Community/Public Services news & information for Spain

EUROPE and, particularly Spain, have spent most of 2021 speaking about 'herd immunity' as the final breakthrough in the Covid-19 battle, which they set at 70% of the population's being vaccinated – yet...

A MAP launched using US Intelligence service data has revealed which is the most-spoken second language of every country in the world.

PERHAPS there's no honour that quite lives up to winning a Nobel Prize, but a small number of them come very close – and Spain's national version, the Princess of Asturias Award, is among these. Earning a...

OCTOBER is International Blindness Awareness Month – as you'll already know if you've entered Specsavers' 'name a baby future guide dog competition' – and today (Friday) is World White Stick Day,...

ANOTHER mission to evacuate Afghans who were unable to escape their home country in August is due to take place in the next few days, confirms Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles, but details are being kept...

SPAIN'S government says it does not intend to relax rules on wearing masks inside buildings 'just yet', recalling that these will also protect the population from typical autumn and winter infections such as...

NATIONAL health authorities have agreed for all residents aged 70 and over to be given a third Covid vaccine dose, which will be coordinated by local GP clinics along with their annual 'flu jab, and is...

A THIRD Covid vaccine dose has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the general population following successful trials on volunteers aged 18 to 55 inclusive, although each member State will be...

WOMEN all over Spain have plenty to be grateful for this month – the 90th anniversary of the female vote which, even for residents who can never cast their ballot because of being a foreigner, was still a life...

SPAIN'S post office network has dramatically extended its plans to set up cashpoints in remote rural villages and those with no banks – from the initial 109 announced in March, Correos has announced a roll-out of...

RETIREMENT was once something that happened when we were too old to work, and the average pensioner did not live for very long after giving up the daily grind – that cut-off age of 60 or 65 was the end of one's...

Spanish singer Rosalía's interpretation of the 'American Independence' theme at last night's MET Gala raised a few eyebrows as she took to the famous red carpet in a giant Manila shawl in tribute to...