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coronavirus

Madrid’s nightlife rages on despite pandemic: ‘These parties give me life’

Lucía Franco/Luis de Vega|Madrid | 29-03-2021 - 08:01 UTC

EL PAÍS goes inside the events held in private homes and bars in violation of the restrictions in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus

MADRID ARCHITECTURE

Robert Capa photo of shell-damaged houses helps tenants start new life

Luis de Vega/Antonio Nieto (Video)/Saúl Ruiz (Video)|Madrid | 26-02-2021 - 15:16 UTC

A picture of the aftermath of Spanish Civil War bombings published in 1937 triggered a successful movement to save a crumbling property from demolition and find decent housing for its struggling residents

SPANISH NEWS

Madrid feminist mural saved from far right’s plans for destruction

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 27-01-2021 - 13:13 UTC

Vox city councilors wanted the work to be replaced with one related to sport, arguing that the design, which honors women such as Rosa Parks and Nina Simone, contained a “political message”

STORM FILOMENA

Spain declares disaster zones in areas hit by Storm Filomena

Carlos E. Cué/El País/Luis de Vega|Madrid | 19-01-2021 - 16:36 UTC

Eight regions including Madrid stand to benefit from financial aid, although the Spanish capital’s own damage estimate of €1.4 billion is being questioned by the central government

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid’s famous El Rastro market returns with new coronavirus safety measures

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 23-11-2020 - 15:53 UTC

The weekly event, which was closed for 37 weeks due to the pandemic, is now back in business albeit with some significant changes: half the number of stalls and drones to monitor capacity

CORONAVIRUS

Police will not issue fines in the first 48 hours of Madrid’s new confinement measures

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 21-09-2020 - 08:21 UTC

Around 200 officers will carry out daily checks on 26 affected areas in the capital to ensure the coronavirus restrictions are being respected

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid region recommends people in areas with highest coronavirus infections stay at home

Luis de Vega/El País|Madrid | 21-08-2020 - 16:12 UTC

The advice comes on the day when a judge overturned the regional government's plans to close nightclubs and restrict smoking in public, and when new cases in Spain topped 8,100

ENVIRONMENT

Court strikes down Madrid Central low-emission zone over legal technicalities

Miguel Ángel Medina/Luis de Vega|Madrid | 28-07-2020 - 17:08 UTC

The ruling conservatives, who launched the battle while in the opposition, now face the prospect of losing millions in revenue from traffic fines

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid to reopen small city parks, but not El Retiro

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 08-05-2020 - 09:26 UTC

Starting today all green areas in the capital will be open to the public with the exception of 19, while more than 19 kilometers of streets will be pedestrianized on the weekends

CORONAVIRUS

Madrid City Hall planning on pedestrianizing streets on weekends to avoid crowds from forming

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 05-05-2020 - 11:31 UTC

Parks in the capital have still not been reopened despite the loosening of the coronavirus confinement measures, making it difficult for people to maintain social distancing while taking exercise

CORONAVIRUS

Homeless face uncertainty under Spain’s deescalation: ‘The situation outside is awful’

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 05-05-2020 - 08:10 UTC

As the coronavirus crisis eases, Madrid City Hall is planning on closing two emergency shelters, leaving many rough sleepers in an even more precarious situation

CORONAVIRUS

Dismay among opposition as Madrid chiefs hold crowded closure ceremony at coronavirus field hospital

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 01-05-2020 - 14:42 UTC

The event today at the Ifema convention center saw some health workers shout slogans and chants at regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida

CORONAVIRUS

In deadliest day yet, Spain registers 462 coronavirus deaths in just 24 hours

Oriol Güell/Ferran Bono/Virginia Vadillo/Luis de Vega | 23-03-2020 - 12:19 UTC

Madrid’s Palacio del Hielo ice rink could soon become a morgue for victims of Covid-19. The government expects the peak of infections to be reached this week

DRUG TRADE

A day of petty drug dealing in Madrid’s Retiro park

Luis de Vega|Madrid | 27-02-2020 - 07:35 UTC

Despite the police presence, hashish and marijuana are being sold in plain view in one of the capital's most popular green areas

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