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Ryanair adds 200,000 seats to Malta, Spanish islands

Ryanair is to sell 200,000 extra seats from the UK to Malta, Ibiza and Palma in July, August and September, it announced today. Ryanair’s Dara Brady, Director of Marketing, Communications &…

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Spain cuts VAT tax rate on electricity bills to 10% from 21%

Spain's will cut VAT tax on electricity bills to 10% from 21% until the end of the year to provide immediate relief for consumers amid rising energy prices, government spokesperson…

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Spain crush Slovakia to set up Euros last-16 date with Croatia

Spain claimed the biggest win of the tournament with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia in their final European Championship Group E match on Wednesday to finish second in the group…

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Pardoned separatists leave prison demanding freedom for Catalonia

Vowing to keep fighting for an independent Catalonia, defiant separatist leaders who were jailed over their role in a failed 2017 bid for independence walked out of prison on Wednesday…

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Malta and the Balearic Islands could be added to British green list

Malta and the Balearic Islands, including holiday favourites Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, are in contention to join the UK’s green list. The government is expected to announce its next review…

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Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatist leaders on Tuesday

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said his government would pardon the nine jailed leaders of Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid on Tuesday as a first step towards ending the political…

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Spain to scrap mandatory outdoor masks from June 26

Spain will lift a blanket obligation to wear masks outdoors from June 26, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. Spain's announcement follows a decision in neighbouring France to end the mandatory…

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Hundreds of migrants land in Sicily, others rescued after boat runs aground in Spain

Around 400 migrants disembarked on Friday from the ship Geo Barents at the Italian port of Augusta, in Sicily, more than a week after the first rescue operation was carried…

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European Commission endorses recovery and resilience plans of Greece, Spain and Portugal

The European Commission has adopted positive assessments of the recovery and resilience plans of Greece, Spain and Portugal. This is an important step towards disbursing funds under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to…

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Spain gets EU approval for $84 bln COVID recovery plan

Spain’s plan for recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and transformation into a greener and more digitalised economy got European Commission approval on Wednesday, the second such green light in the…

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Spanish tourism pins hopes on summer revival after 2020 slump

After more than a year on furlough, Antonio Ramirez, a waiter in Benalmadena on Spain’s Costa del Sol, is struggling to make ends meet. He hopes a revival in summer…

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Spain stifled as Swedes grind out grim 0-0 draw

Spain tried to pass Sweden into oblivion in their Euro 2020 opener on Monday (Jun 14) but had to settle for a 0-0 draw as they were let down by poor…

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Photo Story: Bull tries to jump off the fence in Valladolid

A photographer reacts as a bull tries to jump off the fence during a bullfight at Valladolid's bullring, Castilla y Leon, northern Spain. Photo: EPA-EFE/NACHO GALLEGO

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Investigators confirm Spanish father ‘killed daughters and dumped bodies at sea’

A father allegedly killed his two young daughters at his house before dumping their bodies at sea off the Spanish island of Tenerife, according to a preliminary judicial investigation published…

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Spanish child found tied to anchor died from drowning, autopsy finds

Update - The child whose body was found inside a bag weighted down with an anchor in the ocean off the Spanish island of Tenerife died from drowning, an autopsy…

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Spain mulls ending deal on Morocco border with enclaves

Spain is looking into ending a deal that allows visa-free crossing from Moroccan towns into Spain's North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, a government official said on Friday. The…

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Spanish rescuers look for missing toddler after 6-year-old girl found dead at sea

Spanish rescuers were searching the waters off the coast of Tenerife for a one-year-old girl on Friday after the body of a six-year-old girl, presumed to be her sister, was…

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Spain will wait for Busquets, says coach

Spain coach Luis Enrique said on Thursday he will wait as long as it takes for Sergio Busquets after his positive COVID-19 test, ruling out replacing the midfielder even though…

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EU orders Spain to recover aid given to TV broadcasters for digital rollout

EU competition regulators on Thursday ordered Spain to recover illegal state aid given to TV broadcasters to switch to digital broadcasting from analogue in a new ruling after Europe's top…

