The Local Spain 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 8 weird ways parliament spends your money From telegram bills to tapestry touch-ups, the budget for the Spanish parliament is full of surprises once you scratch below the surface. https://www.thelocal.es/20141223/eight-weird-ways-spanish-parliament-spends-your-money Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:38:00 +0100 eight-weird-ways-spanish-parliament-spends-your-money Spain approves hotly disputed 'Google tax' Technology giant Google says it is "disappointed" after Thursday's decision by the Spanish parliament to approve the introduction of charges for aggregating news stories in search engine results. https://www.thelocal.es/20141030/spain-brings-in-google-tax Thu, 30 Oct 2014 15:42:00 +0100 spain-brings-in-google-tax Political parties slammed over lack of transparency Spain's major political parties are failing to make the grade on transparency, a new report shows. Only three small groups have received full marks for making public all of their lawmakers' activities. https://www.thelocal.es/20140708/spains-parties-slammed-over-lack-of-transparency-pp-psoe Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:04:00 +0200 spains-parties-slammed-over-lack-of-transparency-pp-psoe Protesters take to streets over 'fascist' fines Around 2,000 protesters were met by riot police outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid on Saturday in a protest that turned violent against the country's tough new Citizen Security Law. https://www.thelocal.es/20131216/protesters-take-to-streets-over-fascist-fines Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:28:00 +0100 protesters-take-to-streets-over-fascist-fines Greenpeace clamber up congress in coast protest Eight Greenpeace activists have been arrested after they climbed up to the top of the Spanish Congress, or national parliament, on Thursday morning in protest against a new law that will, in some cases, reduce the protection belt for building along Spain’s coastline from 100 to 20 metres. https://www.thelocal.es/20130509/greenpeace-activists-climb-congress Thu, 09 May 2013 16:41:00 +0200 greenpeace-activists-climb-congress Spain set to ban images of 'sensitive' sites on web The Spanish government on Thursday approved a plan to create a law which will block sites Internet mapping sites like Google Maps from publishing images of certain official buildings in the interests of national security. https://www.thelocal.es/20130419/government-eyes-blocking-web-images-of-official-sites Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:44:00 +0200 government-eyes-blocking-web-images-of-official-sites