Rafael Nadal could return from a hip injury next week after being named in Spain’s Davis Cup squad. Nadal, 31, has not played competitively since pulling out of his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in January. He had planned to play in last month’s Acapulco Open before withdrawing, and then pulled […]
Europol’s most-wanted criminal on the run and the only woman in the organisation’s top 70 fugitives, Tania Varela, has been arested in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona province) after four years of hiding from justice. Solicitor María Tania Varela Otero, 44, ex-girlfriend of David Pérez Lago whose stepfather was the […]
How to celebrate Semana Santa like a Spaniard. This year Easter Sunday falls on April 1st but celebrations of the biggest religious festival of the year begin a week earlier. Why is Easter such a big deal in Spain? Holy Week (Semana Santa) is the biggest religious celebration of the […]
Politicians and diplomats are vague about post-Brexit voting rights of some 300,000 British expats. British citizens living in Spain are demanding to know whether they will be able to participate in the municipal elections of May 2019 – a date which falls within the transition phase of the United Kingdom’s […]
Conservationists urge ministers to enact protections from threats that could ‘wreak havoc on our rivers, seas, and countryside’ Invasive plants and animals caused £2bn of damage to the UK economy last year and the problem may worsen after Brexit, conservation groups have claimed. The government must do more to address the cost of damage […]
A former Catalan minister wanted by Spain for her role in last year’s independence bid will surrender to police on Wednesday in Scotland where she had fled, her lawyer said. “I have arranged with Police Scotland for the voluntary attendance of Professor Clara Ponsati at St Leonard’s Police Station, Edinburgh,” […]
The UK may not have voted for Brexit if it had not been for “cheating” by the Leave campaign, a former employee of Cambridge Analytica has claimed. Christopher Wylie said Vote Leave and other pro-Brexit groups had a “common plan” to get round spending controls. He told MPs they all […]
After diligently avoiding sweets and other tasty temptations for Lent, Catholic Spaniards know how to ring in the end of the religious season with amazing dishes during Holy Week. From a Spanish version of French toast to a Catalan Easter cake, we count down Spaniards’ favourite Easter foods. Torrijas This […]
Three days after European Union leaders left a summit in Brussels with a discreet yet vague agreement to expel Russian diplomats over a nerve agent attack on British soil, envoys met back to share details before an afternoon deadline. Unveiling national expulsion lists at a closed-door meeting on Monday, the […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for a “long-term response” by the West to the security threat from Russia as NATO followed member states in expelling Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a double agent in England. In the most sweeping such action against Moscow since the height […]
It’s been almost two years since the UK voted to leave the EU – why was the decision made – and what happens next? Here are some of the key moments. 23 January 2013 Prime Minister David Cameron says he is in favour of an in/out referendum on the UK’s […]
Please help us with your old fishing tackle and anything fishing-related. Many of the kids cannot take part in public sports because their identities are protected, and they cannot be seen or found by those who have harmed them. One of the solutions Make a smile have come up with […]
