Spain to probe COVID-19 contracts allegedly linked to ministers
Brother of the PP leader of Madrid under investigation.
Spain's Partido Popular picks new leader with eye on winning back far-right voters
Feijoo aims to widen his base to become a catch-all centrist party.
Feijóo was elected today.
Feijóo was elected today.
Spanish Foreign Office workers in the UK warn about visa application delays due to indefinite strike
Workers are asking the Spanish government to end years of wage freeze and job insecurity as inflation keeps rising.
Food for Thought
This is best way to cook mussels
Mussels are so plentiful and cheap that they are sometimes called the poor man’s shellfish, a distinction that once belonged to oysters
The Blog
Whatever happened to the resilience?
The situation is currently “disastrous”, but “we all agree that next year there will be a rebound effect, if confidence recovers”.
The Week That Was
Yolanda at the table
The royalty was the national minister of employment, Yolanda Díaz, who only became minister because Pedro Sánchez had to dole out jobs to Podemos-
Sunday Essay
Is being tough on Covid-19 denying certain civil liberties?
While the UK government fifed and faffed about for what seemed like ages, agonising over - let’s face it, a very limited lockdown - Spain went into full lockdown mode ... .
The Week in Tourism
Rethinking the UK quarantine
This revisits the UK quarantine decision and is of the view that it was a political matter and not a scientific one.
Royals
Spain's ex-king told friends his exit is only temporary, papers say
A Royal Palace spokesman and a lawyer for Juan Carlos both said they had nothing to say.
Coronavirus
Britain has no alternative to quarantine yet, minister says
Britain does not yet have a viable alternative to imposing a 14-day quarantine on travelers.
The Blog
It’s all in the messages
In the Franco days, the minister of tourism combined this portfolio with information. Manuel Fraga is the name we remember.
Coronavirus
UK quarantine could cost Spanish tourism 10 bln euros, says hotel association
On Monday he offered to pay for foreign tourists to take coronavirus tests as an alternative to the quarantine measures.
Coronavirus
European coronavirus measures hitting Spain's tourism sector
The Coronavirus Measures Spain will those countries
Economy
Spain's hotel occupancy crashed in first half of 2020
The rate of occupancy in Spanish hotels more than halved in the first six months of the yea.
Travel
Norway to restrict travel from Spain, open more for Sweden
COVID-19 infections in Spain had risen to 30.9 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Economy
Thousands of Spanish Airbus workers protest layoff plan
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said at the beginning of this month that the government was working with Airbus to find ways to keep jobs in the country.
The Blog
The ideologies of Covid
The ideology determines the expression of indignation, which was also an assertion of Spain’s nationhood.
Andrew Ede18/09/2020 15:47