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Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Carmen Calvo, recovers from coronavirus and returns to work

CARMEN Calvo announces she has recovered from COVID-19 and is returning to work.

Nearly 90% of Spaniards believe opposition parties should support the Government through the COVID-19 crisis

A RECENT study has suggested that 87.8% of Spaniards believe the opposition parties should support the Government through the coronavirus crisis.

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...

Far-right VOX party rejects COVID-19 state of alarm extension in harshest statement against Pedro Sanchez to date

Vox was hit hard with the virus, with secretary general Javier Ortega Smith testing positive after a party conference on March 8

Hospitals in Spain at ‘breaking point’ as stand in Health Director holds crisis meeting

SPAIN’S hospitals are near ‘breaking point’ with a deluge of critical Covid cases in the last few days. A total of six autonomous regions are...

BREAKING: UK pledges €85 million to repatriate stranded Brits, with over 150,000 returning from Spain since the coronavirus lockdown

THE British government has pledged to spend €85 million to repatriate stranded Brits abroad.

CORONAVIRUS: Vox party members given all clear after March meeting that infected key party members

A TOTAL of 70 members of the far right Vox party from Cordoba have completed their voluntary 17-day coronavirus quarantine. No infections have been reported...

Congreso approves state of alarm extension in Spain

The state of alarm extension has been approved until at least April 11

Vox wants to remove free healthcare for non residents in Spain during the coronavirus crisis

VOX has asked to remove free healthcare for non residents during the state of emergency.

Government considers freezing rents for ‘two months’ for people affected during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown

A FREEZE on rental payments is being considered by Spain's government to aid citizens affected during the coronavirus lockdown. Unidos Podemos, the left-wing alliance in...

Spanish government call on Congress to extend state of alarm by 15 days WITHOUT further restrictions

The debate and vote on the extension will take place on Wednesday March 25

Handling of coronavirus restores some faith back in Spanish government, survey reveals

THE handling of the coronavirus outbreak by the newly formed coalition government of Spain has gone some way to softening the public’s opinion of...

Deputy leader of Spain’s Vox party contracts coronavirus after he is pictured sniffing and coughing at 9,000-strong event in...

Secretary General Javier Ortega Smith was confirmed as among Spain’s 1,600 victims this afternoon

Spain’s VOX defies coronavirus advice to hold far right meeting with Trump administration in US

VOX representatives have travelled to the United States to meet withleaders of the Trump administration in a bid to strengthen far rightalliances. The controversial party...

Spanish coalition government to extend ban on home evictions by up to four years, affecting renters and homeowners alike

FURTHER protection for people struggling in the Spanish financial climate is to be announced today. Spain’s new government will extend the current restriction on home...

Costa Blanca mayors accused of ‘disobedience’ over withholding reports on river pollution and dumping of waste

BOTH Benijofar and Formentera del Segura councils are being threatened with prosecution over withholding information requests. The Catalan Ombudsman of the Valencian Community, Angel Luna,...

DISGRACED mayor in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after sexually abusing two women

THE mayor of a town in Catalunya has resigned after admitting he has committed sexual abuse.

Giles Brown has an awkward moment with Spain’s DGT while changing his British license post-Brexit

Phonetically spelling out my name to the operator, my brain froze on the first letter

BREXIT: It’s time for British expats in Spain to adopt David Bowie’s mantra – ‘turn and face the strange’,...

Gone are the days of the British Empire when a British Citizen could travel anywhere with a sense of entitlement

Spain repeals law allowing businesses to fire staff if they have taken too many sick days

THE coalition government has repealed a law that allowed businesses to dismiss workers if they had accumulated too much medical leave.

Prosecutor calls for two years in prison for Nerja mayor over illegal landfill

José Alberto Armijo has allegedly been involved in illegal dumping in the Malaga province

Spain receives the most asylum claims in the EU

SPAIN has the most asylum claims out of all EU states.

Mayor of Nerja to appear in court for allowing raw sewage to flow into sea in Spain’s Andalucia

The Mayor of Nerja along with current and former councillors has been called to give evidence over the untreated sewage water being pumped into the sea

Marbella demanding ‘urgent action’ over daily traffic hell between Puerto Banus and San Pedro as it seeks budget for...

MARBELLA town hall is set to ask Madrid for urgent action to tackle the daily traffic nightmare between Puerto Banus and San Pedro.  The A-7...

POLITICAL SCANDAL as Vox party member investigated for gender violence in Spain’s Malaga

Juan Ros Alcaideis, the Senator for Ceuta, is accused of attacking his partner, who was hospitalised on Tuesday

Ex far-left and first female mayor of Manilva arrested for money laundering for Italian mafia on Spain’s Costa del...

A FORMER Manilva mayor has been arrested for her alleged role in helping launder money for an Italian mafia. Antonia Munoz was cuffed alongside 12...

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