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Cinephiles rejoice: Spain restores it’s Cine Senior programme, giving over 65s €2 tickets

SPAIN has restored its beloved Cine Senior programme granting over 65s access to €2 tickets across the country. A royal decree to reinvigorate the initiative

29 Mar, 2024 @ 16:10

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Spending Semana Santa in Spain? This is how to wish locals a happy Easter in Spanish

THIS is how to wish Spaniards a Happy Easter if you’re spending Semana Santa in Spain. With Easter just around the corner, you may be

28 Mar, 2024 @ 16:28

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Netflix drops trailer for highly-anticipated mini-series ‘El Caso Asunta’: Viewers are left with ‘goosebumps’ over re-telling of historic murder trial in Spain

VIEWERS have been left with goosebumps after Netflix drops the trailer for highly-anticipated mini-series ‘El Caso Asunta’ (The Asunta Case), a retelling of a historic

27 Mar, 2024 @ 10:07

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Holy Week in Spain: The history of the processions, ‘Nazarenos’ and their pointy hats – and where they celebrate it best

DILIP Kuner delves into the pageantry of Spain’s Semana Santa Easter processions. READ MORE: What is ‘la torrija’? The delicious treat that’s traditionally eaten during

26 Mar, 2024 @ 10:31

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What is ‘la torrija’? The delicious treat that’s traditionally eaten during Semana Santa in Spain

SEMANA Santa has taken over Spain this week and you may be seeing ‘torrijas’ everywhere, but what are these sweet treats? READ MORE: Why are

26 Mar, 2024 @ 10:05

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Sagrada Familia Pinnacle Of Jesus Christ Tower Presented

Spain’s Sagrada Familia ‘will be completed by 2026’: Construction of iconic basilica in Barcelona will finish over a century since its genius architect died

BARCELONA’S iconic Sagrada Familia has finally been given a completion date – over 100 years since its master architect died. Antoni Gaudi’s spectacular gothic basilica,

25 Mar, 2024 @ 12:36

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IN PICTURES: The English painter who captured the cities of pre-industrial Spain frozen in time in 1908 on a remarkable voyage through the country

A REMARKABLE tome by a British writer and painter on Spain’s wealth of incredible cathedrals was released 115 years ago this month. Cathedral Cities of

23 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News·Sevilla·Valencia

BBC comes to Spain: UK’s national broadcaster to produce ‘high-quality Spanish language content’ after striking deal with Barcelona-based production company

THE BBC is set to produce “high-quality Spanish language content” after announcing the acquisition of Brutal Media, a production company based in Barcelona. BBC Studios,

22 Mar, 2024 @ 10:58

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New exhibition opens at Malaga’s Picasso Museum: Latest display includes 10 unseen works from Spain’s most famous artist

A NEW exhibition has opened at the Picasso Museum in Malaga with over 140 works of art that “together reveal Picasso’s extraordinary ability to create

20 Mar, 2024 @ 10:43

Andalucia·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Other News

On a knife edge: Doubts over Spain’s Cala de Mijas Festival in August as town hall argues over who is footing the bill

THE fate of this year’s Cala Mijas Festival is hanging by a thread. With the festival’s third edition looming at the end of August, the

15 Mar, 2024 @ 11:30

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Oh la la! Iconic French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gautier is bringing stage show of his life to Barcelona

THE outrageous agent provocateur of French fashion design – and late night British 90s TV – Jean-Paul Gautier is bringing the story of his life

13 Mar, 2024 @ 17:30

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Annual Fallas In Spain's Valencia Come To A Spectacular And Noisy End

This is the most popular festival in Spain according to Google searches – so have YOU been yet?

VALENCIA’S Fallas celebrations were the most-searched Spanish fiesta on Google worldwide last year, with 1.3 million searches. It’s the second successive year that the March

11 Mar, 2024 @ 14:10

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Defected is coming to Marbella: Huge house music event will take over the city’s bullring arena with Armand Van Helden, Sam Divine, Enzo Is Burning and more – get your tickets HERE

DEFECTED, the globally acclaimed house music institution, is set to make its mark in Marbella with a ground-breaking event at The Bull Ring (Marbella Arena).

10 Mar, 2024 @ 15:23

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Making bank-sy: Spanish police smash counterfeit art ring selling fake Banksy works

SPANISH police have smashed a counterfeit art ring who were selling fake Banksy pieces around the world. READ MORE: Malaga’s ‘Banksy’ attracts world attention replicating

9 Mar, 2024 @ 10:00

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Gibraltar landscape artist sees off all comers to win Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year 2024 in London

A GIBRALTAR native has been crowned the winner of a prestigious art competition on UK television after seeing off two other finalists on Thursday. Monica

2 Mar, 2024 @ 15:00

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Dig deep: Discover some of Spain’s most important treasures – and could you find some of your own?

THE Treasure of Villena has hit world headlines after researchers claimed it is partly made with iron from outer space. This is the second biggest hoard

2 Mar, 2024 @ 11:16

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Pop legends Take That are coming to Andalucia as part of Jerez’s Tio Pepe festival

JEREZ’s Tio Pepe festival will play host to one of Britain’s best loved boy bands this summer, Take That. READ MORE: Tom Jones, Take That,

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:15

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Spain returns to the cinema: Numbers are up at screenings across the country

BLOCKBUSTER movies Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to lift Spain’s cinema attendance to 77.8 million last year- 26% more than in 2022. The figures are still

28 Feb, 2024 @ 16:00

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Other News

Monty Don visits Estepona: BBC’s famous gardener admires the town’s ‘ambitious’ floral project

MUCH loved British gardener Monty Don has visited Spain’s Estepona, where he admired the town’s ‘ambitious’ plant project He visited Estepona as part of his

28 Feb, 2024 @ 13:48

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WATCH: Contestants on Spanish TV gameshow ridiculed for thinking women and CHILDREN have larger brains than men – and it costs them €275,000

TWO contestants on a Spanish game show have been ridiculed after losing €275,000 on a question about the relative brain sizes of men, women and

27 Feb, 2024 @ 11:15

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Spain lays claim to 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks': Galleon which sank more than 300 years ago contains up to €18bn in treasure

Competing claims by Colombia, Spain and Bolivia over sunken galleon’s €20 billion booty dubbed ‘the Holy Grail of shipwrecks’ threaten plans for robotic expedition

A SPANISH treasure galleon sunk off the Colombian coast has sparked a tug-of-war over the estimated €20 billion booty at the bottom of the sea.

27 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

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Furious Spanish TV channel threatens BBC with legal action over allegations it plagiarised much-loved Ministry of Time series with new drama of same name

SPANISH public broadcaster RTVE has accused its British counterpart of attempting to steal the idea for one of its most successful TV series. The makers

26 Feb, 2024 @ 15:00

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