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Spain’s Andalucia scorches just in time for loosening of COVID-19 restrictions as warm weather set to continue into next week

PEOPLE got their first taste of summer this weekend as temperatures soared to over 30C in Andalucia. The nation’s lockdown eased yesterday for the nearly

3 May, 2020 @ 13:18

Lead

Real estate agent Amanda Butler looks ahead to brighter days as Spain’s Balearic Islands emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 crisis

WELL that’s what we’d all like to say, and will celebrate when it truly happens with gusto! I am not normally one wishing to spread

3 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Four Spaniards killed after repatriation flight crashes

FOUR Spaniards have died in a plane crash while being repatriated from Bolivia amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Two soldiers were also killed when the flight

3 May, 2020 @ 12:47

Lead·National News

Chinese shops open in Madrid for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown

SHOPS and businesses in the Chinatown area of Madrid have opened their doors for the first time since the COVID-19 state of Alarm came into

3 May, 2020 @ 12:30

Lead·Madrid

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll plummets to new low while new infections drop to below 1,000

SPAIN’S daily coronavirus death toll has plummeted to 164 this Sunday. That’s 112 less than yesterday, while bringing the total number of deaths to 25,264.

3 May, 2020 @ 12:11

Lead·National News

COVID-19: Bored ‘middle class families’ on UK lockdown are driving demand for Spain’s fresh herbs, reveals one happy expat supplier

MIDDLE class British shoppers are helping keep Andalucian herb suppliers going through the critical coronavirus lockdown. Millions of Home Counties home chefs have been dusting

3 May, 2020 @ 12:00

Business & Finance·Lead

EU funding and Spanish teamwork ensures 700 tonnes of healthy food gets to vulnerable groups in region

MORE THAN 700 tonnes of fruit and vegetables has been distributed to vulnerable groups in the region, thanks to the EU and Spain’s Agriculture Ministry.

3 May, 2020 @ 11:35

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

A secret WW2 German U-boat base, Nazis on the run, macabre facilities for facial reconstruction surgery – the shady past of Spain’s Fuerteventura

Words by Conor Mcglone SCORES of roosting doves erupted from the decrepit courtyard as we entered the ominously-named Villa Winter. I’m not easily spooked but

3 May, 2020 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Bomb bound for Balearics – Explosives Unit intercept live mortar bought as decoration

THE EXPLOSIVES Deactivation Unit (TEDAX) of Alicante Police were called to a nearby post office when a live two-inch mortar was found in a shipment.

3 May, 2020 @ 10:12

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca

From Monaco to Yorkshire, nothing compares to Mallorca, writes Terenia Taras, as she remains stranded in the UK

WE’VE been back in the UK now since lockdown kicked in four weeks ago, but are desperate to get back to Mallorca. We had only

3 May, 2020 @ 10:00

Mallorca·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is

Outrage as beach disinfected with BLEACH near Spain’s Costa del Sol

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have been left outraged after local authorities in the coastal town of Zahara de los Atunes, near Cadiz, used bleach to disinfect their local

3 May, 2020 @ 09:30

Cadiz·Lead

“A long time before life returns to normal” – Maura Hillen on COVID-19 and stepping down as President of illegal homes campaign group AUAN in Spain’s Andalucia

FOR more than a decade she has been at the helm of Andalucia’s leading non-profit illegal homes campaign group, helping thousands of expats avoid a

3 May, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Property

Front-line services get COVID-19 all-clear in Gibraltar as shops open

Most front-line workers are clear of Coronavirus as people swamped Main Street after being allowed to go shopping for the first time in six weeks.

2 May, 2020 @ 21:09

Coronavirus·Gibraltar

Terraces can open by 50% in Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus deescalation plan while people can meet in groups of 10 as PM Pedro Sanchez reveals more details

TERRACES will be able to open to a 50% capacity during Phase 1 of the coronavirus deescalation plan. In his weekly press conference today, prime

2 May, 2020 @ 21:06

Lead·National News

Military Disinfection Team After Disinfecting A Care Home 7

COVID-19: The wheels of industry must start turning – goodbye China!

AND so it was that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the catastrophic de-industrialisation of the West. A combination of greed, neglect, complacency and laziness allowed this

2 May, 2020 @ 18:00

Brief by Charles Gomez·Opinion

Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recognises the benefit of professional connections, as he looks ahead to emerging from Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

A WHILE ago I wrote about the huge benefits I received from attending a regular weekly business networking event – here I was able to

2 May, 2020 @ 17:00

Business & Finance

EXCLUSIVE: This is NOT Armageddon, insists mother of young cancer hero Ashya King as she seeks sanctuary in Spain from clutches of Jehovah’s Witnesses

‘‘THEY are holed up at home and terrified this is Armageddon,” says Naghmeh King

2 May, 2020 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

COVID-19: Marbella Town Hall initiates path to recovery by allowing thousands of Licenses of First Occupation to be approved by architects

MARBELLA municipal officials have approved a revolutionary measure that will greatly prop up property sales and short-term rentals, COVID-19 permitting. Last Monday, the spokesman for

2 May, 2020 @ 15:00

Antonio Flores: Legal Problems·Lead·Malaga·Property

BREAKING: Both the number of new patients and the number of coronavirus deaths in Spain decrease, staying below 300 for the third consecutive day

BOTH the number of new patients and the number of coronavirus related deaths in Spain have gone down.

