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IN PICS: Thirsty Spaniards and expats hit cafes and bars as Costa del Sol enters Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus deescalation

The next stage of Spain's coronavirus deescalation plan saw many bars and cafes throw open their doors for the first time in nine weeks

18 May, 2020 @ 19:26

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·National News

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Spanish motorsport legend Fernando Alonso primed for F1 return, says long-term boss Briatore

FERNANDO Alonso’s long-term manager Flavio Briatore has tipped the Spanish motorsport stalwart for a return to F1 in 2021 after a year out. In an

18 May, 2020 @ 16:33

Lead·Sport

Ryanair slams rival airline handouts as it records €1 billion profit pre-COVID-19

LEADING budget airline Ryanair has recorded profits of €1 billion during the 2019 financial year. This marks an increase of €117 million on 2018, according

18 May, 2020 @ 16:20

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

SNIFFED OUT: Drug gang of eight people who hid weed and hash in cases of garlic arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and in Cordoba

POLICE have sniffed out a drugs smuggling gang who hid cannabis in shipments of garlic. Officers arrested eight people, based in Cordoba and Benalmadena and

18 May, 2020 @ 15:42

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Air Nostrum to resume inter-island flights in Spain’s Balearic Islands from MAY 24 as government promises to stop ‘abusive’ prices

The announcement comes after the airline reached an agreement with the Government of the Balearic Islands to restart flights between Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca

18 May, 2020 @ 15:29

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Spain’s lottery operator reopens ticket sales and reschedules all suspended draws – dates here

LOTTERIES have today returned to Spain after two months of inactivity due to the coronavirus lockdown. Loterías y Apuestas del Estado (Spain’s state-owned lottery operator)

18 May, 2020 @ 14:07

Business & Finance

HALF of Spain ‘will not holiday’ in 2020 while domestic spots like Costa del Sol more popular than breaks abroad

HALF of Spaniards have said they will not go on holiday this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A new survey has also revealed that

18 May, 2020 @ 13:18

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Travel News

Man reports ‘fake police break-in’ in Spain’s Andalucia but is then arrested himself as officer sniffs out his 400 cannabis plants

A SUSPECTED cannabis grower has been arrested after he called police over a break-in by fake Guardia Civil officers. The 47-year-old, dubbed JAMR, was arrested

18 May, 2020 @ 11:52

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Tensions boil over as residents confront group of 25 people who ‘ignored social distancing’ at packed bar in Spain’s Mallorca

Residents had become enraged after watching a group of 25 people huddled together at a popular bar on Calle Sant Magi in Santa Catalina

18 May, 2020 @ 09:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Spain hints at making face masks in public mandatory from next week to prevent second coronavirus wave

THE use of masks in public spaces could become mandatory across Spain next week. Health Minister Salvador Illa told regional leaders in a meeting today

17 May, 2020 @ 20:09

Lead·National News

Spain’s coronavirus lockdown exercise times will no longer apply in these 84 Malaga municipalities

PEDRO Sanchez has announced that municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants can abandon the specific timetables for outdoor individual exercise and walks from tomorrow. The

17 May, 2020 @ 19:42

Lead·Malaga

What can you do in Phase 2 of Spain’s coronavirus de-escalation plan?

WHILE Malaga, Granada and parts of Valencia are looking forward to entering Phase 1 of the COVID-19 de-escalation plan tomorrow, other areas will be passing

17 May, 2020 @ 18:04

Lead·National News

Plenty of Brits will be committing to Spain post-coronavirus lockdown, predicts property expert Campbell Ferguson

WELL, well, well. Demand, no surprise, has virtually ceased in the Spanish property market, though a few committed buyers are hanging in there and there

17 May, 2020 @ 18:00

Campbell Ferguson: Survey Spain·Property

OPINION: Claiming summer 2020 is ‘dead’ is the pessimism we don’t need from our Andalucia leaders right now

WITH Semana Santa cancelled, the feria season binned and a day at the beach a distant memory, what could possibly come next? The scrapping of

17 May, 2020 @ 11:13

Lead

COVID-19: Donkeys in Costa del Sol’s Mijas are being well cared for, exercised and fed during Spain’s coronavirus crisis, insists council

The town hall added that their ‘burro taxi’ owners are also being given sizeable tax breaks this year to make up for the huge loss

17 May, 2020 @ 11:00

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll drops below 100 in lowest figure since March 12

SPAIN has seen a new low in daily COVID-19 deaths after recording just 87 in the past 24 hours. The figure was revealed by Pedro

17 May, 2020 @ 10:52

Lead·National News

GAZPACHO: When life gives you squishy tomatoes left in the boot of your car during coronavirus lockdown, make Spain’s signature summer soup!

FOR the last two months they have been holed up in Granada following a coronavirus travel nightmare (see Olive Press Issue 340). But now British couple

17 May, 2020 @ 09:00

Food & Drink·Lead

Amanda Butler is hoping Spain’s Balearic Islands can be a leader in eco-construction after coronavirus

I implore our governments, and our developers and builders, to learn from this

17 May, 2020 @ 08:00

Amanda Butler: Keys to the Island·Mallorca·Property

Coronavirus will rip a few roof tiles off Spain’s property market but it’s resilient enough to escape structural damage, writes Adam Neale

CORONAVIRUS AND ADVICE FOR SELLERS A crisis always creates opportunities. For real-estate buyers, this can be good news. For sellers, it may mean lower expectations,

16 May, 2020 @ 12:00

Adam Neale: Property Insider·Property

Spain lifts further restrictions for Phase 1 of coronavirus de-escalation plan, including hunting and fishing

THE Spanish government has lifted further restrictions for provinces which find themselves in Phase 1 of the de-escalation plan from Monday. Announced by Health Minister

16 May, 2020 @ 11:09

Lead·National News

Jon Clarke tracks the Nazi Gold Trail to Madrid and Gibraltar, hot on the heels of our expose on a Nazi U-boat base in Spain’s Canary Islands

HOW could a stockpile of looted Nazi gold larger than some country’s bullion reserves disappear without trace? The macabre mystery has been the subject of

16 May, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

COVID-19: As Spain’s Ministry of Labour uncovers fraudulent redundancy schemes, Lawbird’s Antonio Flores explains ERTE

SPANISH ERTE schemes, following the trend of most European countries, allow employers to lay off or temporarily suspend workers in crisis situations. This can be

16 May, 2020 @ 10:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Business & Finance

FREEDOM: Here is what you can do in Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus de-escalation plan as Malaga, Granada and Valencia enter next stage

“HALLELUJAH!” That will be the reaction across Malaga, Granada and Valencia tonight after it was revealed the two Andalucian provinces and eastern region can enter

15 May, 2020 @ 20:15

Lead·National News