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Wuhan football team leaving Spain to escape coronavirus

Wuhan's football team has been stranded in Spain for weeks with the Chinese city on lockdown over coronavirus. Now they're fleeing Spain to avoid the virus.

14/03/2020

Spain

Spain-bound planes turn around mid-air as coronavirus cases soar

At least seven Jet2 flights turned around mid-air on the way to Spain with Madrid set to announce a coronavirus lockdown.

14/03/2020

Spain

Coronavirus: Spain pledges €1bn for hospitals amid 'unbearable' strain

Health professionals at hospitals are demanding more staff and resources to tackle the rising number of cases.

13/03/2020

Spain

Spain warns elderly to avoid their grandchildren as COVID-19 spreads

Nn a country where only 4% of the population work from home, many working parents rely on grandparents for childcare

11/03/2020

Spain

Far right deputy tests positive for coronavirus days after mass rally

'It was a mistake, for which we apologise,' VOX said.

10/03/2020

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Coronavirus panic leaves supermarket looking like 'end of the world'

Panic buying at supermarkets in central Madrid triggered by the spread of coronavirus led to long queues and empty shelves on Tuesday.

10/03/2020

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Spanish startup 'close to perfecting' its 3D-printed plant-based steak

Scionti's plant-based steak is printed using a paste of vegan ingredients. They're mainly using a mixture of rice and pea proteins and testing different oils.

28/02/2020

Spain

No COVID-19 checks for Spanish students returning from northern Italy

Spanish students returning home from northern Italy say they were not checked for coronavirus.

27/02/2020

Spain

Tech industry forges ahead in Barcelona despite MWC cancellation

Plenty of companies are still doing deals in Barcelona despite MWC2020 being cancelled because of COVID-19 coronavirus.

25/02/2020

Spain

Francisco Luzón: 'I think about death every day. But I want to live'

Luzón, who suffers from ALS, thinks about death every day - but only for five minutes.

25/02/2020

Spain

Watch: Tourist speaks about life under lockdown at Tenerife hotel

Harriet spoke to us from a Tenerife hotel on lockdown after a guest tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus

25/02/2020

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Going Greener - faster, cheaper and more efficient windmills

In partnership with The European Commission

New telescopic windturbines have been designed by Spanish engineers to be built in a quicker and more cost-efficient way, in the hope of contributing to greener energy.

24/02/2020

Spain

In pictures: Coronavirus and Greta among themes at Sitges Carnival

Two people who attended the carnival in medical suits and masks said: 'We've got to laugh'.

24/02/2020

Spain

Canary Islands sandstorm from Sahara disrupts hundreds of flights

All airports on the Canary Islands were shut on Sunday after a vast sandstorm blew in from the Sahara Desert, shrouding the islands in dust

24/02/2020

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Spanish police uncover underground counterfeit cigarette factory

It's thought to be the first of its kind in the European Union

21/02/2020

Spain

Euthanasia debate: 'If my family suffers, I want the right to die'

As Spain debates euthanasia, the sick ask to be heard: "If I'm making my family suffer because I have no strength left in my body, I want to die. I want to have that right"

21/02/2020

Spain

Spain's female footballers secure historic pay deal

Spain’s female footballers have reached a historic first collective agreement over pay and conditions, after a long battle for rights which included an unprecedented strike last year

20/02/2020

Business

How is Barcelona coping with the loss of World Mobile Congress?

It's worth €500 million to Barcelona every year. So how are businesses managing without it?

19/02/2020

Spain

Why are Spanish farmers protesting against low prices?

Trade unions demand political action to guarantee retail prices for fruit and vegetables that are liveable for farmers.

18/02/2020

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Thousands of farmers in western Spain cultivate protest over prices

They claim they're getting the same price for their products as they were 20 years ago.

18/02/2020

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Angry spanish farmers invade Valencia

Hundreds of tractors brought the coastal city of Valencia to a halt, with tractors also blocking many roads in the southern Andalusia region

14/02/2020

World

Court says Spain was right to deport migrants immediately

The European Court of Human Rights has backed Spain’s immediate deportation of two African migrants who tried to enter one of its African enclaves.

13/02/2020

Spain

World's biggest mobile tech show cancelled due to coronavirus fears

The world's biggest mobile technology fair has been cancelled over worries about the coronavirus epidemic.

13/02/2020

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Should workers have pay deducted for coffee and cigarette breaks?

Spain's High Court has ruled in favour of a company that began deducting time for employees who took breaks for coffee and cigarettes.

12/02/2020

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Thousands of women dye Madrid purple with human chain against violence

Some 7,000 women joined together on Saturday in a 7-kilometre feminist chain in Madrid to denounce discrimination and violence against women

09/02/2020

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Coronavirus: Evacuees tell of life in quarantine, through Whatsapp

A conversation with Pedro Morilla and Oliver Cuadrado, two Spanish evacuees from Wuhan, China, gives a picture of life in quarantine.

07/02/2020