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‘This Easter I’m going to die’: Spain launches chilling road safety campaign ahead of Semana Santa

SPAIN’S traffic directorate has launched a road safety campaign that contains a chilling warning ahead of the Easter holidays. Ahead of Semana Santa when an

7 Apr, 2022 @ 16:30

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What will the weather be like this Easter in Spain?

THIS year Easter falls in mid-April which may give you hope for a Semana Santa marked by mild temperatures and sunshine. However, Semana Santa is

5 Apr, 2022 @ 10:20

Lead·Must Read·National News·Weather

Spain brings back mandatory face masks: Protective gear MUST be worn in hospitals and health centres from this date

Spain will discuss changes to indoor mask wearing rules at top-level health meeting in early April

THE one main remaining Covid-19 restriction of indoor mask-wearing is likely to be discussed next week at a national level. The next Interterritorial Council meeting,

28 Mar, 2022 @ 18:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead

Spectacular Easter celebrations in Costa Blanca city win tourist recognition in Spain

ALICANTE’S Easter ‘Semana Santa’ celebrations have been classified as a festival of ‘National Tourist Interest’. Secretary of State for Tourism, Fernando Valdes, said: “Semana Santa

15 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

The photos of Semana Santa in Sevilla that show what a difference Covid makes

IN normal years it would be true to say there is nothing quite like Easter in Sevilla. The heavy scent of incense wafted from burners

2 Apr, 2021 @ 19:00

Lead·Sevilla

Easter procession in Spain. Photo ByVidar Nordli Mathisen Unsplash

EASTER PARDON: Spain releases prisoners on request from the Church in Holy Week tradition

This week will see the pardoning of lucky inmates across Spain chosen for release by the Church as part of an Easter tradition dating back

31 Mar, 2021 @ 09:15

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Spain’s Malaga suspends its Easter processions for the second year running

MALAGA is left without processions during Holy Week for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The organisation that represents the city’s religious

18 Jan, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Sevilla suspends Holy Week 2021 whilst Malaga and Cordoba wait until after New Year to make a decision

SEVILLA has officially suspended the celebration of its Holy Week in 2021 for the second consecutive year due to the pandemic. The Archbishop of Sevilla,

31 Dec, 2020 @ 10:00

Cordoba·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

EASTER DISPATCH: On the most unusual Semana Santa in Andalucian history the sound of Spain’s distant drums is swapped for COVID-19 spraying machines

It was approaching dusk and you could hear a pin drop in a place where normally you would hear the sound of faraway trumpets and

12 Apr, 2020 @ 17:54

Cadiz·La Cultura·Lead·National News

WATCH: Five people denounced for flouting coronavirus lockdown with Semana Santa parade, music and traditional dress in Spain’s Andalucia

Footage of the event, which flies in the face of Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, shows revellers dancing to breakbeat music

27 Mar, 2020 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Semana Santa celebrations CANCELLED in Spain’s Mallorca to combat spread of coronavirus

All processions and public gatherings scheduled during Holy Week will no longer go ahead.

14 Mar, 2020 @ 13:21

Lead·Mallorca

Mundo Cofrade Semana Santa Sevilla Coronavirus

BREAKING: Semana Santa CANCELLED in Sevilla over coronavirus in HUGE €400 million blow to tourism

SEMANA Santa has been cancelled in Sevilla. The decision has been made by the Junta de Andalucía following the state of alarm declared by Spain

14 Mar, 2020 @ 12:51

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Semana Santa facing being CANCELLED in parts of Spain over coronavirus pandemic while Catalunya bans gatherings of more than 1,000 people

SEMANA Santa is under threat from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in some of the worst affected regions in Spain. In Castilla y Leon, Vice President

11 Mar, 2020 @ 20:29

Lead·Sevilla

WATCH: Dramatic moment huge tree smashes into crowd in Spain during Easter event

Those present said it was an ‘Easter miracle’ that no one was hurt

21 Apr, 2019 @ 15:15

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WATCH: Spanish Legion on the march as Semana Santa celebrated in Setenil near Ronda

19 Apr, 2019 @ 17:59

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‘HE’S A GOOD KID’: Mum of jihadi suspect accused of planning a ‘massacre’ during Sevilla’s Semana Santa speaks out

Police are currently raiding the home in Sevilla, where they have already seized some of the books used for the man’s university course

18 Apr, 2019 @ 11:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Drones which can photograph drivers using their mobile phone from 2km away launched in Spain TODAY

It comes after 31 people died and another 159 were seriously injured during Holy Week last year

17 Apr, 2019 @ 17:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Police arrest jihadist planning ‘massacre’ at Semana Santa parade in Spain’s Andalucia

Policia Nacional are now raiding his home as the investigation develops

17 Apr, 2019 @ 15:52

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Easter travel chaos in Spain avoided after pilot strike called off

But technical difficulties mean the hundreds of flights that were cancelled ahead of expected walkouts will remain so

16 Apr, 2019 @ 19:28

Lead·Travel News

Rain to soak Alicante’s Semana Santa celebrations

THE Spanish meteorology agency (AEMET) has issued a yellow weather warning for this coming Thursday, predicting gale-force winds and waves up to three metres high.

16 Apr, 2019 @ 14:58

Costa Blanca·Lead