The number of registered dogs, cats and rabbits in Spain has rocketed by 40 percent in the past five years, meaning there are now more pets in Spain than children under 15. But why is the number of pets outgrowing the number of kids in Spain?
Your profession may take you to risky destinations but it’s your job to make sure you’re protected.
A squash club in Spain has been forced to apologize after sparking a sexism row for awarding female competitors prizes that included body hair removal kits and a vibrator.
Starting a new life abroad is daunting at any age. And for children, who might not have a say in the big move, there is lots of excitement and anxiety about the new place they will soon call home.
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"Do you remember those innocent, peaceful days three years ago, before our daily existence was dominated by Brexit?" Sue Wilson of Bremain in Spain recalls.
Starting a new life in a place where you don't anyone can be daunting.
80 years after the end of the Civil War, The Local takes a look at some Republican symbols that survived Franco's 36-year dictatorship and are still around today.
Spaniards, from young children to old people, just love to swear. The Local gives you a round-up of some of the more bizarre phrases.
Spain's Supreme Court on Sunday said Catalonia's former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 after a secession attempt, could contest EU polls this month.
Spain's Prado has unveiled the restoration of "The Annunciation", a 15th-century altarpiece by Renaissance painter Fra Angelico ahead of the museum's bicentenary celebrations.
Madrid hotel prices have soared the weekend of the Champions League final
Former Spanish Socialist leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, who as interior minister cracked down on armed Basque separatist group ETA, died on Friday aged 67 after suffering a stroke, his family said.
Spaniards are loud, lazy and love a nice long siesta... don't they?
A brutal rape at Pamplona's 2016 running of the bulls outraged Spain. Then came #MeToo. With ever more Spaniards taking up the feminist mantle, schools – many of which are not coed – lag behind.
This is essential reading for anyone letting out or renting a property in Spain from March 2019.
Vodafone said Thursday it planned to cut up to 1,200 jobs in Spain as it streamlines its organisation to cope with a drop in revenue and profits in a fiercely competitive telecommunications market.
On April 28th Spain goes to the polls to choose new members of parliament. Campaigning is underway and the electoral race is hotting up. But how do things work in Spain? Who are the key figures? And what's at stake? Matthew Bennett has the answers.
The crunch meeting comes after the British Prime Minister visited Paris and Berlin to plead for an extension.
This is everything you need to know to mentally prepare you for the school year ahead!
Don't let the lack of blue blood stop you from getting the royal treatment on holiday.
Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a man who helped his seriously ill wife to commit suicide, reviving a debate over euthanasia less than a month before a general election.
This is how to make a perfect, and utterly delicious, Spanish torilla.
