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Spain’s Popular Party only willing to support an eight-week state of alarm
PP chief Pablo Casado says the government’s planned deadline of May 9 is excessive, and demands an alternative legal tool for future restrictions
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El Roto
El Roto cartoon, October 26, 2020
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Spain’s new state of alarm: more regions close their borders
Aragón, Asturias and the Basque Country join Navarre and La Rioja in sealing their territory, while Catalonia is considering weekend home confinements
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Spain’s streets empty once again as country enters first night of curfew
There were few people to be seen in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Valencia on Sunday night after the Spanish government declared a state of alarm in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus
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