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Judge rejects €2.2m compensation claim against Alicante area care home where 15 residents died from Covid-19

Judge rejects €2.2m compensation claim against Alicante area care home where over half the residents died from Covid-19 in just two months

A JUDGE has thrown out a €2.2 million compensation bid from families of 15 people who died from Covid-19 in 2020 at an Alicante province

23 Jan, 2025 @ 17:12

Alicante·Coronavirus·Lead

This is the new Covid variant that could take hold in Spain this winter

A NEW coronavirus variant called XEC has begun to spread across Europe and other parts of the world. It was first detected in Germany in

12 Oct, 2024 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Ill Health Forces End Of Brit's Hunger Strike Over Residency Rejection In Spain's Valencia

British expat ‘trapped’ in Brexit limbo fears he’ll be denied entry back into Spain amid ‘petty’ residency dispute with local town hall

A BRITISH expat has described feeling ‘physically sick’ as he prepares to return to his home in Spain following an unresolved three-year battle to get

9 Sep, 2024 @ 19:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Covid-19 cases rising in Spain's Mallorca but expert says situation is not 'alarming'

Covid cases continue to rise in Spain, with incidence on the up for six weeks in a row

DESPITE the recent warm weather in Spain, the incidence of Covid-19 cases is continuing to rise, and has in fact been on the up for

7 Jun, 2024 @ 12:09

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Covid cases quadruple in Spain: Surge in infections comes despite hotter temperatures

COVID-19 cases in Spain have quadrupled in mid-May despite the warmer weather, but infection rates are still much lower than a year ago. The latest

30 May, 2024 @ 10:50

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Splash the cash! Growing trend in Malaga and across Spain sees homeowners earning thousands of euros by renting out their swimming pools

ONE of the many changes in habits to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic was the new practice of renting time at someone’s private swimming pool,

27 May, 2024 @ 12:22

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Chicken farm owners made 10,000 litres of bogus hand sanitising gel and sold it during early days of Covid-19 pandemic in Spain

TWO Galician businessmen have escaped imprisonment after admitting to producing 10,000 litres of bogus hydroalcoholic gel which was sold to hospitals and pharmacies. Prosecutors wanted

22 May, 2024 @ 13:48

Coronavirus·Crime & Law·Lead

A sanitary worker preparing a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine

Covid vaccine to be probed in Spain: Investigation is opened over claim that a vial in Andalucia contained a harmful substance

ALMERIA’S Provincial Court has ordered an investigation over whether Covid-19 vaccines that allegedly contained graphene oxide posed any health risk. Complaints were submitted in 2022

9 Feb, 2024 @ 14:45

Almeria·Andalucia·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Other News

Health warning: Disease eradicated in Spain is surging in Europe at an ‘alarming’ rate, says the WHO

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says that it has detected an ‘alarming’ increase in measles cases in Europe over the last year, and is calling

25 Jan, 2024 @ 10:44

Health·Lead·Other News

Flu vaccines will be offered at ALL health centres in Spain’s Andalucia from Monday – WITHOUT the need for an appointment

THE Andalucian Health Ministry has announced that flu vaccinations will be available without an appointment at all of its health centres from Monday, January 15.

12 Jan, 2024 @ 17:30

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Feel like everyone has caught a cold this Christmas? Stats from Spain’s Health Ministry suggest you are right

IF YOU are suffering from a cold, the flu or some other respiratory ailment, and feel like everyone around you in Spain is too, you

25 Dec, 2023 @ 16:28

Health·Lead

Police force way into apartment to break up party during covid restrictions

Spanish cops who smashed down a British expat’s door to break up an ‘illegal’ party during the Covid pandemic were RIGHT to do so, court in Spain rules

A JURY in Spain has absolved two National Police officers in Madrid of any wrongdoing after they smashed down a door in March 2021 to

15 Dec, 2023 @ 13:51

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Covid cases climb in Spain as winter arrives: These are the symptoms to look out for

AS winter approaches, Covid cases are on the rise in Spain with these key symptoms. A report released last week showed Covid cases have increased

