Community/Public Services news & information for Spain

WINNING a Nobel Prize might be the highest form of prestige on earth and the ultimate goal of every artist, scientist or public figurehead – but the next best thing has to be earning Spain's national version, a...

Every year in Spain, the clocks go back an hour during the early hours of the morning on the last Sunday in October.

A SPORTSMAN from southern Spain has made history with his Mount Everest climb: He is the first person with ALS in history to crown 5,000 metres.

AN ANONYMOUS 'guardian angel' has paid for a Spanish toddler to be flown to Barcelona for a brain tumour operation – the only hope his parents have of saving their son's life.

EVERY town council in Spain has been instructed to draw up an energy-saving plan by December 1 – and, although restrictions on Christmas lights have not been enforced, some have already announced a late-night switch...

A MÁLAGA woman has just scaled nearly 6,000 metres to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for meningitis research – and handed over a healthy sum to help scientists in their mission to wipe out the condition...

BORN under the sign of Virgo in Asturias' largest city, Oviedo – the same one as Formula 1 legend Fernando Alonso – with a spelling mistake in her name, Spain's Queen Consort, a third-generation journalist,...

ALL SPAIN'S Kings and Queens will be attending the funeral of Her Majesty Elizabeth II in London on September 19 – the first time the current and previous reigning monarchs will have been seen in public together...

A HEARTFELT message addressed to 'Dearest Aunt Lilibet' offering sympathy on the loss of 'dear Uncle Philip', a beautiful and profoundly moving letter with a personal touch, showed Spain's King...

PRESIDENT of Spain Pedro Sánchez has travelled to the British Embassy in Madrid to give his condolences in person, and Madrid has declared three days of mourning for the world's second-longest-reigning monarch,...

EUROPE'S move to cut energy use in a bid to reduce its dependency on Russian gas, to curb climate change and tackle ever-increasing fuel costs has led to action affecting the high street in Spain – but, despite...

NEARLY 300 Afghans who worked with Spanish service personnel in the Asian country have arrived in Spain with their families, and will be granted refugee status upon application, according to foreign affairs minister...