The Dorotheum auction house Vienna will put on sale on April 24 one of the sketches that Francisco de Goya created to prepare his famous canvas “The Family of Charles IV”, which is preserved in the Museum of the Prado Madrid. The work up for auction is a study of the Infanta María Isabel de […]
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Torrija, the Easter recipe with the most versions around the world
Humble and useful, this is torrija, a typical recipe from Easter in Spainwhich can boast of having a huge family spread all over the world because its ingredients, bread, milk and eggs, They have been found, historically, in almost all cultures. Like any popular recipe, talking about the origin, place and day of birth of […]
20 years ago, Madrid was plunged into terror and death
On March 11, 2004, ten bombs exploded on four suburban trains in Madrid, leaving 192 dead and almost 2,000 injured. The attacks generated a great commotion in a Spain more accustomed to ETA explosions than to those of jihadism. Bombs and chaos That Thursday morning, March 11, 2004, thousands of passengers passed through the Atocha […]
Spain imposes visas on certain nationalities due to chaos at Madrid airport
Spain announced on Wednesday that it will require a transit visa for Senegalese stopping in the country, a requirement it already imposed on Kenyans, amid an avalanche of asylum seekers that has collapsed facilities at the Madrid airport. The measure for the Senegalese will come into force on February 19, reported the Spanish embassy in […]
Fitur celebrates a record edition in the midst of the tourism sector taking off after the pandemic
Madrid starting tomorrow, Wednesday, it will host the 44th edition of the tourism fair Fitur, the first in the world in the sector by number of attendees and participants, and which this year anticipates record numbers in the midst of the industry’s takeoff after the pandemic. On this occasion, the Ifema exhibition center dedicates nine […]
New destinations and crafts, great bets from the Dominican Republic for Fitur
Dominican Republic He rushes the hours to present himself with new destinations and crafts, like his big bets on Fiturthe fair tourism What will be celebrated in Madrid this week and which the Caribbean country arrives after registering record numbers of visitors in 2023. The destinations that will be promoted cover the country from north […]
New night of protests against the amnesty, now in front of the EP headquarters in Madrid
The protests against a amnesty to Catalan independentists to support the socialist’s investiture Pedro Sanchez as president of the Spanish Government moved this Thursday to the headquarters of the European Parliament in Madrid. The rallies were repeated for the seventh consecutive day before the headquarters of the socialist party PSOE in different parts of Spain […]
Can the effects of megafloods in Europe be anticipated?
On September 3, an isolated depression at high levels put almost the entire Spain. In some points, up to 172 liters per square meter accumulated and the floods of some rivers They left several dead. A month later, Storm Aline shattered all records: in the capital of Madrid it had not rained so much for […]
The popular summer festivals in Madrid, a job opportunity for migrants
Between squid and bacon sandwiches, lamb tripe tapas, beer and sangria, hundreds of Latin Americans move deftly, unfamiliar with many of these dishes until they came to Spainwhere they seek a better life and take advantage of the job opportunities of the popular summer parties of Madrid. The Bolivian Teresa Sánchez arrived in the Spanish […]
International Women’s Day: Madrid wants to impose a minimum of 40% female ministers in the government
The left government Spanish unveiled a bill on Tuesday that imposes a minimum of 40% women in the executive, a few months before the legislative elections at the end of 2023. The text, presented on the eve of International Women’s Day, also imposes 40% of women on the boards of directors of large companies, and […]