https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how the country's small neighbourhood stores are struggling to survive against the likes of Amazon, and why this matters so much for the Spanish lifestyle we all appreciate. https://www.thelocal.com/20260516/inside-spain-the-fight-to-stop-family-run-shops-from-closing-down Sat, 16 May 2026 10:09:58 +0200 inside-spain-the-fight-to-stop-family-run-shops-from-closing-down In this week’s Inside Spain, we delve further into the problem of Brits being turned away when trying to renew their residency cards before expiry, what the UK Embassy has to say about it and how Spain isn't the only country struggling with this. https://www.thelocal.com/20260509/inside-spain-what-the-uk-embassy-says-about-brits-residency-card-renewal Sat, 09 May 2026 10:19:38 +0200 inside-spain-what-the-uk-embassy-says-about-brits-residency-card-renewal After 'celebrating' the fact that the Iran War was going to draw more tourists to Spain this summer, uncertainty regarding fuel, flight cancellations and higher overall costs has left Spanish authorities doubting what'll happen to the holiday season. https://www.thelocal.com/20260425/inside-spain-the-unpredictable-summer-holidays Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:08:01 +0200 inside-spain-the-unpredictable-summer-holidays In this week's Inside Spain, we explore why every time there's news of a bullfighter being killed by a bull, the overwhelming reaction by our foreign readers is one of joy. https://www.thelocal.com/20260411/inside-spain-its-hard-to-find-a-foreigner-who-supports-bullfighting Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:09:57 +0200 inside-spain-its-hard-to-find-a-foreigner-who-supports-bullfighting In this week’s Inside Spain we look at how a government report has painted a very dire but real picture of what would happen to Spain if it reduced immigration by a third over the next 50 years. https://www.thelocal.com/20260328/inside-spain-what-would-it-be-like-with-fewer-immigrants Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:15:04 +0100 inside-spain-what-would-it-be-like-with-fewer-immigrants In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how foreign troublemakers are using "extreme pyrotechnics" at Valencia's Fallas festival, and why the UK and Spain's strengthened business ties could be the start of dismantling Brexit. https://www.thelocal.com/20260321/inside-spain-pyrotechnic-hooligans-and-dismantling-brexit Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:06:53 +0100 inside-spain-pyrotechnic-hooligans-and-dismantling-brexit In this week's edition we look at how recent articles in the British press claiming Spain is directly targeting UK retirees and dashing their hopes of owning a Spanish holiday home have failed to focus on the elephant in the room. https://www.thelocal.com/20260307/inside-spain-sanchez-didnt-kill-the-british-expat-dream-brexit-did Sat, 07 Mar 2026 11:18:56 +0100 inside-spain-sanchez-didnt-kill-the-british-expat-dream-brexit-did In this week’s Inside Spain we look at why the potential return to power in 2027 of Spain’s conservatives could thwart a supertax for foreign buyers and other dissuasive measures aimed at non-residents. https://www.thelocal.com/20260228/inside-spain-will-a-right-wing-government-go-easy-on-foreign-homebuyers Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:05:30 +0100 inside-spain-will-a-right-wing-government-go-easy-on-foreign-homebuyers In this week’s edition we explain why Spain is looking at Japan's healthcare system as an example of what to do when your country has the highest life expectancy in the world. https://www.thelocal.com/20260221/inside-spain-does-japan-have-the-solution-to-spaniards-longevity-problem Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:06:12 +0100 inside-spain-does-japan-have-the-solution-to-spaniards-longevity-problem In this week’s Inside Spain we look at why more than half of Spaniards end the month with less than €50 in all their bank accounts, and how the darkest January in thirty years in mainland Spain has put a damper on the Spanish lifestyle. https://www.thelocal.com/20260214/inside-spain-the-struggle-to-save-up-and-the-darkest-january-in-30-years Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:02:43 +0100 inside-spain-the-struggle-to-save-up-and-the-darkest-january-in-30-years In this week’s edition of Inside Spain we look at how Mercadona is trialling a new system which spells changes in the ways Spaniards shop, and how an Alicante' public housing complex meant