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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

Local heroine sews masks for up to seven hours per day for FREE to help fight coronavirus in Spain’s Andalucia

DULCENOMBRE Belmonte Poyon gets up, has her breakfast, then sits down at her sewing machine for a seven-hour marathon. Using a mix of her own

1 May, 2020 @ 19:55

Lead·Sevilla

Missing your MotoGP fix? Superstars line up for virtual GP of Spain this weekend

A TOTAL of 31 RACERS line up for the third round of the eSport MotoGP Virtual Grand Prix this weekend at the Circuito de Jerez

1 May, 2020 @ 19:05

Lead·Sport

Spain’s Balearic Islands launch inter-island holiday packages for residents from JULY to coincide with ‘end’ of COVID-19 de-escalation plan

Travel agencies, hoteliers and airlines are preparing holiday packages in Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca for residents of the Balearic Islands

1 May, 2020 @ 17:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Researchers in SPAIN discover FIVE skin conditions with possible links to COVID-19

RESEARCH from the Spanish Academy of Dermatologists has discovered possible links between visable skin conditions and COVID-19 infections. Tests carried out on 375 different subjects

1 May, 2020 @ 17:13

Health·Lead

No distance limit for exercise within your municipality as Spain clarifies lifting of coronavirus restrictions due to begin tomorrow

THE Government has sought to clarify the details of its lifting of coronavirus restrictions on outdoor exercise. From tomorrow (May 2), everyone will be permitted

1 May, 2020 @ 12:10

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus infection rate continues to fall while daily death toll sees slight increase

SPAIN’S COVID-19 death toll has increased by 281 in the past 24 hours. It is a slight jump on yesterday’s six-week low of 268, but

1 May, 2020 @ 11:39

Lead·National News

The towns in Spain’s Malaga with less than 5,000 inhabitants which will have looser restrictions on daily exercise from May 2

MUNICIPALITIES with less than 5,000 inhabitants will have looser restrictions when it comes to outdoor exercise from May 2. It comes after the health minister

30 Apr, 2020 @ 21:03

Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Spain reveals timetable for outdoor exercise from this weekend

SPAIN has finally revealed the schedule for the daily exercise which will be permitted from May 2 as it prepares to loosen further lockdown restrictions.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 18:36

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain sees lowest daily death toll in six weeks as it prepares to lift further coronavirus restrictions

SPAIN’S daily coronavirus death toll has recorded a new low this morning. In the past 24 hours, 268 people lost their lives to COVID-19, the

30 Apr, 2020 @ 12:05

Lead·National News

Ministers ‘clarify’ that you CAN visit homes of friends and family from May 11 after Spain PM said meetings would be restricted to bars under new coronavirus ‘deescalation plan’

IT seems even the prime minister and his government aren’t exactly sure of the rules of their four-step coronavirus plan. People were delighted to hear

30 Apr, 2020 @ 11:36

Lead·National News

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Coronavirus effectively under control in seven of Spain’s autonomous communities

Data suggests that the virus in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, Extremadura and Murcia is essentially under control.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 10:29

Health·Lead·National News

Exclusive La Sexta Image Shows Mariano Rajoy On The Street Doing Excercise Skipping Confinement Photo Credit La Sexta

Spain’s former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces €600 fine for allegedly skipping quarantine as probe continues

Spain’s Former Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has been under scrutiny since April 14 for allegedly breaking confinement rules.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 10:26

Lead·Other News

Hoteliers in Spain’s Mallorca put forward Playa de Palma as tourism pilot destination until COVID-19 vaccine found

Hoteliers believe Playa de Palma has the ideal conditions to protect visitors from coronavirus

30 Apr, 2020 @ 09:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Irish expat plunges to his death from eighth floor of Magaluf apartment block in Spain’s Mallorca

The tragic incident took place just after 5am this morning at a complex in Magaluf

30 Apr, 2020 @ 09:00

Lead·Mallorca

EU training spaniards queue outside unemployment office data

Cordoba has highest unemployment levels in Spain, new figures reveal

NEW figures have revealed that the province of Cordoba has the highest unemployment levels in Spain. The annual study from the Active Population Survey (EPA),

30 Apr, 2020 @ 08:35

Business & Finance·Cordoba·Lead·National News

BREAKING: Body of woman found in popular rock pool in hills behind Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE body of a woman has been found in a popular hiking area in the hills of the Costa del Sol. The lifeless body was

30 Apr, 2020 @ 00:59

Lead·Malaga

When can I play sport or go to the gym according to Spain’s new 4-step coronavirus plan?

SPORT lovers and professionals are itching to get back on the court, pitch, track or fairway, but many questions remain. In the coronavirus deescalation plan

29 Apr, 2020 @ 17:38

Lead·National News

When can I visit friends and family according to Spain’s new coronavirus plan?

THE new coronavirus deescalation plan announced last night has left many unanswered questions which governments have promised to answer in the coming days. One of

29 Apr, 2020 @ 16:46

Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: British businesses in Andalucia welcome Spain’s new coronavirus plan but fear huge losses and slow recovery

EXPAT businesses across Andalucia have welcomed the news they could reopen in May following seven weeks of stasis. However, they remain extremely cautious about making

29 Apr, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead

REVEALED: The 44 parks in Palma de Mallorca that will reopen for children from TOMORROW in further relaxation of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

The move follows the Council's decision to reopen all of the city's beaches

28 Apr, 2020 @ 19:42

Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Spain will lift coronavirus restrictions in FOUR phases with islands given a head start

PEDRO Sanchez has announced that Spain’s deescalation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will take place in four phases. The de-escalation will be ‘gradual’ and done so

28 Apr, 2020 @ 18:59

Lead·National News

Officials in Germany say there will be NO holidays to Spain this year in multi-million euro blow to Balearic Islands’ tourism sector

Germans are likely to bypass holidays to Spain this year, according to the country's tourism commissioner

28 Apr, 2020 @ 13:49

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

Andalucia, Valencia, Murcia AND Balearics among six BEST performing regions in coronavirus battle as Spain PM prepares to reveal lockdown deescalation plans today

THE overwhelming majority of British expats in Spain are in the best six performing regions when it comes to the fight against COVID-19. Andalucia, Valencia,

28 Apr, 2020 @ 13:44

Lead·National News