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 Record numbers of Spaniards have moved to the UK to find work and escape the economic crisis in their own country. https://www.thelocal.es/20160413/spaniards-migrant-workers-uk-migration-observatory Wed, 13 Apr 2016 18:33:10 +0200 spaniards-migrant-workers-uk-migration-observatory The brain drain caused by the economic crisis took a particular toll on Spain with 56 percent more Spaniards living abroad than before. https://www.thelocal.es/20160318/spaniards-living-abroad-exodus-brain-drain-economic-crisis Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:03:24 +0100 spaniards-living-abroad-exodus-brain-drain-economic-crisis Britain is reaching out to scientists in Spain in the hope of strengthening the exchange of knowledge to further scientific research. https://www.thelocal.es/20150327/britain-seeks-scientific-collaboration-with-spain Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:02:32 +0100 britain-seeks-scientific-collaboration-with-spain Spain's central bank has warned that more and more Spanish talent is being steered abroad by the success of their expat counterparts and the reassurance they're giving them on online platforms, “a potential threat to Spain’s economic production”. https://www.thelocal.es/20150220/expat-networks-worsening-spains-brain-drain Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:26:00 +0100 expat-networks-worsening-spains-brain-drain The number of Spaniards signing on to the UK's national insurance scheme fell nine percent in the year to September, a sign that people from Spain may be turning their backs on the dream of a better life in Britain, UK-based property expert Borja Mateo told The Local. https://www.thelocal.es/20141127/spaniards-giving-up-on-uk Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:50:00 +0100 spaniards-giving-up-on-uk Spain can't afford the luxury of training young researchers who then head overseas with no return in sight, Spain's King Felipe said on Tuesday as he called on the government to prevent the country suffering a "lost generation" of scientists. https://www.thelocal.es/20141125/king-speaks-out-against-spains-brain-drain-science Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:15:00 +0100 king-speaks-out-against-spains-brain-drain-science Spain is among the European countries hardest hit by the so-called 'brain drain' effect with thousands of professionals including nurses and teachers taking steps to leave the country in recent years, new figures from the European Union show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140901/spanish-professionals-leave-spain-brain-drain Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:30:00 +0200 spanish-professionals-leave-spain-brain-drain Germany on Wednesday announced new measures to stop EU citizens from abusing its social welfare system, a move which could have serious consequences for thousands of Spaniards looking for work in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20140828/germany-proposes-rules-that-could-see-thousands-of-unemployed-spaniards-kicked-out Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:52:00 +0200 germany-proposes-rules-that-could-see-thousands-of-unemployed-spaniards-kicked-out A total of 44,119 people left Spain for Germany in 2013, 19 percent more than the previous year, stats from Germany's official stats body show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140526/immigration-spain-germany-stats Mon, 26 May 2014 15:18:00 +0200 immigration-spain-germany-stats Germany said on Monday it was no longer accepting applications for a programme to attract young Europeans to its job market due to overwhelming demand from crisis-ravaged countries. https://www.thelocal.es/20140414/germany-spain-cepyme-jobofmylife-braindrain Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:39:00 +0200 germany-spain-cepyme-jobofmylife-braindrain Over 600,000 Spanish citizens have left Spain since the country's economic crisis began give years ago, new government figures show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140320/600000-spaniards-live-overseas Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:19:00 +0100 600000-spaniards-live-overseas Thousands of Spaniards have left Spain to find work during the country's economic crisis but most are eyeing a speedy return, a new survey shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20140312/four-out-of-five-spanish-expats-want-to-come-home Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:20:00 +0100 four-out-of-five-spanish-expats-want-to-come-home More than 51,000 Spanish workers registered with Britain's Social Security in 2013, an annual rise of over 36 percent and more than from any other country except Poland, but some UK politicians want fewer arrivals from the EU. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/spanish-workers-flock-to-britain-in-record-numbers Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:22:00 +0100 spanish-workers-flock-to-britain-in-record-numbers Spaniards have taken up more than half of the training places on offer in a new German government programme designed to get young Europeans back to work. https://www.thelocal.es/20131230/spaniards-snap-up-german-job-offers Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:56:00 +0100 spaniards-snap-up-german-job-offers In this week's edition of The View from Spain, The Local talks to documentary filmmaker Rubén Hornillo about Spaniards who have moved overseas to escape the crisis, the importance of the Erasmus student exchange programme, and why the closure of Valencia's regional television channel is such bad news. https://www.thelocal.es/20131108/being-an-exile-is-a-state-of-mind Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:51:00 +0100 being-an-exile-is-a-state-of-mind Scientists held a minute of silence at universities across Spain on Thursday to protest against drastic cuts to the country's science budget which they say are killing research. https://www.thelocal.es/20131017/minute-of-silence-mourns-death-of-spanish-science Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:43:00 +0200 minute-of-silence-mourns-death-of-spanish-science Spain's scientific community has been quick to congratulate Peter Higgs and Francois Engler on their receipt of the Nobel Prize in Physics. https://www.thelocal.es/20131008/spain-thrilled-for-nobel-physics-prize-winners Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:36:24 +0200 spain-thrilled-for-nobel-physics-prize-winners Spanish scientists working in Germany have warned that the government's failure to back science in Spain could lead to a permanent exodus of talent as hundreds of researchers marched in protest through Madrid on Friday under the slogan 'Without science there is no future'. https://www.thelocal.es/20130930/boffins-warn-of-science-brain-drain-in-spain Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:36:00 +0200 boffins-warn-of-science-brain-drain-in-spain The outspoken Mayor of London Boris Johnson says he was shocked recently to discover a Spanish family sleeping rough in London, and that their presence showed the complete failure of the euro project. https://www.thelocal.es/20130919/london-mayor-spaniards-sleeping-rough Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:04:00 +0200 london-mayor-spaniards-sleeping-rough German is on its way to surpassing French as the second most in demand language in Spain after English. https://www.thelocal.es/20130903/spaniards-queue-nine-hours-for-german-classes Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:38:00 +0200 spaniards-queue-nine-hours-for-german-classes