Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.3 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.5 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), surpassed only by Berlin, and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest in the EU, smaller only than Paris. The municipality covers 604.3 km2 (233.3 sq mi).
Real Madrid release a special video with their soccer and basketball stars saying "Let's fill the Bernabeu with solidarity" after the club announces that their stadium will be used as a makeshift..
Madrid’s ice skating rink is now being used as a makeshift morgue given the rapid increase in deaths in the Spanish capital owing to the Covid-19 outbreak. Security forces guarded the outside of the..
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A Military Emergency Unit member disinfects Nuevos Ministerios metro station during a partial lockdown as part of a 15-day state of emergency to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in..
Since Spain went into lockdown on Saturday March 14, all residents are only allowed to leave the house for food, essential work and medicine. One Briton living in the city of Madrid describes his..
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International school teacher Liberty Cunningham discusses the switch to remote learning at schools across the UK in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Miss Cunningham, who has been in lockdown since..
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Bleary-eyed and stressed, travelers scrambled at European airports to board flights to the United States on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping travel restrictions to curb the..
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Schools and universities were closed in Madrid on Wednesday as the government took measures to address the spread of the new coronavirus. Hospitals were busy, with some people wearing masks on..
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Spanish authorities have scrapped two upcoming performances by embattled opera star Placido Domingo "in solidarity" with his alleged sexual misconduct victims.
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Madrid's regional government said on Thursday it would put in place emergency measures to help nursing homes struggling with the coronavirus outbreak as deaths among their vulnerable population.. Reuters - Published
A university student worries that Australia is making the same mistakes with coronavirus that she witnessed while on exchange in Spain. The Age - Published
Spain now has more coronavirus deaths than any country except Italy, after adding 738 fatalities on Wednesday. The one-day spike increased Spain’s death toll to 3,434, exceeding the 3,285 deaths in.. WorldNews - Published
Spain reported its sharpest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Tuesday with infections rising among health workers, while funeral vans began arriving at Madrid's ice rink, hastily transformed into.. Reuters - Published
The first hearse arrived on Tuesday at Madrid's ice rink, hastily transformed into a makeshift mortuary as Spanish authorities scrambled to deal with a rising death toll from the coronavirus. Reuters - Published
MADRID: Spanish soldiers deployed to help fight the new coronavirus outbreak have found elderly patients abandoned, and sometimes dead, at retirement homes, as an ice rink inside a Madrid shopping mall.. WorldNews - Published
A Madrid ice rink is to be used as a makeshift morgue for coronavirus victims, as the number of cases in the capital rose to 10,575 and 1,263 deaths, city authorities said on Monday. Reuters - Published
MADRID, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to 33,089 in Spain Monday, up from 28,572 a day earlier, according to the daily figures released by the... WorldNews - Published
MADRID: Plácido Domingo announced Sunday (Monday in Manila) that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The 79-year-old opera singer’s illness comes after his own glittering career had recently.. WorldNews - Published
MADRID, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday that his government was seeking to extend the current state of emergency, which was declared on March 14, for another 15.. WorldNews - Published
Spanish authorities said on Friday they would turn a Madrid conference centre into a giant military hospital for coronavirus patients, as Europe's second-worst outbreak claimed another 235 lives and.. Reuters - Published
MADRID – La Liga and Santander bank have joined the #LaLigaSantanderChallenge, designed by Spanish video game influencer, Ibai Llanos. The company invited the La Liga clubs to take part in an online.. WorldNews - Published
Madrid prosecutors have opened an investigation into a complaint by a patients' rights association over a string of coronavirus-related deaths at a nursing home, a spokesman for the prosecutors' office.. Reuters - Published
MADRID, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Spain rose to 11,178 on Tuesday, an increase of almost 2,000 from Monday's, the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social.. WorldNews - Published
Madrid's streets were eerily quiet on Monday as Spaniards spent their first working day under a state of emergency which a minister said will need to be extended beyond the two weeks initially.. Reuters - Published
Guatemala has registered its first fatality from coronavirus infection, an elderly man who had recently visited Madrid, Health Minister Hugo Monroy said on Sunday, in one of the first deaths from the.. Reuters - Published
The tones of Madrid's archbishop rang through an echoey and empty Almudena cathedral on Sunday evening, as he gave his first digital-only Sunday service due to coronavirus. Reuters - Published
