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Costa Cruises are now planning a restart of operations in Spain on July 3, having previously announced that this would be June 14. The cruise operator is scheduling a ship to depart from Barcelona on this later date, but there has yet to be official confirmation from the Spanish government that cruise tourism can resume. There has been a ban since March last year, with the exception of the Canaries, where special authorisation was given in late October. Luigi Stefanelli, the Costa Cruises director for Spain and Portugal, is warning of a loss of market share for Spain, given that other countr...

The school will actually open on May 4. The town hall has paid for the school, when payment for such things is the government’s responsibility.

Britain’s exit from the European Union has hit Spanish imports from Britain in the first two months of the year as new EU trade rules disrupt trade flows across the Channel. Spain’s imports from the UK decreased 49% in the first two months of the year compared with the same period a year ago. By contrast, intra-EU trade data showed Spanish imports fell only 7%, the Spanish industry ministry said on Thursday. During the same period, Spanish exports to Britain decreased 15%, much more than the 5.1% drop of Spain’s sales to other EU partners. The ministry hasn’t provided trade balance da...

Hopes that the great British getaway would be possible this summer grew, with easyJet predicting that most of Europe would be open for travel and British Airways confident on routes to the U.S., despite ongoing uncertainty. Europe's travel industry, battered by the pandemic, is counting on British holidaymakers to lead a tourism rebound this summer. After one of the world's fastest vaccination programmes, Britons could be permitted to travel from late May. But over the last month, a third wave of coronavirus infections in continental Europe has cast doubts on the bumper return of travel. T...

Astilleros de Mallorca expands operations to Port Tarraco Astilleros de Mallorca shipyard has announced the opening of its new offices in Port Tarraco, Spain… Having established a new refit service location in Port Tarraco, Astilleros de Mallorca is now able to assist yachts with refit and repair solutions while berthed in Tarragona and the surrounding area. “The inauguration of this new service location is a very important and positive step for us and we are looking forward to support captains and engineers in their refit, repair and maintenance plans,” comments Carlos ...