Priceless stolen Spanish carvings found in English garden
A Dutch art detective has returned two priceless stone reliefs stolen from an ancient Spanish church after tracing them to an English nobleman’s garden where
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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
Gastronomy galore at Madrid foodie festival
Gastrofestival, Madrid’s annual food and drink extravaganza, opens the doors on its 2019 edition (which also sees the event mark its 10th anniversary) on 23
Illegal workers in Andalusia: unwanted yet indispensable
In southern Spain, the far-right party Vox has drawn farmers’ votes with a pledge to deport illegal workers. ‘But I don’t know what they would
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
Spain’s tourism growth slows as rivals recover
Spain saw growth in its key tourism sector slow down in 2018 as sun-soaked competitors like Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia recovered, industry lobby group Exceltur said
The main Three Kings parades in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao
The most magical and exciting night of the year for many in Spain is almost here, with the imminent arrival of the Three Kings on
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
The new black: young Spanish fashion designers reclaim traditions
Young Spanish fashion designers are reclaiming their ‘Spanishness’: age-old traditions, religious imagery and even the colour black, which centuries ago was a signature of 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
