Community/Public Services news & information for Spain

MASKS will cease to be mandatory in health centres, pharmacies and hospitals after more than three years of being a legal requirement in Spain – although health minister José Miñones has not committed himself to a...

IT DOESN'T feel like nearly a decade since Prince Felipe of Asturias became King in the most austere coronation ceremony in Spain's history – but the monarch has just celebrated his ninth anniversary on the...

SPAIN'S reigning monarchs King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will be present at the coronation of their British counterpart, Charles III, today (Saturday).

BIG changes are afoot for Spain's future Queen, with major new challenges in her path – and, although young Leonor is proof that being major Royalty means few privileges and limited choices, the demands on her at...

A WOMAN gave birth in the middle of a crowded bar in Valencia on Friday – with the help of an off-duty midwife who just happened to be having a drink there.

Spain is now home to more inhabitants than ever before. Census data published this week by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), puts the number of people registered as resident in Spain on January 1st 2022 at 47...

THE first baby to be born in Spain in 2023 is Iratxe, who came into the world exactly on the stroke of midnight at Madrid's Gregorio Marañón hospital weighing 3.72 kilos (8lb 3.2oz).

SPAIN'S reigning monarch, King Felipe VI, has given his ninth annual Christmas speech on TV with a call to unity in government to find solutions for society in light of inflation and the effects of the war in...

A LOTTERY shop manager in Madrid is grateful that her son Luis, 32, had her rushing to a maternity ward when he did: If he had not been born on April 5, 1990, she would not have sold the jackpot-winning El Gordo ticket...

SPAIN'S population has increased for the first time since the beginning of 2019, which followed several years of decline, and is now comfortably above the 47 million milestone, according to the National Institute of...

RESIDENTS in Spain can breathe a huge sigh of relief this weekend – electricity costs will drop from Saturday to their lowest since June 2021.

IF YOU'RE planning on relocating to Spain, or buying a holiday home and spending a considerable chunk of your life there, you can't avoid learning the language. Even if you're going to be based in a very...