for low-income families has been bought up by the city's elite. https://www.thelocal.com/20260207/inside-spain-end-of-supermarket-small-talk-and-alicante-housing-scandal Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:09:31 +0100 inside-spain-end-of-supermarket-small-talk-and-alicante-housing-scandal In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how the reaction by locals in the village where Sunday’s deadly train crash took place speaks volumes about how Spaniards react in times of crisis. Unfortunately, there are others looking to profit from tragedy. https://www.thelocal.com/20260124/inside-spain-train-crash-exposes-hidden-good-and-bad-side-of-tragedy Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:17:26 +0100 inside-spain-train-crash-exposes-hidden-good-and-bad-side-of-tragedy In this week's Inside Spain, we look at how sexual assault scandals involving minors and Spanish politicians are becoming all too common, and why Spain's new €60 countrywide travel pass already has its doubters. https://www.thelocal.com/20251220/inside-spain-former-pm-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-first-cracks-in-e60-travel-pass Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:02:50 +0100 inside-spain-former-pm-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-first-cracks-in-e60-travel-pass In this week's Inside Spain, we look at how attitudes towards relationships, marriage and childbearing are changing quickly in a country where "structural infertility" is rife. https://www.thelocal.com/20251213/inside-spain-a-country-of-singletons-old-mums-and-frozen-eggs Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:34:47 +0100 inside-spain-a-country-of-singletons-old-mums-and-frozen-eggs In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at why the Spanish government doesn't want people to write the woman's name "Charo" online, and how many drivers in Spain are questioning why they have to spend €50 on the new mandatory V-16 light. https://www.thelocal.com/20251206/inside-spain-dont-say-charo-and-is-the-v-16-light-a-money-making-racket Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:10:39 +0100 inside-spain-dont-say-charo-and-is-the-v-16-light-a-money-making-racket In this week's Inside Spain, we look at why the decision to limit visitor numbers at Barcelona's overcrowded Park Güell has been shrugged off as a "distraction tactic" by disgruntled locals. https://www.thelocal.com/20251025/inside-spain-why-barcelonas-new-tourism-crackdown-doesnt-convince-locals Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:01:41 +0200 inside-spain-why-barcelonas-new-tourism-crackdown-doesnt-convince-locals In this edition of Inside Spain, we look at how the ruling Socialists have turned their backs on the possibility of removing bullfighting's protected status, thus ensuring that the controversial spectacle keeps taking place freely. https://www.thelocal.com/20251011/inside-spain-dont-expect-bullfighting-to-be-banned-anytime-soon Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:27:04 +0200 inside-spain-dont-expect-bullfighting-to-be-banned-anytime-soon Spain's British population keeps growing even though Brexit made it considerably harder for them to move here on a whim. New Eurostat data shows that Spain clearly outweighs all other EU nations when it comes to first-time residency permits issued to Brits. https://www.thelocal.com/20250927/inside-spain-demand-for-spanish-residency-still-strong-post-brexit Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:08:28 +0200 inside-spain-demand-for-spanish-residency-still-strong-post-brexit In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how Spain’s airport operator has named British tourists as one of the reasons it is investing billions in e-gates at many more airports, and in one city even building a new satellite terminal primarily for them. https://www.thelocal.com/20250920/inside-spain-how-e13-billion-will-make-travel-easier-for-uk-tourists Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:05:43 +0200 inside-spain-how-e13-billion-will-make-travel-easier-for-uk-tourists In this week’s Inside Spain, we look at how tourists are combatting pricey restaurants by buying sandwiches on the go instead, and why the latest reports on Spanish rents and property prices show that the only way is up. https://www.thelocal.com/20250913/inside-spain-sandwich-tourism-and-unstoppable-property-prices Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:06:17 +0200 inside-spain-sandwich-tourism-and-unstoppable-property-prices