El País

Speaking to regional premiers on Sunday, Pedro Sánchez said that the exceptional measures would begin to be lifted in the coming days “if nothing goes wrong”

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 total number of fatalities related to Covid-19 in the country now stands at 28,678, with registered infections reaching 235,290

The route of the protest was brought to a standstill in Madrid, as motorists and passengers waved Spanish flags and cars honked their horns

During a televised address, Pedro Sánchez also announced that Spain’s top-flight soccer league, La Liga, will restart games next month

The Madrid region will finally leave Phase 0, after two requests to do so were rejected by the Health Ministry. Castilla y León and Barcelona city will also enter this stage, which allows for social gatherings of up to 10 people

Government officials come out in defense of their deal with a Basque radical party and say there is no problem with street protests, as long as social-distancing rules are observed

Today’s report from the Health Ministry, however, does not include data from Catalonia, which has been the second worst-hit region after Madrid

Surprise agreement with EH Bildu committing to repealing a 2012 labor reform has triggered a chain reaction of criticism from politicians and social agents alike

Unlike most other parts of the country, the Mediterranean region has not asked the Health Ministry to move to Phase 2 of the coronavirus deescalation plan

The agreement between the government and EH Bildu, which was announced late last night to the surprise of other groups, was subject to a late-night “rectification” by the Socialist Party

The exceptional measures will now stay in place until June 7, with one last period expected to be voted on to cover the final weeks of the coronavirus deescalation phases

This is the fourth day in a row that the total number of fatalities came in at under 100. New infections also rose on yesterday’s figure, to 416

Wary of a new surge in coronavirus infections, the executive is keeping more restrictions in place than Italy or France

The number of Covid-19-related deaths was 83 on Tuesday, a slight rise from Monday’s figure of 59

The far-right party Vox has encouraged the protests, which it frames as acts of freedom, but has made clear that it is not organizing them

The news comes as parts of the country move to a new phase of the coronavirus deescalation plan

Procurement officials have to report their reserves to the central government as part of the national deescalation plan

Speaking on Saturday, Pedro Sánchez also said he believed the coronavirus deescalation process would be over in half of the country by the outset of summer

Since the crisis began, there have been 27,563 deaths related to Covid-19. A total of 539 new infections were detected in the last 24 hours

Residents of the upscale Madrid district of Salamanca have been demonstrating against the government for allegedly curtailing their freedoms

The entire Valencia region is transitioning to a looser lockdown, while a few Spanish islands are moving ahead to Phase 2

For the first time since March 19, five of the country’s 17 regions recorded no Covid-19 fatalities

The temporary measures, aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak, will not affect essential travel

This is the first time in five days that the country has reported more than 200 fatalities. A spike in new infections was also detected, with 506 cases confirmed since Wednesday

Minority government secures backing for a plan to streamline procedures after lockdown creates a mounting backlog of cases

According to health officials, 10 of the country’s 17 regions reported fewer than 10 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday