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 A Spanish judge has ruled that a man can arrive one hour late to work because he needs to take his child to daycare, arguing that the "rights of the family" should come before the "organization of the company". https://www.thelocal.es/20151209/father-wins-right-to-take-child-to-nursery-in-landmark-flexitime-case Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:42:49 +0100 father-wins-right-to-take-child-to-nursery-in-landmark-flexitime-case It has museums devoted to Dali, Picasso and Miro but now Barcelona is set to honour an artist of a different kind, by opening the first museum dedicated exclusively to Woody Allen. https://www.thelocal.es/20150416/barcelona-to-get-woody-allen-museum Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:56:44 +0200 barcelona-to-get-woody-allen-museum Catalonia is planning to ban underweight models from appearing in advertisements in the region in a bid to promote a healthier body image. https://www.thelocal.es/20150413/catalonia-in-bid-to-ban-skinny-models Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:19:37 +0200 catalonia-in-bid-to-ban-skinny-models A plane landing at Spain's infamous Los Rodeos airport in Tenerife skidded off the runway on Wednesday night as its wheels struggled to brake due to the amount of rainfall on the landing strip. https://www.thelocal.es/20131212/heavy-storm-forces-scary-landing-at-tenerife-airport Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:57:00 +0100 heavy-storm-forces-scary-landing-at-tenerife-airport Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola whipped up a media storm in Spain on Friday by accusing his former bosses at Barcelona of trying to use coach Tito Vilanova's cancer illness to criticize him. https://www.thelocal.es/20130712/ex-barca-coach-guardiola-slams-catalan-club Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:55:00 +0200 ex-barca-coach-guardiola-slams-catalan-club The European bailout of Cyprus last month has left some foreigners in Spain nervous about the safety of their own savings. The Local asks if moving capital offshore is really the answer. https://www.thelocal.es/20130402/dont-put-all-of-your-financial-eggs-in-one-basket Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:19:00 +0200 dont-put-all-of-your-financial-eggs-in-one-basket The so-called "bad bank" set up by Spain to purge the nation's crisis-hit finance sector has kicked off operations and targets selling off €1.5 billion in toxic assets in 2013, the government said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130312/bad-bank-makes-good-start Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:28:00 +0100 bad-bank-makes-good-start