Want to beat the crowds in ‘the new Spain’? Try the train

Portugal might well be the new Spain, but we’re the only tourists to disembark an hour later at Vila Real de Santo Antonio. Praca Marques de Pombol is empty; we stand alone on sunburst-patterned cobblestones anchored by an obelisk and encircled by …

Forty years marked since 'full' opening of the border between Gibraltar and Spain

Friday, 7 February 2025, 18:06 Compartir Wednesday 5 February marked the 40th anniversary of the "full" opening of the land frontier between Gibraltar and Spain in 1985. On 8 June 1969, Franco closed the frontier gates and isolated Gibraltar …

New regulations approved to ensure the quality of honey sold in Spain

Although honey production in Europe is high - second only to China, with more than half a million tonnes per year - the demand for honey is even greater, which is why it is also imported to the continent from other countries, which tend to have different …

High temperatures in Spain bring processionary caterpillar season forward

Friday, 7 February 2025, 16:14 Compartir Processionary caterpillar season is getting earlier as temperatures rise year on year in Spain. As the national association of environmental health companies Anecpla has said, previously the caterpillars would …

Who is Temptation Island Spain star José Carlos Montoya?

Spanish reality series La Isla de las Tentaciones has gone viral thanks to a clip of a man breaking down as he watches his girlfriend have sex with someone else.  But who is TV star José Carlos Montoya, and what is going on between him, his girlfriend …

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Taqa considering new approach for Spain’s Naturgy - report

Bloomberg cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Taqa, as the state-controlled energy company is known, is working to decide whether or not to make a new bid for part of Naturgy. A source told Bloomberg it’s already been in touch with the …

Inside Conor Gallagher's first five months at Atletico: Advice from Diego Simeone, translations from his 'older brother' ...

Rewind to May last year and the final day of the Premier League season. Conor Gallagher was leading his boyhood club out at Stamford Bridge in what was his 50th Chelsea appearance of the season. Come August, he was left to wait in a Madrid hotel for five …

Cajamar banking group in Spain achieves a profit of 326 million, some 157% more than in 2023

Friday, 7 February 2025, 17:24 Compartir Spain's Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar banking group achieved the best result in its history in 2024: its net profit reached 326 million euros, some 157% more than in 2023. The Andalucía-based bank has raised its …

Annoying spam sales calls from mobile phone numbers to be banned in Spain from this month

Friday, 7 February 2025, 17:12 Compartir Spain's Minister for the Digital Transformation, Óscar López, has said that central government plans to approve a ministerial order that will ban commercial sales calls from numbers that do not start with an 800 …