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 Spain's top prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza, fresh off the drama of the Catalonian independence bid, died unexpectedly on Saturday during a working visit to Argentina. https://www.thelocal.es/20171119/spains-top-prosecutor-maza-dies-in-argentina Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:44:36 +0100 spains-top-prosecutor-maza-dies-in-argentina The archbishop of Valencia said modern thinking about gender were the "most insidious and destructive to mankind". https://www.thelocal.es/20160531/spanish-bishop-modern-gender-ideas-are-most-insidious-and-destructive-to-humanity Tue, 31 May 2016 16:05:25 +0200 spanish-bishop-modern-gender-ideas-are-most-insidious-and-destructive-to-humanity Catalan director Isabel Coixet is set to open the prestigious Berlinale next month with her new film, Nobody Wants the Night, organizers announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150109/spanish-director-to-open-berlin-film-festival Fri, 09 Jan 2015 16:51:00 +0100 spanish-director-to-open-berlin-film-festival UPDATED: Spain would veto Scotland's entry into the European Union if the country voted for independence in an upcoming referendum, an Irish politician and former top EU official said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140825/spain-would-bar-independent-scotland-from-eu Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:01:00 +0200 spain-would-bar-independent-scotland-from-eu Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy has used a pre-summer press conference to trumpet the improvements in the country's economy, in a speech described by the opposition as "triumphalist" and "self-complacent". https://www.thelocal.es/20140801/schools-out-spanish-pm-signs-off-for-summer Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:37:00 +0200 schools-out-spanish-pm-signs-off-for-summer Spain's Prime Minister on Wednesday warned that Scotland would not automatically remain in the EU if the country voted to become independent in 2014 — a message that many in the Spanish media believe was actually directed at Catalonia. https://www.thelocal.es/20131128/spanish-pm-warns-scotland-over-independence-push Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:26:00 +0100 spanish-pm-warns-scotland-over-independence-push Spain's national television broadcaster TVE has come under fire for a news segment in which psychologists were misquoted as saying that prayer can help people suffering from the effects of the country's economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20130509/tv-prayer-row-strirs-psychologist-outrage Thu, 09 May 2013 15:32:00 +0200 tv-prayer-row-strirs-psychologist-outrage The number of people living in Spain's religious institutions fell by over 50 percent in the decade from 2001 to 2011, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.es/20130508/spain-loses-faith-as-religious-orders-empty-out Wed, 08 May 2013 18:11:00 +0200 spain-loses-faith-as-religious-orders-empty-out The recession ravaging Spain's economy has not held back Amancio Ortega, who has just leaped to third place in Forbes magazine's listing of the richest people in the world after raking in a whopping €28.7 billion in 2012. https://www.thelocal.es/20130305/rich-list-zara-chief-ortega-hits-top-three Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:10:00 +0100 rich-list-zara-chief-ortega-hits-top-three