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 When the first commercial flight touched down on the virgin runway at Castellón in September it seemed to spell an end to the troubles of Spain’s infamous ghost airport. https://www.thelocal.es/20151124/ghost-airport-pays-ryanair-to-receive-flights Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:27:20 +0100 ghost-airport-pays-ryanair-to-receive-flights From thermal springs to castles and music festivals, The Local guides you through the best things to do in Spain's newest tourist hotspot - Castellón. https://www.thelocal.es/20150915/top-ten-things-to-do-in-castellon Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:05:47 +0200 top-ten-things-to-do-in-castellon It’s taken more than four-and-a-half years but on Tuesday morning at 10.40 the first ever commercial flight touched down on the virgin runway at Spain’s infamous ghost airport of Castellón. https://www.thelocal.es/20150915/welcome-to-castelln-first-passengers-touch-down-at-spains-ghost-airport Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:35:36 +0200 welcome-to-castelln-first-passengers-touch-down-at-spains-ghost-airport A dying village in rural Castellón has been transformed into an open air gallery dedicated to street art. https://www.thelocal.es/20150803/spanish-village-celebrates-rebirth-as-graffiti-museum Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:48:14 +0200 spanish-village-celebrates-rebirth-as-graffiti-museum A Chinese company has bought Spain’s infamous "ghost airport" of Ciudad Real for a bargain price of €10,000 ($10,900). https://www.thelocal.es/20150717/spains-450m-airport-sells-for-bargain-10000 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:14:09 +0200 spains-450m-airport-sells-for-bargain-10000 A man has died of massive internal burns after mistakenly being served undiluted detergent, which was being stored in an empty bottle of white wine. https://www.thelocal.es/20150616/man-dies-after-drinking-cleaning-fluid-served-as-wine Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:02:40 +0200 man-dies-after-drinking-cleaning-fluid-served-as-wine As the eastern Spanish city of Castellón is poised to become the latest travel hotspot in Spain thanks to new Ryanair routes to its "ghost airport", The Local takes a look at some of the best properties the city has to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20150407/castelln-to-be-2015-property-hotspot Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:30:00 +0200 castelln-to-be-2015-property-hotspot A four-bedroom town house near Castellón worth €90,000 ($99,256) now has a new owner who won it with a €10 lottery ticket. https://www.thelocal.es/20150406/first-house-sold-by-lottery-ticket-in-spain Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:37:50 +0200 first-house-sold-by-lottery-ticket-in-spain The runway has yet to have an aircraft touch down on its tarmac, but more than four years after opening, Castellón airport will welcome its first passengers. https://www.thelocal.es/20150310/ryanair-will-fly-to-ghost-airport-of-castelln Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:09:21 +0100 ryanair-will-fly-to-ghost-airport-of-castelln Spain's infamous ghost airport Castellón airport is set to open nearly four years after its official inauguration with football club Villareal FC being touted as first customers, Spanish media are reporting. https://www.thelocal.es/20141211/spains-ghost-airport-to-finally-open Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:50:00 +0100 spains-ghost-airport-to-finally-open Carlos Fabra, the man responsible for Spain's infamous 'ghost airport' in Castellón finally went to prison on tax fraud charges on Monday, after a decade-long legal battle and a lengthy appeals process. https://www.thelocal.es/20141202/spains-mr-shady-goes-behind-bars Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:28:14 +0100 spains-mr-shady-goes-behind-bars Carlos Fabra, the man behind Spain's infamous 'ghost airport' in Castellón, will spend four years in prison on charges of tax fraud after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal against the sentence. https://www.thelocal.es/20140723/corrupt-politician-jailed-for-four-years-fabra-carlos-valencia Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:31:00 +0200 corrupt-politician-jailed-for-four-years-fabra-carlos-valencia The Local has covered everything from to stupid thieves to crazy laws in 2013. Here are our ten most read articles of the last twelve months in terms of total page views. https://www.thelocal.es/20131231/the-locals-most Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:24:00 +0100 the-locals-most One of Spain's infamous ghost airports goes up for sale on Monday with the opening bid set at €100 million ($137 million), or a tenth of original construction costs. https://www.thelocal.es/20131209/spains-best-christmas-present-an-airport Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:45:00 +0100 spains-best-christmas-present-an-airport Imagine a politician who always wears sunglasses, who has won the lottery nine times, and who has even had a statue erected in his own honour. All sound a bit shady? That’s Carlos Fabra, The Local’s Spanish Face of the Week. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/the-politician-who-reinvented-the-rules Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:06:00 +0200 the-politician-who-reinvented-the-rules If you have a spare €100 million ($133 million) lying around, you might just fancy snapping up the 'ghost airport' of the central Spanish city of Ciudad Real. https://www.thelocal.es/20130807/auction-clips-wings-of-spains-ghost-airport Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:35:00 +0200 auction-clips-wings-of-spains-ghost-airport A group of disgruntled prisoners rioted against conditions in a Spanish jail recently in an incident which saw prison guards punched, kicked and even bitten. https://www.thelocal.es/20130726/rioting-inmates-fight-prison-conditions Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:03:55 +0200 rioting-inmates-fight-prison-conditions A Spanish hotel chain is in hot water for shutting the door on a group of guests with intellectual disabilities. https://www.thelocal.es/20130722/spanish-hotel-shuns-disabled-guests Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:50:00 +0200 spanish-hotel-shuns-disabled-guests Spanish police on Tuesday arrested about 20 suspected members of a mafia group thought to be involved in an international drug-running empire worth around a billion euros, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130604/mafia-drug-clan-raided-in-spanish-sting-operation Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:36:00 +0200 mafia-drug-clan-raided-in-spanish-sting-operation The €45 million-airport of Huesca in Spain's far north welcomed just four passengers in March as the facility signed off on a dismal start to the year. https://www.thelocal.es/20130422/alpine-airport-clocks-up-just-four-visitors-in-march Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:50:00 +0200 alpine-airport-clocks-up-just-four-visitors-in-march