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By Janet SteinbergSpecial to Journal & Topics The Monument aux Girondins, the fountain commemorating the Girondins of the French Revolution, is located at the edge of the Esplanade des Quinconces. “God created only water”, said…

Queen of the podium! Spain's Letizia embodies spring glamor in a white dress with red heels as she attends Madrid Fashion WeekQueen Letizia of Spain nailed the spring glamor today as she attended Madrid Fashion Week in a…

By JOSEPH WILSON, Associated PressBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — When Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas started kicking a ball in the small square of her Spanish village, she did so with the typical disadvantages of a young girl with big dreams…

An EU action plan to tackle bottom-of-the-ocean trawling practices is set to spark a row between conservationists and a new industry alliance that says it fights for culture and ecology. European identity.About 32% of Europe's fish are…

"We hope to connect with emerging producers in Europe and Latin America"02/07/2022 - The organization has set up the Atlantic Film Accelerator, a production laboratory which will take place in Tenerife at the end of February; the call…

In death, as in life, legendary flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla continues to confuse expectations, cross boundaries, and demand that his blistering, blistering voice be heard.The revered, loved and sometimes controversial singer died of…

Credit, Guardia CivilJewelery thieves caught on the Spanish Costa Blanca. The young thieves had managed to steal more than one hundred thousand euros of jewelry.Guardia Civil agents arrested two Albanian nationals, aged 20 and 22. The…

ORIHUELA CATHEDRAL: final destination of the new bishop on February 12 Photo credit: JoanbanjoTRADITION demands that José Ignacio Munilla, the new bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, enter Orihuela on a white donkey.Munilla will…

Holiday giving kicked off this year at SLU-Madrid with the Thanksgiving Food Drive campaign and the Solidarity Step campaign. Drawing on the Thanksgiving spirit, students,…

A The Barcelona pub crawl with Moe Aljaff is not for the faint hearted. The Spanish are said to have more drinking places per capita than any other nation. On a still hot October night, I felt like I was taken to most of them. Moe…

After getting me tiger nuts and pork belly with strict instructions on how to cook both when I get home, De La Cruz took me to Llisa Negra (llisanegra.com), another Dacosta restaurant, and showed me how to cook sacred paella - three of…

One of Netflix's greatest shows, Money theft is set to release its grand finale with the second part of the fifth season of the series finally hitting Netflix. The Spanish TV series that has become a worldwide phenomenon on the…

In the mid-90s, I had to do legal formalities regarding an inherited property in Almuñécar, a town in Andalusia, Spain. To finalize things, I needed the signed approval of a abogado, a lawyer, who in this case…

From the moment I arrived with my family in San Antonio from Mexico City in 2003, I was surrounded by familiar sights and sounds. I remember the comfort and ease I felt while exploring American life. The city's large Hispanic…

gGreat Spanish geniuses of the Renaissance and Baroque era are celebrated by Bishop Auckland's newest museum, but there is no mention of the most influential of all, Miguel de Cervantes. Maybe because Cervantes' Don Quixote bowing against…

We are delighted to present you an excerpt from Station to station, the new novel by Johnny Gogan. Diplomat Jack Lennon was posted to Spain in 2008 as the wheels fell off the Spanish and Irish property boom. On the trail of a missing…

SUNDAY, September 19, 2021, like the Sundays spent in the Canary Islands, promised to be a calm and restful day. It was also a day of Christian worship. But beneath the land of La Palma on the islands, the rock had been pulverized and…

ORLANDO, Florida - We've all heard of Cinco de Mayo, but do you really know what the day means? It's more than a reason to drink margaritas and eat tacos.And Dia de los Muertos? Think you know what La Semana Santa is?There are several…

Do you miss travel? Do you dream of seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in France or traveling to Spain to attend a flamenco show in Seville? If the Delta variant of the coronavirus has convinced you to stay local for now, you can…

Music is memory: it is the chorus that vibrates throughout the exuberant "American Mariachi", the piece by José Cruz González with music on the values ​​of family, love, of…

On Saturday, September 18, around 200 neo-Nazis took to the streets of Madrid's historically gay neighborhood of Chueca to harass the homosexuals who live there. Supposedly organized to protest against the sustainable development plans…

Winning Tip: Alluring SalamancaI stopped in Salamanca for lunch while driving from Madrid to Lisbon and ended up staying there for a week, taken in the charming atmosphere of the city. Its graceful red sandstone architecture, with two…

AN EVENING IN PARIS before the pandemic, the Italian architect Andrea Tognon and his agent, Julien Desselle, who lives in the French capital, were finishing a late dinner at the famous seafood restaurant Le Duc de la rive gauche when they…

FOR CHILDREN: Cuevas del Almanzora is one of the five towns in Almeria with this status Photo credit: Cuevas del Almanzora town hall One out of five CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA has recently been confirmed as a Child!-->!-->…

Food alert issued in Spain for a popular cheese Credit: Pixabay A food alert has been issued in Spain for a popular cheese. The affected batch should not be consumed after the detection of listeria. The regional!-->!-->…

The leaders of the Spanish government and that of Catalonia have met across the table, but the gap between them remains wide. How it plays out on the street will matter (davide bonaldo / Shutterstock.com) Spanish Prime…

More than four decades after Spain lifted laws that made homosexuality illegal and 16 years after becoming a pioneer in introducing same-sex marriage, an increase in hate crimes has sowed fear in…

Costa Cálida means "warm coast" and refers to an approximately 250 km long coastal strip in the south-eastern part of Spain. It stretches from the provinces of Alicante in the north to Almeria in the south with Murcia and…

MADRID, August 22 (Reuters) - US President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez have agreed that two military bases in southern Spain can be used to receive Afghans who have worked for the US government, announced on Sunday…

The Castillo de La Calahorra in Granada, location of a famous film from the 70s. Image: wikipedia THE Castillo de La Calahorra is located on a hill in the province of Granada and was the location used in a famous!-->!-->…

The man dies of his 24-hour ordeal after being rescued from a ditch in San Roque. image: Image bank The man dies of his 24-hour ordeal after being rescued alive from a ditch in San Roque Torreguadiaro. A!-->!-->…

Virgen del Carmen Day celebrated in the coastal towns and villages of Spain Día de la Virgen del Carmen is celebrated in the coastal towns and villages of Spain. The Día de la Virgen del!-->!-->…

Braña de la Pornacal is represented as the largest and best preserved of the hundreds of branades in the northwest of Spain. A brana is a seasonal establishment characteristic of Asturias and northern León,…