https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than one in ten Spaniards drink alcohol every day, making them the Europeans who drink most regularly after the Portuguese, new Eurostat data reveals.  https://www.thelocal.es/20210810/spain-has-second-highest-rate-of-daily-alcohol-drinkers-in-eu Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:15:16 +0200 spain-has-second-highest-rate-of-daily-alcohol-drinkers-in-eu An investigation has been launched after it emerged that hundreds of bottles of booze had disappeared from the evidence room of a police headquarters in Zaragoza. https://www.thelocal.es/20190930/spanish-police-try-to-solve-the-mystery-of-disappearing-booze-from-evidence-room Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:12:11 +0200 spanish-police-try-to-solve-the-mystery-of-disappearing-booze-from-evidence-room Two friends were found to have drunk themselves to death after matching each other drink for drink at their local bar in northern Spain. Then their friends were arrested for allowing it to happen. https://www.thelocal.es/20170228/flatmates-found-dead-after-lethal-drinking-game Tue, 28 Feb 2017 13:30:40 +0100 flatmates-found-dead-after-lethal-drinking-game Spain’s new health minister has revealed that she wants to pass a law which would see parents of underage drinkers fined if they refused to take their children to special 'awareness courses' on drinking. https://www.thelocal.es/20161227/spain-proposes-fines-for-parents-of-underage-drinkers Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:49:31 +0100 spain-proposes-fines-for-parents-of-underage-drinkers The budget airline has decided to ban all duty-free alcohol from the cabin on flights travelling to Ibiza from the UK to improve the "comfort and safety" of passengers and crew. https://www.thelocal.es/20150723/ryanair-bans-booze-on-flights-from-uk-to-ibiza Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:36:54 +0200 ryanair-bans-booze-on-flights-from-uk-to-ibiza A public funeral was held in the Spanish town of Fuensalida on Sunday for three teenagers run over a day earlier by a driver who later tested positive for alcohol. Two other children were also injured, one of them seriously. https://www.thelocal.es/20141124/town-mourns-children-killed-by-drunk-driver Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:20:00 +0100 town-mourns-children-killed-by-drunk-driver Spain should follow France's lead and tax drinks more heavily to improve public health, a top public health agency said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140704/spains-doctors-call-for-higher-taxes-on-alcohol Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:52:00 +0200 spains-doctors-call-for-higher-taxes-on-alcohol The Spanish government has presented an anti-alcoholism draft bill which would impose €300 ($430) fines on the parents of under-18s who knowingly allow their children to get drunk. https://www.thelocal.es/20140611/spain-fine-parents-of-drunken-teen Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:41:00 +0200 spain-fine-parents-of-drunken-teen When it comes to delicious alcoholic drinks, there is a lot more to Spain than just sangría and cerveza (beer). Here The Local gives you the lowdown on the best that the country's bars have to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20140507/spanish-alcoholic-drinks-best-sangria Wed, 07 May 2014 16:19:00 +0200 spanish-alcoholic-drinks-best-sangria Scientists at Spain's University of Granada have shown that drinking alcohol impairs night vision by intensifying people's perception of haloes around light sources like car headlamps. https://www.thelocal.es/20140424/its-official-drinking-makes-you-night-blind Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:28:00 +0200 its-official-drinking-makes-you-night-blind One man has died and at least six others have been hospitalized in southern Spain after drinking from a bottle of whisky they found in a rubbish bin. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/drinking-party Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:03:12 +0100 drinking-party Only sangria made in Spain and Portugal will be allowed to sold under that name after the European Parliament green-lighted new wine labelling rules on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/off-limits-eu-bans-non-spanish-sangria Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:16:00 +0100 off-limits-eu-bans-non-spanish-sangria Spaniards are among the world's heaviest smokers and spend more per person on both alcohol and tobacco than foreign residents in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20130722/expat-residents-drink-and-smoke-less-than-spaniards Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:46:00 +0200 expat-residents-drink-and-smoke-less-than-spaniards It was supposed to be a bit of harmless fun, but a beer drinking festival in Spain had a sickening finale on Wednesday after the winner downed one glass too many. https://www.thelocal.es/20130719/beer-competition-death Fri, 19 Jul 2013 13:46:00 +0200 beer-competition-death David Ríos has become the first Spaniard to win the Diageo Reserve World Class Barman Competition, considered to be the 'Oscar of cocktails' and the biggest prize in mixology. https://www.thelocal.es/20130712/basque-barman-wins-world-cocktail-oscar Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:37:00 +0200 basque-barman-wins-world-cocktail-oscar Spain is mulling the possibility of fining the parents of children who repeatedly end up with alcohol poisoning as a way of tackling the growing problem of alcohol poisoning among the country's youth. https://www.thelocal.es/20130612/spain-studies-fines-for-parents-of-alcoholic-kids Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:59:00 +0200 spain-studies-fines-for-parents-of-alcoholic-kids Spain's Parliament has decided to stop offering subsidized cocktails and mixed drinks at its cafeteria after a public outcry at the cheap drinks prices being offered to the nation's politicians. https://www.thelocal.es/20130606/spains-mps-say-farewell-to-cheap-gin-and-tonics Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:00:30 +0200 spains-mps-say-farewell-to-cheap-gin-and-tonics A shocking new Spanish commercial features a young man vomiting up the body of his girlfriend as a way to highlight the dangers of alcohol abuse. https://www.thelocal.es/20130527/vomit-video-warns-spains-binge-drinkers Mon, 27 May 2013 18:31:00 +0200 vomit-video-warns-spains-binge-drinkers Budget booze has always been one of Spain's selling points but the crisis could be a killjoy if tough new taxes are imposed. https://www.thelocal.es/20130513/new-tax-hike-may-hit-spanish-booze Mon, 13 May 2013 18:57:00 +0200 new-tax-hike-may-hit-spanish-booze