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 Two people have died and several are injured after a car ploughed onto a busy street in the eastern city of Leipzig on Monday. Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.com/20260505/what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-leipzig Tue, 05 May 2026 10:14:58 +0200 what-we-know-so-far-about-suspected-car-ramming-attack-in-leipzig It may not have been hot per se, but Spain just logged its warmest April since records began in 1961 with an average temperature of 15.1C last month, national weather agency Aemet has said. https://www.thelocal.com/20260505/spain-logs-warmest-april-on-record Tue, 05 May 2026 15:10:51 +0200 spain-logs-warmest-april-on-record Spain said Tuesday it will not decide whether to let a cruise ship with hantavirus cases dock in the Canary Islands until epidemiological data had been analysed. https://www.thelocal.com/20260505/spain-says-no-decision-taken-on-hantavirus-cruise-ship Tue, 05 May 2026 14:23:37 +0200 spain-says-no-decision-taken-on-hantavirus-cruise-ship Vox leader Santiago Abascal stated on Monday that in the regions where his party governs, public funds earmarked for migration policies will be used to finance "return tickets" and repatriations of undocumented immigrants. https://www.thelocal.com/20260505/spains-far-right-plans-to-pay-migrants-return-tickets-with-public-money Tue, 05 May 2026 14:08:52 +0200 spains-far-right-plans-to-pay-migrants-return-tickets-with-public-money The Talking France podcast is back with a look at the plague of mosquitoes targeting France, the latest on the presidential elections, where the French go to get good food, and the many different ways to say 'you're welcome' - plus a little diversion into French colonial adventures in the USA. https://www.thelocal.com/20260505/podcast-frances-new-anti-mosquito-measures-and-where-the-french-go-for-good-food Tue, 05 May 2026 13:44:14 +0200 podcast-frances-new-anti-mosquito-measures-and-where-the-french-go-for-good-food Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 wounded in gangland shootings in Sweden in the past three years, according to statistics released that highlighted its battle to rein in violent crime. https://www.thelocal.com/20260504/sweden-gang-shootings-23-bystanders-killed-in-last-three-years Mon, 04 May 2026 15:37:19 +0200 sweden-gang-shootings-23-bystanders-killed-in-last-three-years Feeling betrayed, disappointed but not surprised, and concerned that the rule of law is deteriorating in Sweden: here's how The Local's readers responded after a dramatic citizenship vote in the Swedish parliament. https://www.thelocal.com/20260430/i-feel-scammed-foreigners-in-sweden-react-to-controversial-citizenship-vote Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:29:16 +0200 i-feel-scammed-foreigners-in-sweden-react-to-controversial-citizenship-vote You may have never stopped to think about it, but where does Spain - or España - get its name from? https://www.thelocal.com/20240926/why-is-spain-called-spain Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:47:09 +0200 why-is-spain-called-spain The European Union's mammoth trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur provisionally enters into force Friday, despite a pending court ruling on its legality. https://www.thelocal.com/20260501/blockbuster-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-enters-into-force Fri, 01 May 2026 09:52:06 +0200 blockbuster-eu-mercosur-trade-deal-enters-into-force The far-right Sweden Democrat party blocked an opposition proposal to add transitional rules to the citizenship law, by sending two MPs to vote that it had agreed would be absent, The Local reveals. https://www.thelocal.com/20260429/sweden-democrats-accused-of-cheating-to-block-transition-rules Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:18:19 +0200 sweden-democrats-accused-of-cheating-to-block-transition-rules Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez headed a criminal organisation that rigged public contracts and illegally funded his Socialist party, a defendant in a trial that has threatened the government told a court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.com/20260429/spains-pm-accused-of-being-crime-kingpin-at-corruption-trial Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:18:44 +0200 spains-pm-accused-of-being-crime-kingpin-at-corruption-trial On April 29th, the Swedish parliament will vote on a bill on tighter citizenship rules – and whether or not transitional rules should be included for the 100,000 applicants already in the queue. We asked The Local's readers what they think MPs need to know ahead of the vote. https://www.thelocal.com/20260427/we-trusted-you-sweden-foreigners-pleas-to-mps-ahead-of-citizenship-vote Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:55:53 +0200 we-trusted-you-sweden-foreigners-pleas-to-mps-ahead-of-citizenship-vote French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Andorra to "move forwards" on decriminalising abortion during a visit to the principality, which maintains one of Europe's last total bans on abortion. https://www.thelocal.com/20260428/macron-urges-andorra-to-move-forwards-on-decriminalising-abortion Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:49:08 +0200 macron-urges-andorra-to-move-forwards-on-decriminalising-abortion Travel uncertainty is leading to more French people planning a summer holiday in their own country, making French resorts busier than usual. https://www.thelocal.com/20260428/summer-2026-expected-to-be-very-busy-in-french-holiday-resorts Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:02:34 +0200 summer-2026-expected-to-be-very-busy-in-french-holiday-resorts Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights. https://www.thelocal.com/20260428/budget-airlines-first-to-cut-flights-as-jet-fuel-prices-soar Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:39:16 +0200 budget-airlines-first-to-cut-flights-as-jet-fuel-prices-soar The Eurovision Song Contest is famous for celebrating everything from cross-dressing ballad singers to heavy metal bands in monster masks, but geopolitics is threatening its 70th anniversary edition. https://www.thelocal.com/20260426/geopolitics-threatens-70th-anniversary-of-eurovision Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:03:11 +0200 geopolitics-threatens-70th-anniversary-of-eurovision The Talking France podcast returns this week, covering Elon Musk’s missed meeting with French prosecutors, the potential consequences of scrapping the country’s low-emission zones, and the risk of flight cancellations this summer linked to the war in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.com/20260423/podcast-france-takes-on-musk-and-will-french-airports-run-out-of-jet-fuel Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:01:28 +0200 podcast-france-takes-on-musk-and-will-french-airports-run-out-of-jet-fuel Budget airline Ryanair said Friday that it would reduce flights to and from Berlin starting in October and relocate aircraft based in the German capital, citing comparatively high costs and taxes. https://www.thelocal.com/20260424/ryanair-to-significantly-cut-flights-from-berlin-from-october Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:06:53 +0200 ryanair-to-significantly-cut-flights-from-berlin-from-october Authorities ordered 16 public schools to shut in the central Swedish town of Borlänge on Wednesday after receiving reports of a threat of violence, officials said, later announcing that one person had been detained. https://www.thelocal.com/20260422/schools-shut-in-swedish-municipality-of-borlange-after-threat Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:46:51 +0200 schools-shut-in-swedish-municipality-of-borlange-after-threat The EU has moved to tighten rules on pet passports, closing a loophole that has been used by many British second-home owners since Brexit. https://www.thelocal.com/20260422/eu-tightens-rules-for-brits-travelling-to-europe-with-pets Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:29:35 +0200 eu-tightens-rules-for-brits-travelling-to-europe-with-pets