A JEWELLER has revealed how the rock-sized emeralds General Franco gave his granddaughter for her wedding were 'just painted glass stuck together with egg-white'.

AN INTERNATIONAL school set to open this coming autumn term in Estepona will be the first centre on the Costa del Sol that offers the US curriculum, according to local education authorities.

A BRAND-NEW health centre should be open in Marbella by next spring, giving the Costa del Sol town 'an indispensable facility' to help cater for its growing population and ever-increasing tourist numbers.

A DOCUMENTARY series on TV starring Spanish president Pedro Sánchez and showing the 'human side of the Moncloa Palace' is currently being filmed by a Goya-winning director.

THREE years after it was last celebrated, the Comunidad Valenciana's giant March Fallas festival is back on, with massive, colourful papier-mâché monuments in every neighbourhood of almost every town within the province of Valencia.

A STUDENT in Valencia has invented a T-shirt which detects heart attacks, arrhythmias and other cardio problems and sends a message to the wearer's computer or mobile phone.

AROUND 30 children with cancer were due to arrive today (Friday) in Spain along with their families on a flight charted from Ukraine, Spanish president Pedro Sánchez announced.

TWO years on from the Covid-19 pandemic entering Spain and with its first peacetime lockdown in centuries on the horizon, survival rate among those who catch the virus is now 'above 90%', according to medics.

UKRAINIANS without valid residence permits living in Spain will automatically be given leave to remain in the country, even if they arrived before the war broke out, the national government has confirmed.

MICROWAVES: Where would we be without them? Take away our hob, our oven, if you will, but don't touch this little cube-shaped object on the worktop that probably cost between €50 and €100 and without which we probably couldn't eat, except cold st...

EVEN though everyone who uses a car in Spain knows – or should know – what the legal drink-driving limit is, most motorists are unclear as to how much alcohol this translates to in terms of liquid volume, so the Guardia Civil has released a guide...

COMPULSORY masks worn in indoor areas and in crowded outdoor spaces could soon be consigned to the past, and quarantining for anyone who has been in contact with a positive Covid case is no longer required.

SPAIN'S two largest metropolitan areas have been listed among the top 10 European cities to invest in property for yet another year – and both have risen in the rankings since the 2021 report.

TELL US which on-screen characters kept you enthralled in childhood and we'll tell you how old we think you are – if you said Bill and Ben the Flowerpot men, you've just given away that you're a baby-boomer; if it was the Telly Tubbies, you're prob...

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...