Rías Altas News & Information

ZARA tycoon Amancio Ortega's daughter Marta has announced a date for her wedding to model scout and PR guru Carlos Torretta, having confirmed their engagement in the spring.

A GALICIA city has argued that the north-western region has no zebras, but plenty of cows – and this should be reflected in their pedestrian crossings.

GALICIA'S fight to reclaim the Meirás country estate from the family of dictator General Franco has taken a new twist: for the mansion to be restored to public hands, the State would have to pay its current...

COURT summons are starting to filter through for demonstrators who peacefully 'invaded' a palace in A Coruña last August to protest over its still belonging to dictator General Franco's family some 80 years...

A FAMILY from Spain's north-western region of Galicia says a man identical to the photo-fit image of Madeleine McCann's suspected kidnapper attempted to abduct their little girl six years earlier.

A 22-YEAR-OLD woman swept away by the waves off a Galicia beach during the storms has been found dead after a local resident spotted her and called emergency services.

A BAR in A Coruña (Galicia) has a regular customer who has been coming in daily for a plate of tortilla – or Spanish omelette – for the last four years, and plants herself on the counter to ensure she is the first...

A BRAVE Spaniard who lost his life helping police tackle terrorists at London's Borough Market in June will have a park named after him in the town he was born in Galicia.

A TRAIN PASSENGER who got a free ride across Galicia has complained to rail board RENFE about his not having to pay for the journey.

SPAIN'S Javier Gómez Noya is once again World Ironman Champion for the second time in his career after becoming the fastest person on earth to complete the toughest branch of triathlon.

MOBILE phone technology and social networks have been shown to save lives – and a case of a couple lost in the hills in Galicia has once again proven this to be true.

A RIDER drunk in charge of his horse on a public road in Galicia is facing two major fines and was ordered to dismount immediately.