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Blood transfusions from coronavirus survivors being tested as potential treatment in Madrid

BLOOD transfusions from Covid-19 survivors are being tested in a Madrid medical centre for use as a groundbreaking treatment. The Spanish capital’s Centre for Transfusions

26 Mar, 2020 @ 21:10

Health·Lead

SPAIN: More than 700 police and Guardia Civil officers test positive for coronavirus as 7,400 in isolation

It comes after three Guardia Civil agents have died from coronavirus, in Valdemoro, Aranjuez and Ciudad Real

26 Mar, 2020 @ 21:05

Lead·National News

Neighbourhood watcher reports dog walking ring to police amid coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Alicante

A NEIGHBOURHOOD watcher has alerted police in Alicante to a number of residents walking the same dog. Police reportedly went undercover to follow the ‘various

26 Mar, 2020 @ 20:34

Costa Blanca

CORONAVIRUS: Italian mayor claims Valencia Champions League match with Atalanta was a ‘biological bomb’ for Spain and Italy

VALENCIA CF’s match Lombardy based Atalanta, the Italian region at the heart of Europe’s coronavirus outbreak, has been dubbed a ‘biological bomb’. In a recent

26 Mar, 2020 @ 20:27

Coronavirus·Lead

Bishop in Spain’s Basque Country fined €600 for driving with someone in the passenger seat

A BISHOP in the Basque Country has been fined for driving with someone in the passenger seat.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:59

Crime & Law·Lead

Madrid Police decline fining couple caught having car sex because ‘they couldn’t find intimacy’ at their busy home

MADRID police agents have declined fining a couple caught having sex in a car because they ‘couldn’t find intimacy’ at home. Policia Local located the

26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:44

Crime & Law

BREAKING: China closes its borders to all foreigners, including those with visas and residence permits

CHINA has announced that it will be closing its borders to foreigners from midnight on Saturday.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:04

Lead·Travel News

BEA’S HELPLINE: Pets, police and plane tickets – meet the Olive Press receptionist helping worried expats during Spain’s coronavirus crisis

“I feel obligated to help people and I am frustrated I cannot help more”

26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:01

Lead·Other News

‘LIES’ – Madrid’s health authority denies taking ventilators from the over-65s despite viral video of crying Spanish doctor

MADRID’S department of health has denied taking ventilators from critical patients aged 65 and over. Sources from the Department of Health de Madrid said they

26 Mar, 2020 @ 17:34

Lead

CORONAVIRUS: Vox party members given all clear after March meeting that infected key party members

A TOTAL of 70 members of the far right Vox party from Cordoba have completed their voluntary 17-day coronavirus quarantine. No infections have been reported

26 Mar, 2020 @ 16:50

Coronavirus·Lead·Politics

Women’s football in Spain is struggling financially due to coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS has hit women’s football in Spain particularly hard.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 16:33

Lead·Sport

Mallorcan sporting hero Rafa Nadal kickstarts campaign to raise €11 MILLION in fight against Spain’s coronavirus crisis

Launched by the Spanish Red Cross, the initiative aims to raise money amongst athletes

26 Mar, 2020 @ 16:13

Lead·Mallorca·Sport

Congreso approves state of alarm extension in Spain

The state of alarm extension has been approved until at least April 11

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:48

Lead·Politics

Five of Spain’s Ibex 35 companies pledge €150 million to the health authorities to help fight coronavirus

LARGE companies from the Ibex 35 have donated €150 million to the health authorities to help in the fight against Covid-19.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:37

Business & Finance·Lead

King of Spain visits coronavirus hospital in Madrid

KING Felipe VI has been visiting the emergency hospital set up inMadrid’s massive IFEMA conference centre for coronavirus patients. Spain’s monarch was accompanied by the

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:20

Lead·Madrid

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Spain’s 600,000 rapid coronavirus tests ‘don’t work’ as Chinese Embassy confirms manufacturer has no medical licence

SPAIN has ordered 600,000 rapid coronavirus testing kits from a Chinese manufacturer that ‘no licence’ to sell medical products. The tests also ‘don’t meet the

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:11

Lead

Spain’s Jerez MotoGP cancelled due to coronavirus, costing millions in lost revenue

THE Spanish MotoGP Grand Prix due to be held at the beginning of May has been postponed indefinitely, potentially costing the areamillions in income. The

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:07

Coronavirus·Lead·Sport

BARS’ LIFELINE: Spanish Government considering rent and mortgage holiday for small businesses in coronavirus lockdown

SPAIN’s national government has begun considering ways to throw small businesses a lifeline by deferring rent and mortgage payments for their premises. Sources from several

