Spain prepares for commemorative month of Gay Pride
Spain is one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world – and therefore also celebrates some of the biggest and liveliest Gay Pride events
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Adopt an olive tree, save a Spanish village
‘They’re over 500 years old,’ says Sira Plana proudly as she points to Oliete‘s olive groves, many of which are thriving now thanks to an
Casa Decor 2019 opens its doors
Casa Decor, Madrid’s popular interior design event that sees a different building in the capital used each year to showcase trends in the sector, opens
Madrid Fashion Week holds first 2019 event
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM) this week holds the first of its two 2019 events, which looks ahead to the Autumn/Winter 2019-2020 season. Taking place
Expat Brits hopeful after Brexit vote defeat
On the sun-drenched eastern coast of Spain where British pensioners and business-owners are uncertain for their futures as Brexit ticks closer, the crushing parliamentary defeat
Concrete ‘ghost towns’ still haunting Spain
Concrete ghost towns still haunt Spain, 10 years after the 2008 global economic crisis caused a housing boom to crumble, bankrupting developers and dotting the
Twenty years of the euro: key dates
The euro turns 20 in 2019, after two tumultuous decades that saw the single currency survive a make-or-break crisis and become a fixture on the financial
From Spain to the Caribbean – in a barrel
A 71-year-old Frenchman set sail across the Atlantic on Wednesday in a barrel-shaped orange capsule, hoping to reach the Caribbean within three months, thanks to
City of Smiles comes to Barcelona’s main square
Barcelona’s central square, Plaça de Catalunya, is full of the magic of Christmas from 21 December with the arrival of the Ciutat del Somriures (City of