News from Madrid
Madrid is the centrally-located capital city of Spain and the country’s most populous city. The tourist boom in Madrid began in the mid-1950s, with tourists attracted by the city’s historical sites and unique cultural features. The Euro Weekly News is the longest running news source in Madrid, covering breaking news and culture events in the city centre as well as in surrounding towns like La Finca, Mirasierr and Retiro.
Madrid approves new tourism law covering hostels and motorhome sites
Planning a trip to Madrid or travelling through central Spain by motorhome? The region has approved a new tourism law that formally recognises hostels and...
Madrid transport card applications plunge after new residency rule
Madrid has recorded a 23.5 per cent fall in the number of personal public transport cards issued this summer, following the introduction of stricter residency...
Madrid metro station shut down due to ‘highly toxic gases’
The Sol metro station, a major connection in the centre of Madrid, has been closed this Friday, October 16 due to the ‘unsanitary conditions’ of...
Irish man dies in Madrid after being hit during early morning tragedy
An Irish man has died in Madrid after being struck by a taxi in the early hours of Sunday morning, with Ireland’s Department of Foreign...
Spain had months to save an 87 year old woman from eviction. It did not.
Maricarmen, 87, was forced from the Madrid flat where she had lived since she was 17. María del Carmen Abascal had spent 70 years at Calle...
Police rescue 56 animals from severe hoarding conditions in Madrid
The Municipal Police of Madrid have rescued an astounding 48 dogs and eight cats from a home in the district of Moratalaz. The 56 animals...
Rollercoaster nightmare at Madrid’s Warner Park as man is airlifted to hospital
For families spending the final days of summer at a theme park, a rollercoaster ride is supposed to mean excitement, not an emergency helicopter landing...
Protest erupts as Madrid forest firefighters warn of staff shortages and old equipment
Madrid is relying on its forest firefighters to protect homes, communities and thousands of hectares of woodland, yet only 60 of the 124 budgeted positions...
Car plunges from bridge onto Madrid train tracks, halting commuter trains
A car dropped from a road bridge straight onto the railway lines next to Fuenlabrada Cercanias station, on the outskirts of Madrid on Saturday morning,...
Madrid wildfire nightmare returns as new blaze forces villages to evacuate
Madrid’s wildfire nightmare has returned to the doorstep of the capital after a new forest fire in neighbouring Segovia forced two communities to evacuate and...
The Grand Prix is back: Madrid prepares for its first F1 race in 45 years
Anyone planning a Sunday dash to the new circuit now has a firm time to work around: the lights are due to go out at...
Football superstar donates €80,000 to help rebuild Madrid communities
The communities devastated by the Madrid wildfires are beginning the long process of rebuilding after flames tore through thousands of hectares of countryside, leaving homes...
Madrid veterinary teams launch free emergency care for pets affected by wildfires
When families were forced to flee the devastating wildfires sweeping through the Community of Madrid, many had only minutes to decide what they could carry...
Fears of Jumanji-style stampede from Safari park as elderly and disabled evacuated from Madrid wildfires
Fears for more than 2,000 animals at Safari Madrid are growing after flames pushed within ten kilometres of the park, while emergency teams have raced...