Oviedo News & Information

DESPERATE Housewife Eva Longoria is now a Dame – thanks to a prestigious distinction conferred on her in Oviedo, northern Spain.

HOME-PRODUCED foodstuffs from Spain appear to be on a roll just lately – hot on the heels of a Spanish olive oil being named number one on earth, the country can now take credit for churning out the planet's top...

FORMULA 1's Spanish 'population' is set to double next season: Legend and twice-world champion Fernando Alonso is set to return, two years after his shock announcement that he was bowing out after years of...

GUARDIA Civil officers in Oviedo found a newborn foal wandering along a main road in the early hours of the morning, and managed to reunite him with his mum.

IT'S CERTAINLY been the season for schoolgirls giving speeches – after Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg's historic and emotional discourse at the UN Summit in New York, the latest brave teen to...

RECORD-BREAKING ski ace Lindsey Vonn has been confirmed for a Princess of Asturias Award in Sports, three months after retiring from the slopes for good due to knee injuries.

A RESTAURANT in Asturias has made a record-breaking bid for a chunk of locally-produced cheese – a 'wheel' of Cabrales has reached the eye-watering sum of €14,300 at auction.

A FRAUDSTER used a fake ID card bearing a photograph of the actor Alec Baldwin to take out loans from banks in Oviedo (Asturias) which he had no intention of paying back, say National Police.

A WOMEN'S association in Asturias has called for the bronze statue of Woody Allen in the centre of the region's largest city, Oviedo, to be taken down.

AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy has died in a go-karting accident at the Fernando Alonso circuit in Oviedo (Asturias) whilst training for the regional junior championships.

SCOTLAND and Asturias have joined forces for an Easter 'art exchange' this weekend – today (Saturday), if you're in the north of Spain, you can enjoy a cultural treasure hunt around the streets of Oviedo,...

Several hundred mourners attended the funeral service held in Oviedo cathedral for the four Guardias Civil who were tragically killed last Wednesday when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed after hitting high...