18-year-olds in Spain to receive €400 culture vouchers

Spain has been receiving an influx of holidaymakers thanks to the fact that covid restrictions have been eased significantly. April is set to see a soaring number of travellers fly out of the UK - reaching near pre-pandemic levels.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJapanese studio-based comedy format “Chiko’s Challenge” is to be adapted for broadcast in Spain via public broadcaster TVE. It is the first time that Japanese public broadcaster NHK has seen one of its entertainment formats adapted internationally.The deal involves Netherlands-based distribution company Lineup Industries and Spanish production company Mediacreast, which will produce 60 episodes under the local title “Mapi.” “Chiko’s Challenge” confronts celebrities with child-like questions which are often surprisingly difficult to answer.

The Spanish government has reportedly ‘backtracked’ on the easing of Covid restrictions for UK holidaymakers.

Prince Charles was pictured offering a gentlemanly greeting to Queen Letizia of Spain as the pair carried out a joint public engagement in Country Durham on Tuesday.The 72 year old appeared in happy spirits as he greeted the Spanish royal, giving Queen Letizia a kiss on the cheek before squeezing her hand fondly during their arrival at Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland. Queen Letizia was among the foreign royals along at Prince Philip ’s memorial service last week and reunited with the Prince of Wales again today.

Spain and Italy have both confirmed they will extend Covid travel restrictions for at least another month.

School pupils and students across Scotland have now entered into their Easter holidays this week.

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Logan, creator of Acorn TV’s Harry Wild and writer on Roald Dahl film To Olivia, is developing a crime drama TV series set in Malta with his Harry Wild co-writer Jo Spain.

A spell of bad weather is hindering holiday plans for tourists heading to Spain over the next few days. Downpours, high winds and stormy seas have been battering the country.

Lullaby” and “Utama,” shot on an awe-inspiring Bolivian Altiplano, swept the board at a historic, 25th Málaga Film Festival which said a lot about the current state of the Spanish film industry. Running March 18-26, the Festival proved a vibrant affair, galvanised by renewed interest in the Spanish cinema after a buoyant reception for its major movies at Berlin, as well as the joy of proving the first time many industry attendees had seen each other in person in two years and backing from Spain’s AVS Hub plan for a vastly larger industry presence. In Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s “Lullaby,” coming after Sundance hit “Piggy” and Carla Simón’s Berlin Golden Bear triumph “Alcarrás,” Spain would look to have a third art pic breakout in just the first three months of 2022, all driven by a young generation of women cineastes, directors and producers. Carlota Pereda’s “Piggy” uses quite brilliantly a plus-size girl’s complicity with a serial killer to force home to audiences the terrifying hatred inspiredly bullying.

Manchester United shot-stopper David de Gea has been handed fresh disappointment after being shunned again by Spain boss Luis Enrique, this time to replace Robert Sanchez.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are in Spain promoting their new movie!

Emiliano De Pablos Antonia Nava’s Barcelona-based Neo Art Producciones has teamed with Rome’s Pupkin Production to co-produce gay romantic drama “Si las paredes hablasen” (“If Walls Had Ears”), the feature debut of Spanish femme director, Ceres Machado.Scheduled to roll by this year-end or the first quarter of 2023 in Barcelona and Rome, the film will be produced by Nava and Pupkin’s Rita Rognoni.Spanish actor Fernando Tejero (“La que se avecina,” “My Heart Goes Boom!”) is attached to star in a cast that will combine Spanish and Italian actors.Co-written by Machado and scribe Salva Martos Cortés (“Maniac Tales”), “If Walls had Ears” will narrate, in 10 sequences, a Barcelona and Rome-set story of intense love, passion and pain between two men. They are Juan, a 50 year-old married man who hides his homosexuality, and Leonardo, a 23-year Italian who arrives in Barcelona to try his luck as a soccer player.Over a decade, they will live their romance, but it remains burdened by Juan’s inability to accept his sexuality and the conflicts that it creates with Leonardo, who despite working in a homophobic environment, is open about his sexual orientation as he tries to break social barriers and stereotypes.“The concept is universal and, unfortunately, a highly topical issue.

ROSALÍA is taking some much-deserved time off after releasing her album to enjoy a fun day out with her boyfriend, Rauw Alejandro.The MOTOMAMI singer and the reggaetonero were spotted at a soccer match in ROSALÍA’S native Spain, watching a match between the most successful clubs in the country: Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.While the international superstar can’t be seen wearing any merch for either team, the singer was featured in a commercial for FC Barcelona back in 2018, so it’s safe to assume she’s a fan of the club. Luckily for her and all of the fans in attendance rooting for Barcelona, Lionel Messi’s former team ended up victorious, beating real Madrid in a 4 -0 stunner.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAmazon Prime Video is continuing its mission of commissioning “local for local” shows as its European operation becomes more entrenched.Georgia Brown, head of Amazon Studios for Europe, told a packed Series Mania session in Lille on Thursday that her regional staff across the continent aren’t looking for international ideas, but rather location-specific conceits.“If we’re commissioning a big show in Spain, I need it to be a hit in Spain,” said Brown. “Lots of people come to us saying, ‘We have a great international show,’ and that doesn’t really work for us.

Spain's former king, Juan Carlos I, in a lawsuit for alleged harassment filed by his ex-lover.High Court Justice Matthew Nicklin said that because the claim involves Juan Carlos' private acts in the aftermath of a romantic relationship, he does not have legal immunity under either Spanish or British law.Corinna Larsen, a Danish socialite and businesswoman who lives in Monaco and London, was the unofficial partner of Juan Carlos for years, but the couple split amid increased media and public scrutiny in Spain.Juan Carlos stepped down as king in 2014, allowing his son to become King Felipe VI.In 2020, after Larsen and Juan Carlos became subjects of judicial investigations for opaque financial dealings, including assets kept in tax havens, she sued the former monarch, accusing him of allegedly orchestrating threats and ordering unlawful covert and overt surveillance starting in 2012.Larsen has asked the court for a restraining order against Juan Carlos, as well as compensation for mental health treatment costs.Robin Rathmell of Kobre & Kim, the law firm representing Larsen, said Thursday's ruling demonstrated that Juan Carlos “cannot hide behind position, power, or privilege” to avoid the lawsuit.“This is the first step on the road to justice; the appalling facts of this case will finally be brought before the court,” Rathmell said in a statement.Juan Carlos' Spanish lawyers declined to comment on the London court's ruling.The former monarch has been based in the United Arab Emirates since 2020.

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