SPAIN'S next contestant for the Eurovision Junior Song Contest has been announced, although it is not yet known what the entry track will be.

OCTOBER is International Blindness Awareness Month – as you'll already know if you've entered Specsavers' 'name a baby future guide dog competition' – and today (Friday) is World White Stick Day, which has been aiming, since 1980, to raise the pr...

CAR-OWNERS cannot be fined, nor their vehicle impounded, if it does not have a valid current ITV sticker unless it is actually being driven, according to a verdict by a Madrid court.

A COUPLE buying an electric car so they can drive into Barcelona's emissions-free zone to do their shopping would not normally be newsworthy, even when it's a €102,000 Porsche – unless the couple in question were a world-famous pop-rock singer-so...

FOOD waste is bad news for the health of our planet, and a high level of it could be avoided – in fact, Spain's government has just introduced the country's first-ever law regulating use and disposal of edibles.

PUPPIES are waiting to be born and looking forward to being vital helpers for their humans when they grow up and have finished school – but before their new lives start, they'll need names. 

HOLIDAYMAKERS' typical profile in Spain has changed since the start of the pandemic: French visitors have outnumbered British tourists in the past 18 months for the first time in history.

ANOTHER mission to evacuate Afghans who were unable to escape their home country in August is due to take place in the next few days, confirms Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles, but details are being kept under wraps for safety reasons.

BRITISH model and pop singer Samantha Fox made a surprise appearance on a chat show on regional television this week – and sang for the audience in gallego.

EACH region in Spain has its own day of the year where it celebrates itself, rather like a birthday but without the age increase involved. Sometimes, a 'regional day' just involves a public holiday, a day off work where everything is shut, although o...

A CIVIL Code reform will mean domestic animals' welfare is considered where their owners divorce, and judges have the power to decide custody and access régimes in the event of dispute.

VISITORS to or residents in the Comunidad Valenciana seeking a day out over the October bank holiday will have plenty of options under one roof at the iconic City of Arts and Sciences – from 4D films of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and of the BBC d...

SPAIN'S government says it does not intend to relax rules on wearing masks inside buildings 'just yet', recalling that these will also protect the population from typical autumn and winter infections such as influenza and the common cold.

NATIONAL health authorities have agreed for all residents aged 70 and over to be given a third Covid vaccine dose, which will be coordinated by local GP clinics along with their annual 'flu jab, and is 'considering' extending dose number three to the...

RESIDENTIAL property sales in August this year were at their highest since 2007, the peak year of the housing market 'boom', according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).