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WHAT WE KNOW: Could Carta de Invitacion apply to Brits visiting friends and family in Spain?

NEWS has been circulating over the past two days of Spain’s Carta de Invitacion possibly applying to UK nationals wanting to visit family and friends

19 May, 2021 @ 14:58

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

EXPLAINED: The latest rules on people from the UK travelling to and from Spain

EXPLAINED: The latest ‘must read’ rules for travelling between the UK and Spain

SPAIN’S tourist board has launched a new ‘one-click’ feature on its website to allow foreign tourists to check on COVID-19 travel restrictions. UPDATE: Spain removes

18 May, 2021 @ 12:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Fallas Festival In Valencia, Spain 18 Mar 2019

FALLAS IN SEPTEMBER: Iconic Fallas festivities in Spain’s Valencia region will take place in September this year

As well as the actual monuments, the Fallas involve a huge number of activities and people, including flower offerings, extremely loud mascleta firecracker displays, parades,

17 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Alicante·Castellon·La Cultura·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘MARIA’ SET FREE: Young woman from Spain’s Valencia who was sent to an immigration clearing centre in the UK is released four days later

According to her friend, Maria was aware of the mistake she had made by failing to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme before travelling back

12 May, 2021 @ 12:45

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Uk Tourists Desperate For A Holiday In Spain May Soon Get A Covid Cost Cutting Bonus

UK sunseekers desperate for a holiday break in Spain may get a COVID cost-cutting bonus very soon

UK tourists could travel to Spain without having to produce a negative coronavirus test from as soon as May 20. Spain’s Tourist Minister, Reyes Maroto,

11 May, 2021 @ 18:10

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

EXPLAINER: Andalucia’s three-phase plan for the progressive de-escalation of COVID-19 measures starts today

FROM today (May 9) Andalucia is moving into a so-called ‘transition to a new normality’ as Spain’s coronavirus state of alarm ends. If everything goes

9 May, 2021 @ 11:48

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Other News

New curfew and longer bar hours for Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

EXPLAINED: The new Costa Blanca and Valencia restrictions after Spain’s State of Alarm ends

A midnight curfew and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants are the main headlines of amended restrictions announced by the Valencian government this morning(May

8 May, 2021 @ 14:52

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER: What Spain’s ‘amber’ classification on UK travel list means for travellers

THE UK government has introduced a “traffic light” system categorising travel rules for destinations across the world by assigning a level of red, amber or

8 May, 2021 @ 10:58

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Spain is snubbed by UK 'Green' travel list but Gibraltar and Portugal get the go-ahead

SNUBBED! Spain is omitted from UK ‘Green’ travel list but neighbours Gibraltar and Portugal make it

SPAIN has been passed over for inclusion on the new UK ‘Green’ travel list because its overall COVID infection rate is too high. The details

7 May, 2021 @ 18:53

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Isabel Diaz Ayuso Sweeps The Mayoral Elections On May 4, 2021

OPINION: Why Madrid has rewarded the anti-lockdown right-wing leader Isabel Ayuso

Madrid-based Olive Press digital editor, Fiona Govan, explains how Madrid's incumbent leader, Isabel Ayuso, confounded the international consensus that lockdowns are overwhelmingly popular with the

6 May, 2021 @ 16:30

Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Opinion·Politics

BREXIT TRAVEL HELL: 25-year-old woman from Spain’s Valencia, kept for three days at UK immigration centre for lacking EU Settlement status

Reports suggest that she had already been working in the UK for several months in 2019 and has family in the capital.

6 May, 2021 @ 12:45

Brexit·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

COVID-19 incidence rate on the rise in five of the six health districts in Spain’s Malaga

AT LAST! Facemasks may cease to be obligatory in Spain’s Valencia region by end of summer

The Spanish government insists that the obligation to wear a mask in public will be maintained until herd immunity is officially reached.

