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Recent rainfall gives farmers in Spain’s Andalucia welcome relief as water restrictions lifted

FARMERS in Axarquia have been given welcome relief after recent heavy rainfall in the area has allowed current irrigation restrictions to be lifted. Limits on

23 Apr, 2020 @ 12:57

Environment·Lead

WATCH: Covidiots film themselves speeding at 240 kph in their FOURTH violation of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Spain’s Andalucia

Driver investigated for reckless driving in Spain, over 240 kph and breaking confinement rules.

23 Apr, 2020 @ 12:28

Huelva·Lead

CORONAVIRUS DIARY: Day 40 of Spain’s lockdown and Mamma is confused about the government’s advice on children going for walks…

Kids would be allowed out to the Supermarket?! The mind boggled, I’d obviously heard it wrong...

23 Apr, 2020 @ 09:30

Health·Lead·National News·Other News

Easyjet launches 2021 Easter flight schedule with deals to Spain’s Alicante and Malaga from €35

The announcement is a full five months ahead of schedule

23 Apr, 2020 @ 09:05

Lead·National News·Travel News

Congress extends Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown to May 10 amid fierce criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

THE Spanish Congress has voted to extend the country’s coronavirus lockdown until May 10. This evening politicians passed the third extension to the state of

22 Apr, 2020 @ 23:01

Lead·National News·Politics

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EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol wears a dog cone non-stop for five days to raise money for a dog rescue charity

A BRITISH expat on the Costa del Sol has been wearing a dog cone to raise money for a dog rescue charity.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 20:27

Lead·Malaga

Active COVID-19 cases drop to five as Gibraltar elderly await golden hour

THE number of active COVID-19 cases has gone down to just five with none in hospital as the elderly prepare to get their daily hour

22 Apr, 2020 @ 19:35

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Controversial director Woody Allen finds a Spanish distributor for latest movie set in Spain’s San Sebastian

CONTROVERSIAL director Woody Allen, 84, has secured distribution in Spain for his new movie set in San Sebastian. Rifkin’s Festival is the Brooklyn-born filmmaker’s latest

22 Apr, 2020 @ 19:18

Celebrity·Lead·National News

Richard Gere and Spanish wife, Alejandra Silva, welcome their second baby together

RICHARD Gere and his Spanish wife have welcomed their second child together.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 19:07

Celebrity·Lead

Mercadona sees profits drop 95% in March during Spain’s COVID-19 crisis

MERCADONA has recorded losses of nearly 95% in March, it claims are due the coronavirus crisis. The supermarket giant insists the slump is due to

22 Apr, 2020 @ 18:10

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

World’s largest tomato fight, La Tomatina, cancelled in Valencia due to the coronavirus pandemic

THE world’s biggest tomato fight, the Tomatina, is the latest of Spain’s iconic festivals to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. First fell the

22 Apr, 2020 @ 16:55

Lead

Australian police help Spain’s authorities track down alleged child sex abuser who operated on dark web

AUSTRALIAN police have helped law enforcement authorities trace a child sex abuse video discovered by Belgian and French investigators to a Spanish man. The suspect

22 Apr, 2020 @ 16:42

Lead·National News

€17 MILLION: Leaked documents reveal total cost of faulty COVID-19 tests Spain ordered from China

LEAKED official documents have revealed the true cost of Spain’s faulty COVID-19 testing kit debacle. Obtained by Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the papers show how

22 Apr, 2020 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

Outrage as expats with second homes in Spain’s Mallorca plead to return to island during COVID-19 lockdown

The group criticise the current lockdown restrictions which they consider to be a 'violation of property law'

22 Apr, 2020 @ 16:10

Lead·Mallorca

Netflix adds 16 million new users during the pandemic

NETFLIX has added 16 million new users during the coronavirus crisis.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 14:57

Entertainment·Lead

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Plexiglas screens, thermal cameras and safety ‘certificates’ – how Spain’s restaurants and hotels plan to open to a COVID-19 world

Would a hotel buffet be relaxing if staff steam-clean your table between hermetically-sealed meals? How would a candlelit dinner work without the ability to squeeze

22 Apr, 2020 @ 14:52

Food & Drink·Lead

Mysterious millionaire donates €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to help in the fight against coronavirus

A MYSTERIOUS millionaire has donated €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to buy robots that test for COVID-19.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 14:21

Education·Lead

The Mayor of a city in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer

THE Mayor of a town in Catalunya has resigned after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 13:37

Crime & Law·Lead

Flu vaccinations will be MANDATORY for pensioners in Spain’s Andalucia this year as health bosses fear a complicated winter due to coronavirus

FLU vaccinations in Andalucia this year will be obligatory for all over 65s and people at risk. The measure was revealed by regional health minister

22 Apr, 2020 @ 13:25

Health·Lead

Life will return to a ‘new normal’ in second half of May, says Spain PM Pedro Sanchez

SPANISH prime minister Pedro Sanchez has said life will return to a ‘new normal’ in the second half of May. His comments were made before

22 Apr, 2020 @ 13:13

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain struggling to bring down coronavirus death and infection rates after two-week plateau

SPAIN is struggling to get its COVID-19 death and infection rates down after experiencing a two-week plateau. Figures released by the Health Ministry today show

22 Apr, 2020 @ 11:48

Lead·National News

Spanish government sets the maximum price for surgical masks at 96 cents

“The Government has taken this measure in order to avoid abuses.”

