THE last of Spain's service personnel deployed in Afghanistan have now arrived home, and King Felipe VI met them as they disembarked from their military craft at the air base in Torrejón de Ardoz (Greater Madrid region).

FORMER deputy president Pablo Iglesias' radical new look could be a sign of his wanting to cut off – literally – from his life up to now and forge ahead with a new rôle, according to an acclaimed expert in non-verbal communication.

GALICIA'S spectacular 'pilgrims' cathedral' in Santiago de Compostela has shed its scaffolding at last after an eight-year-long restoration.

OVER two million items for sale on Amazon and found to be fakes or non-existent were deleted by the company's anti-fraud team in 2020 alone, according to its Brand Protection Report, and a handful of firms apparently bribing members of the public to ...

KING Felipe and Queen Letizia visited the Valencia-province coastal town of Oliva for the first time ever to present one of the nation's most prestigious awards to a former Oxbridge lecturer.

ALL IS NOT lost for this year's huge Fallas festival in the Comunidad Valenciana – they will merely take place six months late.

WATCH your speed when driving anywhere in Spain from today (Tuesday) – more than you usually do – since new, lower limits have come into force.

FRENCH low-cost express rail service Ouigo launched in Spain today – Monday, May 10 – the first day ever when national train company RENFE has ever had to deal with competition.

MANUELA has always wanted to met her idol Rafael Nadal, and thanks to her grandson's campaigning, the 95-year-old has finally been able to chat to the tennis ace in person.

WHILE the rest of the world was nervously looking up at the sky waiting for an out-of-control Chinese rocket to land on them (it fell in the Indian Ocean and civilisation is still standing and not pancake-shaped), Spain was counting down the seconds ...

AMBITIOUS plans for extending and upgrading the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella are afoot, and the job – worth €75 million – will be put out to tender this summer.

THERE'S no such thing as too many flowers – at least, Estepona doesn't think so, although it has decided to stop at around 400,000 just in case.

IF YOU'RE on the Costa del Sol this weekend, pop to Fuengirola and get your purse out – the annual Businesswomen and Entrepreneurs Fair, or Women in Business Fête, has taken over the Plaza de la Constitución.

SOME restrictions are expected to continue in place even after Spain's 'State of Alarm' ends on Sunday, May 9, but in most cases, those limiting freedom of movement and trade will be considerably relaxed or removed.

CREATING a circular economy through upcycling and recycling is becoming – and not before time – a trend in just about every industry and household; plastic waste fished from the sea and turned into clothing and home textiles, or battered and out-...