Barcelona will look to keep pace in the La Liga title race when they host Atletico Madrid in the late match tonight. They drew 2-2 with Celta Vigo last time out and are two points adrift of pacesetters Real Madrid after Zinedine Zidane’s men saw off Espanyol on Sunday evening. […]
Spanish police have broken up a criminal organisation that illegally shipped 2,500 tonnes of toxic waste from the Canary Islands all over West Africa. The Civil Guard said some 34 people were arrested on Tenerife and Gran Canaria as part of a joint operation with Europol. Over the past two […]
The Economy and Digital Transformation Ministry launched the first stage of a pilot programme yesterday to test an app designed to warn users if they are at risk of contracting Covid-19. The app, called Radar Covid, will work on Android and iOS cellphones, and has been sent to Google and […]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 hit the Costa Blanca on Saturday morning. People described hearing “rumbling” then doors and windows “shaking” when the earthquake hit Torrevieja and surrounding areas at 5.50am. The earthquake’s epicentre was San Miguel de Salinas and website earthquake-report.com says the area is known for […]
Spanish virologists believe they may have found traces of COVID-19 in a sample of waste water collected in Barcelona in March of last year. If that is proven to be the case, it would mean the discovery was made nine months before the coronavirus was first identified in China. Dr […]
Travel companies say holiday bookings have “exploded” after the UK government announced current restrictions will be eased. Ministers said from 6 July, blanket restrictions on non-essential overseas travel will be relaxed in the UK. Brits will be allowed to travel to certain European countries without having to spend 14 days […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO)‘s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has praised Spain and several other countries for responding quickly to new coronavirus outbreaks, but warned that the continent is experiencing a resurgence in cases as restrictions are lifted. Spain, which lifted its state of alarm on Sunday, has […]
Coronavirus did not get in the way of one Spanish industry, paper and loo roll. The country’s paper manufacturing sector, including toilet paper, has grew by 1.1% in the first four months of 2020, despite COVID-19. The production of toilet and sanitary paper grew by 1.6% alone, with an 11.4% […]
The Canarian Government has instructed Granadilla Ayuntamiento to take the necessary measures to ensure the work on the Tejita hotel site is stopped after a ruling to suspend the construction licence. Regional minister José Antonio Valbuena, head of the Territorial Planning Dept, has condemned what he called the anomalies and […]
The island of La Gomera in the Canaries is to be the test bed for a new national smartphone app that will track infections. Tests are to run from tomorrow until the 16th July which will simulate a pandemic on the island to evaluate it’s systems. The cabinet approved the […]
A truck driver lost his life in a traffic accident yesterday morning on a road in the Los Montesinos municipality. The vehicle, which was carrying firewood, went off the road while trying to avoid a car that was travelling towards Algorfa
Murcia International Airport have confirmed they will resume normal operations at Corvera from 1 July, coinciding with the re-opening of borders and an increase in air traffic demand. The Ministry of Development and Infrastructure also announced that the regional executive has requested a reduction in airport charges by operator AENA […]
