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BREAKING: Spain’s PP and Vox will NOT vote for extending coronavirus lockdown to May 24, they announce in COVID-19 debate

SPAIN’S right-wing parties have said they will not vote for an extension of coronavirus lockdown. An extension until May 24 has not been backed by

6 May, 2020 @ 11:39

Lead·National News·Politics

COVID-19: Mercadona launches four-day week for staff in bid to reduce their contact with customers while Spain’s coronavirus crisis lasts

MERCADONA has launched a four-day week as an ‘exceptional measure’ to protect staff from coronavirus. In echoes of Jeremy Corbyn’s 2019 general election campaign, staff

6 May, 2020 @ 10:37

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

COVID-19: Chorus Financial has received a record number of new enquiries despite Spain’s current crisis

IN December 2018, during a large market fall, and again today, during the current crisis, Chorus received a record number of new enquiries. Nothing has

5 May, 2020 @ 20:00

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca

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Coronavirus pandemic will end in Spain by September 9 and 99% of COVID-19 cases will have been reported by May 22, global study finds

THE coronavirus pandemic will have left Spain by September 9, a new study has predicted. Taking into account ‘current trends’, the country will have registered

5 May, 2020 @ 19:00

Health·Lead·National News

COVID-19: Barbers on Spain’s Costa del Sol denounced as plainclothes police find eight people in space of 66 square metres

A COSTA del Sol barber shop has been denounced because it had too many customers in its tiny premises. Eight people were crammed into a

5 May, 2020 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

DISPATCH: How some of Spain’s small inland villages became COVID-19 epicentres in Andalucia

AS the nation breathes fresh air once again after 50 days in confinement due to the coronavirus outbreak, it is all too easy to forget

5 May, 2020 @ 14:49

Lead

COVID-19: More than 35,000 people fined and 235 arrested during Spain’s first weekend outdoors under coronavirus lockdown

MORE than 35,000 people have been fined and 235 arrested during Spain’s first weekend of COVID-19 ‘freedom’. A total of 36,762 penalties were doled out

4 May, 2020 @ 20:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

COVID-19 cases that do not self-isolate could be JAILED in Gibraltar, says Chief Minister

People who disobey rules to self-isolate for the full length of time could be imprisoned, under new plans being considered by the Gibraltar Government.

4 May, 2020 @ 19:35

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Andalucia scorches just in time for loosening of COVID-19 restrictions as warm weather set to continue into next week

PEOPLE got their first taste of summer this weekend as temperatures soared to over 30C in Andalucia. The nation’s lockdown eased yesterday for the nearly

3 May, 2020 @ 13:18

Lead

Real estate agent Amanda Butler looks ahead to brighter days as Spain’s Balearic Islands emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 crisis

WELL that’s what we’d all like to say, and will celebrate when it truly happens with gusto! I am not normally one wishing to spread

3 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

COVID-19: Bored ‘middle class families’ on UK lockdown are driving demand for Spain’s fresh herbs, reveals one happy expat supplier

MIDDLE class British shoppers are helping keep Andalucian herb suppliers going through the critical coronavirus lockdown. Millions of Home Counties home chefs have been dusting

3 May, 2020 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Outrage as beach disinfected with BLEACH near Spain’s Costa del Sol

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have been left outraged after local authorities in the coastal town of Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used bleach to disinfect their local

3 May, 2020 @ 09:30

Cadiz·Lead

“A long time before life returns to normal” – Maura Hillen on COVID-19 and stepping down as President of illegal homes campaign group AUAN in Spain’s Andalucia

FOR more than a decade she has been at the helm of Andalucia’s leading non-profit illegal homes campaign group, helping thousands of expats avoid a

3 May, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Property

Front-line services get COVID-19 all-clear in Gibraltar as shops open

Most front-line workers are clear of Coronavirus as people swamped Main Street after being allowed to go shopping for the first time in six weeks.

2 May, 2020 @ 21:09

Coronavirus·Gibraltar

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COVID-19: The wheels of industry must start turning – goodbye China!

AND so it was that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the catastrophic de-industrialisation of the West. A combination of greed, neglect, complacency and laziness allowed this

2 May, 2020 @ 18:00

Brief by Charles Gomez·Opinion

Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recognises the benefit of professional connections, as he looks ahead to emerging from Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

A WHILE ago I wrote about the huge benefits I received from attending a regular weekly business networking event – here I was able to

2 May, 2020 @ 17:00

Business & Finance

COVID-19: As human trials for vaccine begin in UK, Bill Gates says world could need 14 billion doses to stop coronavirus

AS the Oxford Vaccine Group begins human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, Bill Gates has said the world could need 14 billion doses to stop

2 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Health·Lead·National News

IN PICS: Hundreds descend on Palma de Mallorca for exercise as fresh air set to boost mental health during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

The capital was full of life as hundreds of people took full advantage of some much needed fresh air

2 May, 2020 @ 12:15

Health·Lead·Mallorca

IN PICS: Runners and cyclists hit Costa del Sol for FIRST exercise of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown as 36°C heat to scorch Andalucia this weekend

The Costa del Sol’s beaches and promenades finally looked as if they were returning to a ‘new normal’

2 May, 2020 @ 09:05

Lead·National News

Spain’s Balearic Islands launch inter-island holiday packages for residents from JULY to coincide with ‘end’ of COVID-19 de-escalation plan

Travel agencies, hoteliers and airlines are preparing holiday packages in Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca for residents of the Balearic Islands

1 May, 2020 @ 17:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Researchers in SPAIN discover FIVE skin conditions with possible links to COVID-19

RESEARCH from the Spanish Academy of Dermatologists has discovered possible links between visable skin conditions and COVID-19 infections. Tests carried out on 375 different subjects

1 May, 2020 @ 17:13

Health·Lead

Hoteliers in Spain’s Mallorca put forward Playa de Palma as tourism pilot destination until COVID-19 vaccine found

Hoteliers believe Playa de Palma has the ideal conditions to protect visitors from coronavirus

30 Apr, 2020 @ 09:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Gibraltar tourism will take the biggest hit from COVID-19, says minister

Companies that rely on tourists for money will suffer most from 'the new normal' created by the pandemic as a virus search and destroy mission

29 Apr, 2020 @ 20:21

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

REVEALED: The 44 parks in Palma de Mallorca that will reopen for children from TOMORROW in further relaxation of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

The move follows the Council's decision to reopen all of the city's beaches

28 Apr, 2020 @ 19:42

Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Balearic Islands continue to flatten COVID-19 curve with just FIVE new diagnoses in 24 hours

The positive figures serve as a clear sign that the region is winning the battle against the virus

27 Apr, 2020 @ 15:17