Madrid’s senior citizens are to be offered a two-hour course in waste recycling as part of the city council’s sustainable development plan for the Spanish capital. The initiative, entitled “No age limit on recycling” (Reciclar no tiene edad), will take place...

Around 92 per cent of the 35,000 council flats pledged under the local government’s four-year Plan de Vivienda in 2003 have been built or are in the process of being completed, according to council housing co-ordinator Juan José de Gracia. The...

The Madrid regional government has launched an air pollution warning system which operates via text messages, alerting citizens when levels of substances like ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) exceed acceptable levels. To activate the service citizens have...

A police officer from Madrid is to be stationed in New York as part of an international liason programme set up by the New York Police Department (NYPD) to counter terrorism and coordinate intelligence-gatheri worldwide. The formal agreement was signed in...

An open hand with each finger painted in the traditional Olympic colours has been chosen as Madrid’s logo in its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Selected by a citizens’ vote from a choice of nine designs, the hand designed...

The mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardó has announced plans to invest around €1.8 billion on housing over the next four years. Speaking at a ceremony in Ensanche de Vallecas, where the keys to 80 recently completed low-cost apartments were handed over...

With more than 6.7 million visitors in 2006, Madrid is now the fourth most visited capital city in Europe after London, Paris and Rome. The Spanish capital has seen the number of visitors increase by 40 per cent in the past...

Madrid city council has approved a €14 million investment in the sustainable redevelopment of the rundown barrios of San Francisco Javier and Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in the Puente de Vallecas district. The dilapidated 1960s apartment buildings are to be...

Over 82 km of safety barriers are being installed beneath roadside guard rails in the Spanish capital in an effort to protect motorcyclists from serious injuries incurred during accidents by sliding under the guard rails and hitting the supporting metal struts....