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EXPLAINED: What is going on with Spain’s confusing COVID-19 figures and why are Government numbers different to regions?

YESTERDAY Spain registered its first coronavirus-related death since Sunday. This low death rate should have further buoyed a country that is already heading back to

4 Jun, 2020 @ 14:41

Lead·National News

Spanish shipping company becomes world’s first to gain COVID-19 free certificate

A BALEARIC shipping company has become the world’s first to receive an assurance certificate that it will remain COVID-19 free. Balearia, operating out of Denia

4 Jun, 2020 @ 11:49

Lead

Costa del Sol’s Feria de Malaga CANCELLED as Spain’s Andalucia announces new COVID-19 plan for summer

THE Feria de Malaga has officially been cancelled. It comes as the Junta de Andalucia recommended no ferias and festivals be held until September. The

3 Jun, 2020 @ 22:56

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead

COVID-19: Spain extends state of alarm for final time until June 21

SPAIN’S sixth and last extension to the state of alarm has been approved. It means the current state of alarm – or lockdown – will

3 Jun, 2020 @ 21:22

Lead·National News·Politics

COVID-19: Spain’s Andalucia orders ALL ferias and festivals to be cancelled until September

THE Junta de Andalucia has ordered all ferias to be cancelled until September amid COVID-19 fears. Health chiefs have warned that festivals and some 37

3 Jun, 2020 @ 13:12

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·National News

COVID-19: More than 90% of gyms in Spain’s Andalucia to open in Phase 3 of coronavirus de-escalation as capacity upped to 50%

MORE than 90% of Andalucia’s gyms will open with the arrival of Phase 3, it has been estimated. It comes as restrictions in this next

2 Jun, 2020 @ 14:10

Health·Lead·Sport

Tourist At Barcelona International Airport

Major airlines to be taken to court in Spain over COVID-19 flight cancellations and ‘refund refusals’

THE Ministry of Consumer Affairs in Spain has announced it will bring at least 17 major airlines to justice over their alleged misinformation regarding refunds

2 Jun, 2020 @ 10:40

Business & Finance·Lead

COVID-19: Touching Gibraltar’s monkeys to be made an offence amid fears they could die from coronavirus

TOUCHING Gibraltar’s famous monkeys will be made an offence, the Government has announced. The move is a response to fears that the Rock’s 300 Barbary

2 Jun, 2020 @ 09:40

Gibraltar·Lead

COVID-19: Around 40% of Spain’s smokers getting through more fags during coronavirus lockdown, study reveals

AROUND 40% of Spain’s smokers are getting through more fags during lockdown than normal, a study has revealed. Meanwhile 20% of habitual or social smokers

1 Jun, 2020 @ 15:20

Health·Lead·National News

Alarm as 11 members of same family who run corner shop test positive for COVID-19 in Spain’s Mallorca

The family lived under the same roof in the Es Rafal district in Palma de Mallorca according to the Ministry of Health

1 Jun, 2020 @ 09:38

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Spain's Costa Blanca set to sizzle in record late October temperatures

Andalucia to scorch in 34°C heat as Malaga and Granada enter Phase 2 of Spain’s COVID-19 exit plan after today’s forest fires and hail

FOREST fires caused by lightning have capped off May, as Malaga gears up for its first beach day in 11 weeks tomorrow. Firefighters have today

31 May, 2020 @ 20:21

Environment·Granada·Lead·Malaga

British family’s pain as Magaluf bar worker’s body to be cremated in Spain’s Mallorca over COVID-19 fears

THE family of a British Magaluf club rep, who killed herself, have revealed their anguish over the repatriation of her body. The body of Danielle

31 May, 2020 @ 16:54

Lead·Mallorca·National News

Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recalls the crash of 87 and why you SHOULD be planning your finances during COVID-19 crisis

Article by Jonathan Holdaway WRITTEN by Susan Jeffers, Feel the fear and do it anyway is the title of one of the first ‘motivational’ books

