Regional education chief defends the current immersion program and urges principals to ignore a decision that would mean delivering at least 25% of classes in the national tongue
The measure is aimed at curbing contagions in the Spanish region, where the incidence rate has risen to 170 cases per 100,000 over 14 days
The elderly are 25 times more at risk of dying from the disease if unvaccinated, according to figures from the Spanish Health Ministry
Coronavirus infections continue to rise, with the incidence rate jumping seven points to 132 per 100,000 on Tuesday
The molten rock began to enter the water on Monday, around two kilometers from the existing platform. A total of 43 earth tremors were also detected during the night
The Basque High Court has ruled against the request to introduce the Covid passport, while the Public Health Commission is debating a new traffic light system for determining risk
Spain is seeing an uptick in coronavirus contagions among the vaccinated. While this is to be expected, it is not likely to lead to more serious cases of the disease
An amendment to the draft Democratic Memory Law seeks to change the interpretation of 1977 amnesty legislation that was used to free the regime’s political prisoners but also helped shield those suspected of abuses during the dictatorship
With hospital admissions on an upward trend and infections jumping 67% in two weeks, some regions are considering new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19
Readers who sign up will receive a 15-day free trial of the online classes, which are adapted to a student’s specific needs
A 72-year-old man was found dead on the Canary Island after having entered the exclusion zone to clear ash from his roof
Police seize 49 taxidermy mounts and 132 ivory pieces from the luxury home of Marcial Gómez Sequeira, who was investigated after EL PAÍS ran a story in 2019
What’s thought to be the biggest school outbreak so far has been detected in the Madrid city of Getafe, with 56 confirmed infections and nearly 200 students in quarantine
The authors of the article, Mariano Zafra and Javier Salas, are the first Spaniards to receive the prestigious prize
The health department binned 117,977 doses between December 2020 and October of this year, 106,534 of which had expired while the rest were damaged or spoiled
The cumulative incidence is holding steady at just under 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants over 14 days, while 5,820 new infections were detected over the long weekend and 55 deaths added to the official toll
Prison sentences have been handed down to former treasurer Luis Bárcenas and architecture firm executives, while the conservative group has been held partly accountable for unpaid taxes
France, Greece and Hungary show a positive response to the plan but the EU Commission is unwilling for the moment to make significant changes to the existing system
The decision was taken on Tuesday by the Health Ministry and the regions after the medication, from Johnson & Johnson, was found in a study to be less effective against Covid-19 than the other two
No other sector is so exposed to blackmail, extorsion, intimidation and physical isolation
Authorities have advised residents to remove ash from their rooftops to avoid a heavy buildup. Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez is expected to fly to the island on Saturday
A company that operates large drones is now hoping to save animals trapped by lava from the volcano, after efforts were hampered for days by legal hurdles
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares will meet with mayors of towns near the British Overseas Territory amid concerns that strict checks might make a comeback
The three men who wrote ‘La bestia,’ the thriller that won this year’s Planeta Prize, deny claims that they used a female pseudonym as a marketing strategy
‘We are incredibly sorry for the suffering and we commit to mitigating it,’ say Arnaldo Otegi of the EH Bildu party and the general secretary of Sortu, Arkaitz Rodríguez
Aerocámaras is hoping to lift the animals to safety with a large unmanned aerial vehicle, but is still awaiting last-minute authorization for a move that is not legally allowed
A message of unity was transmitted by Pedro Sánchez at the three-day event in Valencia, at which former leaders Felipe González and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were also present