29 Apr, 2021 @ 14:15

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

90% of COVID-19 cases in Spain are down to the highly-infectious Delta variant

COVID SUCCESS: More people fully vaccinated than infected with COVID in Spain’s Valencia region

Despite the successful advance of the inoculation campaign, the department led by councillor Ana Barcelo warns that the pandemic is far from over.

28 Apr, 2021 @ 21:00

Alicante·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's top court upholds massive jail sentence for British paedophile teacher who changed name by deed poll

LATEST: Police in Spain reveal details of arrest of British paedophile working in Madrid school

SPANISH police have revealed details of the arrest of a known British child sex offender who changed his name and falsified documents to gain employment

23 Apr, 2021 @ 19:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Other News

THINK GREEN: Tourism chiefs from Spain’s Valencia area call for region-specific COVID traffic light system for UK travel this summer

The Valencian Community has a total average of 40 cases for every 100,000 people, while Spain as a whole numbers 250.

22 Apr, 2021 @ 12:45

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Andalucia breaks tourism record for Easter Week after receiving 878,000 visitors

WELCOME BACK: Hotels in Spain’s Valencia region begin reopening again ready for the summer

The biggest source of uncertainty at the moment is British tourism, a key market for the region and especially the Costa Blanca.

20 Apr, 2021 @ 13:30

Alicante·Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Must Read·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

READ THE LABEL: Spanish Health authorities warn against the use of facemasks containing graphene

Their request has been echoed by the national Ministry of Health, who has advised not to use surgical masks with graphene or graphene biomass.

16 Apr, 2021 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Must Read·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXPLAINED: What we know about proposed travel rules to Spain under new ‘vaccine passport’ scheme

THE EU has given the go ahead to a vaccine passport scheme which will be available across the bloc by the end of June. Travellers

16 Apr, 2021 @ 13:08

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·National News·Other News·Travel News

INTERVIEW: Meet James Rhodes, the British piano man behind Spain’s new child protection law

A HARROWING past of sexual abuse, addiction and mental institutions was flagged up by his involvement with the new child protection bill, but the musician

15 Apr, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·Must Read·Other News

PENCIL IT IN: Spain publishes COVID vaccination calendar for each age group

All residents who are registered with the public Health service should be clearly notified with a date, time and place to receive their jab.

14 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Must Read·National News

BREXIT deadline forced unregistered UK expats in Spain to beat deportation fears by officially becoming residents

Stats reveal expat boom in Spain as Brits rushed to meet Brexit deadline

BRITISH expats legalising their situation in Spain ahead of Brexit have helped the country to reach a record number of foreign residents. As of December

13 Apr, 2021 @ 17:04

Lead·Must Read·National News

“EVERYTHING’S FINE”: British expats in Spain share experience of receiving first COVID vaccine

“It was very well organised, orderly and calm."

9 Apr, 2021 @ 20:30

Alicante·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Valencian Community

Jet2 suspends flights and holidays from UK to Spain until late June due to 'uncertainty' over British government travel proposals

Jet2 scraps UK flights and holidays to Spain and all destinations until late June due to ‘uncertainty’

SPAIN’S struggling tourist sector has been dealt a fresh blow with news today(April 9) that Jet2 has suspended all flights and holidays from the UK

9 Apr, 2021 @ 17:00

Must Read·Travel News

BREXIT: British expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain is forced to pay tax on her clothes sent over from the UK

A British woman has been forced to value her underwear and pay tax on it in a new twist on bringing goods into Spain in

9 Apr, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read

MIRROR MIRROR: Coronavirus pandemic causes surge in eating disorders among teenagers

Psychologists insist on the importance of a correct education to help prevent the appearance of these conditions among kids and teenagers

9 Apr, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Must Read·National News

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

‘MUST READ’ if you live in the Costa Blanca and Valencia regions of Spain with details of next week’s COVID-19 restriction changes

LITTLE change was the message from the Valencian government today(April 8) over their renewal of COVID-19 restrictions until late April. Despite current infection rates being

8 Apr, 2021 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Must Read·Valencia

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