31 May, 2020 @ 14:00

Business & Finance

Military Disinfection Team After Disinfecting A Care Home 7

MARKETS: Bulls, bears or unicorns? Chorus Financial looks at the havoc COVID-19 could wreak compared to previous epidemics

Article by Tracey Storer WHAT a crazy couple of months we have all experienced, one that I am very sure won’t happen in our lifetimes

31 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Business & Finance

PARTY PRINCE: Joachim of Belgium tests positive for COVID-19 after jetting into Spain for 27-person bash in Andalucia

PRINCE Joachim of Belgium has tested positive for COVID-19 after he attended a house party in Andalucia. The 28-year-old aristocrat nephew of King Philippe was

30 May, 2020 @ 16:06

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

COVID-19: Real estate agent Amanda Butler is leading Mallorca’s Phase 2 celebrations and is looking ahead to a property market revival

WITH coronavirus figures plummeting around Spain and only two new cases reported with no deaths over the weekend in the Balearic Islands things are looking

30 May, 2020 @ 16:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

OPINION: COVID-19 has placed an easy target on the Spanish Government’s back, and opposition is in full attack mode with ‘casserole-bashing’

Article by Lenox Napier. Photos by Allan Binderup IT’S all getting a little bit tense in Spain. Large numbers of cars, driven (presumably) by right

29 May, 2020 @ 21:12

Lead·National News·Opinion

Why are so many people drowning in Spain this year? Multiple factors are behind concerning death toll, say experts

COVID-19: Spain’s lifeguards will NOT give kiss of life this summer as coronavirus Phase 2 beach plans emerge

SPAIN’S lifeguards will not administer the kiss of life this summer, it has emerged. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation has been banned by the Royal Spanish Salvage and

29 May, 2020 @ 20:05

Health·Lead·National News

COVID-19: Costa del Sol to get 900 ‘beach agents’ while one town to clean sand ‘nightly’ in Phase 2 of Spain’s coronavirus exit plan

MALAGA will deploy 902 ‘beach agents’, while one Costa del Sol town is to conduct nightly sand ‘cleaning’, it has been announced. The measures come

29 May, 2020 @ 17:08

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Spain and Europe’s COVID-19 response hampered by insufficient testing and lack of PPE, reveal minutes of EU coronavirus meetings

INSUFFICIENT testing hampered Spain and the EU’s COVID-19 response, newly-released documents have revealed. Minutes from the meetings of the European Centre for Disease Control and

29 May, 2020 @ 12:06

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

‘DISASTROUS’: Phase 3 restrictions on nightclubs such as markers on dancefloors blasted by business owners in Spain’s Mallorca and Ibiza

Clubbers will be forced to wear face masks and marks will be painted on the dance floor to aid social distancing

29 May, 2020 @ 09:14

Business & Finance·Entertainment·Lead·Mallorca

Travelplan offers seven-night stays in Spain’s Balearic Islands from €299 to boost national tourism post COVID-19

Aptly named 'Phase T,' the tour operator will offer 'once in a lifetime deals never seen before in its history'

26 May, 2020 @ 15:52

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

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Spain reports 132 new COVID-19 cases – lowest daily count since March 4, while only 50 new coronavirus-related deaths

SPAIN has reported 132 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, while the Government has re-calculated its overall death toll. This is the lowest

25 May, 2020 @ 18:59

Lead·National News

REVEALED: How beaches in Palma de Mallorca will operate as island enters Phase 2 of Spain’s COVID-19 de-escalation plan

Phase 2 will abandon exercise time-slots, meaning that one will be free to go to the beach as and when they choose as long as

23 May, 2020 @ 16:33

Lead·Mallorca

IN PICS: Thousands shut down Spain’s Palma de Mallorca in mass protest organised by VOX against government’s management of COVID-19 crisis

Citizens demonstrated in their cars to protest against the government's management of the coronavirus crisis, calling for Pedro Sanchez's resignation

23 May, 2020 @ 16:26

Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Ministry of Health warns of possible link between COVID-19 and minks

A RECENT case in the Netherlands has shed new light on the possible source of coronavirus as minks have been confirmed as hosting the COVID-19

21 May, 2020 @ 10:54

Lead·National News

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EXPLAINED: What is going on with Spain’s confusing COVID-19 figures and why are Government numbers different to regions?

