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 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has posted a video of himself with a red cap reminiscent of that of the 'Make America Great Again' movement, a nudge at Donald Trump at a time when relations between the US and Spain are particularly strained. https://www.thelocal.com/20260330/make-science-great-again-spains-pm-defies-trump-with-maga-style-cap Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:55:02 +0200 make-science-great-again-spains-pm-defies-trump-with-maga-style-cap US President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to sever all trade with Spain after it refused to let US planes use its bases to attack Iran, while also lashing out at Britain for not cooperating more. https://www.thelocal.com/20260304/theyre-terrible-trump-threatens-to-cut-all-trade-with-spain-over-nato-and-iran Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:43:30 +0100 theyre-terrible-trump-threatens-to-cut-all-trade-with-spain-over-nato-and-iran Spain's reluctance to allow the US to launch attacks on Iran from American military bases on Spanish soil has reawakened interest in the purpose of these installations, their location and their history. https://www.thelocal.com/20241010/where-are-the-uss-military-bases-in-spain-and-why-are-they-there Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:53:33 +0200 where-are-the-uss-military-bases-in-spain-and-why-are-they-there Spain on Saturday offered to mediate in the crisis between the United States and Venezuela after US attacks on Caracas and the announced capture of President Nicolas Maduro. https://www.thelocal.com/20260103/spain-offers-to-mediate-for-peaceful-solution-in-venezuela Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:04:03 +0100 spain-offers-to-mediate-for-peaceful-solution-in-venezuela President Donald Trump has again threatened Spain, saying on Tuesday he was considering tariffs on the country as a punishment for failing to meet the five percent of GDP defence spending goal he engineered within Nato. https://www.thelocal.com/20251015/trump-says-spain-should-be-punished-in-second-threat-over-nato-spend Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:05:37 +0200 trump-says-spain-should-be-punished-in-second-threat-over-nato-spend US President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Spain after Madrid's refusal to commit to paying 5 percent of GDP on defence spending, suggesting that he could “wipe out” the recent progress of the Spanish economy. https://www.thelocal.com/20250626/trump-threatens-to-double-tariffs-on-spain-amid-nato-spending-clash Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:40:44 +0200 trump-threatens-to-double-tariffs-on-spain-amid-nato-spending-clash Barcelona City Council has received a letter from the US Embassy in Spain urging them not to apply diversity policies at a language learning programme for young people run by a local library if they don’t want to have funding withdrawn. https://www.thelocal.com/20250326/trumps-anti-woke-policies-threaten-barcelona-library Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:18:53 +0100 trumps-anti-woke-policies-threaten-barcelona-library Spain's allegedly rock-bottom defence spending has been repeatedly questioned internationally, and now more than ever as the EU realises it can't rely on Trump's US to defend Ukraine and Europe. But is Spain really the military “laggard” it’s portrayed to be? https://www.thelocal.com/20250218/is-spains-nato-defence-spend-really-as-low-as-trump-claims Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:46:19 +0100 is-spains-nato-defence-spend-really-as-low-as-trump-claims A cowboy collapses after gunshots ring out outside a saloon - this is not America's Wild West but Spain's arid Almería region, long a popular backdrop for Western movies. https://www.thelocal.com/20241018/like-texas-spains-arid-south-draws-western-film-shoots Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:21:47 +0200 like-texas-spains-arid-south-draws-western-film-shoots After years of living in Barcelona, I forgot the exhaustion of keeping a near-constant guard, particularly as a woman, writes American writer Jennifer Lutz as she speaks to other US women based in Spain about how they feel about safety now. https://www.thelocal.com/20240129/crime-in-spain-is-different-to-the-us-particularly-if-youre-a-woman Mon, 29 Jan 2024 17:12:58 +0100 crime-in-spain-is-different-to-the-us-particularly-if-youre-a-woman Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is well known for the harrowing film 'Blood Diamond', but plans to build his synthetic diamond factory in a small town in western Spain has riled up locals. https://www.thelocal.com/20231114/leonardo-dicaprios-diamond-factory-in-spain-angers-locals Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:10:38 +0100 leonardo-dicaprios-diamond-factory-in-spain-angers-locals As a sign of the current political chaos in Spain, American right-wing TV personality and conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson appeared in Madrid alongside far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal at the capital's latest anti-amnesty protests. https://www.thelocal.com/20231114/ex-fox-news-presenter-tucker-carlson-joins-spains-anti-amnesty-protests Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:24:45 +0100 ex-fox-news-presenter-tucker-carlson-joins-spains-anti-amnesty-protests