Etiqueta 'Spain state of alarm'
A Melia hotel on Mallorca

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Around 65% of hotels in Spain are currently open

The CEHAT national hotels confederation is anticipating activity this summer to be 50% of what it was in summer 2019.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/05/2021 15:11

Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez

Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez

Pedro Sánchez, speaking in Palma after the Spain-Italy summit.

Chema Moya 25/11/2020

Balearic government spokesperson Pilar Costa and finance minister Rosario Sánchez

Coronavirus

No plan for home confinement in the Balearics

Spain's health minister has flatly denied that the government is planning to decree confinement this week.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/11/2020 18:58

The Balearic parliament

State of alarm

Regional governments will decide on maintaining curfews

It would be most unlikely that the Balearic government would contemplate an early lifting of the curfew.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter28/10/2020 11:38

Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez

State of alarm

Sánchez cools talk of a curfew at national level

The Balearic government has said that it is not currently considering asking for a curfew.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/10/2020 19:38

Pedro Sánchez in a Cadena Ser interview on Tuesday.

State of alarm

Sánchez says that nationwide state of alarm "would not be justified"

The prime minister pointed to a "relaxation among the public in terms of the level of health emergency protection".

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter01/09/2020 13:06

Prime Minister Sánchez speaking on Saturday.

New normal

Sánchez expresses pride in "what we have achieved together"

"I want to end by thanking you. You have shown understanding and have dealt with the suffering in an exemplary way."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/06/2020 15:19

Health minister Salvador Illa leaving a press conference on Tuesday.

New normal

Government publishes decree for the new normal

The provisions for the "new normal" will apply until there is an end to the health crisis.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/06/2020 13:45

Pedro Sánchez in Congress on Wednesday.

State of alarm

Spanish government secures final state of alarm extension

The government will next week approve a decree law for measures once the state of alarm is lifted.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter03/06/2020 19:05

Sunday's videoconference with regional presidents.

State of alarm

State of alarm could be lifted in some regions "in the coming days"

If there is continuing "positive evolution" of the pandemic, the state of alarm could be lifted earlier.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter24/05/2020 12:38

Jorge Marichal with the president of the Majorca Hoteliers Federation, Maria Frontera.

De-escalation

Hoteliers' president understands air travel quarantine

Once the state of alarm is lifted, the "new normal" can allow tourism to restart.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter12/05/2020 14:56