Spain to begin project to exhume civil war victims at Valley of the Fallen
SPAIN’S €650,000 project to exhume and identify victims of the country’s Civil War that were buried at the Valley of the Fallen site outside Madrid
Low-cost bullet train price war breaks out on Madrid-Barcelona commuter corridor in Spain
A PRICE war began on Wednesday between the Spanish train operator AVLO and the French Ouigo rail service for business along one of Europe’s busiest
Could the reopening of nightlife in Spain lead to a surge in COVID-19 infections?
MADRID takes another step towards normality on Monday, with nightclubs allowed to remain open until 3am for the first time in months. The capital follows
COVID-19: Pedro Sanchez receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine in Spain
PEDRO Sanchez has had the coronavirus vaccine. The prime minister, who is aged 49, received his first jab at Puerta de Hierro Hospital in the
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Pensioner, 84, bludgeons wife to death with hammer in Madrid
A PENSIONER in Madrid was bludgeoned to death in a jealous rage by her husband of 40 years. Police were called to the Moratalaz district
CANNIBAL JAILED: Madrid man who killed his mother, chopped her into pieces and stored her in tupperware, sentenced to 15 years
A SPANIARD who murdered his mother, chopped her into little pieces and stored her in plastic containers which he ate from and fed to his
Spain to host next Nato summit in 2022
THE next Nato summit will be held in Spain in 2022. It will be Spain’s first Nato summit since 1997, when it was hosted by
‘RAISE A GLASS’ as bars and restaurants in the Murcia region of Spain get an extra hour of late-night opening
BARS and restaurants can stay open later from this Wednesday night(June 16) in the Murcia region. The regional Ministry of Health has decided to extend
Spain’s regions given total freedom over nightlife restrictions from tomorrow
REGIONS in Spain have been given the freedom to decide their own coronavirus control measures for bars, restaurants and clubs. From tomorrow (Saturday, June 12)
Madrid man on trial in Spain for murdering girlfriend and keeping dismembered body in freezer for more than a year
A MAN is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death before chopping her up and storing her body parts in a freezer in his bedroom
IN PICS: Cristiano Ronaldo’s new luxury hotel opens its doors in Spain’s Madrid
CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s luxury brand CR7 opened its new flagship hotel on Madrid’s Gran Via on Monday. The soft rollout of the third hotel bearing the
British woman found dead beside Spanish pilot ex-husband in suspected murder-suicide in Madrid suburb
POLICE are investigating the death of a British woman and her Spanish husband after the couple were found dead lying next to each other at
Zara to open its biggest ever shop in Madrid’s Plaza de España
THE clothes chain Zara has announced plans for a flagship store that promises to be the world’s biggest in the newly renovated Edificio España on
Spain and Portugal’s official bid for 2030 World Cup announced by Pedro Sanchez in Madrid
PEDRO Sanchez has endorsed a bid for the World Cup to be hosted in Spain and Portugal in 2030. The Spanish prime minister said that
Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain
A couple who committed at least ten ‘hugging’ robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been arrested
Judge in Spain holds eight accountable for catalogue of errors that led to 2012 horror air crash
A JUDGE has summoned eight air force personnel to answer for the catalogue of errors that led to the death of a veteran instructor back
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Cats feast on eating part of their dead owner in her Madrid area apartment in Spain
MADRID firefighters made a gruesome find of a woman’s body partially eaten by her pet cats. Residents in the Fuencarral district reported a foul stench
Ex US Marine behind Korean embassy raid in Madrid ‘faces assassination’ if extradited to Spain
CRISTOPHER Ahn, the former US Marine wanted for his part in the North Korean Embassy raid in Madrid two years ago ‘could face assassination’ if
Giant poodle becomes the first pet in Spain known to have the British ‘Kent’ COVID-19 variant
RESEARCHERS have discovered the first case in Spain of a pet infected with the British ‘Kent’ COVID-19 variant. A team at the Complutense University of
Madrid welcomes Hollywood director Wes Anderson as work begins on set of new movie
HOLLYWOOD director Wes Anderson is heading for Madrid this year as work begins on the set of his newest creation. Elaborate sets have been spotted
MENTAL HEALTH BREAKTHROUGH: Award-winning scientist from Spain’s Valencia discovers new protein to improve treatments
Experiments with mice revealed that those injected with OTX2 had a less anxious behaviour than ‘normal’ mice.
OPERATIC TRIUMPH for Madrid venue that scoops the top prize for Spain in prestigious international awards
MADRID’S Teatro Real has won the top honour at the 2021 International Opera Awards which are opera’s equivalent of the movie Oscars. The virtually-hosted event
TRAIN BATTLE as Ouigo launches in Spain with cheaper fares and on-board entertainment services
SPAIN’S state train company RENFE’s 80-year-monopoly has ended with French operator, Ouigo, launching services between Madrid and Barcelona. Ouigo Spain is owned by France’s SNCF
Pablo Iglesias cuts off his famous pony-tail after leaving politics and quitting Spain’s Podemos party
A WEEK after announcing he was quitting politics after a drubbing at the polls in Madrid, Pablo Iglesias, the former leader of Spain’s radical left