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COVID-19

Spain extends travel restrictions

TRAVEL restrictions on arrivals from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa have been extended until March 16 as Spain attempts to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of Covid-19. The Spanish government acted as current rules were due to expire on March 2; the policy is aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus mutations which could cause a fresh surge in case numbers. It means only Spanish citizens […]

todayFebruary 25, 2021 6

COVID-19

Tourism and hospitality to get €11bn aid

THE Spanish government has announced a €11 billion support package for the tourism and hospitality sectors hit by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 crisis. The aid is aimed at “companies, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed workers” according to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Announcing the financial lifebelt, the premier told the Congress of Deputies in Madrid: “We do not just want to save businesses but to strengthen them as […]

todayFebruary 25, 2021 3

Spanish News

Wage inequality highlighted by protest

SPANISH women continue to earn less than male counterparts and it is feared the Covid-19 health crisis will widen the wage inequality gap. Working women in Valencia earn on average €5,300 less than men – said to be the equivalent of toiling from October 12 to the end of the year without pay, more than two and a half months. A protest, organised by trade unions, was staged in Plaza […]

todayFebruary 24, 2021 13

Spanish News

King pays tribute to ‘triumph’ of democracy

KING Felipe VI took part in a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the failed coup d’état in Spain when the lower house of parliament was stormed by the Civil Guard on February 23, 1981. At a special ceremony inside the Congress of Deputies building in Madrid yesterday to mark the 40th anniversary, the King underlined the “resolve and authority” of his father King Juan Carlos I in helping […]

todayFebruary 24, 2021 3

COVID-19

Spain struggles in fight to identify new mutants

SPAIN will not be able to hit the EU target of testing 5% of all positive cases of coronavirus before the summer – said to be vital in identifying new strains of coronavirus. The European Commission’s goal is to genetically sequence at least 5% of all positive cases; considered key to fighting new more-contagious variations of Covid-19, such as those discovered in Britain, South Africa and Brazil. The mutants are […]

todayFebruary 23, 2021 3

COVID-19

Two shot vaccination campaign questioned

SPAIN rides high in the charts for its success in delivering two doses of Covid-19 vaccine to people – Israel is the world leader – but the strategy is being questioned. According to ‘Our World in Data’ run by Oxford University, 2.4% of the population have received full protection have received two jabs; Israel has managed a third. While this is a success, the flip side is that every second […]

todayFebruary 23, 2021 1

Spanish News

Barcelona suffers weekend of looting

PROTESTS over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél descended into looting andvandalism in Barcelona on Saturday and Sunday nights. It was the sixth night of protests in the city, first triggered last week when the rapper was arrested to serve a nine-month prison sentence for using social media to praise terrorism and insult the Spanish Crown. It immediately sparked demonstrations in support of freedom of speech across Catalonia on Tuesday […]

todayFebruary 22, 2021 8

Spanish News

Woman held 12 months in garage ‘prison’

A MARRIED couple have been arrested for keeping a woman prisoner in a garage for over 12 months while making her work as a servant without pay. The Algerian 50-year-old husband and his wife, 44, have been charged with human trafficking after holding their victim against her will in ‘inhumane’ conditions after luring her to Spain with promises of official papers and a work contract. The Guardia Civil said the […]

todayFebruary 22, 2021

COVID-19

Single dose of Pfizer is 85% effective

RESEARCHERS have found a single dose of the Pfizer shot – the first vaccine brought into use in Spain to combat the Covid-19 pandemic – is 85% effective. The medical study will fuel the debate over the two-dose recommendation for the jab as governments grapple with supply shortages across the European Union and the call for rich countries to donated vaccines to poorer neighbours. Health workers at the Sheba Medical […]

todayFebruary 19, 2021 8

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