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WATCH: Snails, filter coffee and Madonna’s fave furniture in Spain’s coolest neighbourhood
Time Out named Embajadores in Madrid as the coolest neighbourhood in all of Spain, and the 9th coolest in the world.Last year, it was...
Spain’s Jon Rahm defends Spanish Open title in Madrid and beats record of golf legend Seve Ballesteros
Rahm has now overtaken Open champion Shane Lowry to top the European Tour's Race to Dubai leaderboard, with seven events still left to play
Luggage Hero is the cheap, safe and easy way to store your bags while you explore Spain’s top destinations
One hour of storage priced at just €1 and a whole day at a maximum of €8
BREXIT BARD: Read street writer’s poem for the Olive Press about B-day
For €1, street writer Marta Carmona fired off a few lines of prose on her typewriter for the Olive Press in the capital’s trendy La Latina barrio.
Spain’s Supreme Court gives go ahead for reburial of former dictator Francisco Franco
Pedro Sanchez’s socialist government had pledged to move the ex-tyrant‘s body from underneath the monument.
Mayor of Madrid announces pedestrianisation in bid to smash car congestion
According to municipal data, there are currently 6,800 cars that use the area, including 4,000 taxis, 70% of which circulate around the square.
‘Paedo councillor’ caged in Spain after detectives find 64,000 child porn images – including of BABIES – on his...
The arrest this week was part of a larger operation being carried out across the country
Madrid barrio voted one of Time Out’s top 10 coolest suburbs in the world
The Time Out Index survey asked more than 27,000 city-dwellers around the world about the 'best, most overrated and most undervalued' neighbourhoods in their hometown
‘Alternative backstop plans’ are ‘not necessary’ until the end of 2020 transition period should Britain secure a deal, Brexit...
BREXIT Secretary Stephen Barclay has told reporters in Madrid that alternative backstop plans and 'not necessary' until the end of a 2020...
Woman suing Sevilla and meat company after being forced to have stillbirth of her twins at 21 weeks following...
The mother had consumed infected meatloaf during Holy Week at the end of April
Woman’s body found in search for missing Olympic skier Blanca Ochoa in Spain
The 1992 Winter Olympics bronze medallist had been last seen at a shopping centre in Madrid on August 24
Number of Spain’s ‘super rich’ millionaires surges by 74% in decade as poorest get poorer
The net wealth of Spain’s poorest 50% has decreased by 4% since 2008
Liverpool FC target among 51 ‘POISONED’ by Salmonella at sushi restaurant in Spain
While the current number stands at 51, authorities believe that figure could climb much higher
Which British city is better than Spain for expats?
The Expat City Index has rated 70 cities around the world and ranked them according to four major categories: Economics, Living, Environment and Urbanisation, and Family and Society
WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete
In a video, shared by the Jupol police union, seven officers can be seen surrounding the man, who stood in a fountain waving the large knife
North Korea hit squad hunt US vet behind raid on embassy in Spain
Iraq veteran Chris Ahn faces extradition to Spain on charges he took part in the break at the DPRK's embassy in Madrid last February
Irish fugitive who ‘worked with Colombian cartels to smuggle tonnes of cocaine to UK’ arrested on the Costa del...
Spanish police’s elite GRECO unit carried out the arrest which came ten days after the fugitive escaped a similar raid following a suspected tip-off
Spain’s Malaga on YELLOW ALERT for extreme heat as wildfires reported in Madrid, Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca
It comes as a heatwave has been scorching Europe, with a record high of 45.9°C registered in Montpellier, France
Mother and daughter arrested in Spain after telling police in Madrid ‘our hitman ripped us off’
The fake spy had the victims sign a contract and requested a deposit of €7,000 to pay informants and hitmen, but the hit never took place
Out of this world: ‘Green Spaceship’ to dock in Madrid
IT’S not a UFO but it’s certainly flying.Dubbed the Green Spaceship, innovative design studio 3Gatti is pushing architecture to its outer limits with its...
Rule-breaking Madrid design firm gives grunge office block some colour therapy
TAKE an austere concrete shell, lob some paint at it, and what have you got?The ominously-titled building, LH135.This is the latest ambitious project of...
Madrid architects take centre stage with their dramatic conversion of a historic playhouse
A CURTAIN-RAISING design has transformed a 19th-century Barcelona theatre into a stylish contemporary home guaranteed to get rave reviews from buyers.Aged brick walls and...
Spain’s former IMF head to face fresh corruption charges as new crimes come to light
Deals were allegedly offered by senior Bankia figures to public relations firms in return for €2 million in suspected bribes
OPINION: Amid Champions League final ecstasy and agony, Brit fans in Madrid did us proud
Thousands of rival fans full of booze showed that English hooliganism is hopefully a thing of the past
Most Wanted British ‘killer’ allegedly spotted in Spain during Champions League final in Madrid
The sighting comes after former Scotland Yard detective Peter Bleksley launched a fresh campaign to catch the alleged killer after 14 years on the run
Just 11 Brits arrested out of 100,000 Champions League fans in Madrid after Spain’s Largest police operation
SUCCESS: Madrid 2019 could have been a Champions League nightmare if it wasn't for excellent policing and generally well-behaved fans
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FEELING HOT: Expat installs Europe’s first solar-heated jacuzzi on Spain’s Costa Blanca
WHOEVER said luxury and eco-friendly couldn’t be used in the same sentence?Expat Peter Spahn has just installed what...
