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BREAKING: UK warns against ALL travel to Spain as country readies for Italy-style lockdown

THE UK Foreign Office has advised against ALL travel to Spain as the country prepares for a nationwide shutdown beginning tomorrow. Its advice wesbite cited

15 Mar, 2020 @ 10:11

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Hairdressers and dry cleaners allowed to stay open during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown ‘to protect small businesses’

HAIRDRESSERS, dry cleaners and launderettes will be among the only businesses allowed to stay open during the 15 day coronavirus lockdown. They join supermarkets, pharmacies

15 Mar, 2020 @ 09:49

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

EXPLAINED: All you need to know about Spain’s coronavirus lockdown – inc. freedom of movement, fines and military intervention

SPAIN will be on official lockdown from Monday at 8am and for at least 15 days. That’s the decision made by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro

14 Mar, 2020 @ 23:18

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

COVID-19 crisis deepens in Spain’s Balearic Islands as 18 people diagnosed overnight and over 9,000 calls made to emergency hotline

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 44, with new infections detected in Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 18:15

Health·Lead·Mallorca

CORONAVIRUS: Balearics demand CANCELLATION of flights to Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza to avoid citizens from Spain’s worst affected regions

President Francina Armengol pleaded with Pedro Sanchez to restrict citizens arriving to the Balearic Islands from the worst affected regions in Spain

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:48

Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

Semana Santa celebrations CANCELLED in Spain’s Mallorca to combat spread of coronavirus

All processions and public gatherings scheduled during Holy Week will no longer go ahead.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:21

Lead·Mallorca

CORONAVIRUS: British Airways ‘fighting for survival’ following UK govt travel advice to Spain while Norwegian could sack HALF its staff

BRITISH Airways is ‘fighting for survival’ as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc on the airline industry. CEO Alex Cruz sent a message

13 Mar, 2020 @ 22:47

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: What is shut, cancelled and postponed in Spain’s Mallorca this weekend and next week?

A series of temporary preventative measures have been implemented in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

13 Mar, 2020 @ 15:57

Lead·Mallorca

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Police in Spain’s Mallorca given increased powers to act against noise contamination in latest crackdown on antisocial behaviour

Any venue found breaching the ordinance will have their sound equipment sealed off and face a hefty fine.

13 Mar, 2020 @ 13:03

Mallorca·Travel News

REVEALED: The 62 countries which have introduced travel BANS or restrictions to and from Spain over coronavirus pandemic as ‘only essential travel’ advised

THE list of countries which have introduced some form of travel ban to and from Spain has grown to at least 21. Donald Trump announced

13 Mar, 2020 @ 00:06

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca

CORONAVIRUS: All schools CLOSED and doctor’s appointments CANCELLED in Spain’s Balearic Islands

All educational centres will close and any non-urgent appointments at health centres will be cancelled.

12 Mar, 2020 @ 22:18

Education·Lead·Mallorca

Hundreds of workers in Spain to lose their jobs in tourism sector over coronavirus

HUNDREDS of people are set to lose their jobs in the tourism sector due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Melia Hotels is set to layoff

12 Mar, 2020 @ 16:26

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: First death from coronavirus in Spain’s Mallorca as Balearic Islands declared an area of special containment

The woman had suffered from underlying health problems and was admitted into the ICU at Son Espases Hospital.

12 Mar, 2020 @ 11:23

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Outrage after cruise ship arrives from Italy to Spain’s Mallorca before 3,000 travellers allowed to tour Palma amid coronavirus outbreak

THE MSC Grandiosa cruise ship brought 3,000 travellers from Italy to Mallorca on Monday, it has been revealed. The tourists had come from Palermo and

12 Mar, 2020 @ 09:04

Lead·Mallorca

Trump bans travel from Spain to US over coronavirus fears while Tom Hanks and wife test positive

DONALD Trump has banned all travel from mainland Europe to the US in a bid to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. The ban applies to

12 Mar, 2020 @ 08:13

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

CORONAVIRUS: Government BANS events with more than 1,000 people in Spain’s Mallorca as four more people are infected

All cultural, social and professional or amateur sporting events must now be cancelled or held behind closed doors.

11 Mar, 2020 @ 19:32

Health·Mallorca

CORONAVIRUS: Surge in cancellations of cycling holidays in Spain’s Mallorca spells disaster for tourism sector at Easter

A number of hotels have reported that the cancellation of reservations have grown exponentially.

11 Mar, 2020 @ 09:00

Health·Mallorca·Travel News

Nurse becomes infected with coronavirus in Mallorca, bringing confirmed cases in Spain’s Balearic Islands to 11

Health officials say the 40-year-old nurse was in direct contact with an infected patient at Son Llatzer Hospital.

10 Mar, 2020 @ 12:10

Health·Mallorca

Man who ‘stabbed his sister for not cleaning the house’ arrested in Spain’s Mallorca after NINE days on the run

Investigators say the siblings had a heated dispute sparked by the brother’s anger over his sister’s failure to clean the house.

10 Mar, 2020 @ 10:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police crackdown on ‘booze tourism’ in Spain’s Mallorca as 12 businesses in Magaluf face €60,000 fines for advertising alcohol offers

Inspections carried out by Calvia police found businesses making cut-price offers on alcohol via their web pages.

9 Mar, 2020 @ 14:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Man who posed as Policia Nacional officer arrested in Spain’s Mallorca after carrying out multiple raids on properties and seizing narcotics

A 40-year-old Spaniard carried out multiple raids at properties where he would frisk individuals for narcotics.

9 Mar, 2020 @ 12:26

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: British expats to win back ‘€9 MILLION’ from Rothschild Bank’s ‘dodgy’ equity release scheme across Spain’s Costa del Sol, Costa Blanca and Mallorca

ROTHSCHILD bank may be forced to pay back €9 MILLION to British expats over its infamous ‘dodgy’ equity release scheme, a leading lawyer has claimed.

9 Mar, 2020 @ 10:32

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

Boris Johnson to grill Spain over ‘preventable’ death of Tom Channon who plunged over knee-high wall from seventh floor of Magaluf hotel

“Tom died in an accident that was totally preventable and avoidable”

9 Mar, 2020 @ 09:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

COVID-19: German airline cancels flights to Spain’s Mallorca for Holy Week in HUGE blow to tourism as Ryanair ‘hikes up prices’

GERMAN airline Lauda has begun cancelling flights scheduled to Mallorca this easter due to Coronavirus fears. “All affected customers have been notified by email and

8 Mar, 2020 @ 19:28

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