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Controversy after Catalunya given double the amount of COVID-19 relief funds than Andalucia despite having a million less inhabitants

Andalucia, with a population of nearly 8.5 million people, is receiving €600 million, while Catalunya is receiving double that, €1.2 billion

22 Jul, 2020 @ 19:34

Lead·National News

Town “committed to animal welfare” rewarded with ‘no-slaughter policy’ for stray pets in Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO City Council has launched a new and improved service to deal with the area’s lost and found animals, with full management of adoptions

22 Jul, 2020 @ 18:28

Costa Blanca·Lead

Follow these steps to avoid catching COVID-19 at bars and restaurants in Spain

One in six new COVID-19 cases have derived from family reunions, either at homes or at bars or restaurants

22 Jul, 2020 @ 16:12

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Gibraltar targets visitors from Spain who are looking for ‘Britishness’

A new marketing campaign has been launched by the Gibraltar Government to create more tourism from surrounding areas within Spain.

22 Jul, 2020 @ 15:49

Gibraltar·Lead

BREAKING: Man dies on Estepona beach in second drowning in two days on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Despite paramedics and Policia Local's best efforts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene

22 Jul, 2020 @ 15:29

Lead·Malaga

You can now print off a form and declare yourself medically exempt from wearing a mask in Spain’s Balearic Islands

Interested individuals merely have to sign a waiver stating that they 'comply with any of the clinical conditions where it is not required to wear

22 Jul, 2020 @ 14:16

Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Andalucia starts handing out free coronavirus masks to pensioners and at risk groups from today

OVER-65s in the Spanish region of Andalucia are from today (June 22) eligible for free anti-coronavirus masks. Some 7.5 million masks have been stockpiled and

22 Jul, 2020 @ 13:44

Lead

Hotels set to close next month across Spain’s Mallorca after registering more cancellations than stays in July

According to the Hotel Chain Association, the average occupancy rate in July is as low as 30% in some hotels

22 Jul, 2020 @ 13:26

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca

New table shows breakdown of COVID-19 cases per municipality in the Vega Baja region on Spain’s Costa Blanca – with two towns still on ZERO

Larger and more populous areas have seen a higher number of people succumbing to the virus but many smaller towns have escaped with very little

22 Jul, 2020 @ 12:57

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain’s Costa Blanca to get tough on mask wearing from Friday

Valencia joins Andalucia, Catalunya and other regions which have made the personal protective gear obligatory

22 Jul, 2020 @ 11:56

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

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Police in Spain’s Malaga crack down on partying by scouring social media networks

Police ensure that such activities have permits and comply with preventive measures against COVID-19.

22 Jul, 2020 @ 11:35

Lead·Malaga

Primark expands its Malaga store to become largest in Spain’s Andalucia

Its store in the Larios shopping complex in the centre of Malaga is to grow to a whopping 6,345 square metres over two floors

22 Jul, 2020 @ 11:25

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Andalucia considers closure of nightclubs in a bid to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks

Parties and nightclubs: The new hotspots of COVID-19 outbreaks in Spain.

22 Jul, 2020 @ 11:10

Lead

Medical interns return to the streets of Madrid to protest for fair labour rights

PROTESTS by medical interns returned to the streets of Madrid for a second Monday in a row, after negotiations, with the Comunidad de Madrid for

22 Jul, 2020 @ 10:44

Costa Blanca sports centre hosts Covid-19 tests over outbreak fears at Santa Pola nightclub

A Santa Pola sports centre became a makeshift coronavirus testing centre today(July 21) as authorities tried to work out if anybody was infected over a

21 Jul, 2020 @ 17:33

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Marbella records two new COVID-19 cases while more outbreaks discovered in Malaga province

It brings the total number of cases in Marbella since the pandemic began to 423

21 Jul, 2020 @ 16:55

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Hospital doctors across Spain’s Costa Blanca go on strike

RESIDENT doctors across the Valencian Community’s hospitals went on indefinite strike from today(July 21) over their contracts and salaries. Representatives from the medical union, MIR,

21 Jul, 2020 @ 16:18

Alicante·Costa Blanca

60 students and teachers in isolation after COVID-19 linked to school on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The child is being tested as they are a close relative of a worker linked to the Ocio Hoteles outbreak

