Avainsana: Spain
Spain counts the cost of dramatic drop in tourism arrivals for 2020
Tourism has been one of the industries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, a fact illustrated in Spain, which recorded a 75% fall in visitor…
Wildfire rages in southern Spain forcing over 3,000 people to evacuate
A massive wildfire is raging in Spain’s southern Andalusia region, which has forced more than 3,100 people to evacuate their homes, authorities said on Sunday….
Spain ready to send in troops to trace resurging coronavirus
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday that troops would be made available to help regions overcome a resurgence of the coronavirus, following Spain’s…
Germany puts most of Spain on Covid-19 quarantine list
Germany is declaring nearly all of Spain, including the tourist island of Mallorca, a coronavirus risk region following a spike in cases there, government sources…
EU bank provides €35m for EV charging stations in Spain
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €35 million (£32m) to Endesa for the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) across Spain. The…
Spanish tourist season worst ever due to coronavirus pandemic
It’s not really that difficult to socially distance on a beach that’s practically empty. Ibiza is one of the most popular destinations for partying in…
Spain to build camp for migrant strawberry pickers after U.N. criticism
Spanish soldiers have been sent to build a camp for migrant strawberry pickers after a U.N. official criticised authorities for allowing seasonal farm workers to…
Nissan offers to postpone Barcelona plant closure and discuss ’everything’
Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it is willing to postpone until June 2021 the closure of its Barcelona plants and talk about “everything” with unions,…
Spain’s daily coronavirus infections hit highest since May 10
Spain reported the steepest daily jump in coronavirus infections in over two months on Thursday, with 580 new cases registered as of the previous day,…
Thousands of Catalans return to lockdown as Spain fights new Covid-19 clusters
Some 160,000 people in the Spanish region of Catalonia went back into confinement on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to control a fresh surge of coronavirus…
Coronavirus: Catalonia makes masks mandatory in public
Spain’s autonomous region of Catalonia has made face masks mandatory in public for all those aged over five after a surge in new cases of…
Barcelona Investigates Dumping Of Contaminated Covid Waste
The Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of Barcelona is investigating three incidents where used sanitary masks and other Covid waste from hospitals and care homes were dumped,…
Poor data obscures COVID-19 death toll at Spain’s nursing homes
The Spanish government is still not able to say how many nursing home residents have died because of the coronavirus, according to a Health Ministry…
Spanish minister says all EU COVID-19 debt will be repaid
Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Friday that all the debt issued by the European Union to help its member states deal with the…
Spanish police clean up Canary Islands waste-smuggling ring
Spanish police on Monday said they had broken up a criminal organization that illegally shipped 2,500 tonnes of toxic waste from the Canary Islands all…
Spain plans levy on non-recyclable plastic packaging
Spain aims to collect more than 700 million euros ($810 million) a year with a proposed new tax on non-recyclable plastic packaging, Spanish energy and…
Spain govt okays basic income scheme to tackle poverty
Spain’s leftwing government approved a minimum basic income scheme on Friday to tackle a spike in poverty stemming from the virus crisis that has forced…
Spain ‘very positive’ about the future of plastics recycling
The innovative R&D project Circ-Pack has successfully developed solutions covering the full plastics value chain. Industry partners from over 22 European countries say their work…











