Community/Public Services news & information for Madrid

SPAIN'S first-ever rape crisis centre is set to open in September and will include a free 24-hour helpline with multi-lingual operators.

ONE of Spain’s main consumer protection organisations has warned about a website which charges €59 to renew a European health card used to cover emergency medical treatment when travelling within the EU, and which...

A SCHOOLBOY who returned a wallet he found full of money has won the annual Community Safety Award in Fuenlabrada (Madrid).

A WOMAN has given birth on the street in a Madrid suburb with National Police officers delivering the baby, emergency services report.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy pulled out of a public swimming pool in cardiac arrest has come round after paramedics spent more than an hour giving him CPR.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man saved the life of a driver who suffered a heart attack at the wheel of his car and mounted the pavement in Santa María de la Cabeza (Madrid) yesterday (Sunday).

HUGE swathes of Madrid have been left without on-tap water due to a massive underground pipe burst.

HUNDREDS of Spanish State pensioners surrounded the Bank of Spain early today in protest over what they call the 'theft' of their livelihood.

A HOSPITAL in Madrid has once again lost a man's sperm which he had frozen, meaning he cannot now have children of his own.

ONE-WAY pavements – as opposed to streets – will become a feature of Christmas shopping in Madrid in an attempt to ease the flow of pedestrians and make the festive retail rush less stressful.

AN ANTI-RACISM protest in Madrid has called for an end to undocumented migrants being held in internment centres, and for foreigners living in Spain to be allowed to vote.

RUBBISH collectors in Madrid agreed to stop their strike after reaching a deal with the franchise companies that employ them, and started work again at 23.00 last night (Tuesday).