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Catalonia has banned informal outdoor parties popular with youngsters

Catalonia has banned informal outdoor parties popular with youngsters, saying anyone taking part will be fined between 3,000 and 15,000 euros, in the latest step to curb the spread of coronavirus. The measure was announced a day after Catalan leader Quim Torra said those participating in the “botellon,” parties were being irresponsible. The regional government's Meritxell Budo said for public health reasons, the shared consumption of alcoholic beverages on the […]

July 29, 2020 4

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Spanish hotels offer to fund COVID-19 tests for tourists in order to avoid quarantine on return

Hotels across Spain have offered to fund COVID-19 tests for tourists before returning to their country of origin. The CEHAT hotel confederation, representing 15,000 businesses and 1,800,000 tourism-related establishments, hoped the offer could reverse decisions by European governments to place restrictions on Spain-bound tourists. A statement published on Monday said the UK in particular was 'unjustified' in imposing a 14-day quarantine on tourists returning from Spain. The statement named the […]

July 29, 2020 5

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The coronavirus crisis is continuing to have a devastating effect on Spain’s job market

The coronavirus crisis is continuing to have a devastating effect on Spain’s job market. According to the latest workforce survey from the National Statistics Institute (INE), nearly 1.1 million jobs were lost in the second quarter of 2020. This is an unprecedented drop, a quarterly fall of this scale was not even seen during the worst periods of the financial crisis that began in 2008.

July 29, 2020

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BayRadio News from Spain 28-07-20

Germany's foreign ministry has updated its travel advisory today, recommending against travel to three regions in northern Spain grappling with renewed Coronavirus outbreaks. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called the sudden 14-day quarantine rule for BRITISH tourists returning from Spain “unjust”. Airline Jet2 has cancelled all flights from Britain to mainland Spain and the Balearic And Canary Islands today...

July 28, 2020 1

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Madrid makes masks obligatory and reduces group gatherings to 10 people

The autonomous community of Madrid has today announced it will make sanitary masks obligatory in all public places as part of measures to reduce COVID-19 transmissions. Group gatherings will be limited to 10 in restaurants and bars, while recommeding private gatherings do not exceed this number. The region also plans to produce a special card that registers a person's immunity while doubling the personnel who track and contain contagions. It […]

July 28, 2020 1

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Medplaya Hotel Rio Park in Benidorm to shut on 30th July due to 14-day quarantine and travel warnings from UK’s Foreign Office

Medplaya Hotel Rio Park in Benidorm has announced it will shut its doors on 30th July directly due to 'changes' on travel advice to Spain from the UK's Foreign Office. The hotel, part of the Medplaya group, has a pop-up message on its website saying they 'regret' the decisions made last Saturday to impose a 14-day quarantine on travellers returning from Spain. The message reads: "We regret that, as a […]

July 28, 2020 39

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Holiday companies have responded to the imposition of the quarantine

Holiday companies have responded to the imposition of the quarantine. EasyJet said it would operate its full schedule of flights to Spain, but it is cancelling holidays to all Spanish destinations for the next few weeks. Ryanair said its schedules "remain in place" and it will continue flights in and out of the country as normal. But package holiday firm Tui cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August. And […]

July 28, 2020 3

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Spain reported a cumulative total of 278,782 coronavirus cases yesterday

Spain reported a cumulative total of 278,782 coronavirus cases yesterday, health ministry data showed, up from 272,421 on Friday, with the figure including results from antibody tests on people who may have already recovered. 855 new cases were diagnosed in the past day, while the ministry is monitoring 361 clusters across the country. Spain does not report daily coronavirus data over the weekend. Data does suggest there are lower rates […]

July 28, 2020 2

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A UK government source has confirmed talks are under way with Spain

A UK government source has confirmed talks are under way with Spain about easing quarantine rules for the Balearic and Canary Islands. The potential move would mean people arriving in the UK from the islands would not have to self-isolate for 14 days after rules changed this weekend. The travel industry is hoping ministers make a decision later this week. A government source said there will not be an immediate […]

July 28, 2020 1

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Catalonia has banned informal outdoor parties popular with youngsters

Spanish hotels offer to fund COVID-19 tests for tourists in order to avoid quarantine on return

The coronavirus crisis is continuing to have a devastating effect on Spain’s job market

BayRadio News from Spain 28-07-20

Madrid makes masks obligatory and reduces group gatherings to 10 people

Medplaya Hotel Rio Park in Benidorm to shut on 30th July due to 14-day quarantine and travel warnings from UK’s Foreign Office

Holiday companies have responded to the imposition of the quarantine

Spain reported a cumulative total of 278,782 coronavirus cases yesterday

A UK government source has confirmed talks are under way with Spain

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