Authorities in Madrid urged people to stay home, the southern city of Seville announced the cancellation of hugely popular Holy Week celebrations and shops in several regions shut down on Saturday as.. Reuters - Published
The Spanish health ministry said the number of coronavirus cases in the country jumped to 4,209 on Friday from Thursday's 3,004 e as the disease spread mostly in Madrid, the Basque Country and La Rioja.. Reuters - Published
All restaurants, bars and shops in Madrid will need to close over the coronavirus epidemic, with only supermarkets and pharmacies allowed to remain open, Spanish media said on Friday. Reuters - Published
A consignment of medical supplies sent by China to help Italy and Spain contain the coronavirus has arrived in Europe, the Chinese embassy in Madrid said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Bleary-eyed and stressed, U.S. and European travelers at Madrid's Barajas airport scrambled to board the last flights back to the United States before a 30-day suspension intended to curb the spread of.. Reuters - Published
All of Madrid's state-run museums, including the Prado, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, will be closed to the public due to the coronavirus epidemic that has hit the Spanish capital,.. Reuters - Published
Highlights of Today in History: Bomb attack on Madrid's commuter trains; Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic found dead; Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of Soviet Union; General Douglas.. USATODAY.com - Published
Spain's government has banned all public events with an attendance of more than 1,000 people in Madrid, two areas in the Basque Country and La Rioja in an effort to contain the spread of the.. Reuters - Published
Parents across the Madrid region scrambled for ways to cope with a two-week shutdown of schools starting Wednesday in the hope of stemming the spread of coronavirus, while authorities prepared to carry.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Santander has moved around 60 employees from its trading floor at its group headquarters on the outskirts of Madrid to a different location in the capital as part of its contingency plans.. Reuters - Published
Spain's Health Minister Salvador Illa confirmed on Monday that the region of Madrid would suspend all school and university activity for two weeks from Wednesday as the authorities raised the level of.. Reuters - Published
Kindergartens, schools and universities in the Madrid region will close for two weeks from Wednesday as a precaution against coronavirus, officials said on Monday, as the disease spread further around.. Reuters - Published
A 99-year old woman who became Spain's third coronavirus death was a resident at a Madrid nursing home where at least nine people have been diagnosed with the infection, local health authorities said.. Reuters - Published
Ten residents of a Madrid nursing home and a health worker have tested positive for coronavirus, the region's social affairs authority said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Zinedine Zidane said the Clasico on Sunday will not decide the title race even if Real Madrid lose to Barcelona and fall five points behind them in La Liga.","content":"Zinedine Zidane said the Clasico.. WorldNews - Published
Placido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain’s main opera houses after he apologised for sexually harassing women. A statement from the Teatro Real in Madrid said that.. WorldNews - Published
A Spanish carnival troupe whose Holocaust-themed parade outraged Jewish human rights groups and Israel's embassy in Madrid has canceled its remaining shows, organizers said on Wednesday. Reuters - Published
Should travelers avoid parts of the world near coronavirus hotspots? Or go - but then tread carefully? The official advice they receive may depend on whether they live in Amsterdam, Helsinki, Madrid or.. Reuters - Published
Roger Federer will play the French Open as his only clay-court tournament this season, says his agent Tony Godsick. The Swiss skipped the entire clay court season in 2017 and 2018 and last year played.. WorldNews - Published
MADRID (Reuters) - Barely a month since he was sacked as Barcelona coach, Ernesto Valverde has begun pondering his next management job, but he fancies going somewhere off the beaten track. ...... WorldNews - Published
The Madrid headquarters of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc were temporarily evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat which proved to be false, Spanish police said. Reuters - Published
Real Madrid rallied to a 4-1 win at Osasuna to increase its lead over Barcelona to six points in the Spanish league ahead of its rival playing Real Betis later ...... WorldNews - Published
MADRID (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert on Friday lambasted Spain for its treatment of its poor, saying the country’s post-crisis economic policies have benefited businesses and the wealthy, but.. WorldNews - Published
A return to Barcelona could be on the cards for Adama Traore. Wolves star Traore has taken the Premier League and Europe by storm with his performances this season. Barcelona's LaLiga rivals Real.. WorldNews - Published
MADRID (AP) — Real Sociedad ended Real Madrid's 21-game unbeaten run by winning 4-3 at the Santiago Bernabéu on Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals for the first time in six years. The.. WorldNews - Published
MADRID (Reuters) - Roberto Soldado scored a stoppage time penalty to send Granada into the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 2-1 win over holders Valencia on Tuesday. ...... WorldNews - Published
An Air Canada Boeing 767 with 128 passengers returned safely to Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday after reporting an engine issue and a burst tire on take-off that forced it to circle for hours to.. Reuters - Published
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