MOST of Spain enjoys the ideal climate for two-wheeled transport, either pedal-powered or with engines, and in fact, one of the reasons young adults do not tend to rush out to get driving lessons as soon as they hit 18 is because mopeds will get them...

BOARD games and card games have undergone something of a renaissance as a result of the pandemic and other forms of entertainment outside the house limited, according to consultancy NPD.

THE BORDER between Spain and Portugal will open from Saturday, and from Monday, bars and shops in the Comunidad Valenciana will be permitted to stay open until the 22.00 curfew.

OVER a century of having to show and update your births, deaths and marriages 'passport', or Libro de Familia, has come to an end with a nationwide digital database taking its place.

A 'QUALITY of life' survey among residents in Spain's biggest cities shows attitudes have changed since the start of the pandemic, according to national consumer organisation OCU, which conducted the research.

A MIXED online and in-person awards ceremony for the 'Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain' saw everyone from Paralympic sporting greats to national politicians, artists and writers through to chief executive officers, collect trophies or find out they wer...

VIRAL footage of tennis star Rafael Nadal from 21 years ago shows his work ethic was firmly entrenched in his psyche as a little boy.

PROVINCIAL border closures in the southern region of Andalucía will be lifted on Thursday this week (April 29) for the first time in three months now that the pandemic is beginning to abate in the area.

BARCELONA Metropolitan Transport (TMB) has launched a system to help the blind and partially-sighted find their way around the rail and bus network – in fact, it is a world first.

LAST YEAR'S Oscars saw a tin of potato crisps from Galicia pick up four statuettes, although Spain's joint-biggest living Hollywood export Antonio Banderas – the other being Penélope Cruz – still went home empty-handed, having earned his first-e...

WE OFTEN talk about beaches on here. If much of northern Europe was asked to name a country they would head for on a short-haul flight on the very next warm day to be able to lie on a beach, Spain would probably be mentioned quite a lot. 

YOU would expect a beach to be pale gold, or white, with blue or turquoise waters – or perhaps black with navy-blue waters if it's a volcanic zone like some of the Canary Islands' shores – but a 'green' one? Not unless it's covered in seaweed, an...

TO MARK International Book Day – which coincides with St George's Day in England and Dia de Sant Jordi in Catalunya – a nationally-renowned publishing house has released a 20th anniversary edition of a novel they did not want to print, but are gl...

PRINCESSES Leonor and Sofía have proven to be chips off the old block as far as their wardrobes are concerned: Both were last seen in public in home-grown Spanish creations straight off the high street.

OPENING new zip-lines in Spain is a competitive business, but one with no north-south divide: Just weeks after a town in Aragón's Pyrénéen province of Huesca launched the tallest, steepest and fastest in the country, the longest one in Andalucía ...