HOLIDAYMAKERS' typical profile in Spain has changed since the start of the pandemic: French visitors have outnumbered British tourists in the past 18 months for the first time in history.

ANOTHER mission to evacuate Afghans who were unable to escape their home country in August is due to take place in the next few days, confirms Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles, but details are being kept under wraps for safety reasons.

BRITISH model and pop singer Samantha Fox made a surprise appearance on a chat show on regional television this week – and sang for the audience in gallego.

EACH region in Spain has its own day of the year where it celebrates itself, rather like a birthday but without the age increase involved. Sometimes, a 'regional day' just involves a public holiday, a day off work where everything is shut, although o...

A CIVIL Code reform will mean domestic animals' welfare is considered where their owners divorce, and judges have the power to decide custody and access régimes in the event of dispute.

VISITORS to or residents in the Comunidad Valenciana seeking a day out over the October bank holiday will have plenty of options under one roof at the iconic City of Arts and Sciences – from 4D films of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and of the BBC d...

SPAIN'S government says it does not intend to relax rules on wearing masks inside buildings 'just yet', recalling that these will also protect the population from typical autumn and winter infections such as influenza and the common cold.

NATIONAL health authorities have agreed for all residents aged 70 and over to be given a third Covid vaccine dose, which will be coordinated by local GP clinics along with their annual 'flu jab, and is 'considering' extending dose number three to the...

RESIDENTIAL property sales in August this year were at their highest since 2007, the peak year of the housing market 'boom', according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

PRACTICALLY every expat or regular visitor can remember their first words in Spanish. They may not be the first you were taught, or learned from a self-teaching course pack, but the ones that most stuck in your head, or the first sentence you were ab...

SPAIN'S candidate for 'Best International Film' at the 2022 Oscars has been revealed – one that shows 'Bond villain' Javier Bardem as the 'perfect' business owner.

A THIRD Covid vaccine dose has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the general population following successful trials on volunteers aged 18 to 55 inclusive, although each member State will be allowed to decide for itself whether ...

WOMEN all over Spain have plenty to be grateful for this month – the 90th anniversary of the female vote which, even for residents who can never cast their ballot because of being a foreigner, was still a life-changing turn of history which has mad...

MOTORSPORT 'pioneer' Álex Palou started out training and competing with the likes of Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen, but at the career crossroads, he swerved off down a different path – that's why you've probably never heard of him.

BRITISH Royal family saga The Crown is due to enter its fifth season – and will be swapping the streets of London for the Plaza de América, and Sandringham for Sevilla.