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THE WAY FORWARD? Barcelona concert with 5,000 punters analysed by authorities in Spain’s Valencia ready for summer festivals

Live music has been one of the hardest-hit sectors by the anti-COVID restrictions, suffering losses of over 90% in some cases.

31 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Coronavirus·Entertainment·La Cultura·Valencia·Valencian Community

The Queen and Goya! Letizia travels to Zaragoza to celebrate 275th birthday of Spain’s most famous painter

QUEEN Letizia never puts a fashion foot wrong, and continued to show off her array of glamorous ensembles as she attended celebrations to mark 275

30 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Celebrity·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Other News

PICASSO: Spain’s most famous artist was a rogue when it came to love

As the Picasso Museum unveils a new photo exhibition into the life of the artist, Eloise Horsfield takes a look at the colourful man behind

28 Mar, 2021 @ 16:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Spain’s Picasso Museum in Malaga will be showing a work on loan from the Musee national Picasso-Paris

THANKS to an exchange of works, the Picasso Museum Malaga will host, until 2022, the guest work ‘Copa, periodico y dado’ (Glass, dice and newspaper)

27 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Valencia’s oldest drive-in cinema under threat thanks to Spain’s COVID-19 curfew

A cultural landmark in the Valencian town of Denia has issued a plea to the local government for help as the impending summer equinox threatens

26 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain's efforts to 'rebrand' world's tallest cross and Franco-era monument in Madrid meet howls of protest from the far-right

Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial

SPAIN’S government is set to approve an immediate €650,000 of funding to exhume and identify victims of the country’s Civil War that were buried at

26 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·National News

‘Holy Week at Home’ promoted in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SAN FULGENCIO, in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region, will celebrate ‘Holy Week from home’ through online concerts and processions. The municipality includes the urbanisation of

25 Mar, 2021 @ 13:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

SHIP AHOY! 17th century Spanish galleon replica on show at Valencia Marina

Tickets can be bought at the ship itself, located next to the Veles e Vents complex at Valencia Marina, or at tickets.velacuadra.es.

25 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Carmen Thyssen Museum in Spain’s Malaga celebrates its 10th anniversary with an open day

THE Carmen Thyssen Museum is celebrating its tenth anniversary this Wednesday, March 24, with an open day. Visitors will have the opportunity to visit both

23 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Major coup as worldwide sporting event comes to popular city on Spain’s Costa Blanca in December

TORREVIEJA is to host Spain’s first International Women’s Handball competition, this December. Alicante Council is coordinating the event, which is expected to attract the best

21 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Sport

Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival will return this summer with more than 50 concerts

This summer, Fuengirola’s Sohail Castle will once again host a new edition of the Marenostrum Festival. More than 30 artists, currently Spanish or Latino, are

20 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time of year

Check www.aemet.es for updated weather information throughout Spain.

19 Mar, 2021 @ 11:15

Alicante·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community·Weather

STRIP FOR ACTION: The Full Monty musical to tour Spain

IT’S time to strip for action – in fact, to go The Full Monty. A €2 million production of the musical version of the British

18 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Entertainment·La Cultura·Other News

Now’s the time to write your book! English-speaking Kindle books soar during lockdown in Spain

By Henry Baum “I’m an American novelist living in Valencia, Spain. When I moved from Los Angeles in 2014, I brought my book promotion company

16 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

La Cultura·National News·Other News·Sponsored

WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida

A PHOENICIAN ship that sank off the Murcian coast will see the light of day again after some 2,700 years. The wreck of the Mazarrón

16 Mar, 2021 @ 14:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Murcia

Part of the 'Skins' cast on tour through the UK

ONION SKINS: Local brand of onions from Spain’s Valencia featured in British smash hit series on Netflix

A BRAND of onions grown in a Valencian town has become famous after appearing in British Netflix hit series Skins. The programme is a teen

16 Mar, 2021 @ 12:00

Celebrity·Entertainment·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

10 ways you can trace your family tree

Finding out where your family came from can be an eye-opening and life-changing discovery. Here are ten ways you can trace your family tree. Delving

16 Mar, 2021 @ 09:19

La Cultura

1200px Spa 2014 San Lorenzo De El Escorial Valley Of The Fallen (valle De Los Caídos)

Historical memory: Barcelona university enlisted to document Spain’s Valley of the Fallen victims

FAMILIES of the victims buried at the Valley of the Fallen will soon receive information on their loved ones thanks to a new collaboration between