11 Dec, 2023 @ 13:04

Health·Lead

Hope for Tivoli World: Foreign buyer is ‘very interested’ in re-opening theme park as a ‘major attraction’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FOR 50 years it was an essential stop for any visitor to Spain’s Costa del Sol. But the coronavirus pandemic forced the Tivoli World amusement

1 Nov, 2023 @ 10:53

Costa del Sol·Lead·Travel News

Hotel prices soar in Spain’s Andalucia: Marbella and Granada see the biggest jump

HOTEL prices have soared in Spain’s southern Andalusia region, with the highest rises in the whole of Spain to be found in Marbella and Granada.

26 Oct, 2023 @ 13:42

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Covid impact second only to Italy in Europe’s worst-hit zones

DURING the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, official figures have revealed that deaths in certain parts of Europe were a staggering nine times higher than

26 Sep, 2023 @ 08:30

Health·Lead

Spain's Pedro Sanchez catches Covid-19 meaning he won't be rubbbing shoulders with world's top leaders at G-20 summit in New Delhi

Pedro Sanchez tests positive for Covid: Spain’s caretaker PM, 51, is forced to skip G-20 summit

SPAIN’S acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, will not attend this weekend’s G-20 summit in New Delhi because he has contracted Covid-19. Sanchez made the announcement

8 Sep, 2023 @ 09:40

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Covid-19 case surge forces hospitals to bring back mask-wearing- barely a month after abolition in Spain's Valencia area

Face masks are made mandatory at two hospitals in Spain’s Valencia amid a surge in COVID cases

WITH a recent rise in new Covid-19 cases, two Valencia hospitals have reintroduced mandatory masks wearing in parts of their buildings. All this comes with

21 Aug, 2023 @ 21:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Covid-19 cases rise sharply in Spain’s Mallorca but expert describes situation as ‘not alarming’

COVID-19 cases in Mallorca have rocketed by 124.8% at the start of August compared to a month earlier, but a leading expert says the situation

10 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·Coronavirus·Health·Ibiza·Mallorca·Menorca

Face masks are no longer mandatory in this region of Spain from tomorrow|

Compulsory face mask wearing to end in health centres, pharmacies, and hospitals in Spain

THE COMPULSORY wearing of face masks could be abolished this week in Spain’s health centres, dentists, pharmacies and hospitals. Masks will still have to worn

26 Jun, 2023 @ 15:01

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Inflation falls in Spain in May, but remains stubbornly high for foodstuffs

INFLATION in Spain fell to 3.2% in May according to the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE), but the rate for foodstuffs remains stubbornly high at

13 Jun, 2023 @ 20:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Clandestine cannbis club goes to pot on Spain's Costa Blanca

No dope: Man absolved of cannabis possession in Spain because the drugs ‘were to be shared with friends’

A MAN who was arrested in Spain in March 2020 in possession of more than two kilos of cannabis has been absolved of his crime

7 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Madrid observatory detects spike in Covid-19 infections in wake of Easter holidays

THE NUMBER of Covid-19 cases in Spain has spiked after Easter week, bringing the 14-day incidence to 2,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants compared to an

19 Apr, 2023 @ 19:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain will become the number one tourist destination in the world by this date, according to report by Google and Deloitte

Spain’s tourism sector hopeful of record-breaking Easter

SPAIN’S Easter break, which officially got underway at 3pm on Friday, is set to be a record-breaking one for the tourism sector, as the coronavirus

1 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain’s tourism sector looking forward to bumper Easter break

SPAIN’S tourism sector is expecting to do big business this Easter, with forecasts suggesting that visitor numbers and spending will break records of recent years.

23 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Doctors in Spain say a second and deadly pandemic is ‘likely’ and warn the health service ‘is not prepared’

Covid-19 hospitalisations rise 10% over last week in Spain

THE NUMBER of people in Spain hospitalised with Covid-19 has risen by 9.7% in just a week, while the number of such patients in intensive

10 Mar, 2023 @ 19:00

Health·National News·Other News