26 Mar, 2020 @ 15:02

Lead·National News

Spain’s Guggenheim offers virtual visits to ‘inspire’ during the lockdown

This digital initiative is called #GuggenheimBilbaoLive

26 Mar, 2020 @ 14:33

Entertainment·Lead

Uniformes De Invierno En La Policia Local

Police in Spain’s Navarra made a denuncia against an 80-year-old woman for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers

AN 80-year-old woman in Navarra has been denounced by the police for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 14:10

Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish Football Federation pledges €500 million to help clubs struggling financially due to coronavirus

THE Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has pledged €500 million to help clubs that are struggling financially due to Covid-19.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 13:04

Lead·Sport

Spain and Aston Villa goalkeeper Pepe Reina thinks he contracted coronavirus but is healthy now

PEPE Reina believes he has become the latest footballer to have coronavirus.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 12:20

Health·Lead·Sport

Expat arrested in Spain’s Mallorca after encouraging mass suicide while selling ‘cure’ for COVID-19

The man preached that ‘the world is ending and we are all going to be killed by coronavirus.’

26 Mar, 2020 @ 12:13

Lead·Mallorca

Officials reveal they are planning for 22,000 coronavirus cases in Spain’s Andalucia

Public spaces would be turned into field hospitals under the plans

26 Mar, 2020 @ 12:07

Lead

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus caseload surpasses 56,000 after more than 650 deaths in a DAY in new record

SPAIN has seen 655 new coronavirus deaths between Wednesday and Thursday. New figures released today reveal the new daily record brings the total death toll

26 Mar, 2020 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·National News

Two die from drinking antifreeze after running out of beer at private party in Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICIA Nacional are investigating the death of a party-going pair, aged 40 and 44, that attended an illegal gathering on Saturday. A third man, 28,

26 Mar, 2020 @ 11:21

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Blood transfusions from coronavirus survivors being tested as potential treatment in Madrid

SPAIN: More than 700 police and Guardia Civil officers test positive for coronavirus as 7,400 in isolation

Neighbourhood watcher reports dog walking ring to police amid coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Alicante

CORONAVIRUS: Italian mayor claims Valencia Champions League match with Atalanta was a ‘biological bomb’ for Spain and Italy

Bishop in Spain’s Basque Country fined €600 for driving with someone in the passenger seat

Madrid Police decline fining couple caught having car sex because ‘they couldn’t find intimacy’ at their busy home

BREAKING: China closes its borders to all foreigners, including those with visas and residence permits

BEA’S HELPLINE: Pets, police and plane tickets – meet the Olive Press receptionist helping worried expats during Spain’s coronavirus crisis

‘LIES’ – Madrid’s health authority denies taking ventilators from the over-65s despite viral video of crying Spanish doctor

CORONAVIRUS: Vox party members given all clear after March meeting that infected key party members

Women’s football in Spain is struggling financially due to coronavirus

Mallorcan sporting hero Rafa Nadal kickstarts campaign to raise €11 MILLION in fight against Spain’s coronavirus crisis

Congreso approves state of alarm extension in Spain

Five of Spain’s Ibex 35 companies pledge €150 million to the health authorities to help fight coronavirus

King of Spain visits coronavirus hospital in Madrid

Spain’s 600,000 rapid coronavirus tests ‘don’t work’ as Chinese Embassy confirms manufacturer has no medical licence

Spain’s Jerez MotoGP cancelled due to coronavirus, costing millions in lost revenue

BARS’ LIFELINE: Spanish Government considering rent and mortgage holiday for small businesses in coronavirus lockdown

Spain’s Guggenheim offers virtual visits to ‘inspire’ during the lockdown

Police in Spain’s Navarra made a denuncia against an 80-year-old woman for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers

Spanish Football Federation pledges €500 million to help clubs struggling financially due to coronavirus

Spain and Aston Villa goalkeeper Pepe Reina thinks he contracted coronavirus but is healthy now

Expat arrested in Spain’s Mallorca after encouraging mass suicide while selling ‘cure’ for COVID-19

Officials reveal they are planning for 22,000 coronavirus cases in Spain’s Andalucia

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus caseload surpasses 56,000 after more than 650 deaths in a DAY in new record

Two die from drinking antifreeze after running out of beer at private party in Spain’s Costa Blanca

EXCLUSIVE: ‘We stupidly waited too long’: The haunting final texts of American expat photographer among dozen foreigners dead in Almeria wildfire

From shrunken heads to fleas in clothes: The Miniature Museum on the Costa del Sol is a treasure trove of tiny curiosities

Four dead and several missing after large group attempts to swim from Moroccan coast into Spanish enclave of Ceuta

‘Listen to local authorities’: UK minister offers advice to Brits in Spain and France amid wildfire chaos

Three Spanish nationals arrested in brawl at Gibraltar outdoor swimming pool

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