Germans will be allowed to travel to the popular Spanish island of Mallorca at Easter, which many hope will revive the flailing tourism industry. Yet many in Spain are asking if allowing an influx of tourists is worth it.
Germany on Friday added all of Spain, excluding the Canary Islands, to its list of high-risk coronavirus areas, the health ministry said, in a major blow to top tourist destinations like Mallorca.
Germany on Friday added three northern Spanish regions to its list of high-risk destinations, meaning anyone arriving
from those areas will have to produce a negative coronavirus test or go into quarantine for 14 days.
German authorities have warned against non-essential travel to parts of Spain, including popular tourist destination Barcelona, as coronavirus infection numbers rise again over the holiday season.
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says there could be new restrictions imposed on travellers after German tourists ignored coronavirus rules on holiday in Mallorca.
Health Minister Jens Spahn has warned tourists to remain careful when travelling abroad from Germany after reports of Germans partying and ignoring coronavirus rules in Mallorca.
Sophia L. was last seen over a week ago when she hitchhiked out of Leipzig. According to media reports, a woman’s body found in Spain is likely that of the 28-year-old student.
German prosecutors on Tuesday asked a court to order the extradition of Catalonia's ousted president Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest in Germany last month.
Spanish police said Sunday that they have arrested a German fugitive suspected of slitting his girlfriend's throat and have safely recovered the couple's 18-month-old toddler.
UPDATE: A German man blamed for starting a wildfire that caused the death of a park official on the Canary Island of La Palma said he was trying to burn used toilet paper.
Holidaymakers in the Catalan beach resort of Platja d’Aro thought they were caught up in a terrorist attack on Tuesday evening after a group staged a flashmob.
Six hundred people will gather in a tiny village in the French Alps Thursday to mark one year since their loved ones died when a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashed his plane into the mountainside.
One German and seven Italians were among the 13 young female students killed in a weekend coach crash in northeastern Spain, a regional official said Monday.
Berlin is still honouring an agreement struck with Spanish dictator Francisco Franco to pay pensions to fascist volunteers who signed up to fight for Hitler, it has emerged.
Spain's ex-king Juan Carlos had an affair with a German aristocrat for the last 10 years of his reign, according to a new book about the monarch's "double life" that is flying off Spanish bookshelves.
Germany's finance ministry revealed that it had received €360 million in interest payments from Greece since 2010 through its bailout loans to the crisis-stricken country.
Germany on Monday angrily denounced Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for accusing eurozone partners Spain and Portugal of undermining his negotiations with Brussels, saying he had been out of line.
German state prosecutors on Friday said they have taken a Spanish national suspected of forging identification papers for Basque terrorist movement ETA while working at a university into custody.
Police in Germany arrested one of the most wanted fugitive members of the Basque separatist group ETA, Tomas Elorriaga Kunze, who is wanted for forgery and bomb-making, the Spanish government said.
Germany strongly signalled on Monday it will continue to push for fiscal austerity in Europe alongside Spain, even as France was thrown into political turmoil over its economic policy.
A grieving dog owner is suing German airline Air Berlin after he was offered a €100 voucher as compensation for the death of his pet during a flight.
A group of Spanish jobseekers has been left to fend for themselves in a town in central Germany after a company that promised them training, language courses and accommodation failed to deliver.
Germans are offering up their votes to foreigners online over Facebook. Those behind the project think that decisions made in Germany affect other Europeans so much they deserve a say on Sunday.
