Rental cap on the cards

THE Spanish government is pushing ahead with plans to limit residential property rental prices, with legislation expected before the summer. Minister Jose Luis Abalos made the announcement in the Congress of Deputies last week, although full details are yet to be confirmed. The caps will apply to parts of towns and cities where average rental is high or has risen sharply due to factors such as the booming holiday rental market. However, before the legislation can be finalised the government will need to have access to the official rental prices statistics, which should be ready at the end of March. Such measures already exist in Germany and France and a spokesman said that this has become an “extraordinary social problem that requires a bold administration to take equally exceptional measures.”

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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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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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