Spanish News

After more cases of coronavirus in Spain there is still no news of the whereabouts of a so-called “super spreader”. There are now more than 50 cases here, but while most of the infections can be explained by simple contact with another infected person, there are some that cannot be easily explained. MW - Regional health authorities have confirmed an Italian national staying at the Adeje Palace hotel in Tenerife […]

British Expats who have been living overseas for more than 15 years are to finally to get the right to vote in UK General Elections. The promise was given by Prime Minister Johnson in a letter that he sent to campaigner Harry Schindler who has been campaigning for the right to vote for over 20 years. Mr Johnson told Mr Schindler: “Now we have left the EU, it is more […]

An investigation from an opera union in the United States has found that Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo sexually harassed women and abused his power when he was general director of the Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Following the news, the Spanish tenor issued a press release apologizing for the “hurt” he caused the women and accepting “full responsibility” for the accusations made against him in recent months. […]

Several major Spanish hospitals are starting to check patients being treated for pneumonia who do not have additional symptoms such as complications from flu, for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The measure is being taken due to the belief among health professionals that the “virus may have been circulating in Spain for several days” as was seen in Italy last week. The protocol being followed previously only allowed for specific tests to […]

According to data from the European Asylum Support Office, for the first time in its history, Spain is receiving more asylum claims than any other EU country. Most of these claims are from Central and South American countries, such as Venezuela and Colombia. Spain received 118,000 applications in 2019 and 3,500 a week so far in 2020. Not even in 2015 has Spain seen so many requests, a year when […]

The clean up operation has begun after the worst dust storm in decades hit the Canaries. Strong winds from the Sahara brought dust and hot air, resulting in the closure of the islands airspace on Sunday, as well as forest fires breaking out in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. Emergency services, as well as the military, worked tirlessly in extreme heat and gale force winds to tackle fires that broke out […]