wind current, although the Coast Guard stressed that consideration is being taken all scenarios, including that the freighter may already be sinking.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive takes strategic positions around Bakhmut and makes advances on the southern front towards Berdiansk

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has made advances in the last hours on the southern front, in the direction of the port of Berdiansk, and in the surroundings of Bakhmut, where it has forced the Russian army to withdraw from several nearby towns in what could be a first step to the reconquest of the city.

Zelensky's troops have penetrated several kilometers along the southern flank of the city and have caused the Russian withdrawal around the settlements of Klishchiivka and Andriivka, two small municipalities southwest of Bakhmut that are now under Kiev control.

The spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andri Kovalov, already confirmed on Tuesday the capture of Andriivka and the latest reports from the combat zone indicate that the Russian forces have also withdrawn from Klishchiivka, just 10 kilometers from Bakhmut.

Likewise, Zelensky's army has positioned itself to the northwest of the city after advancing along the M03 highway until it is less than 20 kilometers away, in the surroundings of the town of Orekhovo-vasylivka.

These encircling movements from the west by the Ukrainian army, with advances to the north and south in the vicinity of Bakhmut, could be the prelude to a large-scale offensive to try to retake the city, which fell into the hands of the Russian army on last May after months of intense fighting that has caused the virtual destruction of the city.

But while few buildings remain standing, Bakhmut remains one of the main battlegrounds because it is a major logistics center just 50 miles from the regional capital, Donetsk, a metropolis that fell to pro-Russian separatists in the war. of Donbas, in 2014, and which remains under the control of the Kremlin.

The Russian army, with the support of Wagner's mercenaries, took months to take Bakhmut and its forces are not willing to easily abandon the positions they had won.. Indeed, despite the Ukrainian advances, Moscow troops have responded by artillery shelling the Kiev-controlled city of Toretsk, located 50 kilometers southwest of Bakhmut.

But beyond the intense fighting around this disputed city, the Ukrainian counteroffensive has also made progress on the southern front, regaining ground around Staromayorske, west of the Donetsk region; and in Robotine, in Zaporizhia.

Although on this southern front the counteroffensive is advancing more slowly than Kiev wanted, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintains that the advances are solid and that part of the efforts are also focused on consolidating the areas of land won from the enemy.

The ultimate goal of the counteroffensive on this southern front is to reach the port of Berdyansk and the Black Sea coast in order to cut Russia's land communications with Crimea, which would be limited to the vulnerable bridge over the Kerch Strait.

Russian diplomacy visits North Korea

Far from the front line, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu expressed on Wednesday Russia's desire to strengthen military ties with North Korea.. During an official visit to Pyongyang, Shoigu has described the Asian country as an “important partner of Russia” and has advocated expanding that collaboration.

“I am convinced that our talks will help strengthen cooperation between our defense ministries,” said the Russian minister, who held a meeting with his counterpart, Kang Sun-nam.

Shoigu attends as a guest the celebrations on the occasion of the anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1950-1953) and has considered North Korea as a “friendly country”. The West, for its part, has repeatedly accused Pyongyang of supplying Moscow with weapons and ammunition in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

Morocco sanctions those responsible for exporting methomyl watermelons to Spain

Morocco has taken action against those responsible for exporting watermelons with excess methomyl traces to the European Union (EU) by suspending their sanitary and export licenses, sources from the National Office for Sanitary Security (ONSSA) reported.

The sources indicated that the ONSSA troops opened an investigation as soon as they received a notification from the community Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (Rasff) about the presence of traces of a pesticide, methomyl, above the permitted levels, in watermelons. from the North African country and exported to Spain.

“It has been possible to identify the field in question and trace the shipment of exported watermelons, and investigations have been carried out to determine the marketing channel for the pesticide,” the sources explained.

As a result of the investigations, measures were taken by suspending the health license of the watermelon packaging unit and the export license of the person responsible for sending this product to the EU.

A single load of watermelons

The sources specified that it is a single load of watermelons and “not all exports destined for this market.”

At the same time, ONSSA sources stressed that since the beginning of 2023, Morocco has only registered five Rasff notifications on fruits and vegetables from Morocco out of a total of 497 alerts issued by this system on vegetables and fruits imported into Europe since all regions.

The European Commission (EC) has recently warned about the presence of watermelons from Morocco with traces of methomyl, above the permitted levels, after receiving a notice from Spain through the Rasff system.

The notification occurred on the 14th, with an update on the 20th, through the Rasff system, through which Spain communicated the alert to the EC, which in turn sent the information to the rest of the EU countries.