Castilla y León

The best medieval villages and viewpoint spots in northern Spain to watch the spectacular 2026 total solar eclipse

A TOTAL solar eclipse will sweep across parts of Spain on August 12, turning day into night for a few unforgettable minutes. These are the

23 May, 2026 @ 19:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Empty Spain: How expats are teaming up with entrepreneurs to revitalise the country’s rural areas

TECH-mogul Elon Musk recently chimed in on the ‘Empty Spain’ debate, as he does on most things. And he’s right, the issue of rural depopulation

5 Apr, 2026 @ 12:00

Granada·Lead·Property

Forest fires in Spain: Growing blaze claims firefighter’s life in Avila

FOREST fires in Ávila and Las Hurdes remain highly active today, following several days of burning and the tragic death of a firefighter. The fires

30 Jul, 2025 @ 16:05

Environment

Man Tipped A Cupboard Onto His Dead Mother After Killing Her With A Baseball Bat At Her Costa Blanca Home In Spain

Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent

THE POLICE had to be called to a park in the northern Spanish city of Valladolid on Wednesday night, after two fathers got into a

3 Aug, 2023 @ 18:30

Lead

A Mysterious High Pitch Noise Is Driving British Resident Crazy On Spain's Costa Blanca

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

GOSSIPING about a neighbour’s sex life has proved to be costly for a woman from the Spanish city of Salamanca, after it landed her with

2 Aug, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Gas explosion leaves one dead, 14 injured in Spain’s northwestern city of Valladolid

A SUSPECTED gas explosion in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid left one woman dead and 14 people injured on Tuesday night. The body of

2 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Lead

Opinion polls: Conservative Popular Party expected to win elections in Madrid, Valencia and Aragon regions

OPINION POLLS released at 8pm today, as the polls closed in the 2023 local and regional elections, suggest that tonight will see the conservative Popular

28 May, 2023 @ 20:21

Lead·Politics

New exhibition tells the lives of Roman gladiators, with help from their tombstones

SLAVES, prisoners of war, condemned criminals or even free men who voluntarily chose the job… There was no one route to becoming a gladiator in

10 May, 2023 @ 20:30

Cordoba·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Politician from Spain’s Popular Party caught driving at 215km/h in official car

A POLITICIAN from the conservative Popular Party is facing prosecution after the Spanish Civil Guard caught him driving an official car at 215km/h on a

27 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Regional premier of Spain’s Castilla y Leon region in hot water after alleged obscene gesture in parliament

THE REGIONAL premier of the Castilla y Leon region, Alfonso Fernandez Mañueco, found himself in hot water today after images emerged of him allegedly making

23 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into

18 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests three neo-Nazis on suspicion of antisemitic hate crimes in Burgos and Madrid

THE Spanish Civil Guard this week arrested three neo-Nazis on suspicion that they had committed antisemitic hate crimes. The two men and a woman are

8 Oct, 2022 @ 11:23

Lead·National News

The best medieval villages and viewpoint spots in northern Spain to watch the spectacular 2026 total solar eclipse

Empty Spain: How expats are teaming up with entrepreneurs to revitalise the country’s rural areas

Forest fires in Spain: Growing blaze claims firefighter’s life in Avila

Two men in Spain’s Valladolid arrested after argument over queue for children’s swings turns violent

Woman from Spain’s Salamanca ordered to pay €10,000 after discussing neighbour’s noisy sex on TV program

Gas explosion leaves one dead, 14 injured in Spain’s northwestern city of Valladolid

Opinion polls: Conservative Popular Party expected to win elections in Madrid, Valencia and Aragon regions

New exhibition tells the lives of Roman gladiators, with help from their tombstones

Politician from Spain’s Popular Party caught driving at 215km/h in official car

Regional premier of Spain’s Castilla y Leon region in hot water after alleged obscene gesture in parliament

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

Spain’s Civil Guard arrests three neo-Nazis on suspicion of antisemitic hate crimes in Burgos and Madrid

Malaga rents overtake Madrid to become Spain’s second most expensive province

Opening date revealed for €61m shopping centre after four years of construction in Torrevieja’s port area

Warning for tourists as hard-to-spot venomous fish found to be lurking in sand on Andalucia holiday coast

Property prices finally start to falling across parts of Spain – while even the major cities now seeing slow down

Britain’s greatest living architect who has shaped Spain’s skyline for six decades takes his seat on the world’s top design jury

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