15 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

La Cultura·Lead

The 20 most common last names in Europe, ranked

Family names are at the heart of a country’s history. So, to find out all you need to know about European nations, looking at the

15 Mar, 2021 @ 09:18

La Cultura

CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain

AN ancient burial site in the Murcia region suggests that women may have ruled the roost in the early Bronze age. That possibility is being

14 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Murcia

Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SPAIN’S Culture Commission in the national senate has rejected a motion that wanted the government to permanently transfer an iconic statue back to Elche. The

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Art Revolutionaries At The Mayoral Gallery

A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid

THE first exposition from the Mayoral gallery in Madrid, ‘Zóbel and great postwar artists’, inaugurated this Thursday, March 11. The display runs until March 21

13 Mar, 2021 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Other News

‘The Hidden Path’: Feminist masterpiece by beloved Spanish author translated into English for first time

MORE than 75 years after its conception, Elena Fortun’s secret Sapphic novel is coming out in English. Written during her exile in Argentina between 1939-1948,

8 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

La Cultura·Lead

Malaga village pays tribute to rural women in dramatic urban art piece for International Women’s Day

A SMALL village in deep inland Malaga has enlisted the skills of two local artists to transform the whitewashed walls into a tribute to rural

8 Mar, 2021 @ 12:45

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

‘The Girls’: Convent-school drama by first-time female director scoops Spain’s top film prize

The Girls, a coming of age drama by a first time female feature film director has scooped the best film award in the 2021 Goyas,

8 Mar, 2021 @ 10:56

La Cultura·Lead

Unique museum celebrating famous poet receives continued council support on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has renewed its association with the Miguel Hernández University and Iberfol SL for the conservation of the Miguel Hernández Fig Tree Museum.

3 Mar, 2021 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

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THE WAY FORWARD? Barcelona concert with 5,000 punters analysed by authorities in Spain’s Valencia ready for summer festivals

The Queen and Goya! Letizia travels to Zaragoza to celebrate 275th birthday of Spain’s most famous painter

PICASSO: Spain’s most famous artist was a rogue when it came to love

Spain’s Picasso Museum in Malaga will be showing a work on loan from the Musee national Picasso-Paris

Valencia’s oldest drive-in cinema under threat thanks to Spain’s COVID-19 curfew

Spain set to exhume Franco victims from controversial Valley of the Fallen and return them to relatives for burial

‘Holy Week at Home’ promoted in popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

SHIP AHOY! 17th century Spanish galleon replica on show at Valencia Marina

Carmen Thyssen Museum in Spain’s Malaga celebrates its 10th anniversary with an open day

Major coup as worldwide sporting event comes to popular city on Spain’s Costa Blanca in December

Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival will return this summer with more than 50 concerts

FALLAS SNOWED OFF?: Parts of Spain’s Valencia covered in white as region registers extremely unusual low temperatures for time of year

STRIP FOR ACTION: The Full Monty musical to tour Spain

Now’s the time to write your book! English-speaking Kindle books soar during lockdown in Spain

WATCH: Endangered sunken wreck from pre-biblical times to be rescued from seabed on Spain’s Costa Calida

ONION SKINS: Local brand of onions from Spain’s Valencia featured in British smash hit series on Netflix

10 ways you can trace your family tree

Historical memory: Barcelona university enlisted to document Spain’s Valley of the Fallen victims

The 20 most common last names in Europe, ranked

CROWN IMPERIAL as Bronze Age burial area in Murcia suggests that women could have ruled ancient Spain

Fresh bid fails to get iconic ‘Lady of Elche’ back to her home turf on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 1.2 million Picasso on sale at the first Mayoral gallery exhibition in Spain’s Madrid

‘The Hidden Path’: Feminist masterpiece by beloved Spanish author translated into English for first time

Malaga village pays tribute to rural women in dramatic urban art piece for International Women’s Day

‘The Girls’: Convent-school drama by first-time female director scoops Spain’s top film prize

Unique museum celebrating famous poet receives continued council support on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Guernica: The horror behind Picasso’s masterpiece – and Hitler’s decision to decimate the Basque town in 1937

Wizz Air boss tells holidaymakers not to panic as jet fuel shortages ‘won’t ground summer flights’ despite EU warnings

Horror in Granada as local woman stabs Korean tourist taking photos of the Alhambra UNESCO site

Troubled Malaga barrio under lockdown as police launch massive ‘land and air’ operation following wave of shootings

Police station in Costa del Sol expat hotspot is battling rat infestation with rodent numbers skyrocketing in last month