MADRID (Reuters) – All Spanish and foreign tourists visiting the Canary Islands will have any potential coronavirus-related costs covered by the regional government, it said on Wednesday, in an attempt to rescue the tourist season
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Spain's former king Juan Carlos is in Dominican Republic, La Vanguardia says
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has gone to the Dominican Republic after leaving his home country under a cloud of scandal, La Vanguardia and ABC newspapers reported on Tuesday, without citing sources.
Read moreSpain enters steep recession, wiping out six years of growth
MADRID (REUTERS) – Spain recorded a historic fall in GDP in the second quarter of the year, with the 18.5 per cent drop wiping out all the post-financial crisis recovery of the past six years,
Read moreMadrid expands mask-wearing rules to curb covid-19 contagion
MADRID (Reuters) – Madrid will make face masks compulsory everywhere at all times as part of a package of measures aimed at preventing coronavirus infections, regional leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso said on Tuesday. Bars must
Read moreSpain coronavirus panic: Madrid says face masks to be worn EVERYWHERE as cases surge
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. In response to the huge surge in coronavirus cases, Madrid’s regional chief
Read moreSpain sees thaw in Europe-Turkey tensions on Mediterranean drilling
ANKARA (Reuters) – Spain’s foreign minister said that talks in Turkey on Monday had helped to reduce tensions between some European Union members and Ankara over Turkish energy exploration in the Mediterranean, adding that a
Read moreHagia Sophia must remain part of humanity's shared heritage, Spanish minister says
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Monday it was important that Turkey’s Hagia Sophia remains part of humanity’s shared global heritage, after it was reconverted into a mosque from a
Read moreGeneration COVID: The Spanish learners lost to lockdown
MADRID (Reuters) – Out of 31 pupils in one of Madrid teacher Clara Mijares’ online classes last month, eight were missing. Two had not been seen for some time, she said, adding that this is
Read moreSpain reopens borders for 10,000 Germans in tourism pilot project
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Spain reopened to a select group of German tourists on Monday in a pilot project which will bring 10,000 holidaymakers to the Balearic Islands to find out how mass tourism can
Read moreSpain brings forward border opening for Schengen countries to June 21
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will open its borders to countries in the European Union’s Schengen area on June 21, ten days before previously announced, except for Portugal where the border will open on July 1,
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