2 May, 2020 @ 14:29

Health·Lead·National News

Full works of Spain’s expat poet Gamel Woolsey set to be released by Gerald Brenan House

SHE is one of Spain’s most distinguished expats. Buried in Malaga’s celebrated English Cemetery, she wrote widely about the country and was known around the

2 May, 2020 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Lead

COVID-19: As human trials for vaccine begin in UK, Bill Gates says world could need 14 billion doses to stop coronavirus

AS the Oxford Vaccine Group begins human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, Bill Gates has said the world could need 14 billion doses to stop

2 May, 2020 @ 13:00

Health·Lead·National News

IN PICS: Hundreds descend on Palma de Mallorca for exercise as fresh air set to boost mental health during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

The capital was full of life as hundreds of people took full advantage of some much needed fresh air

2 May, 2020 @ 12:15

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Mediterranean diet can help protect brain function, study finds

SPAIN’S Mediterranen diet can help keep your brain in gear, as well as your waistline in the clear, scientists have found. Frequently lauded by health

2 May, 2020 @ 12:00

Health·Lead·National News

Spain’s high coronavirus death toll owes to its huge obesity problem, warns doctor

A SPANISH scientist has warned that obesity could be behind Spain and Italy’s high coronavirus mortality rates. Francisco Tinahones, president of the Spanish Society for

2 May, 2020 @ 11:00

Health·Lead·National News

How Spanish coronavirus memes are helping me learn the language during lockdown

Despite my heavy workload – writing a never-ending stream of coronavirus articles while blitzing through The Office UK and Tiger King – lockdown seems to

2 May, 2020 @ 10:00

La Cultura

IN PICS: Runners and cyclists hit Costa del Sol for FIRST exercise of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown as 36°C heat to scorch Andalucia this weekend

The Costa del Sol’s beaches and promenades finally looked as if they were returning to a ‘new normal’

2 May, 2020 @ 09:05

Lead·National News

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Spain’s Andalucia scorches just in time for loosening of COVID-19 restrictions as warm weather set to continue into next week

Real estate agent Amanda Butler looks ahead to brighter days as Spain’s Balearic Islands emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 crisis

Four Spaniards killed after repatriation flight crashes

Chinese shops open in Madrid for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus death toll plummets to new low while new infections drop to below 1,000

COVID-19: Bored ‘middle class families’ on UK lockdown are driving demand for Spain’s fresh herbs, reveals one happy expat supplier

EU funding and Spanish teamwork ensures 700 tonnes of healthy food gets to vulnerable groups in region

A secret WW2 German U-boat base, Nazis on the run, macabre facilities for facial reconstruction surgery – the shady past of Spain’s Fuerteventura

Bomb bound for Balearics – Explosives Unit intercept live mortar bought as decoration

From Monaco to Yorkshire, nothing compares to Mallorca, writes Terenia Taras, as she remains stranded in the UK

Outrage as beach disinfected with BLEACH near Spain’s Costa del Sol

“A long time before life returns to normal” – Maura Hillen on COVID-19 and stepping down as President of illegal homes campaign group AUAN in Spain’s Andalucia

Front-line services get COVID-19 all-clear in Gibraltar as shops open

Terraces can open by 50% in Phase 1 of Spain’s coronavirus deescalation plan while people can meet in groups of 10 as PM Pedro Sanchez reveals more details

COVID-19: The wheels of industry must start turning – goodbye China!

Chartered Financial Planner Jonathan Holdaway recognises the benefit of professional connections, as he looks ahead to emerging from Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

EXCLUSIVE: This is NOT Armageddon, insists mother of young cancer hero Ashya King as she seeks sanctuary in Spain from clutches of Jehovah’s Witnesses

COVID-19: Marbella Town Hall initiates path to recovery by allowing thousands of Licenses of First Occupation to be approved by architects

BREAKING: Both the number of new patients and the number of coronavirus deaths in Spain decrease, staying below 300 for the third consecutive day

Full works of Spain’s expat poet Gamel Woolsey set to be released by Gerald Brenan House

COVID-19: As human trials for vaccine begin in UK, Bill Gates says world could need 14 billion doses to stop coronavirus

IN PICS: Hundreds descend on Palma de Mallorca for exercise as fresh air set to boost mental health during Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

Spain’s Mediterranean diet can help protect brain function, study finds

Spain’s high coronavirus death toll owes to its huge obesity problem, warns doctor

How Spanish coronavirus memes are helping me learn the language during lockdown

IN PICS: Runners and cyclists hit Costa del Sol for FIRST exercise of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown as 36°C heat to scorch Andalucia this weekend

Police make five arrests in Madrid after homeless man is seriously injured in brutal assault over trivial €15 debt

Revealed: The city in Spain where English is spoken best – and it’s not the obvious choice

Manhunt underway on the Costa del Sol after armed robber ‘holds hotel receptionist at gunpoint before fleeing with stolen loot’

WATCH: Inside the secret three-level tunnel used by narco bosses to smuggle drugs from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

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