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WATCH: Youths clash with police as they hold street parties to celebrate end of COVID curfew in Spain’s Catalunya
POLICE clashed with dozens of young people who gathered in the streets to celebrate the end of a restrictive curfew in Spain’s northeastern region...
IN PICS: Anti-vaxxers stage demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona against holiday season restrictions and need for vaccine passports
HUNDREDS of protestors took to the streets on Christmas Day in Barcelona in anger at new restrictions imposed by the regional government in a...
Catalunya becomes first of Spain’s regions to reimpose curfew as COVID-19 infections soar
CATALUNYA has become the first of Spain’s regions to reimpose a night-time curfew in a bid to curb COVID-19 infections over the Christmas period.
The...
No calls for curfew in Spain’s Andalucia as incidence rates drop across the region
THE Junta has not proposed a night curfew for any municipality in the region.
For the first time since July 22, there are no municipalities...
Junta calls for night curfew in 8 municipalities in Spain’s Andalucia in attempt to curb rising Covid infections
THE Junta has requested curfew, between 2am and 7am in the morning, in eight municipalities in the region—pending on authorisation by Andalucia’s High Court...
Curfews to be lifted in Estepona and Marbella from Saturday morning
WITH incidence rates dropping in the two provinces, regional health officials will lift the night curfew from August 7.
For the last week, there has...
Beaches will be closed overnight in town on Spain’s Costa Blanca due to young Alicante visitors holding illegal parties
EL Campello is to shut its beaches at night because youngsters are coming in from Alicante to stage illegal parties.
The council will impose a...
Could curfew be lifted? Marbella and Estepona see COVID rates drop
THE incidence rate of COVID-19 in Marbella and Estepona has now dropped below 1,000, which could result in the present curfew being lifted.
In Estepona,...
Court approves night curfew in Spain’s Marbella and Estepona
THE Andalucian High Court (TSJA), has supported the Junta's request to impose a 7 day lockdown from 2am to 7am, in the two holiday...
Teenager suffers cardiac arrest after fleeing police enforcing a night curfew in Costa Blanca area of Spain
A teenage girl had a cardiac arrest after police chased her off a Denia beach for breaking the night-time curfew law.
The 15-year-old collapsed at...
Curfew reduces COVID infections in 70% of areas in Spain’s Valencia region
AS the enforcement of restrictions to combat the fifth wave of COVID in the Valencia region continues to spark argument and heated debate, the...
Benidorm mayor declares Costa Blanca tourism in Spain is ‘sunk’ due to new restrictions like night curfews
BENIDORM mayor, Toni Perez, has described new Valencian government restrictions to fight rising COVID-19 infections as a 'betrayal of the Costa Blanca tourism sector'.
He...
Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain
CURFEW areas will be extended across the Valencian Community from Monday(July 26) subject to the approval of the region's Superior Court.
Costa Blanca tourist spots...
Curfew returns TONIGHT to one Costa Blanca town along with 31 other areas in Spain’s Valencian Community
32 Valencian Community municipalities will see night curfews return from 1.00 am tomorrow morning(July 13) for a fortnight.
That's down to increasing COVID-19 cases with...
Curfew returns to ‘high-infection’ zones in new anti-COVID measures for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
NIGHT curfews will return to areas of the Valencian Community that have high COVID-19 infection rates.
Rising coronavirus virus cases among younger people have forced...
Pedro Sanchez will not bring back a national curfew to stop rising COVID-19 cases in Spain
SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has rebuffed calls to reimpose night curfews to fight rising COVID-19 infections.
Case rates are approaching late February levels in...
CURFEW CALL as health experts also demand nightclub closures to stem rising COVID-19 cases in Spain
A report from national Ministry of Health officials is proposing the return of a 'night curfew'.
That's in addition to the 'urgent' closure of all...
EXPLAINER: Four new major rule changes in COVID-19 restrictions for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
FOUR major changes have been announced today(June 3) to COVID-19 safety measures in the Valencian Community.
As expected, Valencia President, Ximo Puig, confirmed that the...
NIGHT CURFEW will definitely end in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain this coming Monday
A night curfew introduced in late October in the Valencian Community will end this Monday(June 7).
Despite a slight rise in new COVID-19 cases, Valencian...
EXPLAINER: Check out the new COVID-19 restrictions for the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
AMENDED health safety rules came into force today(May 24) across the Valencian Community, which include a reduced curfew and longer opening hours for bars...
END IN SIGHT after seven months of COVID-19 curfew restrictions in the Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE midnight curfew in the Valencian Community will be pushed back to a 1.00 am start from this Monday(May 24), subject to approval by...
COSTA BLANCA curfew set to continue as judges will rule over the extension of one of Spain’s few remaining...
VALENCIA'S Supreme Court(TSJCV) will decide this week whether the Valencian Community's midnight curfew can continue past May 24.
Regional president, Ximo Puig, initially wanted the...
Spain’s Andalucia considering return to nighttime curfew
JUNTA chief, Juanma Moreno, has announced that a return to night curfew is on the cards.
Following a weekend where thousands of young people have...
EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until...
THE Conhostor hospitality association has called for a two-hour extension on bar and restaurant hours in the Valencian Community to start from Monday(May 10).
That's...
COVID-19 restrictions in Spain’s Andalucia post state of alarm
ANDALUCIA plans to gradually de-escalate the COVID-19 restrictions currently in force.
With the six-month emergency decree, which provided a legal framework for a nationwide 11...
Setback for Balearic Islands as Supreme Court rejects COVID-19 restrictions proposed after Spain’s state of alarm ends
This has come as a major setback for president Francina Armengol, who last week made it clear that she was determined to keep most of the current COVID-19 measures in place after May 9
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