WHILST occasional visitors to Spain may associate the country with heat and sun, those who live here know that parts of it can get extremely cold in winter and, in others, temperatures at least drop below beach-and-pool level – and that, yes, we do...

SPANISH celebrity chef José Andrés is on the Poland-Ukraine border handing out hot meals to refugees fleeing the latter country.

PROBABLY the most famous and futuristic techno fair on earth, the Mobile World Congress is now open again in Barcelona – just nine months after the last one.

COLLECTIVE lamentations resounded all the way from Andalucía's largest city the day before Christmas Eve 2020 – Sevilla's Feria de Abril, or 'April Fair', was to be called off for a second year on the trot.

SPANISH national president Pedro Sánchez is one in five million – literally.

A BUDGET hypermarket popular in the United States has expanded its operations in Spain with a new branch in Málaga city.

SEVEN towns on the Costa del Sol are due to set up 'low-emissions zones' thanks to European Union funding.

A YOUNG girl with haunting, bright-green eyes who graced the cover of National Geographic in 1985 is instantly recognisable – and the photographer behind it is set to host an exhibition at Barcelona's FotoNostrum centre in the Eixample district.

BANKS nationwide will soon be required by law to put measures in place that guarantee everyone can use their services, even the elderly, technologically-illiterate and those with disabilities or diversities.

RESIDENTS of two towns in the far-western region of Extremadura were called upon to vote on Sunday whether they wanted to merge and become one bigger municipality.

COVID 'passports' will no longer be needed in the Comunidad Valenciana to access anywhere other than care homes when visiting friends or relatives, starting tomorrow (Tuesday, February 22), regional president Ximo Puig has announced.

KING Felipe VI has recovered from Covid and is back to his normal working routine after being forced to isolate at home.

SPAIN'S Winter Olympic squad has now left the snowy slopes in the Peking area and are on their way back to proud families, friends and followers, with over half of them full of tales of their first-ever Games.

IF YOU had ancestors in the UK, Ireland, or the far north-eastern tip of the Americas over a millennium ago, you're probably a pirate.

LIGHTS, camera, Facebook: Your travel snaps will be dazzling after a night trip to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Mosque in İstanbul, and Alcalá del Júcar in the province of Albacete.