SPANISH NEWS

Close quarters vulture observation hide to open in the mountains of Huelva The black vulture is the fastest raptor bird species in the Iberian Peninsula Plans have been unveiled by the department of Agriculture, Farming, Fishing and Sustainable Development in the regional government of Andalucía to create a concealed.. 16/04/2021

Giant wels catfish caught in the River Guadalquivir near SevillaA wels catfish is reported to have devoured a fox terrier in the province of Cáceres The huge wels catfish has been illegally introduced to Spanish rivers to encourage angling tourism Images: Archive, not the example caught on this occasion.. 16/04/2021

Spanish regions fear pandemic restriction chaos as the end of the state of emergency approaches Regional governments believe their powers to restrict travel will be limited after 9th May As coronavirus incidence rates across Spain continue to rise gradually considerable concern has been expressed by various regional authorities this week over.. 16/04/2021

Spain to implement EU Covid passport scheme during June in bid to boost tourism The “green certificate” scheme will be introduced with only 30 per cent of Spaniards vaccinated The Spanish government has confirmed that it will be implementing the EU’s “immunity passport” scheme in June of this year.. 16/04/2021

Slow rise in Spanish infection rate continues as Covid claims 126 more lives: Covid update April 15 The fourth wave is growing at a far slower rate than the surge in contagion after Christmas The level of coronavirus contagion in Spain continued its gradual increase of the last couple of weeks with the publication of the Ministry of Health&rsquo.. 16/04/2021

Andalusia becomes first region to administer two million Covid vaccinations The Andalusian president (see image) has said on Twitter that the region is keeping its pace up and intends to give as many vaccines as possible but called on the Spanish government to provide more doses.   Andalusia has become the first Spanish.. 16/04/2021

Spain fast approaching milestone of 12 million vaccinations The vaccination rate is picking up in Spain, and by Thursday (15 April), the health authorities across the country had administered 11,885,085 doses of vaccine against coronavirus.   The figure amounts to 87.4 per cent of the 13,591,805 vaccines.. 16/04/2021

Border between Spain and Portugal to remain closed for another fortnight The land borders between Spain and Portugal will stay closed for another two weeks, the Portuguese prime minister António Costa has confirmed, to limit the spread of coronavirus variants.   Although Covid situation has improved in the.. 16/04/2021

Spanish Health Ministry considering complete smoking ban on outdoor bar terraces The document is not due for immediate debate but is in a draft working format The Spanish Ministry of Health is expected to propose to the autonomous regional governments that smoking on the outdoor terraces of hotel and catering establishments.. 15/04/2021

More than 5,500 arrests made and 268,000 kilos of drugs seized in Andalusia anti-drug plan The Carteia Plan was launched in 2018 and initially focused on Campo de Gibraltar in Cádiz, but later expanded to include Málaga and Huelva. The Carteia plan, launched by the Ministry of the Interior in Andalusia in 2018 to fight drug.. 15/04/2021

Angry protests in Cádiz over the likely closure of the Airbus plant in Puerto Real The crisis in the civil aviation sector due to Covid threatens jobs in the Bay of Cádiz Approximately 800 demonstrators gathered on Wednedsay to protest against the reported plans of Airbus to close its plant in Puerto Real, close to the city.. 15/04/2021

Researchers recreate lost Huelva port from which Columbus set sail in 1492 to discover AmericaThe port in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva (Andalusia) has been excavated and there are plans to open it up for visits in the future. Researchers from the University of Huelva have made a recreation of the port in Palos de la Frontera from which Christopher.. 15/04/2021

Efforts to support the Spanish imperial eagle breed results in Andalucía123 nesting pairs as the eagles benefit from regional government repopulation program Efforts by the regional government of Andalucía to boost the population of the Spanish imperial eagle appear to be meeting with great success, with a new.. 15/04/2021

More than 7 tonnes of hashish found on narco boat off Algeciras coast Guardia Civil patrols intercepted the ship in stormy weather in the Straits of Gibraltar, suspecting that it could be carrying drugs. Three Ukrainians have been arrested and more than seven tonnes of hashish seized from a boat in Algeciras (Cadiz.. 15/04/2021

Covid incidence rate in Spain tops 200 for the first time since February 131 more fatalities as the fourth wave of infection continues to put pressure on health services As had been widely forecast, the number of new coronavirus cases being confirmed in Spain is showing a steady upward trend following the increased travel.. 15/04/2021

EU reaches 100 million vaccinated and agrees advance delivery of 50 million Pfizer doses Statement from EC President Ursula von der Leyen The COVID-19 pandemic remains a severe threat to people's health and livelihoods. We are in a race against time. The faster we reach our target of having 70% of adults in the European Union vaccinated.. 14/04/2021

Programme to save the most endangered duck in Europe; 16 Marbled teals head for Fuente de Piedra lagoon in MalagaThe specimens of the threatened species released in the lagoon in Malaga are the first of 80 which will be released in four different wetlands in Andalusia this spring. Sixteen Marbled Teals have been released this week in the lagoon in Fuente de.. 14/04/2021

100 more deaths as the coronavirus incidence rate across Spain dips slightly: Update April 13 The latest figures are distorted by a lack of new data from the region of Andalucía The most recent pandemic update published on Tuesday evening by Spain’s Ministry of Health appears at first sight to provide some welcome good news.. 14/04/2021

Pfizer vaccine drastically reduces Covid deaths in care homes, Catalonian study finds The study, published in the scientific journal The Lancet, was the world's first analysis of the clinical efficiency of the vaccine by Pfizer in nursing homes. A pioneering study backed by the regional government in Cataluña and researchers.. 13/04/2021

Twenty arrested in Ceuta and Cadiz for transporting illegal migrants The National Police arrested 13 people in Cádiz (Andalusia) and another seven in Ceuta, all of whom face charges of illegal human trafficking. Twenty people have been arrested for alleged migrant trafficking in a police operation.. 13/04/2021