HOLIDAYMAKERS on 'staycation' in Spain are now back to pre-pandemic levels – or even higher – in many regions, although foreign tourist numbers still have some catching up to do.

A VILLAGE in the province of Teruel is calling for a family with school-aged children to go and live there, offering guaranteed employment, three months' free rent and a heavily-discounted price thereafter.

ECONOMY minister Nadia Calviño has celebrated the 'huge' and 'positive' news that Spain has just received its first €9 billion from the European Union as part of the post-Covid recovery cash.

KING Mohammed VI of Morocco has contacted Spain's president Pedro Sánchez and expressed his wish to 'turn over the page' and 'start again' – an announcement Sánchez calls 'great news'.

OVER half of all secondary school-aged students have now had at least their first dose of the Covid vaccine, with two weeks to go before the new term starts.

A FEMALE soldier embracing an Afghan woman who had just arrived on an evacuee plane in Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid) has gone viral and shown the 'human' side of the Armed Forces.

ROAD traffic rules such as the meaning of signs and markings and use of lanes are similar in the majority of countries, but some minor elements differ as we cross borders and, in practice, a lot of native or resident drivers in a given country may no...

CAPTAINS of Afghanistan's national wheelchair basketball women's and men's teams have landed at the military airport of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid region) to start a new life.

FOR the second time in less than four years, Spain is home to the world's oldest man – Saturnino, who is 112-and-a-half, now holds the title after Emilio Flores from Puerto Rico passed away just over a week ago.

TOP Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has announced he will be taking the rest of 2021 off in order to recover fully from an injury that has been 'playing up' for more than a year.

IT IS not easy to stay anonymous when your car is clamped in a city-centre street and it just so happens to be a £150,000 (€172,500) Aston Martin Vantage – as Manchester United's David de Gea has just found out. 

FORMER Spain football team captain and World Cup goalkeeper Iker Casillas is helping tackle a giant forest fire in Castilla y León and rake up withered scrubland to prevent flare-ups where it has not yet reached.

A TISSUE used by Leo Messi to dry his tears and blow his nose during his emotional departure from FC Barcelona has been put up for auction for US$1 million.

A FRENCH astronaut who orbits Earth 16 times a day takes a photo of his favourite city from space every 24 hours and greets its residents on Twitter.

PRETTY Woman star Richard Gere has been seen on holiday in the Galicia coastal town of Oleiros (A Coruña province), where his wife Alejandra Silva was born and grew up.