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- San Sebastián Film Festival: Shell-seekers, street gangs and blockbusters-to-be September 26, 2022IT'S THE Cannes of Spain, a shop window on what's to come in the world of entertainment, and its awards are named after the venue city's favourite beach – San Sebastián Film Festival has wrapped up for another year and the latest batch of Conchas, or shells, have found new homes.
- Golden sands and silver screen: Spain's Star Wars and superheroes beach September 23, 2022SOMETIMES the breathtaking beauty of Spain's landscape and beaches makes you feel as though you must have stepped onto another world. And sometimes, you'd be right to think so.
- Mar Menor now a 'legal person': How the public saved a heavenly sea September 23, 2022ONE of south-eastern Spain's most unusual and popular coastal enclaves is the first to be given 'legal personality' in history – meaning it automatically has 'rights' at law.
- Prolific home-grown fashion house Adolfo Domínguez extends global network September 20, 2022TOP-END high-street fashion chain Adolfo Domínguez is expanding its empire outside of its home country after reporting a rise in sales abroad of nearly 30% in spring.
- Electric car charging stations multiply: Over 150,000 by 2025 September 20, 2022ELECTRIC car charging points across Spain have increased by around two-thirds in the last year, with over 100 new ones set up somewhere in the country every month.
- Ouigo Valencia-Madrid express rail to open in October: Tickets start at €9 each way September 20, 2022HIGH-SPEED rail operator Ouigo is just weeks away from launching its Valencia-Madrid connection, with around 35,600 slots a week for passengers.
- Restaurant and bar trade 'nearly back to pre-pandemic levels' as customers get back into the habit September 20, 2022BARS, restaurants and similar businesses have reported a full recovery in their income for the first time since before the pandemic – their turnover is now 2% higher than in the last 'normal' year, 2019.
- Vinyl record sales surpass CDs bought for first time in 30 years September 18, 2022MORE vinyl records than CDs are sold in Spain nowadays – something not seen since 1991 when the former was falling out of fashion and the latter still a luxury to many.
- Keanu Reeves spotted in Jerez...and poses for fan selfies September 18, 2022HOLLYWOOD legend Keanu Reeves managed to remain almost undetected during a trip to southern Spain's 'cradle of sherry' with some friends – although the Canadian actor happily posed for some selfies when a small handful of locals recognised him.
- Letizia at 50: From DJ's granddaughter to Queen in five decades September 15, 2022BORN 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, was more likely to be reading out headlines than making them until the end of 2003.
- King Felipe's niece recovers from 'emergency surgery' September 14, 2022THE initial panic is now over, but Juan Carlos I's and Queen Sofía's granddaughter Victoria Federica is still recovering in hospital after being rushed in for an emergency operation.
- Valencia to pilot four-day working week September 14, 2022VALENCIA'S mayor plans to 'pilot' a four-day working week for one month next year, to see whether productivity and staff morale improves, worsens or stays the same.
- First 'normal' school year starts: No more pandemic restrictions September 13, 2022EVERY school in Spain has now started the new term again as at today, and it will be the first academic year since 2019 with no Covid-related restrictions whatsoever, according to the ministries of health and education.
- Carlos Alcaraz, youngest-ever ATP world number one 'still has untapped potential' September 12, 2022MURCIA-BORN tennis teen Carlos Alcaraz's epic US Open win has catapulted him to world number one – the youngest in history – but his trainer has a chilling warning for his future rivals.
- Back together: King Felipe VI, his wife and parents will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral September 12, 2022ALL 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 in over two years.
