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All your best photos and videos from Malaga’s Christmas lights switch-on

The night sky above Malaga lit up on Friday thanks to this year’s spectacular Christmas lights switch-on event. Hundreds of festive revellers packed Calle Larios to take in

27 Nov, 2021 @ 15:45

Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police Nacional ramp up Christmas patrols

Police in Spain boost shopping area patrols during busy lead up to Christmas

INCREASED numbers of police officers are patrolling shopping areas across Spain in the run up to Christmas. The Policia Nacional have ramped up their presence

26 Nov, 2021 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain names the country that's importing the biggest number of COVID-19 cases

ANALYSIS: Is Spain really planning to close hotels as cases rise in the run up to Christmas?

REPORTS from the UK are causing mass panic that Spain’s hotels could close over the festive period in a bid to halt rising COVID-19 numbers

26 Nov, 2021 @ 18:15

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Christmas lights in Spain 2021: The best displays and when they are switched on

CHRISTMAS is right around the corner – or, if the rate at which festive light displays are popping up across Spain is anything to go

17 Nov, 2021 @ 16:15

Entertainment·Lead·National News·Other News

Far-right Vox party humiliated in no confidence vote against Pedro Sanchez government in Spain

Pedro Sanchez says Christmas in Spain will be ‘better than last year’ due to high vaccination rate

PRIME Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has predicted a much-better Christmas this year due to the country’s high COVID-19 vaccination rate. Spain has 88.7% of the target

10 Nov, 2021 @ 12:44

Health·Lead·National News

Celebrating a Christmas tradition in Spain in Alicante Province’s Jijona

THE heart of nougat making in Alicante Province will be hosting this Sunday’s World Nougat Day. Jijona will be offering ‘open days’ in its nougat

5 Nov, 2021 @ 13:22

Alicante·Food & Drink·Lead

EasyJet lobbies for pre-Christmas scrapping of all testing requirements for UK arrivals

BUDGET airline EasyJet is lobbying the British government to scrap all COVID tests required by arrivals into the UK in time for the Christmas holidays.

4 Nov, 2021 @ 13:19

Lead·Other News·Travel News

Malaga announces new festive light show at Botanic Gardens throughout December

MALAGA will be turned into a lighting spectacular as part of this year’s unique Christmas celebrations. Following the news that many of the Christmas celebrations

26 Aug, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·Malaga

Christmas arrives early in Spain as Vigo begins to install 11million LED lights and ‘biggest tree in the world’

SUMMER may still be in full swing, but in the north of Spain, Christmas has already arrived. The festivities have started early in Vigo in

8 Aug, 2021 @ 15:28

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Spanish cities battle to turn on Christmas lights – in May!

BARCELONA has unveiled plans for its Christmas illuminations in May, leaving its keen rival in the festive race way behind. Ada Colau, the left-wing mayor

7 May, 2021 @ 11:00

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

The Three Wise Men looked somewhat different this year...

A RIGHT ROYAL COCK-UP: Three Kings parade in Valencia draws large crowds despite COVID clampdown

DESPERATE attempts by Valencia city hall to keep the exact schedule of the Kings parade on Tuesday (January 5) evening secret to prevent crowds –

6 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Valencia·Valencian Community

CHRISTMAS VS THE VIRUS: Valencia offers a wide range of events to guarantee festive cheer while staying safe

Residents and visitors to Valencia city can enjoy a wide range of festive events while staying perfectly safe from COVID-19 and abiding by the health

24 Dec, 2020 @ 13:30

Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

christmas decoration in the street of estepona andalusia spain

As of today Spain’s Andalucia will permit people to enter and leave the territory for Christmas

FROM this Wednesday, Andalucians can travel into the community to meet with their families. From today until January 6 2021, inclusive, the Junta will allow

23 Dec, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead·Other News

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will see highs of 20C in Spain’s Malaga

SPAIN’S weather agency AEMET does not foresee rain over the Christmas period. Malaga has welcomed the winter season with clear skies and it is expected

22 Dec, 2020 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga

Popular optician chain launches Christmas food collection points throughout Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPECSAVERS Opticians across the Costa Blanca have teamed up to collect food donations for vulnerable people in the region. Staff are collecting items throughout this

9 Dec, 2020 @ 19:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Costa Blanca Welcomes Return Of Sunday Shopping

Shop locally and ‘responsibly’ this Christmas, pleads Spain’s Andalucia

THE Junta de Andalucia has pleaded for people to shop locally and ‘responsibly’ this Christmas. The General Directorate of Consumption urged the public to ‘buy

7 Dec, 2020 @ 11:15

Business & Finance·Lead

Christmas shoppers urged to stay local with ‘Super Basket’ giveaway on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ROJALES City Council is incentivising Christmas shoppers to stay local with a chance to win one of 10 ‘super baskets’ just before Three Kings. The

4 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Tips for a safe Christmas celebration according to Spanish scientists

CHRISTMAS is a time where people from all over Spain, and the world, come together to celebrate the festive season in family, however this year

1 Dec, 2020 @ 14:15

Lead·National News·Other News

Spain’s Christmas and New Year COVID-19 plans revealed – including 1am curfew and rule of six for dinners

The potential measures have been revealed in a draft proposal entitled Proposals for public health measures against COVID-19 for the celebration of the Christmas holidays

24 Nov, 2020 @ 12:50

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Andalucians living outside the region allowed to return home for Christmas

JUNTA president, Juanma Moreno, has announced that Andalucians who live outside the community for work or studies reasons will be allowed to return home for

24 Nov, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead

Christmas comes early in Spain

TINY turkeys, trimmed-down Xmas puds, Rule of Six-sized boxes of crackers … Mini-mas, as COVID Christmas 2020 has pessimistically been coined, was shaping up to

22 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Belinda Beckett: Mistress of Sizzle·Columnists·Lead