Opinion
ANDREW J. LINN
The figures published for wine consumption during lockdown cannot all be correct. Many of them contradict each other, although there are some reliable facts that can be correlated and double-checked. The drinks industry as a whole always accepts t
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PM Pedro Sánchez failed to get majority support to extend the state of alarm for at least a further month this week. Negotiations with other parties ahead of Wednesday’s debate in Congreso didn’t secure him enough MPs’ votes. In the end, it was anoth
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Tony Bryant
The British Benevolent Fund (BBF), which has been providing financial assistance to UK citizens in Spain since 1933, has launched an emergency appeal to raise funds to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The charity announced that
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MELCHOR SÁIZ-PARDO
Spain crossed the 100,000-infection mark on Wednesday, a threshold that has only been crossed by the two countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic: the United States and Italy. The number of those tested positive in Spain reached 102,136, ... a new record since the crisis began, bringing the death toll to 9,053. For the fifth day in a row, the death toll from the pandemic has exceeded 800. It is also the second consecutive day that the record has been broken. However, despite another ... day of tragic figures, the statistics provided by the Ministry of Health confirm that Spain reached the peak of infection last week and that the pandemic, after a few days of apparently contradictory figures, is now beginning to slow down. The daily
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marina rivas
...coronavirus pandemic, will retain the status until June 2021, sharing it with Lisbon during the first half of next year.
Sport
efe
Stages 15 and 16 of the Vuelta a España will not take place in Portugal as originally planned, organisers have said. Because of complications caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, these stages (around Porto and Viseu) will be moved to new locations in
LifeStyle
ANTONIO JAVIER LÓPEZ
...think Mother Nature has declared war on us. Rather, I think she is clearing out the attic - unfortunately, I'm one of the pieces of clutter up there that she is bent on getting rid of. On the other hand, there are those who see the pandemic as "an
LifeStyle
ÓSCAR BELTRÁN DE OTÁLORA
Comparing present-day events with those in the past may be tempting, but can be dangerous. In 1918 the modern world suffered its first great pandemic, the so-called Spanish Flu, and it was one of the greatest killers of the 20th century, with an ... of contagions, and even King Alfonso XIII caught it. The government then applied strict confinement measures, which even brought postal deliveries and the telegram service to a halt. The mortality rate was 0.65 per thousand, and the pandemic lasted
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Data analysing OECD member countries has said that Spain will be the third hardest hit by Covid-19 economically, with around half its jobs affected. Only Greece and the UK will have more of their workforce affected. The data says that 40 per cent
Sport
JUAN CALDERÓN
The entire Unicaja playing squad and coach Luis Casimiro have agreed to take a pay cut for the duration of the stoppage of the basketball season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This followed relatively brief negotiations after the