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Oldest known partial face fossil of human ancestor in Western Europe found in northern Spain

News Desk13th March 202519th March 2025

13th March 202519th March 2025913

Western Europe has a new contender for its oldest known human relative. Spanish scientists revealed on Wednesday that facial bones belonging to an individual nicknamed

Andalusia seeks €90m from Swedish mining group for toxic spill 25 years ago

News Desk4th July 202314th July 2023

4th July 202314th July 20232188

Twenty five years after one of Spain’s worst ecological disasters, a court case against the Swedish mining company involved opened on Tuesday in the southern

Ukrainian art on display at Madrid museum after defying Russian bombs

News Desk29th November 20226th December 2022

29th November 20226th December 20224567

Many modern artworks removed from Kyiv to protect them from Russian bombs – that have already done huge damage to Ukraine’s cultural heritage – have gone

World’s top ‘castells’ competition won by Vilafranca with 10-tier human tower

News Desk3rd October 202210th October 2022

3rd October 202210th October 20226424

The world’s largest ‘castells’ competition (‘human towers’) took place in Tarragona (Catalonia) on Sunday, with some 11,000 spectators packing the bull ring to watch the

Oldest European fossil of human ancestor from 1.4 million years ago found in Spain

News Desk11th July 202218th July 2022

11th July 202218th July 20222095

A jawbone fragment discovered in a mountain range in the region of Castilla y León in northern Spain could be the oldest known fossil of

Madrid’s Retiro Park and Paseo del Prado added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Steph Osborn28th July 20212nd August 2021

28th July 20212nd August 20212358

Madrid’s Retiro Park and the adjacent Paseo del Prado have been added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List and is the first time that sites

Barça’s Camp Nou and Gaudí’s Sagrada Família could become vaccination centres

News Desk9th February 202125th February 2021

9th February 202125th February 20211877

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (25 Feb) FC Barcelona’s giant Camp Nou stadium, as well as Gaudí’s Sagrada Família cathedral in Barcelona, in addition to other ’emblematic’ landmarks,

All Spain’s regional presidents attend conference – except Quim Torra

News Desk2nd August 20208th August 2020

2nd August 20208th August 20203444

The 21st Conference of Regional Presidents of Spain was held in situ in the town of San Millán de la Cogolla (La Rioja) on Friday –

Travel: Catalonia’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites outside Barcelona

Features4th August 201928th July 2021

4th August 201928th July 20214335

Catalonia boasts many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and although most are located in the city of Barcelona and get huge amounts of international attention, looking

Food & Drink Spotlight

Join us for a special ‘Belgian Beer Tasting’ evening (plus tapas) at Lambicus

SiE Events4th July 20194th July 2019

4th July 20194th July 20193282

We’re launching a series of ‘Maravilla Food & Drink’ events, and to kick things off we’re having a special Belgian Beer Tasting evening at one of the

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