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Malta among five Mediterranean countries to give green light to deal on EASO

Ministers from the EU’s Mediterranean countries have given their backing to a temporary deal to strengthen the EU’s asylum agency — the first sign of movement in a migration debate…

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Spain’s Llorente tests positive for Covid-19

The Spanish Federation announced that the central defender Diego Llorente has tested positive in the last PCR tests carried out on Tuesday morning in Las Rozas. The footballer left the…

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Spain squad to be vaccinated on Wednesday after Busquets positive

The Spanish soccer squad's players will get a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Wednesday, less than a week before their opening Euro 2020 match, after captain Sergio Busquets tested positive, Sports…

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Spain coach De La Fuente surprised by sudden promotion

Spain Under-21 coach Luis de la Fuente admitted he was surprised by the events of this week after a sudden promotion to senior team coach for the game against Lithuania…

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Spain welcomes vaccinated tourists

Spain is reopening its borders to vaccinated international travellers today, hoping to revive its tourism sector which has struggled severely during the pandemic. It will also allow cruise ships into…

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Spain captain Busquets tests positive for COVID-19

Spain captain Sergio Busquets has tested positive for COVID-19, the national team announced on Sunday eight days before their first match at Euro 2020. The positive test has thrown their…

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Spanish police evacuate nearly 5,000 youth breaching Covid-19 rules

Almost 5.000 people, many of them without keeping social distance and without wearing masks, were evacuated by Urban Guard and Mossos d'Esquadra in Barcelona during the early nights of Saturday…

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Spain to vaccinate school kids two weeks before term starts

Spain plans to start vaccinating children between 12 and 17 years old around two weeks before the academic year starts in September, the health minister said on Friday, as the…

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U.S. sets and suspends tariffs on six countries over digital taxes

The United States announced 25% tariffs on over $2 billion worth of imports from six countries over their digital services taxes, but immediately suspended the duties to allow time for…

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Spain permit limited nightlife in regions with COVID-19 under control

Spanish regions with a low coronavirus infection rate will be allowed to reopen nightlife before herd immunity is achieved, which is expected by mid-August, the health minister said after meeting…

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Spain’s May jobless falls by 3.31% m/m to 3.78 mln

Spain posted its sharpest ever monthly drop in jobless figures in May, the Labour Ministry said on Wednesday, marking the third month of falling unemployment as looser COVID-19 restrictions and…

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Spain’s Economy Minister says it is not the moment to raise taxes

The Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Monday the government doesn't plan to increase taxes at the moment as it focuses on stimulating the economy to recover from the…

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Back from the brink: Iberian lynx population rises to over 1,000

The Iberian lynx population in Portugal and Spain rose above 1,000 last year after 414 cubs were born under a joint breeding programme, in a major leap towards conserving the…

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Spain to welcome back international cruises from June 7

Spain will allow cruise ships to dock in its ports from June 7, the transport ministry said on Saturday, hoping to salvage the country's battered tourism sector in time for…

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Spain’s PharmaMar says COVID-19 treatment shows clinical efficacy in trials

Spain’s PharmaMar said on Wednesday its first trials of its Aplidin drug on hospitalised patients with moderate COVID-19 showed clinical effects and met safety standards. The results of these first…

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Decline in Spanish COVID-19 infections slows

An eight-week decline in Spain’s coronavirus infection rate has begun to tail off, Health Minister Carolina Darias said, pointing to younger people who are less likely to be vaccinated as…

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Spanish hotel bookings jumped 4.05 mln in April

The number of nights booked by tourists in Spanish hotels surged to 4.05 million in April from zero a year earlier when a strict coronavirus lockdown paralysed the travel sector…

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Photo Story: ‘Odyssey of the Seas’ leaves crew members in Palma de Majorca after testing positive for coronavirus

The touristic cruise 'Odyssey of the Seas' anchors off the coast at Majorca Bay, in Mallorca, Spain, 24 May 2021. Two crew members of the cruise that have tested positive…

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Spain opens up to tourists from outside the EU

