Castile and Leon News & Information

THIS year's bank holiday over the 'Feast of the Assumption' on August 15 is one of several that have been 'lost' due to falling on a weekend, but some regions will be moving it to the following...

A 'BLIND' audition on The Voice Kids revealed an as-yet unknown new talent whose dad is a famous politician.

THE BORDER between Spain and Portugal will open from Saturday, and from Monday, bars and shops in the Comunidad Valenciana will be permitted to stay open until the 22.00 curfew.

A 'QUALITY of life' survey among residents in Spain's biggest cities shows attitudes have changed since the start of the pandemic, according to national consumer organisation OCU, which conducted the...

THOSE of you who already speak Spanish know this, but those of you who are still learning may not have realised the language has no words of its own beginning with a 'K' or a 'W'.

YOU'VE read about Spain's record rainfall, wind speed, wave height, coldest and hottest temperatures (if you haven't, check out the fascinating set of numbers here – and keep a note of them as conversation...

A GROWING trend towards working from home triggered almost by default in early 2020 means the pull of big, global cities is slackening off – but those which the world's employees remain attracted to are largely in...

A SPANISH company has been named as one of the best in the world by the New York Times annual list for 2020.

'MONOLITH Fever' has broken out in Spain as the bizarre trend for emulating Stanley Kubrick's futuristic 1968 film prop expands across the globe.

FAST food company McDonald's has launched a burger made entirely with Spanish produce from local farmers in a bid to help them get through the economic turndown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

IN THE past few years, a 'blip' in the weather has brought rain and falling temperatures to Spain over the last week of August, a situation that is normally temporary and clears out the last of the humidity...

THE CATHEDRAL in Palencia will be 700 years old in 2021 – on June 1, to be precise – and, beautiful though it is, it's often overlooked by the spectacular gothic version in Burgos and the majestic domed-roofed...