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 Parents in Spain who’ve received paternity and maternity payments since 2014 will now be able to reclaim the income tax on those benefits. https://www.thelocal.es/20181204/had-a-child-in-spain-in-the-last-4-years-you-might-be-due-a-1600-tax-rebate Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:25:38 +0100 had-a-child-in-spain-in-the-last-4-years-you-might-be-due-a-1600-tax-rebate Doctors warned them not to have any more children after the first three were born with a rare heart condition, but this family has just been honoured as the European Large Family of the Year 2015. https://www.thelocal.es/20151210/spain-couple-defy-doctors-to-have-18-children-win-large-family-of-the-year Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:30:23 +0100 spain-couple-defy-doctors-to-have-18-children-win-large-family-of-the-year A new study has revealed that Spaniards live the longest in Europe, to an average of 83 years old, while Spanish mothers are the oldest on the continent, delaying having their first child until they reach 30. https://www.thelocal.es/20150417/spaniards-have-highest-life-expectancy-in-europe Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:31:24 +0200 spaniards-have-highest-life-expectancy-in-europe In only nine years Spain could have one million fewer children under the age of 10 if the country’s falling birth rate and population exodus aren’t addressed, the UN body warns. https://www.thelocal.es/20140624/one-million-fewer-children-in-spain-in-2023-unicef Tue, 24 Jun 2014 16:17:00 +0200 one-million-fewer-children-in-spain-in-2023-unicef A Spanish scientist who's investigated the bizarre drop in fertility seen on farms across the country in 2010 has warned her findings could also apply to human sterility. https://www.thelocal.es/20140610/infertility-in-spanish-pigs-a-warning-to-humans Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:08:00 +0200 infertility-in-spanish-pigs-a-warning-to-humans Juan Jimenez took advantage of a day off to join his partner in collecting their one-year-old son Pablo from a private daycare which the couple struggle to pay for. https://www.thelocal.es/20130725/working-mums-woes-keep-spains-birthrate-low Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 working-mums-woes-keep-spains-birthrate-low