Spain will open its borders to members of the EU’s Schengen Zone and the UK on June 21. The border was originally due to remain closed until July 1. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced the decision today during a conference call with regional leaders, as reported by Spanish newspaper El Pais. The Portuguese border will remain shut until July 1 on the request of Portuguese PM Antonio...
Many areas of Spain will be moving to different stages of the government’s coronavirus deescalation plan. Here is the latest from the Official State Gazette and a summary of the relevant stages. The areas of Spain moving to Phase 2 today are: The Canary and Balearic Islands, Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, La Rioja, Navarre, Aragón, Extremadura, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Murcia, all of...
Spanish borders will be closed to most travellers from abroad until July to avoid a second wave of coronavirus, according to Foreign Ministry sources. Land borders with France and Portugal have been closed since the State of Emergency was declared in mid-March to fight the pandemic, bringing the economy to a virtul stand-still and hitting the Tourism Sector really hard. Spain has already started...
