A SITE for test-driving drones and learning to pilot them within a built-up area is due to be set up in Spain – the first of its type in Europe.

BASQUE Country inhabitants who have no 'outside influence' in their DNA may truly be a different race and once had no connections to natives of the Iberian Peninsula as a whole – in fact, 'genetically unique', according to research at Barcelona's P...

KING Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia have arrived in Andorra for an official visit – which might not seem very newsworthy were it not for the fact they are the first Spanish monarchs to do so in 602 years.

SPAIN is missing its fiestas so much that, for some residents, these are uppermost on their minds – especially with Easter on the horizon and the probability of the hauntingly-emotional Good Friday parades being off the agenda for the second year r...

A PROPOSED takeover bid by CaixaBank for State-run entity Bankia has been approved by the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC), subject to certain caveats about charges for accounts and cashpoint use, and ensuring banking services conti...

PROBABLY the largest Goya exhibition in recent memory, the world première of a display now open in Granada features over 1,000 pictures, set to music.

ONE of Spain's top scientists and key experts in viral contagion has warned the public to look out for a seemingly-harmless habit before walking into a shop or other closed building.

NATIONAL supermarket chain Mercadona is seeking extra staff for the long Easter and the summer seasons, which will initially be temporary but could become permanent depending upon business needs in the near future.

TRAFFIC authorities in Spain have used Formula 1 legend Fernando Alonso's bike crash in Switzerland to illustrate how to avoid accidents on two wheels, but 'without prejudice' as the actual cause of the racing driver's mishap.

AN 'EXAMPLE' of anti-Covid management that has made it to the cover of The New York Times, but not through confining its inhabitants or any other restrictions – a municipality in Catalunya has suddenly leapt onto the global media stage.

SPAIN will restart administration of the AstraZeneca or 'Oxford' vaccine from this coming Wednesday (March 24) based upon a European Medicines Agency (EMA) verdict that it is 'safe and effective' and that the 'benefits outweigh the risks'.

FOR the second year running, the Valencia region's massive March Fallas fiestas are off the agenda due to the pandemic, but celebrations are still happening somehow or another – firework displays are still due to take place tonight (Friday), even i...

SPAIN has become the sixth country on earth to legalise the right to euthanasia for patients in extreme, constant and incurable pain with no possible relief, subject to a series of strict criteria aimed at preventing abuse, coercion or malpractice.

FREE public transport passes for all residents in Marbella will be automatically renewed for two years, the council has announced.

IF YOU'RE brave enough and you live in the Huesca-province town of Fiscal, you're just in time for a free 'go' on the brand-new zip-line that opened this week, as Thursday, March 18 is the final day for residents to try it out without charge.