IN A NON-COVID year, you can take your pick from about 800 music festivals in Spain – in some of which, the music is only part of a packed programme of completely unrelated activities that might even include yoga classes and wine-tasting – at lea...

TURNING 18 is always either an exciting or absolutely terrifying time, depending upon the life you lead in general, but it's rarely 'just another birthday' or devoid of emotions – and, if you live in Spain and it's your 18th this year, the ministry...

DRESSING down at work is healthy for the planet – during heatwaves, at least – and Spain's president Pedro Sánchez hopes others will follow his own example.

SPAIN'S most international new pop artist of the turn of the decade has an unexpected famous fan – former United States president Barack Obama.

SPAIN'S gas market prices are now 'significantly cheaper' than elsewhere in Europe for the first time in history, partly driven by the country's far lesser reliance on Russian supply, according to the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC...

ONLINE retail giant Amazon has just opened yet another logistics centre in Spain – this time outside of its usual target areas in and around the country's biggest cities.

TELECOMMS and internet operators Orange and MásMóvil have announced a planned merger worth €18.6 billion, set to go ahead in the second half of 2023 at the latest.

NATIONWIDE high-street financial entity Banca March has completed its acquisition of BNP Paribas' personal banking portfolio for the previously-announced price of €100 billion.

TWO Spanish airlines were found to be 'Europe's most punctual' in June, according to figures covering carriers across the continent.

YOUNG people who have turned 18 in 2022 or are due to celebrate their 'coming of age' before the year is out can apply for up to €400 to spend on arts, entertainment and culture as part of a one-off bid to kick-start the industry.

CASH-AND-CARRY-STYLE retail giant Makro has teamed up with national electricity board Iberdrola to set up 280 car-charging stations throughout Spain.

RAIL board RENFE has made two announcements this week: One, that pet-parents may be able to take their dogs on trains if a pilot study works out as hoped, and two, that the long-distance ALVIA routes to and within the western region of Extremadura wi...

YOU DON'T necessarily have to be Rafa Nadal to win an annual National Sports Award, although if you earned it in 2019, you'll only just be receiving it now.

UNPRECEDENTED temperatures across northern Europe have led sweltering residents to question, probably for the first time, how high the mercury has to climb to be 'too hot to work' – and, in some cases, no laws have ever been in place, since they ha...

NATIONAL high-speed rail services are breaking into the north – the fast AVE train now runs from Madrid to the cathedral city of Burgos, via Valladolid.