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Far-right VOX party rejects COVID-19 state of alarm extension in harshest statement against Pedro Sanchez to date

Vox was hit hard with the virus, with secretary general Javier Ortega Smith testing positive after a party conference on March 8

7 Apr, 2020 @ 10:08

Lead·Politics

Petition against new 680-home luxury golf complex near Spain’s Costa del Sol gains momentum during COVID-19 confinement

"It will destroy one of the most important things that Nerja has as a tourist asset, its landscape"

7 Apr, 2020 @ 09:51

Lead·Property

Stats suggest Covid-19 curve is flattening, but Costa Blanca town continues to disinfect – much to delight of locals

ROJALES in the Vega Baja region of Spain’s Costa Blanca, isn’t sitting back just because official statistics SUGGEST the Coronavirus curve is flattening out. Throughout

7 Apr, 2020 @ 07:16

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

BREAKING: Boris Johnson taken into intensive care

"Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened"

6 Apr, 2020 @ 21:17

Lead·National News

Could Gibraltar COVID-19 measures be too successful?

Stopping people leaving home could be slowing down the spread of the virus 'too much', according to the Chief Minister as active cases crept up

6 Apr, 2020 @ 20:53

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Spain to roll out universal basic income to battle coronavirus and it could ‘stay forever’, says top minister

SPAIN is preparing to roll out a universal basic income in a bid to reduce the economic impact of COVID-19. Economy Minister Nadia Calvino revealed

6 Apr, 2020 @ 20:11

Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Three arrested over one weekend in Costa Blanca town for breaking lock-down rules

ORIHUELA Policia Local arrested three people over the this weekend for breaking the lock-down rules put in place because of the Nation State of Emergency.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 18:43

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Priest in Spain’s Basque Country stopped by the police and sent home for breaking lockdown rules while walking around and blessing the town’s faithful

POLICE in the Basque Country have stopped a priest who was walking around the town and blessing people on their balconies and windows.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 18:20

Lead

DYING FOR A FAG – Frenchman rescued in Pyrenees after going on quest for cheap tobacco over border in Spain

A FRENCHMAN who tried to hike across the Pyrenees in search of cheap cigarettes in Spain had to be rescued by helicopter. He had set

6 Apr, 2020 @ 18:12

Lead·National News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola loses his mother to coronavirus in Spain’s Barcelona

PEP Guardiola’s mother has died after contracting COVID-19.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 17:00

Health·Lead·Sport

Around 50 migrants successfully jump the fence and enter Spain’s Melilla, in the largest illegal entry since May 2019

AROUND 50 migrants have successfully entered Melilla illegally this morning from Morocco.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 16:10

Lead

An 88-year-old couple married for 65 years, from Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha both recover from coronavirus and return home together

AN 88-year-old couple from Castilla-La Mancha who were both diagnosed with COVID-19, have both recovered and returned to their home together.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

Health·Lead

SOS: Volunteers on Spain’s Costa del Sol call for fabric donations to make coronavirus face masks

A GROUP of volunteers in Fuengirola and Mijas who have been making 600 coronavirus face masks a week has sent out a call for more

6 Apr, 2020 @ 15:30

Number of people recovered from coronavirus in Spain’s Andalucia outnumbers deceased for first time

Andalucia has seen over 200 people cured in the last 24 hours.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 15:11

Health·Lead

Women’s rights groups show solidarity for 90-year-old murdered during COVID-19 lockdown in Spain’s Andalucia

Campaigners, currently isolated due to the quarantine, have reiterated the message that during these times of confinement, no one is alone

6 Apr, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead

Champions League and Europa League could be abandoned if they don’t restart by September according to UEFA President

THE UEFA President has said that the Champions League and the Europa League could be abandoned if coronavirus restrictions are still in place in September.

6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:39

Lead·Sport

Man sets fire to car in Spain’s Mallorca after ex-wife ‘refuses to let him inside house’ during coronavirus lockdown

Investigators say the man set his vehicle on fire after his ex-wife failed to let him inside of his his former home

6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘MY HEROES’: How a British cyclist was taken in by Spanish farmers in Andalucia after becoming stuck in southern Spain during coronavirus lockdown

A BRITISH cyclist says he has been left ‘overwhelmed’ by the help he has received after becoming trapped in southern Spain during the nationwide coronavirus

6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:23

Huelva·Lead