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WATCH: Brit hotspot Nikki Beach faces €300,000 fine for ‘non-compliant’ alcohol-fuelled party in Spain’s Mallorca

Footage of the raucous party shows the beach club, popular with British holidaymakers, failing to enforce COVID-19 sanitary measures

14 Jul, 2020 @ 16:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New beach app launched in Spain’s Mallorca indicating COVID-19 occupancy risk

The free ‘Smart City Palma’ app will detail a beach's occupancy leveland security measures in place to halt COVID-19

14 Jul, 2020 @ 15:43

Lead·Mallorca

Scorching temperatures in Spain main source of ‘deaths by natural phenomena’

SPAIN’s annual heatwave claims more lives every year than any other natural phenomenon according to recent government statistics. The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergencies

14 Jul, 2020 @ 15:33

Cordoba

Masks MUST be worn on beach and at swimming pools in Spain’s Andalucia – with these exceptions

You may remove the masks when eating or swimming in the pool or sea

14 Jul, 2020 @ 14:38

Coronavirus·Lead

Town of Gaucin in Andalucia dubbed ‘Spain’s Notting Hill’ in Telegraph article

THE mountainous town of Gaucin in Andalucia has been described as ‘Spain’s most picture-perfect town,’ in an article by The Telegraph. The piece by Alexander

14 Jul, 2020 @ 13:26

Lead·Travel News

BREAKING: Spain reports 2,045 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths since Friday as ‘120 active outbreaks’ push ‘highest numbers since May’

SPAIN has registered 2,045 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths since Friday. This marks the country’s highest coronavirus figures since mid-May. The national caseload now

13 Jul, 2020 @ 19:16

Lead·National News

WATCH: ‘Drunk’ Brits cause havoc jumping on cars and and singing football chants in Spain’s Mallorca

Footage shows the revellers, suspected to be under the influence of alcohol, jumping onto a parked car

13 Jul, 2020 @ 17:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Some 870,000 people in northern Spain return to Phase 2 after nearly 200 new COVID-19 cases in region since Friday

SOME 870,000 people have been placed back into Phase 2 in northern Spain after more coronavirus outbreaks. The city of Zaragoza has been returned to

13 Jul, 2020 @ 16:54

Lead·National News

Masks officially mandatory in Spain’s Andalucia from Wednesday and you WILL be fined for non-compliance as president says ‘make an effort!’

The obligatory wearing of the protective gear was confirmed by regional president Juanma Moreno this morning via Twitter

13 Jul, 2020 @ 14:13

Coronavirus·Lead

Tributes pour in for Briton and Spaniard killed in horror hotel plunge on Spain’s Costa del Sol

British tourist Anthony Holmes, from Newcastle, plunged from the seventh floor of the hotel at 1.45am on Saturday morning, landing on and instantly killing father-of-two

13 Jul, 2020 @ 13:29

Lead·Malaga

40% of COVID-19 outbreaks in Spain originate from family reunions

According to Health Minister Salvador Illa, Spain has 118 active coronavirus outbreaks

13 Jul, 2020 @ 11:44

Health·Lead·National News

Man found dead near chiringuito at popular beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN has been found dead at a popular beach on the Costa del Sol. The victim was spotted floating face down in the sea

13 Jul, 2020 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

100 SPANISH ICONS: Who is Spain’s top shoe designer Manolo Blahnik?

FANS of TV show Sex and the City will remember the scene when Carrie Bradshaw got mugged in New York. The mugger wanted her shoes.

12 Jul, 2020 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Lead

Are tourists ‘too little, too late’ for hospitality industry in Spain’s Mallorca?

OK so Spain has navigated Storm Corona pretty well, but what will the ravaged business landscape look like afterwards? We’ve probably all heard the same

12 Jul, 2020 @ 12:00

Mallorca·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is·Travel News

BREAKING: Brit plummets from luxury hotel balcony and kills local upon impact on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Policia Nacional are investigating whether the Brit jumped or fell by accident.

11 Jul, 2020 @ 14:19

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Masks to become mandatory in Spain’s Andalucia from next week

MASKS will be mandatory at all times in Andalucia from next week, it has been announced. It is believed the personal protective gear must be

11 Jul, 2020 @ 14:09

Coronavirus·Lead

‘TYPICAL SPANISH’: Why British expats in Spain need to stop using this derogatory phrase

By Mijas Councillor Bill Anderson I HAVE supported the British community in Spain in a number of articles over the years. During the COVID-19 crisis,

11 Jul, 2020 @ 14:04

Bill Anderson: Mijas Matters·Lead·National News

LONG READ: The last untouched stretch of Malaga coastline comes under threat from wealthy developers

THE clock is ticking in the battle to save the last natural jewel on the Nerja coastline from the clutches of developers who want ANOTHER

11 Jul, 2020 @ 11:00

Lead·Malaga

COSTA CORONA: Tourism fails to return to Spain’s Costa del Sol as hoped as number of Brits and foreign travellers plummets

So far in July, many municipalities have failed to reach 40% occupancy rates and the current outlook for August is equally bleak

10 Jul, 2020 @ 15:52

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

Wedding in Spain sees 23 people test positive for COVID-19

SOME 23 people have tested positive for COVID-19 after an outbreak at a wedding in northern Spain. It is unclear how many of the new

10 Jul, 2020 @ 15:42

Lead·National News

New political party in Andalucia sets sights on Spain – Portugal union

A NEW political party based in Granada is slowly emerging onto the Spanish political scene. Izquierda en Positivo Granada is the brainchild of historian and

10 Jul, 2020 @ 15:21

Granada