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A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, injuring at least 13 people and sending fleeing residents onto balconies to be rescued.

The elegant Queen Letizia of Spain, 51, debuted a beautiful new haircut as she stepped out with King Felipe to receive the President of Paraguay and his wife for lunch in Madrid on Wednesday, February 28.The latest appearance came just hours after royal couple were pictured at St George's Chapel, Windsor with members of the British and Greek Royal Families to celebrate the life of the late King Constantine II who died in Athens on January 10, 2023. Letizia had clearly wasted no time since since returning to Spain as she debuted a sleek new cropped hairdo outside the Zarzuela Palace, after booking an appointment with her personal hairdresser Luz Valero.

A huge fire has torn through two blocks of flats in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, injuring at least 13 people, officials have confirmed.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a famous line from the Spanish poet Antonio Machado that is familiar to most Spaniards: “Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar,” which translates as “Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” 

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Just after Spaniard J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-shortlisted “Society of the Snow” opened on Netflix to a massive 55.8 million hours watched over Jan. 4-7 – the second best bow ever in watching time for a non-English Netflix movie – ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, the country’s powerful export and inward investment board, has unveiled a new deal with Parrot Analytics.

Spain Film Commission is partnering with Olsberg•SPI to draw up a first ever in-depth study on the economic impact of international shoots in Spain. Profilm, Spain’s association of line producers, will also participate in the venture, its members supplying data for the report. “We have an agreement and vocation for collaboration,“ said SFC president Carlos Rosado.

The president of the Spanish football federation has refused to resign despite an uproar after he kissed a player on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final.

country’s new progressive transgender laws. “It is easier to change your legal gender than to get a driving licence,” said Alberto Núñez Feijóo, tipped to become Spain’s next prime minister after his Popular Party (PP) scored a series of victories in last month’s local and regional elections. The results prompted Left-wing prime minister Pedro Sánchez to dissolve parliament.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In April 2018, Netflix announced that Spanish heist thriller “Money Heist” (“La Casa de Papel”) had become the U.S. streaming service’s most-watched non-English series ever. With a Spanish series crowned as the first foreign-language blockbuster at the company that has transformed entertainment worldwide, Spain’s expansion — long nurtured by hits such as “The Red Band Society,” “Grand Hotel” and “Locked Up” — well and truly lifted off. Building on that success, in March 2021, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez unveiled the AVS Hub Plan, which would invest €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) into Spain’s audiovisual sector.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent MALAGA, Spain — It’s not over yet. In March 2021, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the government would plow €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) into a Spain AVS Hub plan designed to turn Spain into one of the foremost film and TV hubs in Europe. Supported by Spain’s E.U-backed Recuperation, Transformation and Resilience push for post COVID-19 recovery, the Spain AVS Hub plan has been co-financed by part of a €806.9 billion ($866.5 billion) NextGenerationEU stimulus package for the whole of the European Union, which is a temporary instrument.  As that package ends, Spain’s government will look to negotiate funding from alternative sources to ensure that Spain AVS Hub initiatives are more than a flash in the pan, a broad cross-section of governmental authorities told an audience Tuesday at a Malaga Spanish Screening Content conference.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The latest series from Alex de la Iglesia and “Veneno” creators Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo feature at a first-look Next from Spain Showcase which marks a massive step-up in the country’s presence at the Berlinale Series Market. Running Feb. 20-22, the showcase also unveils “Rapa” Season 2, with its first season proving Movistar+’s biggest 2022 bow, and “This Is Not Sweden,” a pioneering Spanish co-production with Scandinavia and Germany.  The Showcase titles are joined by Isaki Lacuesta’s “The Chauffeur’s Son,” a Co-Pro Series project from “Elite’s” Zeta Studios, and “Selftape,” a Filmin Original from Filmax and a Series Market Screening.

Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday announced a $2.9 billion package in new subsidies to help people weather high gas and electricity prices exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The measures include set gas price rates for collective residential heating systems until the end of 2023 and more electricity and heating subsidies for low income households.

