KING Felipe VI's traditional Christmas Eve night speech called for 'public institutions' to 'show responsibility' and be 'an example of moral integrity', as well as urging society 'not to take backwards steps' in the battle against the Coronavirus pa...

THIS year's presidential message to troops spending Christmas on overseas missions focused in particular on the Forces' heroic efforts in evacuating over 2,300 Afghans plus numerous Spanish nationals via Kabul airport (pictured) after the Taliban reg...

WET-WIPES wrongly flushed down the toilet are an expensive environmental headache, causing fatbergs and backflowing from drains, ending up in rivers, the sea, and coating beaches – but a team of researchers at Málaga University has found a way to ...

The number of mortgages signed in Spain went up by 27.9% in October compared with the same month last year. A total of 36,249 deals were signe - the highest figure for the month of October since 2010.

From 1st January 2022 there will be changes to the manufacturers' guarantees that come with new electrical goods. The Spanish Consumers' Association (OCU) has confirmed that products sold from the beginning of next year will come with a three-year ma...

On Christmas Eve face masks will once again become compulsory outdoors as well as in shops, public transport, public buildings, restaurants, bars, etc. 

The Christmas lottery in a quintessential part of Spanish festive traditions, just like setting up a nativity scene in your home or, decorating the tree or serving smoked salmon for dinner on Christmas Eve.  Year after year, millions of Spaniard...

86148 is the winning number in this year's Spanish Christmas lottery. It was sold across Spain, with many tickets being sold in Madrid, and a high proportion of them in the lottery outlet in Atocha train station, the capital's high-speed train (AVE) ...

Two griffin vultures and two eagle-owls, nursed back to health in the Centre for the Recovery of Threatened Species (C.R.E.A.) in Los Villares, Córdoba, were released back into the wild on Friday.

Almost half the reported Covid cases in Spain are now testing as the highly contagious Omicron variant, with the proportion shooting up from 3.4% to 47.2% in just one week according to the latest data from the Ministry of Health.

Changeable weather will be the order of the day for Christmas week, with rain forecast in various parts of the country. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are likely to be wet in a number of regions, as an intense storm and several cold weather fronts h...

Spanish President, Pedro Sánchez, today announced that he has called all the regional leaders to a video conference next Wednesday, December 22nd, in order to discuss the Covid situation, and to coordinate regional responses to the current sharp inc...

If you are on the lookout for the perfect place to hide away from the hordes this Christmas and New Year, you might well be tempted by one of these tiny villages, tucked away in some of Spain's most scenic areas.

2022 will see six new restaurants in the Comunitat Valenciana boasting a Michelin star, whilst four of the region's restaurants are set to lose the coveted gourmet distinction. The region's overall number of Michelin stars will increase from 21 to 22...

ON-DEMAND public transport in Mijas (Málaga province) has been extended from this week, and will now cover out-of-town urbanisations that are not on the conventional bus route.