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Spain’s first low-cost AVE starts Malaga-Madrid route today, June 1
RENFE’S new low-cost AVE-alternative service, AVLO, will start operating its Malaga-Madrid routes as of today, June 1.
There will be a daily train departing in...
King Felipe welcomes Hillary Clinton to Madrid palace audience in Spain
ONE of America's best-known retired politicians, Hilary Clinton, met with Spain's King Felipe on Wednesday at the Palacio de la Zarzuela.
The former US First...
Iryo becomes third high-speed train operator from Friday on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE HIGH SPEED train war on the Alicante to Madrid line goes up another notch on Friday as Iryo launches its service with low-fares...
BREAKING NEWS: Pedro Sanchez calls early general election in Spain for July 23rd
PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez has announced that a general election will take place in Spain on July 23rd.
Sanchez made the shock move in a...
Literature lovers treat returns with annual Madrid Book Fair in Spain
ONE of Europe's biggest book and literature events has returned to Spain with the 82nd staging of the Madrid Book Fair at El Retiro...
Cyberhacker ‘Alcasec’ gets bailed by Spain’s National Court after selling tax details via ‘dark web’
A 19-year-old cybercriminal who calls himself Alcasec has been bailed by the National Court following his arrest on March 31.
Jose Luis Huertas Rubio was...
Madrid’s Prado Museum to welcome award-winning author JM Coetzee for special three-week stay
MADRID'S Prado Museum will be welcoming Nobel laureate JM Coetzee for a special three-week stay as he becomes the first author to get involved...
Police arrest four men for hanging dummy of Real Madrid player Vinicius from bridge in Spain
THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested four men suspected of hanging a dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior from a Madrid area bridge in...
New museum housing Spain’s Royal Collections to open in Madrid next month
A NEW museum in Madrid's Royal Palace area hosting Royal Collections accumulated since the Middle Ages will open on June 28.
The official opening ceremony...
Tragic fire at Italian restaurant in Madrid claims a third life
ONE OF the people injured in a shocking fire at a Madrid restaurant on April 21 has died in hospital. The total number of...
Spain’s top court upholds massive jail sentence for British paedophile teacher who changed name by deed poll
SPAIN'S Supreme Court has upheld a 135-year prison sentence for a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed pornography of children in his...
Trade unions in Spain sign deal with key employer groups for guaranteed wage rise of 10% over three years
A WAGE DEAL amounting to at least 10% rises in pay packets for many workers in Spain has been agreed between major employers associations...
Mother’s Day mishaps in Spain, with a misguided text message and a ‘sexist’ prize for a women’s running race
A SERIES of Spanish brands came under fire on Sunday for promotions that coincided with Mother’s Day, which was celebrated in Spain on May...
Child pornography and drugs gang busted in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A TWO-YEAR Policia Nacional investigation has culminated in the arrest of five people who distributing child pornography from their homes in Alicante.
Two of the...
Video: Female bullfighting protester dragged out of ring by Popular Party candidate for local council
A FEMALE bullfighting protester was dragged out of the ring during a demonstration on Tuesday by a man who is standing to be a...
Two businessmen arrested in Madrid after construction worker killed by an electric shock
TWO BUSINESSMEN were arrested in Madrid on Wednesday after a Colombian construction worker with no work contract died, apparently from an electric shock.
The incident...
Political row breaks out as Zaragoza and Seville vie to be proclaimed the fourth-biggest city in Spain
A WAR OF WORDS has broken out between politicians in Seville and Zaragoza over which of the Spanish cities is the fourth-largest in the...
No entry: Government minister stopped from attending parade at Madrid’s regional celebrations
THERE WERE extraordinary scenes at the Madrid region’s Dos de Mayo celebrations on Tuesday, as a regional protocol chief refused to let a government...
Man who killed two pedestrians during Madrid police chase was fleeing cops after stealing catalytic converters
A MAN who ran over and killed two people on Thursday in Madrid during a police chase has confessed that he was fleeing from...
Police in Madrid arrest 18 people after knife and machete fight breaks out between members of Latin gang
SPAIN’S National Police have made 18 arrests as they continue to investigate a massive brawl that took place outside a nightclub in the early...
Falangists give fascist salutes as they pay homage to Primo de Rivera in Madrid
WITH THEIR arms raised in fascist salutes, around 200 people paid homage on Saturday to the founder of Spain’s Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo...
May 1 and 2: Spain’s public holidays explained
IF YOU didn’t know already, this weekend will last three days, thanks to International Workers’ Day falling on May 1.
That means a bank holiday,...
Two climate activists swim naked in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid
Two activists of climate group Futuro Vegetal swam naked in a fountain just outside the Royal Palace in Madrid on Thursday evening.
The two women,...
Driver accused of killing two people in Madrid city centre hands himself in
A 31 YEAR-OLD MAN accused of running over and killing two people aged 72 and 81 in Madrid city centre last Thursday has handed...
UPDATE: Two dead in Madrid after being hit by a car escaping Guardia Civil in high-speed pursuit
Two people aged 72 and 88 have died after being hit by a car that was being chased by Guardia Civil at Madrid city...
Statue of Former King pointing at Madrid’s symbolic bear with a rifle generates controversy
A STATUE of Spanish Former King Juan Carlos I holding a hunting rifle has been erected without permission in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.
The polyurethane...
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