Tag: madrid
Capital pleasures: Plan a trip to Madrid this Spring, it has so much to offer
IT was a bright, sunny New Year’s Day in 2007 and we were walking out of the Ritz hotel down Paseo de la Castellana...
Train operator joins forces with Vega Baja city to promote popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA council, who cover expat areas like Campoamor, the Orihuela Costa, and Mil Palmeras, has joined forces with state rail operator RENFE to promote...
FRENCH CONNECTION as young people head south to Spain’s Madrid for bar and restaurant life
YOUNG French people chasing an open bar or restaurant are travelling to Madrid, where COVID-19 restrictions are less restrictive.
The Madrid regional government has been...
UNDER PRESSURE: Spain’s first high-pressure hydrogen refuelling station set up to prove viability of the green technology
SPAIN’s first high-pressure hydrogen refuelling station has been set up.
With a supply capacity of 700 bar pressure, the new station is part of a...
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH: Former Madrid regional president faces three years in prison over master’s forgery scandal
THE court case against former Madrid regional president Cristina Cifuentes over accusations that she forged her master’s degree has now entered its final stage.
Cifuentes...
President Sanchez visits Costa Blanca as local mayor brands Madrid rail link a “historic milestone” for the region
THE MAYOR of Orihuela and other dignitaries welcomed Spain’s President Sanchez, as the new AVE rail link to Madrid officially opened.
A direct link to...
Adrift in Madrid’s white weekend
IF we thought the bells on New Year’s Eve marked the end of our troubles, a historic snowfall in and around Madrid prompted a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Snow and severe weather bring four deaths and travel chaos to Spain as army called in, flights...
The first reported victims were a South American couple who drowned in Mijas after their car was swept away by surging water
WATCH: Couple arrested for robbing cemeteries of over 2 tonnes of bronze statues throughout Spain’s Toledo region
A MARRIED couple have been detained for the theft of nearly half a million euros worth of statues and ornaments from cemeteries in central...
Boa constrictor escapes from house in Spain’s Madrid causing alarm with neighbours
AN agent of the Environmental Unit (UMA) in Madrid has caught a large boa constrictor that escaped from a house in the district of...
Lavish praise for Malaga –and a top ten slot among European destinations for US expats
The survey, reported in Forbes magazine for wealthy Americans, placed Malaga in 10th, San Sebastian fourth and Madrid in second
Woman arrested for skipping €500 taxi fare to Spain’s Costa Blanca from Madrid
A TAXI passenger tried to avoid paying a €500 fare but was caught in a Alicante street after the cab driver chased her down.
The...
Weekend of riots across Spain in wake of new COVID-19 restrictions
CITIES across Spain awoke this morning to the aftermath of chaotic scenes as violent demonstrations took place against new COVID-19 regulations.
One of the largest...
Spain’s Prado fuses tech with art in first official museum guide for Android and iOS phones
THE Museo Nacional del Prado, in collaboration with Samsung, has created a mobile application that contains a guide to the most outstanding works on...
Illegal cigarette factories which churned out 18,000 fags per MINUTE dismantled in Spain’s Madrid and Costa Blanca
A total of 38 people were arrested, believed to be the core of a ‘highly specialised organisation’ run by Bulgarians
BREAKING: Spain declares state of alarm in Madrid to close down majority of region ahead of bank holiday weekend
It comes after weeks of disagreements between Madrid and Moncloa as the former became the epicentre of the second COVID-19 wave in Spain
WATCH: Police discover 26,000 baby chicks left to die at Spain’s Madrid airport as hunt begins for those responsible
SPANISH National Police rescued some 20,000 live chicks abandoned at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, last weekend.
They had been crammed into tiny cardboard boxes...
WATCH: Madrid train station PACKED as hundreds head from COVID-19 epicentre to Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca
As new measures and restrictions were announced earlier this week, scores of students or those with second homes hopped on trains to the likes of Benidorm and Malaga
Doctors and teachers banned from speaking out to media about COVID-19 in Spain’s Madrid
An internal statement released by regional leader Isabel Ayuso urged the affected workers to 'never act on their own' when talking to media outlets
Spain registers 31,785 COVID-19 cases over weekend while Madrid REFUSES to close down as emergency meeting with central government...
An extra-ordinary meeting this evening between the Minister of Health Salvador Illa and councillor for the Community of Madrid Enrique Ruiz Escudero has ended without an agreement, according to sources from the Madrid executive
Opera in Madrid abruptly ends after crowd becomes infuriated by lack of social distancing measures
The venue was forced to interrupt a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera on Sunday night after safety concerns caused a protest among the audience
Demand increases to simplify squatter evictions as banks are blamed for part of the problem
SPANISH banks that own empty properties are part of the problem with illegal squatting in communities, claims a report.
Their poor communication and lack of...
Spain’s Basque Country warns of ‘tsunami’ of COVID-19 cases as it prepares to declare health emergency while Madrid remains...
Regional president Isabel Ayuso said the situation 'is not going to be much different from what we have seen these last few months' as the contagion is less severe and the affected are younger
King Felipe reminded to wear his mask by teenage daughter during memorial event for COVID-19 victims
The absent minded mistake came after King Felipe had just given a speech commemorating the 28,400 people who have died of coronavirus in Spain
Police reveal 19 victims of ‘sextortion’ throughout Spain, four arrested in Madrid
POLICIA NACIONAL have detained four people that allegedly conned over €7,000 from victims in a 'sextortion' scam.
They posed as women offering sexual services on...
Multi-millionaire rocks art world with removal of Mata Mua painting from Madrid gallery as talks with Spanish Government crumble
KNOWN as ‘La Misteriosa’, she has shadily presided over an art collection worth €390 million that counts Matisse, Picasso and Rodin among its 429...