Spanish shipping company becomes world’s first to gain COVID-19 free certificate

Costa del Sol’s Feria de Malaga CANCELLED as Spain’s Andalucia announces new COVID-19 plan for summer

COVID-19: Spain extends state of alarm for final time until June 21

COVID-19: Spain’s Andalucia orders ALL ferias and festivals to be cancelled until September

COVID-19: More than 90% of gyms in Spain’s Andalucia to open in Phase 3 of coronavirus de-escalation as capacity upped to 50%

Major airlines to be taken to court in Spain over COVID-19 flight cancellations and ‘refund refusals’

COVID-19: Touching Gibraltar’s monkeys to be made an offence amid fears they could die from coronavirus

COVID-19: Around 40% of Spain’s smokers getting through more fags during coronavirus lockdown, study reveals

Alarm as 11 members of same family who run corner shop test positive for COVID-19 in Spain’s Mallorca

Andalucia to scorch in 34°C heat as Malaga and Granada enter Phase 2 of Spain’s COVID-19 exit plan after today’s forest fires and hail

British family’s pain as Magaluf bar worker’s body to be cremated in Spain’s Mallorca over COVID-19 fears

Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recalls the crash of 87 and why you SHOULD be planning your finances during COVID-19 crisis

MARKETS: Bulls, bears or unicorns? Chorus Financial looks at the havoc COVID-19 could wreak compared to previous epidemics

PARTY PRINCE: Joachim of Belgium tests positive for COVID-19 after jetting into Spain for 27-person bash in Andalucia

COVID-19: Real estate agent Amanda Butler is leading Mallorca’s Phase 2 celebrations and is looking ahead to a property market revival

OPINION: COVID-19 has placed an easy target on the Spanish Government’s back, and opposition is in full attack mode with ‘casserole-bashing’

COVID-19: Spain’s lifeguards will NOT give kiss of life this summer as coronavirus Phase 2 beach plans emerge

COVID-19: Costa del Sol to get 900 ‘beach agents’ while one town to clean sand ‘nightly’ in Phase 2 of Spain’s coronavirus exit plan

Spain and Europe’s COVID-19 response hampered by insufficient testing and lack of PPE, reveal minutes of EU coronavirus meetings

‘DISASTROUS’: Phase 3 restrictions on nightclubs such as markers on dancefloors blasted by business owners in Spain’s Mallorca and Ibiza

Travelplan offers seven-night stays in Spain’s Balearic Islands from €299 to boost national tourism post COVID-19

Spain reports 132 new COVID-19 cases – lowest daily count since March 4, while only 50 new coronavirus-related deaths

REVEALED: How beaches in Palma de Mallorca will operate as island enters Phase 2 of Spain’s COVID-19 de-escalation plan

IN PICS: Thousands shut down Spain’s Palma de Mallorca in mass protest organised by VOX against government’s management of COVID-19 crisis

Spain’s Ministry of Health warns of possible link between COVID-19 and minks

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Nightmare’ for British pet owners as EU scraps passport ‘loophole’

WATCH: How to sample some of the delicious snacks at Sevilla’s famous Feria de Abril – but watch out for the sky-high prices

ON THIS DAY: A footballer, pioneer and Irishman are born – here’s how all three became legends in Spain’s sunny south

Hundreds of goldfinches stuffed into cages for sale on black market are rescued by police in Spain

Win your way into Spain’s tastiest festival this Spring! The Olive Press hands out ticket giveaway for Granada’s Degusta Fest