Community/Public Services news & information for Spain

Every year, the Fundación del Español Urgente (FundéuRAE) - Foundation for Urgent Spanish - with the support of the Real Academia Española, votes for its 'word of the year', and the winning word for 2021 is...

OVER 9,000 letters have been sent in barely a week from members of the public to elderly residents in nursing homes as part of the nationwide 'Adopt a Grandparent' scheme.

KING Felipe VI's traditional Christmas Eve night speech called for 'public institutions' to 'show responsibility' and be 'an example of moral integrity', as well as urging society 'not to...

THIS year's presidential message to troops spending Christmas on overseas missions focused in particular on the Forces' heroic efforts in evacuating over 2,300 Afghans plus numerous Spanish nationals via Kabul...

On Christmas Eve face masks will once again become compulsory outdoors as well as in shops, public transport, public buildings, restaurants, bars, etc.

NATIONAL health authorities have approved a third vaccine dose for residents aged 50 to 59 inclusive and for anyone who originally had the AstraZeneca jab, irrespective of how old they are.

WORLD Cup national team goalkeeper Iker Casillas' ex-wife is the voice behind McDonald's 'Happy Meal Readers' audio-book collection for children.

A COUNTRY must be doing something right when it gets a personal thanks from the World Health Organisation just as a pandemic affecting every continent is coming up to its second anniversary – so Spain can certainly...

HOUSEHOLDS in Spain plan to spend on average 20% more on Christmas this year and eight in 10 will be shelling out the same or more than they did in 2020, according to recent figures.

ARMED Forces members who helped evacuated more than 2,200 people from Afghanistan in August to fly them safely to Spain have been given medals in recognition of their excellent humanitarian work in the face of extreme...

OVER 2.7 million residents in Spain carry out volunteer work of some description, with three in 10 of them aged from 14 to 35 inclusive – in total, 6.4% of teenagers and adults in the country give up some of their...

COVID vaccines will be given to children in Spain aged between five and 11 inclusive starting from the second week in December, health authorities have revealed.