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 A Spanish journalist and author has filed a criminal complaint in Spain against French cinema superstar Gerard Depardieu, claiming that he raped her nearly three decades ago in Paris. https://www.thelocal.es/20231220/spanish-journalist-accuses-french-actor-depardieu-of-rape Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:12:40 +0100 spanish-journalist-accuses-french-actor-depardieu-of-rape Colombian pop star Shakira wants the press to leave her nearly two-year-old son with Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué alone, she said in an interview published on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141201/shakira-asks-press-to-leave-her-son-alone Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:32:00 +0100 shakira-asks-press-to-leave-her-son-alone Tennis legend Boris Becker has saved his holiday villa on the Spanish island of Majorca by coughing up the huge sum he owed a local builder just five minutes before the property was about to go under the hammer. https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/boris-becker-saves-majorca-mansion Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:10:00 +0200 boris-becker-saves-majorca-mansion Former tennis star Boris Becker has had his holiday villa on the island of Majorca confiscated by Spanish authorities after not paying a builder's bill of €391,000 ($544,000). https://www.thelocal.es/20140317/boris-beckers-spanish-villa-seized Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:01:00 +0100 boris-beckers-spanish-villa-seized The Spanish version of men's magazine GQ announced the winners of its 2013 "Men of the Year" awards as voted for by readers and members of its editorial team. Find out which icons they honoured this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20131122/who-are-spains-men-of-the-year-for-2013 Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:13:00 +0100 who-are-spains-men-of-the-year-for-2013 Two years after closing the beachside Spanish restaurant elBulli - repeatedly lauded as the world's best - celebrity chef Ferran Adrià is putting together an online culinary encyclopedia entitled "La Bullipedia". https://www.thelocal.es/20130407/worlds-best-chef-adria-launches-culinary-encyclopedia Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:45:00 +0200 worlds-best-chef-adria-launches-culinary-encyclopedia Jose Juan Bigas Luna, a Spanish director and screenwriter who gave Penelope Cruz her first big screen break in the raunchy comedy "Jamón Jamón", has died aged 67 after a long struggle with cancer. https://www.thelocal.es/20130407/jamon-jamon-director-dies-aged-67 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:29:00 +0200 jamon-jamon-director-dies-aged-67