Arancha González Laya told the BBC on Saturday that there will be no reciprocal requirement for two-week isolation, just hours before the Spanish border was due to reopen to European Union and Schengen area travelers
A hoax photo spread like wildfire on Twitter yesterday, despite being a screenshot of a Google Translate version of the EL PAÍS homepage
We also catch up with Chris Dottie, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, and Martin Makepeace, the president of the British Association of San Antonio, Ibiza
This week we talk about the state of alarm aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, and interview some of our podcast heroes about how they are coping with the new restrictions
Airline Jet2 has canceled all flights to Spain, while budget carrier easyJet has warned of cancelations from March 17 onward
This week we talk about how Covid-19 is affecting Spaniards, and discuss a court investigation into the apparent abuse of a ‘Gran Hermano’ contestant
This week we talk to Guillermo Abril, the journalist who wrote a recent article based on interviews with supporters of the far-right party, and which left no one indifferent
This week we examine how a Spanish actor and activist ended up in court for a Facebook post, and consider the limits of free speech in Spain
This week, we discuss a UN expert’s findings on the serious levels of inequality in the country, and how a social worker managed to collect a deceased man’s Social Security payments
This week we speak to EL PAÍS correspondent Jaime Santirso, who was evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan last week, and recount the drone sightings and emergency landing in the Spanish capital on Monday
This week, we discuss how Brexit will affect Britons living in Spain, and why some tenants are able to pay as little as €7 a month for an apartment in the capital
This week we discuss the latest court case covering the 2017 events in Catalonia, and examine the far-right Vox party’s plan to give parents full control of their children’s studies
This week we talk about Pedro Sánchez being voted back in as prime minister, and the unlikely story of an infamous Spanish ram-raider who was hired by the Chinese mafia to steal precious artworks
This week we talk to Britons in Spain whose lives will be affected by the reelection of the Tories at the recent polls, and examine the initiatives aimed at keeping local watering holes open in deserted parts of the country
This week we discuss Spain’s most notorious alleged fraudster, and examine the death of Marta Calvo, whose body was dismembered and disposed of by a man she met online
This week we discuss the antics inside the lower house when newly elected lawmakers were sworn into their roles, and how a submersible with 3,000 kilos of cocaine on board was caught in Galicia
This week we discuss the far-right party’s denial of gender violence and other polemical positions, and look at why thousands of fish washed up dead in Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon
This week we discuss – what else? – the results of Sunday’s repeat poll and the surprise agreement between Pedro Sánchez and Pablo Iglesias that paves the way for a coalition
This week we discuss the jousting of Spain’s five prime-ministerial candidates on national TV on Monday night, and examine how high-profile rape cases have galvanized women in the fight against sexual abuse
This week we discuss the death of Doctor Vela, the first person to go to trial in relation with irregular adoptions during the Franco era, and ask why the Spanish research sector is lagging behind those of other countries
This week we discuss last week’s disturbances in Catalonia after the Supreme Court ruling, and the long-awaited exhumation of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen
This week we discuss the verdict from one of the most politically relevant trials that Spain has seen in recent years, and the protests it has sparked across Catalonia
This week we discuss the Spanish security firm accused of collecting information on the WikiLeaks founder while he was living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and a disturbing murder case in northern Spain
This week we discuss events surrounding the second anniversary of the referendum in Catalonia, and the latest in the ongoing tug of war over the remains of the Spanish dictator
This week we discuss why Spain is heading back to the polls for the fourth time in four years, and look at the Spanish government’s demand for reciprocity in the conditions for migrants after the UK leaves the EU
In this bonus episode of season 2, the outgoing diplomat discusses Brexit, digital diplomacy and just how Spanish he is after six years in the role
This week we discuss the ongoing efforts by the Socialists and Podemos to hammer out a governing deal, and also look at the U-turn Madrid City Hall has been forced to make on the Madrid Central low-emissions zone