The Spanish government has announced that it will start the process to consider a request to pardon the nine jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders from next week. The nine Catalan politicians and activists were jailed for between 9-13 years by Spain’s Supreme Court, they convicted for crimes of sedition and misuse […]
Authorities in the Madrid region have requested urgent help to hire hundreds of foreign doctors and reinforce police, as they considered widening a partial coronavirus lockdown to more areas as cases rise. The region is the hardest-hit in Spain by a second wave of the virus and has restricted movement […]
The coronavirus pandemic continues to rapidly expand across Madrid, the regional government says 16 health areas in the region have a Covid-19 incident rate above 1,000 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Despite this, these hotspots are NOT among those subject to the new restrictions which came into effect in 37 basic […]
The Spanish Health Ministry is finalising a deal with regional governments to reduce quarantine times from 14 days to 10 for those who have been in close contact with people who tested positive for Covid-19. Health Minister Salvador Illa confirmed that central and regional authorities had been discussing the measure […]
Luis Rubiales has been re-elected president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) until 2024. Rubiales has been embroiled in a battle over the control of the fixture calendar with La Liga and also took the controversial decision to sack Julen Lopetegui as national manager just before the 2018 World Cup.
An opera performance in Madrid has been cancelled after it had already started, when the reduced crowd protested that they had been seated in close proximity to one another. A Verdi opera was being performed at the Teatro Real in the Spanish capital when the audience seated in the upper […]
Madrid’s regional government chief has requested the army’s help to fight the coronavirus surge in and around the Spanish capital where local authorities have ordered a partial lockdown of some poorer areas, prompting protests during the weekend. After meeting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in an attempt to reduce contagion in […]
The president of the Valencian Community, Ximo Puig, has today announced plans to discount 70% of holidays enjoyed in the region this winter – up to a maximum of €600. The scheme will be open to anyone registered on a municipal padrón in the Valencian Community, which comprises the provinces […]
Alicante’s Provincial Tribunal has upheld a year’s prison sentence for the crime of parking in a disabled slot in Denia’s municipal Mercat with a fake card. The court also upheld a 1,620€ fine from a previous sentence passed down in Benidorm’s Penal Court no.1 last January. The defendant has now […]
