TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Belgian party prince fined for breaking lockdown in Spain
Change Size
Prince Joachim, Prince Amedeo, Princess Laetitia Maria, Princess Astrid of Belgium and Prince Lorenz of Belgium pose during a photoshoot of the Belgian Royal Family at the Castle of Laeken-Laken in Brussels on September 2, 2012. (AFP/Dirk Waem)
B
elgian prince Joachim has been fined 10,400 euros ($11,800) in Spain for violating lockdown rules on a trip to the Andalusian city of Cordoba, a government official told AFP on Wednesday.
Joachim, who arrived at the end of May, admitted the offence after website El Confidencial broke the story.
The fine was "for breaking confinement, which he has recognized, he's been notified and 10,400 euros are required", the official said.
The website leaked a report from the regional health authority that "a person who had traveled from Belgium ... met a total of 27 friends and acquaintances on May 26 at a Cordoba residential building".
Gatherings of no more than 15 people were allowed in the southern area under measures imposed to fight the pandemic.
Two days after the party, the same person from Belgium tested positive for coronavirus, the report said.
The 28-year-old prince, a nephew of the Belgian king, has 15 days to appeal the fine.
Spain has suffered more than 27,000 coronavirus fatalities and imposed strict lockdown rules which are due to be fully lifted at the end of the month.
