After waiting for 20 years, Murcia finally has a high-speed train to Madrid
A high-speed AVE train link has been inaugurated this week between the Spanish region of Murcia and Madrid, after waiting 19 years and four months for...
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Spain grants ‘personhood status’ to Murcia’s Mar Menor lagoon
Spain has granted ‘personhood status’ to the Mar Menor salt-water lagoon on the coast of Murcia, in an effort to give its threatened ecosystem better...
Hospital in Murcia describes teenager’s homosexuality as an illness
Citizens in Spain have reacted angrily after a young woman was told in a hospital that her homosexuality was an illness. The 19-year-old woman said...
Spain to tighten fertiliser rules after ‘paradise lagoon’ clogged with dead fish
Spanish authorities are to expand a ban on harmful fertilisers around a saltwater lagoon in the region of Murcia, known as Mar Menor, where around...
Current Covid-19 restrictions for all regions of Spain
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (20 Aug) Report below last updated 26 July 2021. With the Covid-19 incidence rate continuing to rise in Spain – currently...
Details of restrictions for all regions of Spain, now ‘State of Alarm’ has ended
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (20 July) ALSO READ: New face mask rules in Spain, from 26 June PLEASE NOTE – From Friday 18 June, we...
Ayuso calls for elections in Madrid on 4 May, after ‘political earthquake’ week
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (16 Mar) Isabel Díaz Ayuso, the outspoken president of the regional government in Madrid for the right-wing People’s Party (PP), has...
Spain’s defence chief resigns after allegations of vaccine ‘queue-jumping’
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) Spain’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Miguel Ángel Villarroya, resigned on Saturday, following allegations that he had received a jab...
Murcia’s health chief resigns after jumping queue to receive Covid-19 vaccine
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (9 Feb) The top health official in the region of Murcia has resigned after admitting that he received the Covid-19 vaccine despite...
New ‘State of Alarm’ in Spain
Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (15 Feb) Also read: Details of curfews & restrictions for all regions of Spain during ‘State of Alarm’ The Spanish...