21 Jul, 2020 @ 15:40

Lead·Malaga

65,000 hospitality businesses to collapse in Spain this year with turnover plummeting by €67 BILLION due to coronavirus crisis

COVID-19 lockdown and a plummet in tourism numbers have already seen 40,000 hospitality businesses close their doors

21 Jul, 2020 @ 15:31

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·National News

3 Best Universities in Canada

Choosing a university is one of the most critical decisions in the life of every purposeful person. It is the quality of education that determines

21 Jul, 2020 @ 15:14

Education

Costa Blanca S Benidorm Extends Levante Beach Booking Hours To Curb Queues

Costa Blanca’s Benidorm extends tourist beach booking to stop long queues

LONG queues to book plots on Benidorm´s famous Levante beach have forced the local council to increase the time slot when reservations can be made.

21 Jul, 2020 @ 15:09

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Earthquake rumbles Andalucia’s coast near new fault line which could cause killer quakes in Spain

The Andalucian scientists believe the new fault zone was the cause of a 2004 quake which killed more than 600 people with a magnitude of

21 Jul, 2020 @ 14:52

Lead

Brawl erupts between drunk British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf days after infamous party strips shut down

Footage shows dozens of men causing havoc after they were allegedly refused entry into a bar

21 Jul, 2020 @ 13:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s number of coronavirus infections triples in two weeks

SINCE July 3 Spain’s number of COVID- infections has risen from 8.76 per 100,000 inhabitants to 27.39. This is the same number of cases as

21 Jul, 2020 @ 13:48

Coronavirus·Lead

Beach closed after two-metre shark which attacks humans spotted off Spain’s Cadiz

The sighting took place this Monday around 15:30 hours. The beach remained closed until after 17:00 hours.

21 Jul, 2020 @ 12:00

Cadiz·Lead·Other News

€140 billion COVID bailout for Spain announced by EU

SPAIN has hit the jackpot after an EU bailout fund to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic was announced. EU leaders from all 27 member states

21 Jul, 2020 @ 11:35

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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Controversy after Catalunya given double the amount of COVID-19 relief funds than Andalucia despite having a million less inhabitants

Town “committed to animal welfare” rewarded with ‘no-slaughter policy’ for stray pets in Spain’s Costa Blanca

Follow these steps to avoid catching COVID-19 at bars and restaurants in Spain

Gibraltar targets visitors from Spain who are looking for ‘Britishness’

BREAKING: Man dies on Estepona beach in second drowning in two days on Spain’s Costa del Sol

You can now print off a form and declare yourself medically exempt from wearing a mask in Spain’s Balearic Islands

Spain’s Andalucia starts handing out free coronavirus masks to pensioners and at risk groups from today

Hotels set to close next month across Spain’s Mallorca after registering more cancellations than stays in July

New table shows breakdown of COVID-19 cases per municipality in the Vega Baja region on Spain’s Costa Blanca – with two towns still on ZERO

Spain’s Costa Blanca to get tough on mask wearing from Friday

Police in Spain’s Malaga crack down on partying by scouring social media networks

Primark expands its Malaga store to become largest in Spain’s Andalucia

Spain’s Andalucia considers closure of nightclubs in a bid to prevent new coronavirus outbreaks

Medical interns return to the streets of Madrid to protest for fair labour rights

Costa Blanca sports centre hosts Covid-19 tests over outbreak fears at Santa Pola nightclub

Marbella records two new COVID-19 cases while more outbreaks discovered in Malaga province

Hospital doctors across Spain’s Costa Blanca go on strike

60 students and teachers in isolation after COVID-19 linked to school on Spain’s Costa del Sol

65,000 hospitality businesses to collapse in Spain this year with turnover plummeting by €67 BILLION due to coronavirus crisis

3 Best Universities in Canada

Costa Blanca’s Benidorm extends tourist beach booking to stop long queues

Earthquake rumbles Andalucia’s coast near new fault line which could cause killer quakes in Spain

Brawl erupts between drunk British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf days after infamous party strips shut down

Spain’s number of coronavirus infections triples in two weeks

Beach closed after two-metre shark which attacks humans spotted off Spain’s Cadiz

€140 billion COVID bailout for Spain announced by EU

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Shock as body of elderly Ukrainian woman is found near sports centre in Fuengirola

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open title defence after suffering wrist injury in Barcelona

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