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 Catalonia's deposed president Carles Puigdemont, who has been in Germany for four months, said Wednesday he will return to Belgium after a Spanish judge dropped a European arrest warrant for him. https://www.thelocal.es/20180725/deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:52:35 +0200 deposed-catalan-leader-puigdemont-says-to-return-to-belgium The party of deposed Catalan leader Charles Puigdemont on Friday submitted a proposal for a regional law reform that would allow the axed president to govern from Belgium. https://www.thelocal.es/20180210/catalan-puigdemonts-party-seeks-law-change-to-allow-rule-from-belgium Sat, 10 Feb 2018 05:49:11 +0100 catalan-puigdemonts-party-seeks-law-change-to-allow-rule-from-belgium Protesters began gathering in Brussels on Thursday to show support for deposed president Carles Puigdemont and urge the EU to support their drive for independence from Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20171207/supporters-of-catalan-independence-protest-in-brussels Thu, 07 Dec 2017 13:15:49 +0100 supporters-of-catalan-independence-protest-in-brussels Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel denied his government was in "crisis" over the arrival of deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, an issue which risks reigniting Belgian communal tensions. https://www.thelocal.es/20171108/political-crisis-is-in-spain-not-belgium-belgian-pm Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:51:11 +0100 political-crisis-is-in-spain-not-belgium-belgian-pm A Spanish member of the European Parliament said on Monday that the sacked Catalan president, who is in Belgium awaiting possible extradition to Spain, was being used to fuel tensions between French- and Flemish-speakers. https://www.thelocal.es/20171107/puigdemont-fuelling-tensions-in-belgium-spanish-mep Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:20:24 +0100 puigdemont-fuelling-tensions-in-belgium-spanish-mep Belgian police arrested a Spanish man suspected of recruiting for the Islamic State group and planning attacks in Belgium, in a raid near Brussels airport on Wednesday, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170927/spaniard-accused-of-recruiting-for-isis-arrested-in-belgium Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:45:00 +0200 spaniard-accused-of-recruiting-for-isis-arrested-in-belgium Dutch police believe a young man thought to have links to a jihadist cell dismantled by Belgian security forces last week could have fled to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150120/belgian-terror-suspect-may-be-in-spain-report Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:31:00 +0100 belgian-terror-suspect-may-be-in-spain-report A Spanish van driver has caused havoc in the Belgian city of Leuven after he repeatedly crashed into shop windows and walls while trying to reverse down a narrow street. https://www.thelocal.es/20140430/videospanish-driver-causes-havoc-in-belgium Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:02:00 +0200 videospanish-driver-causes-havoc-in-belgium A Spanish conservative lobby group on Thursday delivered more than 200,000 signatures to Belgian King Philippe in Brussels, urging him not to sign controversial child euthanasia legislation passed by parliament. https://www.thelocal.es/20140227/spanish-conservatives-lobby-belgian-king Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:45:00 +0100 spanish-conservatives-lobby-belgian-king