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 Spain does not support moves to block the EU's trade pact with South America's Mercosur grouping, which has been put in doubt over Brazil's failure to curb fires raging through the Amazon rainforest, the government in Madrid said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190825/spain-opposed-to-blocking-eu-mercosur-trade-pact-government Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:17:56 +0200 spain-opposed-to-blocking-eu-mercosur-trade-pact-government Workers at Amazon's biggest logistics centre in Spain are planning to strike for eight days in November, December and January, including on the online retailer's "Black Friday" sales bonanza, a union said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181115/spanish-amazon-workers-plan-black-friday-strike Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:50:56 +0100 spanish-amazon-workers-plan-black-friday-strike Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a new tax on big internet companies as part of its 2019 budget, hoping to raise up to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20181020/spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:51:07 +0200 spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan A Spanish Jesuit priest has been stabbed to death at a school he ran in an Amazon village in Peru. https://www.thelocal.es/20180811/spanish-priest-murdered-at-school-in-peruvian-amazon Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:22:13 +0200 spanish-priest-murdered-at-school-in-peruvian-amazon Workers in Spain plan to walk off the job on Tuesday as online retailing giant Amazon carries out its major summer sales event called Prime Day. https://www.thelocal.es/20180716/strikes-in-europe-on-amazons-prime-day Mon, 16 Jul 2018 20:53:41 +0200 strikes-in-europe-on-amazons-prime-day Workers at Amazon's biggest logistics centre in Spain have gone on strike, a first in the country as they demand better pay and conditions, a union said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180321/amazon-workers-in-spain-deliver-first-strike Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:19:09 +0100 amazon-workers-in-spain-deliver-first-strike The internet retail giant Amazon opened its virtual doors on Wednesday to a 700,000-strong fashion collection from over 2,000 brands as it sets out to challenge its rivals in Spain's booming clothing sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20140522/amazon-launches-online-clothes-shop-in-spain Thu, 22 May 2014 13:16:00 +0200 amazon-launches-online-clothes-shop-in-spain Bolivian and Spanish police have rescued a three-month-old baby and his 11-year-old brother from a group of drug traffickers who held them in a bid to extort money from their mother. https://www.thelocal.es/20140327/two-spanish-children-kidnapped-by-bolivian-drug-lords Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:32:00 +0100 two-spanish-children-kidnapped-by-bolivian-drug-lords The nine-year-old girl who was held captive for seven months in the depths of the Amazon rainforest has been taken back to her home town in Catalonia, but not yet to her parents. https://www.thelocal.es/20140317/kidnapped-amazon-girl-returns-home Mon, 17 Mar 2014 11:31:00 +0100 kidnapped-amazon-girl-returns-home Online retail giant Amazon is planning to open a huge new distribution in Barcelona, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. The company has neither confirmed nor denied the rumours. https://www.thelocal.es/20140313/amazon-to-open-massive-logistics-centre-in-spain-reports Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:00:00 +0100 amazon-to-open-massive-logistics-centre-in-spain-reports