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 on Monday relaxed its policy banning officers from the country's oldest police force, the Guardia Civil, from exhibiting tattoos. https://www.thelocal.es/20211109/spains-civil-guard-police-officers-allowed-to-have-visible-tattoos Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:38:31 +0100 spains-civil-guard-police-officers-allowed-to-have-visible-tattoos A bizarre video showing Civil Guard officers dancing a conga to “Que Viva España” on their way to the holy shrine at Lourdes has gone viral. https://www.thelocal.es/20170602/civil-guard-pilgrimage-conga-causes-storm-in-spain Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:04:03 +0200 civil-guard-pilgrimage-conga-causes-storm-in-spain Spanish police have rescued a week-old baby who was dumped in a backpack inside an underground rubbish container near Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20150715/hero-cops-save-newborn-baby-dumped-in-trash Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:55:20 +0200 hero-cops-save-newborn-baby-dumped-in-trash A Muslim Civil Guard officer has asked Spain's Interior Ministry for a grant to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca, just as his colleagues have been funded for Christian holy trips. https://www.thelocal.es/20150714/officer-asks-government-for-money-for-mecca Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:59:10 +0200 officer-asks-government-for-money-for-mecca Catalonia's police force are investigating the theft of a separatist 'estelada' flag by none other than misbehaving officers belonging to another of Spain's law enforcement units, the paramilitary Civil Guard. https://www.thelocal.es/20140829/cops-chase-cops-who-stole-catalan-separatist-flag Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:41:00 +0200 cops-chase-cops-who-stole-catalan-separatist-flag A lieutenant who's sold 10,000 copies of a book in which he exposes alleged cases of corruption in Spain's military has gone on hunger strike after being detained in a military prison. https://www.thelocal.es/20140721/army-whistle-blower-on-hunger-strike-in-jail Mon, 21 Jul 2014 15:56:00 +0200 army-whistle-blower-on-hunger-strike-in-jail Spain's Civil Guard on Monday said it had arrested four suspected drug traffickers who were using Catalonia as a base to try and sell Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to paramilitary and criminal organisations. https://www.thelocal.es/20140707/barcelona-drug-suspects-offering-missiles-for-sale Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:12:00 +0200 barcelona-drug-suspects-offering-missiles-for-sale Agents with Spain's Civil Guard police are killing themselves at a rate of one a month but suicide remains a "hidden problem" within the force, a new study argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20140626/suicide-spanish-polices-hidden-problem Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:52:00 +0200 suicide-spanish-polices-hidden-problem Four Spanish Civil Guard officers have been handed a joint 10-year prison sentence by a Majorca judge after they tortured a handcuffed British tourist in a prison cell on the Balearic island. https://www.thelocal.es/20140624/spanish-cops-jailed-for-10-years-for-torturing-brit Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:09:00 +0200 spanish-cops-jailed-for-10-years-for-torturing-brit Spain's Justice Minister has caused outrage after he pardoned a suspended Civil Guard officer who filmed his friend sexually harassing a woman. The officer is the son of a member of Spain's ruling Popular Party. https://www.thelocal.es/20140616/spain-pardons-soldier-who-filmed-sex-attack Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:05:00 +0200 spain-pardons-soldier-who-filmed-sex-attack UPDATED: A Spanish policeman was allegedly injured by a Gibraltar counterpart after a jurisdictional dust-up over an illegal tobacco haul on Thursday, Spanish press are reporting, but Gibraltar police have denied the charge. https://www.thelocal.es/20140425/mystery Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:00:00 +0200 mystery A public prosecutor in Spain is seeking long prison sentences for four police officers who allegedly tortured two Brits while they were in custody in 2009. https://www.thelocal.es/20140415/police-face-prison-after-torturing-brits Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:25:00 +0200 police-face-prison-after-torturing-brits Fourteen Civil Guard officers at Spain's busy Malaga airport have been found guilty of accepting bribes in exchange for not confiscating 'contraband' materials. https://www.thelocal.es/20140218/spanish-airport-officials-charged-over-bribes Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:36:57 +0100 spanish-airport-officials-charged-over-bribes Spain's government has pre-emptively pooped the party during the run-up to Carnival, a pre-Lent national celebration which typically features fancy dress parades, by banning the popular practice of wearing comedy 'Civil Guard' attire. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/spain-bans-civil-guard-fancy-dress-costumes Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:10:00 +0100 spain-bans-civil-guard-fancy-dress-costumes Police have fined a driver in Spain's Canary Islands €40 ($55) for taking his eyes off the road to talk to a passenger in his vehicle. https://www.thelocal.es/20131216/police-fine-driver-to-talking-to-passenger Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:03:50 +0100 police-fine-driver-to-talking-to-passenger A jeweller who's been the victim of countless robberies was lucky to keep his booty after a heist by two thieves dressed as Spanish military officers didn't go according to plan. https://www.thelocal.es/20131126/fake-civil-guards-jewellery-heist-injures-six-cops Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:37:43 +0100 fake-civil-guards-jewellery-heist-injures-six-cops A recent attempt to spruce up the appearance of police officers in Spain's Basque Country has backfired after the force accidentally spent €34,000 ($45,000) on uniforms in the green colour of the rival Civil Guard force. https://www.thelocal.es/20130905/police-see-red-over-costly-uniform-mix-up Thu, 05 Sep 2013 15:21:47 +0200 police-see-red-over-costly-uniform-mix-up A Spanish Civil Guard policeman has been arrested by his colleagues for allegedly starting 19 forest fires in Madrid in July. https://www.thelocal.es/20130802/pyromaniac-policeman-caught-by-colleagues Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:48:42 +0200 pyromaniac-policeman-caught-by-colleagues