Madrid News & Information

HEALTHY, uninfected volunteers who have come forward to test a Covid-19 vaccine under construction in Spain will receive their first jabs between September 14 and 22, meaning full results are expected to be available...

WITH working from home on the rise across the modern world and given a major boost by the pandemic, the need to live close to the office is rapidly reducing – and has already been floated as a possible solution to...

AMBULANCE shift-leader Ester Armela, based in Madrid, has revealed why the hand you hold your umbrella in if you are caught out in a storm with forked lightning could save your life.

A METRO station in Madrid may change its name to encourage residents and visitors to wash their hands, if a petition on Change.org launched by KFC restaurants bears fruit.

SPAIN'S World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas is about to return to his 'native' team, Real Madrid – but as advisor to chairman Florentino Pérez, not to play.

AN OFF-DUTY Guardia Civil officer saved the life of a six-month-old baby in a park in the Greater Madrid-region town of Leganés.

ONLINE retail giant Amazon has once again decided to up its investment in Spain, showing that the pandemic has not put large corporations off expanding in the country.

HEALTH service workers in the Greater Madrid region will get free entry to concerts, plays, films and other arts and entertainment activities for a whole month after these get back on track in the capital.

REAL Madrid has opted to cut players' and trainers' salaries by between 10% and 20% to avoid having to lay off any other employees during the national quarantine period.

ATLÉTICO de Madrid midfielder Marcos Llorente is so thrilled at his team's performance in knocking Liverpool FC out of the Champions' League that he has named his new dog 'Anfield'.

A CARNIVORE which lived in Madrid around nine million years ago has just been named following joint research between scientists in the capital, in Catalunya and in South Africa.

A POP twosome who have been churning out hits on and off for 62 years is raking in the royalties now that one of their catchy '80s numbers has become the national 'Coronavirus quarantine anthem' – but they...