March 2023

Madrid has overtaken Barcelona as the most competitive in tourism according to the Urbantur 2022 report carried out by Exceltur, which analyses 22 urban tourist destinations. Madrid topped the rankings winning in four of the six categories. The capital was followed by Barcelona, Valencia and San Sebastian.  Leon ranked at 22.  The executive vice-president of […]

ALICANTE city council has waived a €211 charge levied on a young woman who was saved by a fire crew after threatening to take her life. The woman took to social media on Monday to declare she had received an invoice from Alicante’s finance department claiming €211 for ‘rescue of person’, after a friend of

DRIVERS from Gibraltar will now be able to drive in Spain without a separate international licence and vice-versa. It follows a Spanish Council of Ministers decision to recognise UK licences for those visiting Gibraltar’s neighbouring country. The deal also gives a new six month period for Gibraltarians legally resident in Spain to exchange their licences

Morocco has announced it will join forces with Spain and Portugal to launch a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. The move would see an unprecedented footballing union that brings together the disparate footballing cultures of Africa, Arabia and Iberia as well as smooth over fraught diplomatic relations between the countries. King Mohammed

The CEO of Jet2 Holidays, Steve Heapy has written to Lanzarote’s president, Maria Dolores Corujo, asking her to clarify whether or not she wants British tourists to visit the island.  He expressed “extreme concern regarding the articles that have been published in the United Kingdom this weekend” which referred to statements made by the president

CABO ROIG’S famous St. Patrick’s Day parade will be hoping nothing will stand in its way this Friday as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. The last parade was held in 2019 before the Covid pandemic forced the cancellation for the next two years. Everything was geared up for a spectacular return last year with former

Over the weekend over 1,000 passengers were held up in long queues for passport control at Terminals 1 and 4 at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport whilst trying to make connecting flights, causing disruption and missed flights. Javier Gandara, president of the Spanish association of airlines (ALA) described scenes at Madrid-Barajas airport over the weekend as

For the next three days Barcelona will be transformed into the photographic centre of the world as the Photo Forum Fest comes to town. The annual gathering of photography enthusiasts and professionals brings together some of the best photographers in the world to showcase and talk about their work.  The Bodaf section focusing on wedding

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SPAIN’S Inditex- the world’s biggest fashion retailer- posted a 27% rise in net profits last year as sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels. Net income soared to a record €4.1 billion in results covering the first full year that Marta Ortega, daughter of Inditex founder Armancio Ortega, took over running the company. In-store and online sales reached