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SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

Spain’s Andalucia sees third deadliest day of pandemic Wednesday with 72 COVID-19 deaths

ANDALUCIA has seen its third deadliest day of the pandemic on Wednesday with 72 people losing their lives to coronavirus in the past 24 hours. That figure has only been topped twice;

18 Nov, 2020 @ 14:43

Coronavirus·Lead

Bars and restaurants are set to reopen in coastal areas of Spain’s Murcia region

MURCIA’S regional government is planning to allow bars and restaurants to reopen in areas that have low coronavirus infection rates. The hospitality industry was closed down across the region on November 6

18 Nov, 2020 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Mar Menor

Current COVID-19 restrictions in Spain’s Andalucia ‘very likely’ to be extended on Sunday, says regional VP

Marin said the figures from the health system will be the guiding force when it comes to lifting or tightening restrictions

18 Nov, 2020 @ 14:01

Coronavirus·Lead

Private medical cover could be needed for Gibraltar citizens in Spain in a no deal

Gibraltar residents could need private medical insurance for Spain under a no deal scenario, the government has warned.

18 Nov, 2020 @ 13:57

Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Police rescue weakened Griffon vulture which stunned motorists in Spain’s Malaga last week

POLICE have successfully rescued a huge Griffon vulture which was spotted in several areas of Malaga over the past week. After several unsuccessful attempts to capture the wild bird by Agents of

18 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

Environment·Lead·Malaga

British fugitive fleeing assault charges is arrested in expat area of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man wanted by Essex police over serious assault charges has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. The 34-year-old fugitive was detained by the Policia Nacional on the La Marina urbanisation

18 Nov, 2020 @ 13:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

Two years of daily Covid-19 infection figure announcements ends in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Upward trend in new COVID-19 cases is slowing down in Spain’s Valencian Community

1,850 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Valencian Community over a 24-hour period according to the latest figures released last night(November 17). On a week-to-week basis, that’s 491 fewer cases than

18 Nov, 2020 @ 11:32

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish satellite Ingenio lost eight minutes after launch due to ‘human error’

THE Spanish satellite SEOSAT-Ingenio, the largest space project ever undertaken by the national industry, was lost eight minutes after its launch from Kourou, in French Guiana. According to official sources, at approximately

18 Nov, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Other News

Spain PM Pedro Sanchez sends heartfelt letter to 11-year-old victim of vicious homophobic attack

The young boy had to be hospitalised after a bully called him a ‘fag**t’ and repeatedly punched his face so hard he broke in his nasal septum

18 Nov, 2020 @ 09:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Exotic and invasive ‘crazy ant’ spreads along Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE invasive ‘crazy ant’ has arrived to the Axarquia, ecologists have confirmed. Director of the Cabinet for Nature Studies (GENA) and Ecologists in Action Rafael Yus first discovered the ant species in

18 Nov, 2020 @ 08:45

Environment·Lead·Malaga

OPINION: Another two weeks of tough COVID-19 restrictions in Spain’s Andalucia will be worth it to save Christmas

Another two weeks could mean we can travel to see our friends and family in other municipalities and regions

17 Nov, 2020 @ 21:30

Coronavirus·Lead

Spain’s government extend monitoring measures to counter ‘fake’ news on the internet

SPAIN has extended a law which continues to see the government monitoring the internet in a bid to cut down on ‘fake’ news stories. The main target will be foreign countries seeking

17 Nov, 2020 @ 21:00

Lead·National News

From floor to ceiling: Fairway Lawyers fighting illegal bank clauses

THEY had taken out the mortgage through Bankia in 2004. The villa in Mojacar, Almeria, was the home they had always dreamed of buying for their regular trips south for the weather.

17 Nov, 2020 @ 20:30

Business & Finance·National News·Other News·Sponsored

Spanish scientists think the cure to Alzheimer’s could be raisins from Axarquia in Malaga

IT’S a phrase muttered over and over again in Malaga’s Axarquia region that raisins are good for your memory. The biggest producer of the dried grape snack in the province, it’s easy

17 Nov, 2020 @ 20:00

International Drugs Gang Used A Warehouse On Spain S Costa Blanca In Big Swiss Export Racket

Smell leads to downfall of international drugs gang exporting to Switzerland from Spain’s Costa Blanca

A STENCH of marijuana wafting out of an Alicante area warehouse has led to the downfall of a major drugs supply line to Switzerland. Drugs worth potentially €750,000 on the Swiss black

17 Nov, 2020 @ 19:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: Spain reports lowest daily case count in a month as COVID-19 infections stabilise – but deaths continue to soar

SPAIN has registered 13,159 cases on Tuesday, the lowest daily figure since October 14. While it brings the total number of cases detected since the start of the pandemic to 1,510,023, it

17 Nov, 2020 @ 18:52

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

BREAKING: Second COVID-19 related death in a week rocks Gibraltar

A SECOND elderly woman has died with COVID-19 in Gibraltar in the space of a week, although she did not die directly of the virus.

17 Nov, 2020 @ 18:48

Gibraltar·Lead

A major occasion for the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy in Spain

THE SENIOR chaplain of the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy of the Holy Spirit had a day to remember last week, when his post was relicensed for a further five years. Father Marcus

17 Nov, 2020 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca

RuPaul’s Drag Race announces Spanish version of the hit show

DON’T ‘sashay away’ from your sofa because RuPaul’s Drag Race has announced its coming to Spain. The reality-competition show follows a group of elite drag artists as they battle it out to

17 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

La Cultura

Lockdown drives 30% increase in Brits considering a move to Europe – and Spain is top of the wish list

BRITAIN is becoming a nation of “corona nomads” as people flee to sunnier climes to escape the brutal lockdown measures in the UK. Research shows that there has been a huge increase the

17 Nov, 2020 @ 17:00

Lead·Other News·Property

Madrid pushes for testing in pharmacies to ensure all 6.7 million of its residents tested before Christmas – and plan could be replicated across Spain

MADRID wants all 6.7 million of its residents to take a free coronavirus antibody test before Christmas. Regional leader Isabel Ayuso’s plan is for the central Government to allow Madrid to perform

17 Nov, 2020 @ 16:44

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Downward trend continues for new COVID-19 cases in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

Major health fraud as clinics are closed for doing bogus COVID-19 tests in Spain’s Murcia region

TWO private medical clinics have been closed down in the Murcia region for offering bogus COVID-19 tests that could not detect the coronavirus. Regional health inspectors carried out a spot check on

17 Nov, 2020 @ 16:25

Coronavirus·Lead

Lavish praise for Malaga –and a top ten slot among European destinations for US expats

The survey, reported in Forbes magazine for wealthy Americans, placed Malaga in 10th, San Sebastian fourth and Madrid in second

17 Nov, 2020 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Six COVID-19 cases found at Gibraltar schools as Campo deaths soar

THE 13th and 14th active COVID-19 cases has been discovered at Westside School in Gibraltar with over 50 now in self-isolation.

17 Nov, 2020 @ 15:58

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s Queen Letizia stuns in grey skirt suit as she joins King Felipe VI to open new university hospital

QUEEN Letizia appeared effortlessly elegant as she was joined by husband King Felipe VI, to open the new university hospital in Spain’s Castilla–La Mancha. The Spanish royals toured the University Hospital of Toledo,

17 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

Lead

Man with black BMW attempts kidnap of two children outside school in Spain’s Mallorca

On Monday, two children from the IES Josep Sureda i Blanes school in Palma's Son Gotleu district reported being targeted by a man driving a black BMW

17 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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