More than half of Spain's provinces have been issued a weather warning for "intense heat" as temperatures are expected to rise above 42C.

the Mirror.As well as being much better for the environment than air travel, sitting on a train and watching the countryside slip by is the perfect way to get to know a country.READ MORE: Cabin crew share things passengers should never do on plane such as wearing shortsUnder Spain's new initiative all short and medium train rides are free with the right ticket.Giving holidaymakers the perfect opportunity to see Catalonia, Andalucía and the Basque country.So if you have a week or two of annual leave to use up you can city hop from beach havens to historical cities and then on to the best foodie hot spots.Earlier this week the country's socialist-led coalition government declared that travel across certain parts of the state-owned rail-network, Renfe, would be free from 1 September to the end of the year.It comes after a 30% discount on all public transport was announced last month.The 100% rail discounts will apply to multi-trip ticket journeys on commuter services and medium-distance routes that are less than 300km.Tourists can take advantage of the discounts – which have been brought in to help the population deal with the cost of living crisis – if they buy multi-journey tickets.So why not jet off to Barcelona to see the stunning Sagrada Familia before hopping on a train to Girona’s museums and on to the coast?“I’d like the people of Spain to know that I’m fully aware of the daily difficulties that most people have,” Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, said.“I know salaries cover less and less and that it’s difficult to get to the end of the month.”The country's Ministry of Transport said the measure would help people get to work safely as fuel prices continue to rise sharply.READ NEXT: Mum explains how she bagged

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAs Cannes celebrates it first big get-together since 2019 with much of the traditional movie industry business model now being questioned, one thing, at least, has never been stronger: The drive by governments worldwide to lure big movie shoots.Powered by an exponential rise in demand, film and TV shoots are already big business. Total expenditure on shoots in France last year was valued at €2.8 billion ($3 billion), 30% up on 2019, CNC president Dominique Boutonnat announced at the recent Series Mania.Overseas shoot numbers are already rebounding from pandemic, with France’s Tax Rebate for Intl.

Spain could scrap face masks in time for the Easter holidays in a major boost for travellers, according to reports.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSince 2018, Spain’s film and TV industries has gone through a revolution. Accustomed to the success of standout movie auteurs – Almodóvar, Amenabar and Trueba – for two decades or more Spain has blown U.S.

Just days after missing the Australian Open and being deported from Australia because he was unvaccinated, Novak Djokovic, found out he may be barred from the next Grand Slam tournament on the tennis calendar, as well.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe devil is in the details. On March 18, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the government will plow €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) over 2021-25 into a Spain AVS Hub plan –  España Hub Audiovisual de Europa in Spanish.This was aimed, as he explained, to encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in Spain and also power up Spanish film and TV productionAt the San Sebastian Festival on Wednesday, Sept.

carved a homophobic slur into his buttocks has reportedly recanted his claims.The initial story sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community in Spain’s capital city of Madrid, after the man said he was cornered in the entrance to his home and attacked last week.He claimed that a mob of eight people wearing face coverings yelled homophobic slurs, before using a knife to cut his lip and carve “faggot” into his buttock.It led to condemnation from Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and protests from LGBTQ people demanding better protections against increasing levels of violence.Read More: Gay man has homophobic slur carved into butt in mob attackBut Spain’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that the alleged victim had since told police that

El País reports.During the attack, the group called the man “disgusting,” “shiteater,” and “maricón,” the Spanish word for faggot.One member of the group produced a knife and proceeded to threaten the victim, before cutting the man’s lip and ultimately carving maricón into his buttocks.Police in Madrid told El País that the attack was “the first assault of this kind that we have heard of” and that it would be investigated as a hate crime.Related: Three arrested after young gay man beaten to death by mob in SpainSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned the attack in a tweet, saying, “Hatred has no place in our society.”“I roundly condemn this homophobic attack. We will not allow this,” he continued.