MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says abnormally high temperatures for the season are set to continue in many parts of the country over the weekend. The hot spell has led to an almost summer-like feel in many coastal areas as people take to the beaches to sunbathe or have a winter swim. The country’s […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Health Minister Monica Garcia made wearing masks mandatory in healthcare centres around the country from Wednesday as the country faces a peak of flu and COVID-19 infections. “What we have to do is protect the most vulnerable people,” she told reporters. “It’s just common sense.” The health ministry ordered wearing a […]
MADRID (AP) — More than 6,600 migrants died while trying to reach Spain by boat last year, a Spanish non-profit organization said Tuesday. The figure is more than double the number in the previous year, when the organization, Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders), said 2,390 died. The organization said 2023 was the deadliest year since it […]
Spanish state prosecutors have opened an investigation of countless tiny plastic pellets washing up on the country’s northwest coastline after they were spilled from a transport ship, posing a possible major ecological problem in the area. The state prosecutor’s office made the announcement after having studied the arrival of pellets on the shore during the […]
Face masks will be mandatory in hospitals and healthcare centres in Spain from Wednesday after a surge in respiratory illnesses, the Health Ministry said. The new leftist minority coalition government is imposing the measure despite opposition from most of Spain’s 17 autonomous regions. “We are talking about putting on a mask when you enter a […]
Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and Covid spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home if they feel […]
STORY: Perez added that the Ribeira town hall would not be able to deal with the crisis alone and asked for national help. The incident triggered environmental concerns and a political blame game. The pellets, which are used to produce everyday items from water bottles to shopping bags and are known to add to the […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government proposed a nationwide mandate for people to wear masks in hospitals and health clinics on Monday, and Italy said respiratory illness infection rates had hit a record, as flu and COVID spread across Europe. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control recommended that people on the continent stay home […]
(Bloomberg) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appointed treasury head Carlos Cuerpo to be his new economy minister as growth slows and the government tries to roll back some household-support policies after inflation eased. Most Read from Bloomberg Cuerpo, 43, will take over from Nadia Calvino, who’s stepping down after five-and-a-half years to run the […]
At least 14 people have died off the coast of Morocco after the small boat they were travelling in got into trouble as they attempted to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, an aid organization said. Some 58 people were on the dinghy at the time of the incident, Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras said. The survivors were […]
(Bloomberg) — Spain extended some measures including lower tax on food that the government had put in place to shield households from a surge in living costs, even as inflation eased last month. Most Read from Bloomberg The value-added tax rate on certain basic food products will remain at 0% for the first six months […]