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Francia Ordena El Cierre De Bares Y Restaurantes Desde Las 0 Horas De La Pasada Noche

Benidorm group predicts big losses caused by enforced bar and restaurant closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

€50 million will be the minimal financial cost of the latest closure of Costa Blanca hospitality businesses, according to a leading Benidorm hotel association. Hosbec

20 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

LISTED: The 141 municipalities facing home confinement in Spain’s Andalucia and which must close all non-essential businesses due to COVID-19 spike

THE Junta de Andalucia is meeting with the national Government today in a bid to earn the right to impose home confinements on its hardest

20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:50

Coronavirus·Lead

Farmer arrested for exploiting and abusing foreign workers in Spain’s Murcia region

A BULLYING farmer that abused foreign workers and had them working in pitiful conditions has been arrested. Policia Nacional sources allege the Murcia business-owner, “exploited

20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca

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 detects 5,922 COVID-19 cases Wednesday and 61 deaths

A FURTHER 5,922 coronavirus cases have been detected in Andalucia in the past 24 hours. The figure is much higher than the just over 3,000

20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:28

Coronavirus·Lead

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Extended curfew call and reduced social mixing plans from Spain’s Valencian Community

VALENCIAN President, Ximo Puig, will ask the Spanish government today(January 20) for permission to bring forward the start of the region’s curfew to 8.00 pm.

20 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Doctors demand two week home confinement in Spain’s Mallorca as hospitals at risk of collapse

Led by Doctor Jordi Reina, a virologist at Son Espases Hospital, the group has warned of a collapse in the island's health system

20 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

The Dolmens Museum in Spain’s Antequera will open to the public this year

THE restoration work on Antequera’s Dolmens Museum has been completed. After an investment of €4.5 million and 33 months of work, the centre in Antequera

20 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain aims to introduce ‘Vaccination Certificate’ in order to recover tourism sector

EUROPEAN leaders, including Spain’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, have given support to introduce a ‘vaccination certificate’ with the aim of recovering the tourism

20 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

ROYAL TREATMENT: Madrid’s Westin Palace Hotel is used to hosting the rich and famous from Michael Jackson to Ernest Hemingway

THE staff at Madrid’s Westin Palace Hotel are long used to dealing with guests with masks. In fact it was over 30 years ago that

19 Jan, 2021 @ 20:30

Madrid·Olive Press Travel

HELP YOURSELF as Alicante delivery driver swipes goods on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A driver for an Alicante-based delivery company has been arrested for stealing €3,300 of items that never made it to their destination. The unnamed firm

19 Jan, 2021 @ 20:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Single-day COVID-19 case record broken in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

RECORD COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalisations in Spain’s Valencian Community

7,995 new coronavirus infections have been recorded in just one day in the Valencian Community. Figures released this evening(January 19) by the regional health ministry

19 Jan, 2021 @ 19:42

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Fines await UK-bound airline passengers without negative test result from Gibraltar

PEOPLE flying from Gibraltar to UK risk a £500 fine if they do not provide of a negative COVID-19 test certificate.

19 Jan, 2021 @ 18:47

Gibraltar·Lead

Tenant Who Did Not Pay Rent Ran Indoor Javea Villa Marijuana Farm

Late rent exposes indoor drug farm in leased luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A massive marijuana farm operating out of a luxury Costa Blanca was uncovered after the tenant did not pay his rent for several months. The

19 Jan, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

COVID-19 deaths reach record daily high in Spain’s Balearic Islands

According to the Balearic Ministry of Health, a total of 11 people have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours

19 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Lead·Mallorca

Vaccines arrive tomorrow as two more elderly fall prey to COVID-19 in Gibraltar

TWO more elderly people have become the latest COVID-19 victims as more vaccines jet into the Rock in the coming weeks.

19 Jan, 2021 @ 16:53

Gibraltar·Lead

Benidorm set for night-time curfew after big COVID case rises in Costa Blanca area of Spain

TOTAL CLOSURE: Bars and restaurants in Spain’s Valencian Community to shut in new COVID-19 measures

BARS and restaurants will be shut for the first time since May in a new tranche of measures to combat COVID-19 infections unveiled by the

19 Jan, 2021 @ 15:33

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency plan to free up 17,000 hospital beds launched in Spain’s Andalucia as region declares deadliest COVID-19 day since December 3

ANDALUCIA has launched an emergency plan to free up hospital space following a surge in coronavirus figures. Announced by the Junta today, it plans to

19 Jan, 2021 @ 15:27

Coronavirus·Lead

The hospitality sector has been one of the worst-hit by the restrictions

BAILED OUT: Valencian government announces €340 million aid package for self-employed workers and businesses

THE Valencian regional government has announced a €340 million bailout plan for small businesses and self-employed workers to help mitigate the disastrous economic effects of

19 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Coronavirus·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

First ‘vaccine passports’ to be handed out ‘within days’ to those who have received second COVID-19 jab in Spain’s Andalucia

THE first so-called ‘vaccine passports’ will be handed out to residents in Andalucia ‘within days’, the Junta has announced. Spokesman Elias Bendodo told a press

19 Jan, 2021 @ 14:58

Coronavirus·Lead

Jabbing Jumper As Another Politician On Spain S Costa Blanca Breaks Vaccination Rules

JAB-BUSTER as yet another politician queue-jumps on Spain’s Costa Blanca to get COVID vaccination

THE list of Costa Blanca politicians getting COVID-19 vaccines ahead of priority categories has grown to include Orihuela’s Health Councillor, Jose Galliano. The PSOE socialist

19 Jan, 2021 @ 14:15

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Ukrainian refugees robbed of €7,000 and valuables at Valencia region motorway service area in Spain

94-year-old woman sexually attacked by 24-year-old in robbery in northern Spain

GUARDIA Civil officers have arrested the perpetrator of a sexual assault and burglary of a 94-year-old woman in northern Spain. The break in occurred in

19 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

THE FUTURE IS ORANGE: Valencian citrus farmers finally on the money ‘thanks’ to COVID

Valencian orange and lemon producers saw their income go up at last

19 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s Campo de Gibraltar under siege from COVID-19 as infection rates soar and hospitals overflow despite weeks of tougher restrictions

THE Campo de Gibraltar is under siege from coronavirus despite weeks of much stricter restrictions, the latest figures show. In La Linea, which shares the

19 Jan, 2021 @ 12:12

Cadiz·Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

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When will supermarkets open until and can I play sports under stricter COVID-19 measures in Spain’s Andalucia?

THE whole of Andalucia is on alert Level 4 for coronavirus, meaning all non-essential businesses must close by 6pm. As ever, there are exceptions to

19 Jan, 2021 @ 11:42

Coronavirus·Lead

Madrid Spain 04 01 2021 The Spanish Minister Of Health Salvador Illa

NEW COVID-19 cases in dangerous spiral but Spain’s Health Minister says current measures are ‘sufficient’

SPAIN’S Health Minister, Salvador Illa, has repeated his view that the current State of Alarm is ‘sufficient’ to counter the rise in coronavirus cases. The

19 Jan, 2021 @ 11:36

Coronavirus·Lead

Stricter COVID-19 restrictions being discussed in Spain’s Valencian Community

VALENCIAN President, Ximo Puig, is to mull over fresh options today(January19)over what new restrictions can be introduced to stem the rising tide of new COVID-19

19 Jan, 2021 @ 11:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

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