Instead of the traditional sand and sea holidays, foreign tourists are invited to enjoy the charms of the Spanish countryside, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on the weekend, launching an…

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Spain hopes for swift end to spat with Morocco as more migrants sent back

Morocco’s ambassador to Madrid warned that if Spain allows the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement to leave Spain without informing Rabat it will worsen the diplomatic crisis between…

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Spain’s airlines rail against proposed short-haul, frequent traveller taxes

Spain’s airlines decried Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s proposal to impose new taxes on air travel in a bid to limit the sector’s damage on the environment and align its taxes…

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Spain working with EU to extend COVID passport outside the bloc

Spain is working with the European Commission to extend the European Union COVID-19 travel card outside the bloc, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday. A pilot project trialing…

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Spain accuses Morocco of ‘blackmail’ over Ceuta migrant surge

Spain’s defence minister accused Morocco of “blackmail” over its passivity in the face of a surge in migrant arrivals in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta earlier this week. The rush…

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Madrid police deployed to prevent Atletico, Real celebrations

Madrid's city hall is deploying 130 police officers to prevent either Atletico Madrid or Real Madrid supporters from celebrating en-masse in the Spanish capital's centre in the event their team…

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Migrants push for Spain’s Ceuta again after border security tightened

Hundreds of migrants tried to force their way past tightened security into Ceuta on Wednesday, as Spain pressed on with the expulsion of thousands who had swum or climbed into…

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Laporta plans to announce changes at Barcelona

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said changes are imminent at the club as they approach the end of a disappointing season. Barca can at best finish third in La Liga…

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Spain proposes Pfizer shots for under-60s who got Astrazeneca first dose, El Pais says

Spain's Health Ministry has proposed that people under 60 who have already received a first dose of AstraZeneca's drug receive a second shot of the coronavirus vaccine produced by Pfizer,…

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VIDEO: Over 2,700 migrants illegally enter Spain’s Ceuta enclave

Over 2,700 Moroccan citizens on Monday illegally entered Spain's northern Africa enclave of Ceuta, several Spanish outlets reported citing information from the Spanish government's delegation in Ceuta. Among the 2,700 migrants, there were around…

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La Liga moves fixtures to avoid clash with Eurovision Song Contest

Spanish fans of both football and music breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after La Liga announced a third set of fixture changes in 12 hours to ensure no…

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Photo Story: Roman thermal baths found on Spanish coast

A view of Roman thermal baths found on the coast of the town of Barbate, near Cadiz, southern Spain, 17 May 2021. The four-meter-high structure, recently discovered, is well preserved…

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Late Suarez strike sends Atletico to brink of title

Atletico Madrid took a giant step towards the La Liga title in dramatic circumstances by fighting their way back to beat Osasuna 2-1 at home on Sunday thanks to a…

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Police move Barcelona crowds along amid post-curbs parties

Police intervened to move along thousands of people drinking and dancing in Barcelona's city centre and on the nearby beach, seeking to prevent dangerous overcrowding on the first full weekend…

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Spain logged hottest year on record in 2020

Spain experienced its hottest year on record last year, the Environment Ministry said on Friday, a day after parliament passed a landmark bill to combat climate change. In a year…

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Zidane set to leave Real Madrid – reports

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will quit Real Madrid at the end of the season, regardless of whether or not he manages to be league champion, according to Tele Madrid. The Spanish media outlet reports…

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Bank of Spain hints at faster economic growth in 2022

Spain's economy is expected to bounce back in the second half after a slow start to 2021 and could grow more than expected next year driven by a delayed boost…

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UPDATED: Spain says will be ready for COVID travel certificate in June, on track for herd immunity

Spain will be ready in June to use COVID certificates that would facilitate travels, Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Thursday, urging the European Union to adopt this measure quickly.…

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Atletico see off Sociedad to edge closer to title

Atletico Madrid homed in on the La Liga title with a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday to move four points clear at the top.…

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Blame game in Spain after street parties break out as restrictions ease

The Spanish government and opposition blamed each other on Monday after crowds of mostly maskless youths partied in the streets of Madrid and Barcelona when a state of emergency imposed to…

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