Coronavirus in Spain full update (22 April)
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Coronavirus in Spain full update (9 April)
Final update to this report at 20.30h on Thursday 9 April: The Spanish Congress has voted in favour of extending the current ‘state of alarm’...
Coronavirus in Spain full update (18 March)
Official figures released by the Spanish Health Ministry at 11.30am on Wednesday 18 March now confirm 13,716 known cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Spain, which is 2,538 more...
Financial affairs of former king will not be investigated by Spanish Congress
Following news that Spain’s King Felipe VI will renounce the inheritance that personally corresponds to him from his father Juan Carlos I, after last week’s reports that the...
Coronavirus in Spain update – 4 Catalan towns in lockdown (12 March)
Following a special cabinet meeting to discuss a Coronavirus (Covid-19) emergency plan on Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez then announced via video conference that his...
Coronavirus in Spain update – 47 dead, 2128 infected (11 March)
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared Coronavirus (Covid-19) as ‘a pandemic’ on Wednesday evening, adding that he was ‘deeply concerned’ by...
Coronavirus in Spain update – 10 March
With the whole of Italy in lockdown over the Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic on Tuesday, Spain has now banned all flights arriving from Italy at least until 25...
Spain’s former king, his mistress, and the $100m Swiss bank account
Public prosecutors in Switzerland are currently investigating a $100m bank account that was held by Spain’s former king Juan Carlos I in Geneva, according to a...
Talks commence between Spanish and Catalan governments
The first round of the ‘bilateral negotiation table’ talks between the Spanish and Catalan governments kicked off in Madrid on Wednesday, with the overall objective to...
Pedro Sánchez calls for ‘dialogue’ and ‘agreement’ over Catalonia
In the Spanish Congress on Wednesday, prime minister Pedro Sánchez reiterated his call for ‘dialogue’ in search of an ‘agreement’ with Catalonia, and asked opposition...
