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SPAIN has scrapped post-Brexit visa requirements for UK artists on short-term tours in what some industry leaders are calling a "big victory".

BREAKING: Spain counts 591 COVID-19 deaths in deadliest day of third wave BUT seven regions ‘beginning to flatten the curve’

SPAIN has registered its blackest day of the third coronavirus wave after counting 591 deaths in the past 24 hours. According to outgoing health minister

26 Jan, 2021 @ 19:14

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

‘Potent’ Spanish drug reduces viral load of COVID-19 by 99% in lungs of lab animals

A SPANISH drug has reduced the viral load of COVID-19 in lab animals by 99%. PharmaMar said Tuesday that its drug Plitidepsin has a ‘potent

26 Jan, 2021 @ 18:04

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

British variant behind 15% of COVID-19 cases in Spain’s Andalucia as entire region facing closure of non-essential businesses and ‘tough 15 days ahead’

THE British variant of COVID-19 is currently behind 15% of new infections in Andalucia, the Junta has revealed. Regional health minister Jesus Aguirre told a

26 Jan, 2021 @ 17:10

Coronavirus·Lead

Parish in Spain’s Mallorca will provide rooms for people unable to pay rent

The Mare de Deu de Montserrat Parish in Palma want to renovate classrooms in their building in order to accommodate those in financial difficulty

26 Jan, 2021 @ 13:30

Lead·Mallorca

Brits returning to England ‘will pay £1,500 per person to quarantine in hotels’ as part of new COVID-19 strategy

ENGLAND is expected to announce that travellers returning from abroad will have to quarantine in hotels in a bid to stave off new COVID-19 variants.

26 Jan, 2021 @ 13:02

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Man arrested for ‘pinning teenage girl against wall and groping her breasts’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Investigators say the underage girl was pinned to a wall by the man in the station and had her breasts repeatedly groped

25 Jan, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

LISTED: Businesses which can remain open in municipalities with 1,000 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in Spain’s Andalucia

A STRING of municipalities in Andalucia have crossed the 1,000 cases per 100,000 people threshold on Monday. According to the region’s coronavirus plan, that places

25 Jan, 2021 @ 17:13

Coronavirus·Lead

Court officials in Spain’s Mallorca busted for partying in bar despite COVID-19 restrictions

The Palma Court employees were found drinking at a bar near the capital's Via Alemania on Friday evening

25 Jan, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Mallorca

SHUT DOWN: Marbella, Estepona, Manilva and two other Malaga municipalities must close ALL non-essential businesses from Wednesday following COVID-19 spike

IT’S official; Marbella, Estepona, Alhuarin de la Torre, Manilva and Mollina must close all non-essential businesses from Wednesday. The five Malaga municipalities must enforce the

25 Jan, 2021 @ 12:43

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: 300g of cocaine found hidden in huge SANDWICH in Spain

POLICE in Spain have discovered a brick of cocaine hidden inside a sandwich in northern Spain. At least one arrest was made in Lugo, Galicia,

23 Jan, 2021 @ 13:04

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Marbella likely to close ALL non-essential businesses as COVID-19 incidence rate to reach 1,000 cases per 100,000 people tomorrow – Estepona, Mijas also on brink

MARBELLA’S coronavirus incidence rate has reached 984 cases per 100,000 people as of Friday, new figures reveal. It means the ever-important figure is all but

22 Jan, 2021 @ 14:19

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: Spain’s Andalucia registers 7,816 new COVID-19 cases in another record-breaking day as hospitalisations reach new heights

ANDALUCIA has registered 7,816 new coronavirus cases on Friday in yet another record daily count. The southernmost region has broken its record for daily infections

22 Jan, 2021 @ 13:47

Coronavirus·Lead

Homeless woman sets fire to sleeping boyfriend in Spain’s Mallorca

According to investigators, the victim had been sleeping in the former Palma prison building which is now a derelict site

22 Jan, 2021 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Spain breaks pandemic record as it detects 44,357 COVID-19 cases Thursday

FIGURES suggest Spain is struggling to control its third coronavirus wave after detecting 44,357 cases on Thursday. It is the second day in a row

21 Jan, 2021 @ 19:58

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Spain unlikely to receive foreign tourists en masse until end of summer in dire news for tourism bosses following €106 BILLION in losses in 2020

SPANISH tourism bosses have warned of ‘ruin’ after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said international travellers would be unlikely to return until the end of summer.

21 Jan, 2021 @ 17:32

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

James Blunt offers reward to catch thieves who stole ‘irreplaceable’ possessions from villa in Spain’s Ibiza

The 'You're Beautiful' singer revealed that his villa in Santa Gertrudis was robbed last week

21 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

Ronda in Spain’s Malaga must close all non-essential businesses after surpassing 1,000 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people

RONDA and Villanueva del Trabuco must close all non-essential businesses after registering coronavirus incidence rates of more than 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The toughest

21 Jan, 2021 @ 12:57

Coronavirus·Lead·Malaga

BREAKING: 7,409 COVID-19 cases detected in Spain’s Andalucia in new pandemic record

ANDALUCIA has set another coronavirus record after registering 7,409 new cases on Thursday. It is the highest daily increase since the pandemic began and comes

21 Jan, 2021 @ 12:26

Coronavirus·Lead

BREAKING: Spanish vaccine proven to be 100% effective against COVID-19 in mice

A SPANISH vaccine has proven to be 100% effective against COVID-19 in mice. The jab, developed by virologists Mariano Esteban and Juan Garcia Arriaza at

21 Jan, 2021 @ 12:14

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

98% of frontline healthcare workers receive COVID-19 vaccine in Spain’s Balearic Islands

The Ministry of Health said that as of yesterday, 7,209 of 7,331 medical professionals have been given the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine

20 Jan, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Mallorca

Terrified expat couple hid on roof as armed robbers – including their own security guard -raided luxury home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A TERRIFIED expat couple hid on their roof as armed robbers raided their property on the Costa del Sol. Policia Nacional revealed today how the

20 Jan, 2021 @ 14:49

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

LISTED: The 141 municipalities facing home confinement in Spain’s Andalucia and which must close all non-essential businesses due to COVID-19 spike

THE Junta de Andalucia is meeting with the national Government today in a bid to earn the right to impose home confinements on its hardest

20 Jan, 2021 @ 13:50

Coronavirus·Lead

Doctors demand two week home confinement in Spain’s Mallorca as hospitals at risk of collapse

Led by Doctor Jordi Reina, a virologist at Son Espases Hospital, the group has warned of a collapse in the island's health system

20 Jan, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Mallorca

COVID-19 deaths reach record daily high in Spain’s Balearic Islands

According to the Balearic Ministry of Health, a total of 11 people have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours

19 Jan, 2021 @ 17:00

Lead·Mallorca

Emergency plan to free up 17,000 hospital beds launched in Spain’s Andalucia as region declares deadliest COVID-19 day since December 3

ANDALUCIA has launched an emergency plan to free up hospital space following a surge in coronavirus figures. Announced by the Junta today, it plans to

19 Jan, 2021 @ 15:27

Coronavirus·Lead

First ‘vaccine passports’ to be handed out ‘within days’ to those who have received second COVID-19 jab in Spain’s Andalucia

THE first so-called ‘vaccine passports’ will be handed out to residents in Andalucia ‘within days’, the Junta has announced. Spokesman Elias Bendodo told a press

19 Jan, 2021 @ 14:58

Coronavirus·Lead

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