Spain is awash with rain. Why driving in the wet could land you a €200 fine – even if you’re careful. Image concept of a car sinking in the water due to heavy rain. Signage with exclamation marks stating that driving is dangerous. Modern abstract art collage with custom textures. Credit: Shutterstock, Collagery DGT cracksdown on driving in bad weather. …

Two 1968 illustrations of Sevilla Semana Santa have been discovered and give a British perspective of Spain’s Easter. The drawings, by esteemed British artist William ‘Bill’ Papas and originally published in the Guardian, remained hidden for almost six decades in an old book. They were only rediscovered in February 2023 when Boris Quijada and Saul Quijada, owners of the Capitel …

SPAIN’S state broadcaster RTVE contacted Eurovision Song Contest organisers, asking for talks about Israel’s participation in Basel’s event, Switzerland, in May. Jose Pablo Lopez, the director general of RTVE, wrote to Noel Curran and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) director general in order to discuss the matter. Israel’s representative is Yuval Raphael. He is a 24-year old survivor from the …