Santiago de Compostela News & Information

Last week saw the biggest rise in water levels in Spanish reservoirs for some considerable time as a result of recent rain. According to Environment ministry figures, levels rose by 579 cubic hectometres (1.1% of total...

During the early hours of yesterday morning, someone broke into a farm in Bando, near Santiago de Compostela, and let around 20,000 minks out of their cages.

JUDGES trying the case of murdered 12-year-old Asunta Basterra, found dead in a woods near her late grandparents' luxury villa, have lifted the procedural secrecy or 'gagging order' surrounding the...

MOTHER of murdered 12-year-old Asunta Basterra and prime suspect in her death, Rosario Porto, has announced she will be representing herself in court.

A PAINSTAKING 50,000 hours of restoration work on the La Gloria portico at Santiago de Compostela cathedral has been unveiled and visitors will finally get to see the intricate archway without its scaffolding for the...

HUNDREDS of relatives of those who died in the Madrid-Ferrol train crash in 2013 and injured survivors gathered in the central square in Angrois, A Coruña province (Galicia) calling for justice and answers.

SANTIAGO de Compostela cathedral's newly-restored La Gloria portico will carry a ticket charge for visitors from November for the first time.

A 'HOME-MADE' Covid vaccine which works along the same lines as the Pfizer and Moderna inoculations is a step closer to completion and should be ready for use by next year.

GALICIA'S spectacular 'pilgrims' cathedral' in Santiago de Compostela has shed its scaffolding at last after an eight-year-long restoration.

WHEREVER you are in Spain at Easter, it's hard to miss the multiple references to one of the key moments in the Christian Bible – that of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection – and, including if...