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Spain’s El Prado museum in Madrid lines up 2025 exhibitions featuring El Greco, Paolo Veronese, and Rafael Mengs

MADRID’S Prado Museum has announced its 2025 program featuring three major exhibitions dedicated to El Greco, Paolo Veronese, and Rafael Mengs. The highlight will be

18 Jan, 2025 @ 11:00

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Pets get special blessings from priests in Spain to celebrate patron saint of animals – San Anton

THIS weekend will see pet blessings by priests across Spain to celebrate the feast of San Anton- the patron saint of animals. Though the feast

17 Jan, 2025 @ 18:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Shell announces plans to shutter its Madrid office just months after buying it: Staff will be sent to Singapore, Dubai or London

BRITISH energy giant Shell is set to close its Madrid gas trading hub and relocate dozens of workers out of Spain just months after it

16 Jan, 2025 @ 08:00

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid

Revealed: The Spanish regions with best levels of English

THESE are the areas of Spain who speak the best English, according to a new study. While learning English is an important part of the

14 Jan, 2025 @ 17:11

Education·Galicia·Lead·Madrid

Richard Gere enjoying life in Spain: Hollywood legend takes day trip to medieval town with his wife and children

HOLLYWOOD icon Richard Gere has been throwing himself into his new life in Spain during the festive season with a trip to Cuenca. The 75-year-old

6 Jan, 2025 @ 11:45

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid

Historic monastery in Madrid to reopen after €6million revamp

EL Escorial, a monastery and World Heritage site near Madrid, is undergoing a €6.5m reorganisation. Almost 40 years after it was included in the Unesco

2 Jan, 2025 @ 13:30

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Spain will open its first ever centre for male victims of sexual violence in 2025

THE first ever centre for male victims of sexual violence is set to open in Spain next year. President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel

27 Dec, 2024 @ 14:13

Health·Lead·Madrid

Spain's royal family pay tribute to Valencia flood victims inside their annual Christmas card

How Spain’s Royal Family celebrates Christmas

SPAIN’S Royal Family always has a busy festive period which they started by releasing their Christmas cards early in December. King Felipe, Queen Letizia, and

24 Dec, 2024 @ 08:00

Lead·Madrid

The best cities in Spain to celebrate New Year’s Eve, according to the Spanish

THESE are Spain’s favourite cities to spend New Year’s Eve, says a popular tour platform. Walking tour platform GuruWalk has ranked the top ten Spanish

22 Dec, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Nuclear panic in Spain after ‘dangerous’ radioactive package disappears at Madrid airport

A RADIOACTIVE package containing ‘very dangerous’ sources of selenium became lost at Madrid airport this week, it has emerged. An alert was issued by the

19 Dec, 2024 @ 10:30

Lead·Madrid

Wife of Spain's Prime Minister proclaims innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

Wife of Spain’s Prime Minister proclaims her innocence as she testifies in corruption and influence peddling case

BEGOÑA Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, has denied allegations of corruption and influence-peddling linked to her teaching business during her first testimony

18 Dec, 2024 @ 18:30

Lead·Madrid·National News

What is El Gordo? Spain’s national Christmas lottery takes place this weekend

SPAIN will be holding its breath this Sunday morning as numbers are drawn for the festive lottery El Gordo(the Fat One). It’s the world’s second-longest

18 Dec, 2024 @ 11:34

Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain’s iconic gallery and museum smashes visitor record with nearly two-thirds coming from abroad

MADRID’S Prado Museum set an annual visitor record on Saturday with 3.5 million attendees- beating last year’s previous best of 3.2 million. Almost 45% of

9 Dec, 2024 @ 13:27

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

This is the best town in Spain to visit in December, according to National Geographic

NATIONAL Geographic have selected this town as Spain’s best December destination. Just a stone’s throw from Madrid lies one of Spain’s most overlooked medieval towns

8 Dec, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel

Famous painting by Spanish master goes on display for first time in 134 years: Sorolla masterpiece ‘Paris Boulevard’ dazzles art lovers in Madrid

A LONG-LOST painting by Spain’s ‘master of light’ Joaquin Sorolla has gone on public display for the first time since the 19th century. Paris Boulevard,

5 Dec, 2024 @ 09:51

La Cultura·Lead·Madrid

Brazen drug mule is found with €2million worth of cocaine stuffed inside his luggage at major airport in Spain

A BRAZEN drug mule has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle an enormous haul of cocaine into Spain. The 39-year-old suspect was stopped at

2 Dec, 2024 @ 15:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Police bust luxury car import scam which cheated Spain out of €17m of tax

Expert robber used his pants as a mask to raid 19 restaurants in Madrid: Thief emptied cash registers and waiters’ tips

A ROBBER who used his underpants as a mask and socks as gloves has expertly raided 19 restaurants in Madrid. The Policia Nacional has arrested

27 Nov, 2024 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

British school in Spain faces bullying lawsuit: Parents denounce €12,000-a-year college after student developed anorexia

A BRITISH school in Madrid is being sued for €35,000 for allegedly not doing enough to stop a pupil being bullied. The youngster- named as

26 Nov, 2024 @ 16:26

Lead·Madrid

At least two dead in Spain after train collides with car carrying expats

A TRAIN crash has left two people dead in Spain after a high speed service collided with a car. SOME two Portuguese nationals have died

26 Nov, 2024 @ 14:15

Lead·Madrid

Madrid hotel named ‘best venue in Spain’ for corporate meetings & events for 6th time

A hotel in Madrid has been named the ‘Best in Spain’ for corporate meetings and exhibitions at the 2024 World MICE Awards last October. The

22 Nov, 2024 @ 11:30

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Missing German brother Thomas, 34, is found ‘alive and well’ after vanishing from Madrid

A 34-year-old man (pictured above) has been found alive and well after not being heard from since landing in Madrid last Saturday. Thomas’s sister Jessica

18 Nov, 2024 @ 12:21

Lead·Madrid·National News

Madrid launches latest crackdown on Airbnb-style flats in Spain: These are the new rules

THESE are the new rules to be put in place in Madrid after the city bans Airbnb-style flats. Madrid city council has introduced new regulations

17 Nov, 2024 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Property

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

A FLORIDA man has been charged with kidnapping and murdering his wife in Spain after she disappeared in February. Ana Knezevich went missing from her

15 Nov, 2024 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘Tourists go HAM!’ Moment a ‘jamon’ museum in Spain pokes fun at ‘anti-tourism’ movement

MADRID’s Jamon Museum has sparked outrage after launching a ‘tourists go HAM’ campaign. The marketing initiative pokes fun at anti-tourist protests which have become habitual

11 Nov, 2024 @ 18:00

Lead·Madrid

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Money laundering police chief accused of stashing away ‘several million’ euros at his home and office in Spain

A SENIOR Policia Nacional officer who investigates money launderers has been accused of hiding a stash of up to ‘several million’ euros. The force’s Internal

8 Nov, 2024 @ 18:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Hollywood star Richard Gere is moving to Spain so that his wife can be closer to her family

RICHARD Gere is selling his €10 million US home and moving to Spain to be closer to his in-laws. The Pretty Woman star, 75, and

7 Nov, 2024 @ 16:18

Celebrity·Lead·Madrid