Some lakes give up shipwrecks, and Arendsee, in northern Germany, has already given up one. What archaeologists brought to light in 2026 is something else: wood carved by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers up to 10,500 years ago. (The Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age, is the stretch of European prehistory after the last Ice Age and before farming.) […]

Hay lagos que devuelven barcos, y el Arendsee ya ha devuelto alguno. Lo que han sacado a la luz en 2026 los arqueólogos del Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie (LDA) de Sajonia-Anhalt, el organismo que gestiona el patrimonio arqueológico de este estado alemán, es distinto: maderas talladas por cazadores-recolectores del Mesolítico con una antigüedad de […]

La antigua ciudad de Heuneburg se levanta sobre un espolón del alto Danubio, cerca de Herbertingen, en el distrito de Sigmaringen (Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania). Su meseta fortificada ocupa unas tres hectáreas, pero las excavaciones de las últimas décadas han mostrado que en la primera mitad del siglo VI a.C. el conjunto, con su ciudad baja y […]

In southwestern Germany, an open-air museum and a website present the Heuneburg as the “Celtic city of Pyrene”, a settlement already thriving when Rome was still a small village on the Tiber. The name comes from Herodotus. The problem, according to a study published in The Antiquaries Journal, is that the Greek historian was almost […]

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday said he was "reasonably optimistic" that parliament would approve housing measures his minority government adopted after nationwide protests sparked by a Madrid pensioner's eviction.

The EU put forward Wednesday plans for a new bloc-wide communication system allowing police, firefighters and other national emergency services to better coordinate during cross-border crises.

There's a little-known rule in Spain that you must be able to understand and communicate in Spanish if you want to donate blood here.

More than half a million EU nationals living in Spain are being contacted by electoral authorities as the deadline approaches for registering their wish to vote in next year's municipal elections.

The process of settling in Spain and getting all your paperwork in order can be tedious and frustrating - but also necessary. This article will prepare you for all the bureaucracy when you first move to Spain.

Thinking of planning a trip to a new part of Spain this autumn? Whether it's hiking in nature, visiting quaint mountain villages or stopping at a local winery, here are 12 original getaways to enjoy this 'otoño' (autumn).

Andy Burnham put the idea of Britain rejoining the EU on the table Wednesday, breaking a taboo for a UK prime minister and leading French President Emmanuel Macron to declare in English "Welcome back".

Did you know that you could save €1,310 a year on grocery shopping if you pick the right supermarket in Spain? Here are the most affordable options in the country in 2026, and the most expensive.

Around 30 million years ago, a heavily built animal prowled the area that is now Vallbona de les Monges, in Lleida province (Catalonia, northeastern Spain). It had a long head, prominent cheekbones and formidable jaws lined with large, sharp teeth. Paleontologists call it the hell pig. The nickname misleads. Its kinship with modern pigs is […]

Hace unos 30 millones de años, en los alrededores de lo que hoy es Vallbona de les Monges (Lleida), merodeaba un animal corpulento de cabeza larga, pómulos muy salientes y mandíbulas formidables con dientes grandes y afilados. Los paleontólogos lo han llamado popularmente cerdo del infierno, un mote que despista, porque su parentesco con los […]

Son varios los nombres de monarcas persas que nos resultan más o menos familiares: Ciro, Darío, Cambises, Jerjes, Artajerjes, Cosroes… Con sus respectivos ordinales, corresponden a dinastías y épocas diversas, pero todos tienen en común una cosa: el género masculino. Y es que, a lo largo de la Historia, únicamente tres mujeres se sentaron en […]

Most of the Persian kings whose names we know are Cyrus, Darius, Cambyses, Xerxes, Artaxerxes, Khosrow. Each has a number after his name, and they belong to different dynasties and eras. But they share one thing: they were all men. In the whole history of that vast empire, only three women sat on the throne. […]

French president Macron begins his first state visit to Spain, half of cat owners in Spain rescued their pets from the street, disabled man evicted from home near Barcelona, and more news from Spain this Wednesday September 30th.

El ministro de Cultura y Turismo de Turquía, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, anunció en X el 28 de septiembre de 2026 el hallazgo de vajillas de 2.100 años en el pecio de Adrasan. Se trata de un barco mercante hundido junto a la costa de Antalya, cargado sobre todo de platos, cuencos y bandejas, del que […]

Apollonia, en la costa oriental de Libia, fue durante más de 1.200 años el puerto y la base naval de Cirene, una de las ciudades griegas más prósperas del Mediterráneo antiguo. Un nuevo artículo científico, firmado por Nic Flemming, Julia Nikolaus, Saad Mohammed Boyadem y Ahmad Ernage, reconstruye cómo era la costa antes de la […]