THE head of the Junta de Andalucia, Juanma Moreno, has announced that the health service in the region is ready to start vaccinating the under-12s, as soon as the doses arrive. Moreno said that although the vaccination of minors is voluntary, he hoped that parents would act responsibly to ensure the “maximum possible coverage”. Speaking […]
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INCREASED numbers of police officers are patrolling shopping areas across Spain in the run up to Christmas. The Policia Nacional have ramped up their presence in places that attract a large number of people. Besides commercial and leisure areas, officers will be at seasonal markets as well as pounding the beat on busy streets in
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SPAIN’S Guardia Civil have launched a new campaign warning pet owners about the danger of leaving their dogs tied up outside in the street. Many supermarkets encourage the practice by leaving a hook marked ‘dog parking’ at the door, some evening providing a bowl of water. But officers warn that it is a practice that
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AUTHORITIES in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalunya were forced to postpone the introduction of mandatory COVID passes at bars, restaurants and gyms on Friday after the system to download the certificate crashed. Thousands of people had attempted to download the certificate from a local government website ahead of the new regulation coming into force that
REPORTS from the UK are causing mass panic that Spain’s hotels could close over the festive period in a bid to halt rising COVID-19 numbers According to press reports from the Express and Daily Record,Spain’s Public Health Commission will debate whether to close hotels ahead of Christmas as infections surge in most of Europe has
A DRAMATIC last-minute intervention by local activists was vital in persuading the Junta to reverse a bureaucratic error that stripped an ancient valley near Granada’s Alhambra of its protective status. The major blip meant the Darro Valley was delisted in 2020 and its Cultural Interest (BIC) position scrapped just three years after it was awarded
GUARDIA Civil officers have arrested a man after his wife gave them a hand signal that she was a victim of domestic abuse. The couple, along with their child, were stopped last Tuesday evening at a Guardia checkpoint in Caceres, Extremadura. The man was driving the vehicle and as routine identification check took place, the
SPAIN’S government is planning on restricting flights from South Africa and Botswana over concerns about a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant that has been detected there. Health Minister Carolina Darias announced the move on Friday, following similar decisions by other European nations. “We will see about other countries but for now those two,” she said
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THE Murcia hospitality and tourism association, HoyTu, says COVID passports should be introduced ‘in all public life’ to stop new restrictions on bar, restaurant, and nightlife businesses. Speaking this Friday, HoyTu president, Jesus Jimenez, said his members feared opening hour and capacity cuts due to rising coronavirus infections in the region. He called on the
A NEW PARK in Rojales, has been designed as a “space for hope”, and a tribute to women that have fought for equality and against gender violence. It has a plaque that reads: “To all women that came before us, those who fought for our rights, those who were forgotten, those who were subjected, raped,
