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CORONAVIRUS: Spain closes ALL schools and universities to 9.5 million students as government ministers now among the 3,000 infected

Several politicians have also tested positive for the virus, including Minister of Equality Irene Montero and Vox leader Santiago Abascal

12 Mar, 2020 @ 23:07

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia closes all schools and universities amid coronavirus pandemic

Madrid, the Balearic Islands and the Basque Country had already confirmed they were closing all educational centres

12 Mar, 2020 @ 21:04

Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Leading coronavirus expert and frequent visitor to Spain separates fact from fiction on global health pandemic

It comes as 87 people are now dead in Spain and more than 3,000 are infected

12 Mar, 2020 @ 19:51

Lead·National News

Hundreds of workers in Spain to lose their jobs in tourism sector over coronavirus

HUNDREDS of people are set to lose their jobs in the tourism sector due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Melia Hotels is set to layoff

12 Mar, 2020 @ 16:26

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca

More than 3,000 coronavirus cases in Spain as 87 confirmed dead

Madrid is the worst affected region with 1,388 people infected and 38 dead

12 Mar, 2020 @ 15:12

Lead

Dead body found in boot of car in Campo de Gibraltar

A DEAD body has been found in the boot of a car in the Campo de Gibraltar. The corpse was discovered in a parked vehicle

12 Mar, 2020 @ 13:33

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

Man arrested in Andalucia after police catch him with 70 bales of hashish in back of van

Police found and seized 70 bales of hashish with a weight of 2,340 kilograms

12 Mar, 2020 @ 12:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Madrid closes ALL museums in the capital due to Spain’s coronavirus outbreak

The Ministry of Culture has announced the closure from March 12; the Prado has not closed its doors since March 2004, after the attacks of

12 Mar, 2020 @ 09:38

Health·Lead·Madrid·National News

CORONAVIRUS: Spain’s Costa del Sol, Malaga and Guadalhorce declared ‘special containment areas’ as cases in Andalucia top 100

75% of the region’s cases are in Malaga

11 Mar, 2020 @ 23:49

Lead·Malaga

COVID-19: Valencia’s Fallas festival to be held in July after being cancelled due to Spain’s coronavirus outbreak

VALENCIA’S Fallas festival will go ahead. The crucial event is set to be moved back to the summer after it was forced to cancel its

11 Mar, 2020 @ 23:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

imf boss Christine Lagarde predicts two years recession spain

IMF warns coronavirus to PARALYSE Spain’s tourism as health chiefs warn the crisis could last another FIVE months while ECB says ‘it could be as bad as 2008’

THE International Monetary Fund has warned that the ongoing coronavirus epidemic could paralyse Spain’s tourism industry and cripple consumption. The global lender said what remains

11 Mar, 2020 @ 16:13

Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

This Spanish ‘When and Where’ app ensures women get home safely

The main objective is to provide security for women and to create a community where anyone can go outside without taking any risk

11 Mar, 2020 @ 15:33

Business & Finance

Amazon to open logistics centre in Andalucia creating 1,000 permanent jobs

Amazon has announced the opening of a new logistics centre in Sevilla at the end of this summer

11 Mar, 2020 @ 12:33

Business & Finance·Sevilla

The government has already paid €2.6 million to families in Andalucia seriously affected by Storm Gloria

The payments have been made in response to some of the 2,237 applications submitted for grants by families and businesses

11 Mar, 2020 @ 11:24

Lead·Malaga

British drug kingpin among most wanted in the UK arrested in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A WANTED Briton has been cuffed on the Costa del Sol during a dramatic crackdown by Spanish police. The yet unnamed fugitive was one of

11 Mar, 2020 @ 00:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

IN PICS: Panic buying leaves supermarket shelves bare in Spain as Madrid to close libraries, sports and cultural centres over coronavirus fears

Nos merecemos todo lo que nos pasa #COVID19espana pic.twitter.com/1Z6zwzGWIF — Paco Bocero (@FranciscoBocero) March 10, 2020 RESIDENTS in Spain have reported cases of panic buying

10 Mar, 2020 @ 20:57

Health

Deputy leader of Spain’s Vox party contracts coronavirus after he is pictured sniffing and coughing at 9,000-strong event in Madrid

Secretary General Javier Ortega Smith was confirmed as among Spain’s 1,600 victims this afternoon

10 Mar, 2020 @ 20:29

Politics

Spain’s VOX defies coronavirus advice to hold far right meeting with Trump administration in US

VOX representatives have travelled to the United States to meet withleaders of the Trump administration in a bid to strengthen far rightalliances. The controversial party

10 Mar, 2020 @ 19:52

Politics

BREAKING: Tourists quarantined at hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol after catching coronavirus from tour guide

NINE tourists have been quarantined at a Costa del Sol hotel after testing positive for coronavirus. The holidaymakers, mostly from the US, are being isolated

10 Mar, 2020 @ 18:50

Health

COVID-19: ALL flights between Spain and Italy suspended over coronavirus fears

ALL direct flights between Spain and Italy are to be suspended over coronavirus fears, the government has announced. The flights will be stopped from midnight

10 Mar, 2020 @ 18:36

Health