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PODCAST: Covid-19, Summer '21 and the end of the state of alarm
With curfew lifted after six months and vaccinations ramping up what might the summer look like?
state of alarm
Society
Catalan government to refund 23,000 fines worth €4m from first state of alarm
Society
Police break up Barcelona street parties on first full weekend with no curfew
Society
Restaurants serve on-site dinners for first time since December
Society
6,500 celebrating end of curfew dispersed in Barcelona in first night after state of alarm
State of alarm and curfew come to an end in Catalonia after 195 days
Cultural and sports venues to open until 11 pm from Sunday
Stores may be allowed to close at 10 pm while curfew will no longer be in place
Politics
Spain's Supreme Court will have final say on Covid measures when state of alarm ends
Government to allow bars and restaurants to serve on-site in evenings again from May 10
Spain rules out extending state of alarm past May 9
Politics
State of alarm measures on evictions and rent to be extended beyond May
Ban on evicting vulnerable families and possibility of delay or partial forgiveness for large landlords now set to last until August
Society
Spanish government don’t rule out further extension of state of alarm
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