The Spanish Olympic and Paraolympic Committees (COE and CPE) in conjunction with the Madrid regional government have launched an anti-racist awareness campaign supported by top Spanish sportsmen and women. The local and national press as well as radio and television are...
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...
The Madrid regional government has approved funding of over €5.2 million for the Caritas Puerta Abierta centre for the homeless in the district of Alcala de Henares. The fresh injection of funds will mean that the centre can operate 24 hours...
A Madrid concert venue has begun running weekly live music concerts for minors where the advertising and sale of alcohol is strictly prohibited. The move follows the implementation of the so-called “Anti-botelló law (June 2007), which forbids minors from attending concerts...
The Democrats Global Primary, the first time in American history for a political primary to be held abroad, will take place on “Super Tuesday” 5 February. Voters in the primary will be able to cast their ballots by internet, post or...
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...
