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 Terraces are popular throughout the year in Spain, but it’s the summer season when they really come alive. In a historic new agreement, this could all be set to change. https://www.thelocal.es/20260428/spains-bar-and-restaurant-terraces-to-close-during-heatwaves Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:59:46 +0200 spains-bar-and-restaurant-terraces-to-close-during-heatwaves Spain’s Labour Ministry and the country’s leading trade unions on Monday agreed to increase the minimum wage again, this time by a monthly €37, to €1,221 gross per month (14 payslips). https://www.thelocal.es/20260216/spain-increases-minimum-wage-to-e1221-per-month Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:05:32 +0100 spain-increases-minimum-wage-to-e1221-per-month Spain's left-wing government approved Tuesday a plan to regularise around 500,000 undocumented migrants by decree, the country's latest break with harsher policies elsewhere in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20260127/spain-to-regularise-500000-undocumented-migrants Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:55:06 +0100 spain-to-regularise-500000-undocumented-migrants Spanish investigators on Thursday found two more bodies in the wreckage of a high-speed train involved in a devastating collision last weekend in the southern province of Córdoba, taking the death toll to 45. https://www.thelocal.es/20260122/death-toll-from-train-collision-in-southern-spain-hits-45 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:47:40 +0100 death-toll-from-train-collision-in-southern-spain-hits-45 A commuter train hit a crane in the southeastern Spanish region of Murcia on Thursday leaving "several lightly injured", state operator Renfe said, the latest of several rail accidents to occur within a week. https://www.thelocal.es/20260122/breaking-several-lightly-injured-after-train-hits-crane-in-spain Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:26:08 +0100 breaking-several-lightly-injured-after-train-hits-crane-in-spain A commuter train near Barcelona ploughed into the rubble of a collapsed wall on Tuesday, killing one and injuring dozens in Spain's second deadly rail accident in days. https://www.thelocal.es/20260121/breaking-another-train-crash-in-spain-kills-one-person-in-barcelona Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:53:59 +0100 breaking-another-train-crash-in-spain-kills-one-person-in-barcelona The death toll from a collision between two high-speed trains in southern Spain has risen to 42 after another body was found in the wreckage, regional authorities said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20260118/breaking-seven-people-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-spain Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:28:10 +0100 breaking-seven-people-killed-as-two-trains-collide-in-southern-spain From a multitude of festivals to the clocks going back, the new EES system for travellers and driving test changes, here's what's going on in Spain in October 2025. https://www.thelocal.es/20250923/what-changes-about-life-in-spain-in-october-2025 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:31:26 +0200 what-changes-about-life-in-spain-in-october-2025 Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabián Picardo has warned that The Rock's new post-Brexit status will make it "a very attractive place" for Britons wanting to skirt Schengen's 90-day rule, adding that an influx of residents could push property prices up. https://www.thelocal.es/20250912/gibraltar-head-fears-influx-of-brits-moving-to-the-rock-to-avoid-90-day-rule Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:49:11 +0200 gibraltar-head-fears-influx-of-brits-moving-to-the-rock-to-avoid-90-day-rule Low-cost airline Ryanair on Wednesday followed through on threats to cut 1 million passenger seats on flights to and from Spain, confirming that it will slash 36 routes. https://www.thelocal.es/20250903/breaking-ryanair-confirms-it-will-scrap-36-flight-routes-to-spain Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:55:17 +0200 breaking-ryanair-confirms-it-will-scrap-36-flight-routes-to-spain Spanish police entered the ruling Socialists' Madrid headquarters on Friday as part of a corruption probe into a former senior party official that has rocked Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government. https://www.thelocal.es/20250620/breaking-spanish-police-enter-ruling-socialist-hq-in-corruption-probe Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:17:52 +0200 breaking-spanish-police-enter-ruling-socialist-hq-in-corruption-probe The European Union announced on Wednesday it had sealed a deal with Britain and Spain on the status of the territory of Gibraltar, following five years of painstaking negotiations after Brexit. https://www.thelocal.es/20250611/breaking-spain-uk-and-eu-sign-historic-post-brexit-gibraltar-deal Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:56:48 +0200 breaking-spain-uk-and-eu-sign-historic-post-brexit-gibraltar-deal Spain’s Socialist government on Thursday registered in the Congress its draft law for a 100 percent tax on property buyers from outside the EU, suggesting it intends to follow through on the proposal made by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last January. https://www.thelocal.es/20250523/spain-pushes-forward-with-tax-that-will-double-property-price-for-foreigners Fri, 23 May 2025 13:54:08 +0200 spain-pushes-forward-with-tax-that-will-double-property-price-for-foreigners A Spanish political party has lodged a proposal to prevent foreigners from buying property in Spain if they can't prove that they've lived in the country for at least five years. https://www.thelocal.es/20250401/party-in-spain-calls-for-limits-on-foreign-residents-buying-property Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:46:52 +0200 party-in-spain-calls-for-limits-on-foreign-residents-buying-property Spain's Prime Minister has justified taxing or even banning non-EU non-residents from buying Spanish homes because they want "to speculate", but the stats prove there are far bigger fish to fry in Spain's housing crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20250122/are-non-eu-property-buyers-really-to-blame-for-spains-housing-crisis Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:22:45 +0100 are-non-eu-property-buyers-really-to-blame-for-spains-housing-crisis In a further move to potentially limit property purchases by foreigners in Spain, Barcelona city council is exploring ways to ban investment funds and non-residents from buying homes in the Catalan capital that won't be used for residential purposes. https://www.thelocal.es/20250123/barcelona-eyes-banning-non-residents-from-buying-homes Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:05:03 +0100 barcelona-eyes-banning-non-residents-from-buying-homes What is Spain's plan to limit non-EU non-residents from buying Spanish properties? Why are they doing it? How could they implement such restrictions? When is it likely to happen? And will such legislation actually come into force? https://www.thelocal.es/20250114/qa-how-and-why-does-spain-want-to-stop-foreigners-from-buying-property Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:24:35 +0100 qa-how-and-why-does-spain-want-to-stop-foreigners-from-buying-property Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday announced that his government intends to dissuade non-resident non-EU nationals from purchasing properties in Spain, as a means of addressing the country’s housing crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20250113/breaking-spain-to-limit-non-resident-foreigners-from-buying-property Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:45:03 +0100 breaking-spain-to-limit-non-resident-foreigners-from-buying-property Spain's Transport Minister has announced plans to create a fixed-price public transport pass which works for trains, buses, metros, trams and bicycles across the country's 17 regions from 2026. https://www.thelocal.es/20250110/spain-aims-to-launch-countrywide-fixed-price-travel-pass-in-2026 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:26:16 +0100 spain-aims-to-launch-countrywide-fixed-price-travel-pass-in-2026 From new flight routes and extra visa requirements to changes to train passes, here's what you should know if you are travelling to, from or around Spain in 2025. https://www.thelocal.es/20241216/the-big-changes-in-travel-to-and-from-spain-in-2025 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 13:23:37 +0100 the-big-changes-in-travel-to-and-from-spain-in-2025