Matricide in Madrid

A 58-yar-old man has been arrested after his mother, aged 87, died of severe head injuries in Madrid on Monday night (9 March). The incident happened in the largely affluent San Blas neighbourhood, home of the Atletico Madrid football team. The emergency services were informed at about 1.30am after local residents heard screaming from the apartment. They performed CPR on the victim but were unable to revive her. Her son was later arrested on suspicion of murder and it is reported that he suffers from mental disorders and has a history of similar incidents. This was the ninth murder in Madrid so far in 2020.

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23 May 2020
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Spain announce “we’re open for tourism from July”

It was announced today that foreign tourists will be able to return to Spain from July 1st, Pedro Sánchez also announced that Spain's top-flight soccer league, La Liga, will restart games next month.

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20 May 2020
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Face masks in Spain are now compulsory as new rules are made today

After more than two months of lockdown measures and when the coronavirus was at its peak, you would have thought that it would be then that face masks were compulsory to be worn in public. Only now after months of research, the Spanish government have made new rules making the use of protective face masks obligatory in public spaces.

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19 May 2020
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Phase Two De Escalation 26 May

Cinemas, theatres, auditoriums and other similar establishments for cultural performances may re-open, at a third of their capacity, also allowed are wedding celebrations or other social religious ceremonies, friends and family in groups up to 15 people, retail and service provision, shopping centres and shopping parks can reopen to the public. Bar and restaurant activities, the reopening to the public of these establishments for consumption on the premises, except for nightclub bars and nightlife bars, as long as they do not exceed forty per cent of their capacity and the public areas of the hotels and tourist accommodation may be reopened to the public, provided that they do not exceed a third of their capacity.

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