Madrid News & Information

ROCK fans, take note: The official Pink Floyd exhibition is in Madrid until October 27, having been extended by popular request.

VOLUNTEERS have been rounded up by police to help in the search for Olympic medal-winning skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa, who has been missing since August 23 but whose disappearance was not reported until this weekend.

SINGER Taylor Swift will be the next celebrity to have a statue on display at the Madrid Waxworks Museum – a tourist attraction that has always tried hard to be the next Madame Tussaud's.

HUNDREDS of shoppers spent up to two nights camped outside the first-ever European branch of Chinese technology giant AliExpress before it opened yesterday (Sunday) morning in Madrid, in a bid to be first through the...

A CON ARTIST'S lack of knowledge of Spain's geography blew his cover at Atocha station and saved a group of tourists from parting with unnecessary cash.

LOCAL Police in a Greater Madrid region town had to rescue a cow who had fallen into a swimming pool and been there for over 24 hours, unbeknown to the property owners.

NEUROSCIENTISTS have discovered a protein in the brain which could be the main cause of Alzheimer's, and which they may one day be able to inhibit in order to slow down or halt the disease.

LEGENDARY tenor Plácido Domingo is one of 12 famous faces to win an 'Excellence in Spain' Award – at the same time as being named ambassador for the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

ONLINE retail giant Amazon needs 200 new employees for its Kindle technological development team in Madrid.

PENSIONERS who headed up the weekend's Gay Pride march in Madrid recall how far Spain has come in protecting their rights – and many say they attended the first-ever Pride festival in the capital 41 years ago when...

A HUGE demonstration in support of keeping Madrid city centre traffic-free to cut air pollution is due to set off tomorrow (Saturday) at 19.00 from the Callao district as far as the Cibeles fountain roundabout, where...

ACTING president Pedro Sánchez will take part in a sponsored run this Sunday to raise funds for and awareness of domestic and gender violence.