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Spain’s PSOE party accuses VOX of ‘hate crimes’ for spreading false COVID-19 information

The complaint stems from a series of tweets from Vox back on January 18 and again between April 2 and 7 aimed at the PSOE

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death and infection rates continue to decline as caseload nears 200,000

THE daily death toll from coronavirus has dropped to 410 today. It's down from the 565 deaths announced yesterday and brings the total number of...

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus lockdown set to be extended to May 9 but children to be allowed out from April...

PEDRO Sanchez has announced that he will be seeking to extend the current state of alarm until May 9.  The Spanish prime minister revealed his...

Hunters blamed after bullet-ridden corpse of endangered Iberian Lynx found in Spain

HUNTERS have been blamed after the bullet-ridden body of a rare Iberian Lynx was found by a police sniffer dog. Guardia Civil had launched a...

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BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,000

MORE than 20,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Spain.  With 565 deaths confirmed in the past 24 hours, it brings the total death toll...

Spain’s tourism industry unlikely to fully reopen until the end of the year as initial plans to lift coronavirus...

SPAIN'S COVID-19 lockdown is unlikely to be fully lifted until the end of 2020, the Government has warned.  Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz revealed yesterday that...

New invention solves ‘corked wine’ problem and will help Spain and Portugal’s huge cork estates grow and thrive

The discovery comes as it emerged that the number of wines using corks has risen by 600,000 bottles a year, while plastic stopper use has fallen by four million units

Spain’s El Pais newspaper launches digital subscription service

El Pais is following in the footsteps of the world’s most prestigious media outlets

BARKING MAD: British expat couple facing €600 fine EACH for walking dogs in Spain’s Cadiz

A BRITISH expat couple are facing fines of up to €601 EACH for walking their dogs during the coronavirus lockdown.  Peter Rees, 69 and his...

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death and infection rates slightly increase as death toll nears 20,000

SPAIN'S coronavirus infection rate has slightly increased for the third day in a row with 5,252 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.  That's up...

Spain confirms a ‘basic income’ will start paying people hardest hit by COVID-19 from May and it will be...

The aid will be around 500 euros a month and aims to protect those most in need.

Six things Spain must do before lifting its coronavirus lockdown restrictions, according to the WHO

AFTER more than a month of a nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in Spain, patience is wearing thin among parts of the population.  Families and businesses want...

Man hid in Tenerife cave as air-sea search looked for him fearing he had drowned

A SEA search was launched in Spain after a man threw himself into the ocean when Guardia Civil tried to stop him for breaking...

OPINION: Lawyer’s complaint to Brussels over Spain’s COVID-19 stance reflects wearying public

After more than four weeks of confinement, millions of us across Spain are already feeling the bite

EXPLAINED: Measures taken by Spain’s Ministry of Education so students don’t ‘lose’ school year due to coronavirus confinement

An estimated 10% of school children do not have access to the technology required to do online coursework

BREAKING: Slight increase in Spain’s coronavirus infection and death rates as many more tests carried out while recovery rate...

SPAIN has recorded a slight jump in both new infections and deaths related to COVID-19.  Since yesterday, 551 people have died from coronavirus (up from...

WATCH: 100-year-old Spanish woman with multiple conditions returns home after winning battle against coronavirus

Amidst cheers and applause, Carmen, who turns 101 in August, was received like a hero at her residency.

Italy tests glass cubicles for its beaches in bid to open for summer amid devastating coronavirus pandemic – will...

AN Italian company believes it has come up with a way to ensure its country's beaches can open for the summer season.  Nuova Neon Group...

COVID-19: Lack of migrant workers puts Spain’s supermarket fresh food stocks in jeopardy

This year, due to coronavirus and the closure of national borders, the agricultural industry has lost an estimated 75,000 workers

EXPLAINED: How Spanish website assisted Nigerian COVID-19 face mask scam in attempt to fleece German government of millions of...

A SPANISH website has been revealed as a central pillar in a scam that sought to cheat European health authorities out of millions of...

Doctors warn of dangers of mixing cleaning products after emergency calls spike during Spain’s COVID-19 crisis

In most cases, the mixture of bleach and another chemical produces a gas called Chloramine (NH2Cl) which is highly toxic, and when in contact with mucus, transforms into hydrochloric acid

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death rate drops but infections rise by more than 5,000 in a single day

THE number of COVID-19 cases in Spain has risen to 177,633 as of this morning.  It means 5,092 new infections were recorded between Tuesday and...

Former prime minister Mariano Rajoy under investigation for ‘going for a jog’ during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

Mariano Rajoy under investigation for allegedly breaking confinement rules.

WATCH: Police helicopter swoops in on lone beachgoer amid coronavirus lockdown on Spain’s Costa Blanca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdq8XD-uSaY THIS is the extraordinary moment a police helicopter swooped in on a lone beachgoer during the coronavirus lockdown in Spain.  Policia Nacional officers can...

COVID-19: Government steps in to stop private clinics hiking up coronavirus testing costs

THE Government has revealed measures to ensure the nation's private testing clinics are not hiking prices, putting the most vulnerable in danger. In a press...

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