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Netflix to invest more than a billion euros in Spain over next four years

News Desk11th June 202514th June 2025

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The US streaming giant Netflix has said that it is going to invest €1.1 billion in productions in Spain between 2025 and 2029, which has

Dozens of artists skip Barcelona’s Sónar festival in support of Palestinians

News Desk6th June 202510th June 2025

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Dozens of artists have pulled out of this year’s Sónar electronic music festival taking place from 12-14 June in Barcelona, protesting financial ties between its

Tributes pour in for Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died aged 89

News Desk14th April 202521st April 2025

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Tributes have poured in for Spanish Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, the Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, who died on

US court revives case surrounding a Nazi-looted painting in Madrid museum

News Desk12th March 202517th March 2025

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The future ownership of a French impressionist painting, once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman, is once again uncertain after the US Supreme

Two films tie to win main prize at Goyas – and Richard Gere calls Trump ‘a bully, a thug’

News Desk9th February 202512th February 2025

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In a historic first, the 39th Goya Awards, Spain‘s equivalent to the Oscars, came down to a photo finish on Saturday night, with two films

Culture Music Sitges News

The Beach Boys, Kool & The Gang, Ana Belén, Sara Baras – first acts confirmed for Sitges Terramar Festival

News Desk7th February 20257th February 2025

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The promoter Terra Music & Events, organiser of the Terramar CaixaBank Festival in Sitges, has announced the first names of the line-up for the 8th

Netflix drops Spanish star of ‘Emilia Pérez’ from Oscar campaign after offensive tweets

News Desk6th February 202511th February 2025

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Offensive historic tweets posted by Karla Sofía Gascón, the transgender Spanish star of the Oscar-nominated film Emilia Pérez, have led to a week of fallout

Marisa Paredes, Spanish actor and Almodóvar favourite, dies aged 78

News Desk17th December 202423rd December 2024

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Marisa Paredes, an acclaimed Spanish actor who achieved international fame by starring in many films by director Pedro Almodóvar, has died at the age of

Madrid cancels city centre sheep herding tradition to avoid bluetongue spread

News Desk18th October 202425th October 2024

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The regional government in Madrid has cancelled the traditional annual herding of flocks of sheep through the centre of the Spanish capital which was scheduled

Bullfighting documentary wins top prize at San Sebastian Film Festival

News Desk30th September 202410th October 2024

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A documentary about bullfighting, ‘Tardes de Soledad’ (‘Afternoons of Solitude’), has picked up the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, its graphic nature

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