2 Mar, 2020 @ 17:24
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COVID-19: US investment giant cancels event in Spain’s Madrid but HUGE cannabis conference going ahead in Barcelona amid coronavirus fears

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MADRID has seen its first event cancellation over coronavirus fears. 

US investment giant Blackrock has announced it will be postponing its Iberia Investment Day 2020, scheduled to take place in the capital tomorrow.

It said it took the decision ‘for the safety’ of its clients and employees.

“We make this difficult decision while having in mind the safety of our clients and employees,” the company said.

It comes as Spannabis 2020, a marijuana conference in Barcelona, told the Olive Press today it is still going ahead as planned.

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Spannabis 2020 is still going ahead according to its social media pages

Organisers posted on their Facebook page today: “On Friday, March 13, #SpannabisBcn2020 starts and with it the World Cannabis Conferences.

“Businessmen, journalists, psychologists, doctors, lawyers, university professors, philosophers and artists are just some of the profiles that will present their knowledge and opinions in this edition.”

A spokesperson told this paper: “At the moment everything is continuing as planned.

“We are following and will continue to follow the recommendations of the authorities.”

It comes as attendees told the Olive Press they had cancelled their flights to attend the conference, being held from March 13-15.

One told this paper: “I was going to travel to Barcelona from Colorado USA for Spannabis but just don’t want to take the chance of getting stuck or sick abroad.

“I wonder what the official position is about 30,000 people gathering in Barcelona in 12 days.”

It comes as Spain’s health bosses will hold meetings today to decide whether to prohibit large gatherings in the worst hit areas of Madrid and Vitoria in the Basque Country.

The Olive Press has reached out to Spannabis 2020 for comment.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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1 Comment

  1. Unbelievable if they dont cancel Spannabis. I am a great fan of Spannabis, but this would be not good if all people from the world come to Barcelona. All big events all cancelled, the mobile world conference was cancelled as well and Barcelona missed 480 million euros. But Spannabis they will this get through?

    Location : Barcelona

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