SECONDARY school pupils including sixth-formers will be given at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine before the autumn term starts, president Pedro Sánchez has confirmed. 

KING Felipe VI has awarded the Order of Civil Merit medals to 24 individuals based all over Spain in recognition of their work on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

NATIONAL government coalition partners Unidas Podemos has started to negotiate a cut in value-added tax (IVA) on electricity in a bid to reduce bills for householders and businesses.

MADRID and Barcelona jointly 'lost' 60,000 inhabitants in 2020, whilst the provinces of Valencia and Sevilla saw a significant rise as city-dwellers rethought their life plans during the long months of restrictions on movement and the increase in wor...

WEARING masks outdoors will cease to be compulsory from Saturday, June 26, meaning the next two days will be the last weekend of obligatory face-coverings in the street in a year.

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved Spain's 'recovery plan' post-pandemic, meaning it is now entitled to funding from the bloc which all member States who applied in time are able to access.

NAMES of Europe's 150 best restaurants have been released – and Spain hogs half the list.

WHITE House officials have confirmed Spain's president Pedro Sánchez did in fact 'have a separate conversation' with his US counterpart Joe Biden, 'briefly' and 'on a range of issues'.

THE ONLY known portrait held in Spain painted by Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli is now on display in Valencia after having been loaned by the family which has owned it since 1929.

NATIONAL health authorities have approved the final leg of the Covid vaccine calendar with the last three age groups set to go – although regional governments may overlap these if the need arises.

NEXT year's NATO summit will be held in Spain – for the first time in a quarter of a century, confirms the organisation's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg (pictured right).

'QUEEN Mum' HRH Sofía has been on her hands and knees filling up bin-bags again – this time as part of a nationwide clean-up summons organised by SEO BirdLife's Libera project and major recycling firm Ecoembes.

DÍA supermarkets are looking for temporary staff to cover increased summer demand, offering six-month contracts with a starting pay of approximately €1,200 a month net of taxes. 

ALMOST anyone not heading for Spain this summer would be a lot happier if they were in it, and the town in question is probably academic – and although those who already live here year-round are entitled to be miserable now and again, because that'...

FEW consumers give much thought to how and where the brands they buy get their names – some are obvious, some can be inferred correctly or otherwise through an educated guess, but many of their origins are explained on company websites in case shop...