22 Apr, 2020 @ 11:17

Health·Lead·National News

Spain leading one of 70 investigations around the world in race to find coronavirus vaccine while UK to begin human trials this week

Human coronavirus vaccine trials are also to start this week in the UK.

22 Apr, 2020 @ 11:09

Health·Lead·National News

Thousands sign petition to demand Spain’s Balearic Islands reopen to curb COVID-19’s ‘devastating’ emotional, physical and economic damage’

The petition calls on Pedro Sanchez to employ 'common sense' in lifting the lockdown restrictions across the region

22 Apr, 2020 @ 10:39

Health·Lead·Mallorca

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U-TURN: Children aged 14 and under in Spain CAN go out for walks, says Government after earlier COVID-19 advice said ‘only for essentials’

From Monday, some 8.3 million minors who will have been confined to their houses for six weeks, will be able to go and get some

21 Apr, 2020 @ 23:36

Lead·National News

Nearly 800 COVID-19 lockdown breaches in Gibraltar, police chief reports

As active COVID-19 cases remains unchanged, the government will be allowing the elderly to leave their homes soon to take a walk as long as

21 Apr, 2020 @ 20:54

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

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Recent rainfall gives farmers in Spain’s Andalucia welcome relief as water restrictions lifted

WATCH: Covidiots film themselves speeding at 240 kph in their FOURTH violation of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Spain’s Andalucia

CORONAVIRUS DIARY: Day 40 of Spain’s lockdown and Mamma is confused about the government’s advice on children going for walks…

Easyjet launches 2021 Easter flight schedule with deals to Spain’s Alicante and Malaga from €35

Congress extends Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown to May 10 amid fierce criticism of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

EXCLUSIVE: British expat on Spain’s Costa del Sol wears a dog cone non-stop for five days to raise money for a dog rescue charity

Active COVID-19 cases drop to five as Gibraltar elderly await golden hour

Controversial director Woody Allen finds a Spanish distributor for latest movie set in Spain’s San Sebastian

Richard Gere and Spanish wife, Alejandra Silva, welcome their second baby together

Mercadona sees profits drop 95% in March during Spain’s COVID-19 crisis

World’s largest tomato fight, La Tomatina, cancelled in Valencia due to the coronavirus pandemic

Australian police help Spain’s authorities track down alleged child sex abuser who operated on dark web

€17 MILLION: Leaked documents reveal total cost of faulty COVID-19 tests Spain ordered from China

Outrage as expats with second homes in Spain’s Mallorca plead to return to island during COVID-19 lockdown

Netflix adds 16 million new users during the pandemic

Plexiglas screens, thermal cameras and safety ‘certificates’ – how Spain’s restaurants and hotels plan to open to a COVID-19 world

Mysterious millionaire donates €1 million to the University of Castilla-La Mancha to help in the fight against coronavirus

The Mayor of a city in Spain’s Catalunya resigns after getting caught breaking lockdown rules, drunk driving and attacking a police officer

Flu vaccinations will be MANDATORY for pensioners in Spain’s Andalucia this year as health bosses fear a complicated winter due to coronavirus

Life will return to a ‘new normal’ in second half of May, says Spain PM Pedro Sanchez

BREAKING: Spain struggling to bring down coronavirus death and infection rates after two-week plateau

Spanish government sets the maximum price for surgical masks at 96 cents

Spain leading one of 70 investigations around the world in race to find coronavirus vaccine while UK to begin human trials this week

Thousands sign petition to demand Spain’s Balearic Islands reopen to curb COVID-19’s ‘devastating’ emotional, physical and economic damage’

U-TURN: Children aged 14 and under in Spain CAN go out for walks, says Government after earlier COVID-19 advice said ‘only for essentials’

Nearly 800 COVID-19 lockdown breaches in Gibraltar, police chief reports

British parents arrested for ‘abandoning three children in Costa del Sol hotel to go partying’ – baby tests positive for cocaine

Ryanair under investigation in the UK for charging parents to sit next to their children

Protected witness was kidnapped at Mijas hotel and shot in the arm in Manilva — and the only suspect just walked free

Benidorm introduces high-tech system to help locals and tourists find car park spaces

Hundreds of Costa del Sol patients wrongly told they may have colon cancer after Malaga hospital lab sends false positives

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