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 Sandwiched between the crystalline blue sea and green pine trees lies Aiguafreda, one of Spain's last largely unspoiled Mediterranean coves, which is threatened by a new building frenzy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180910/new-construction-boom-threatens-spanish-coastline Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:01:12 +0200 new-construction-boom-threatens-spanish-coastline A new skyscraper is to rise, phoenix-like, from the site of a multimillion euro public spending failure. https://www.thelocal.es/20150430/madrids-four-skyscrapers-to-become-five Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:15:55 +0200 madrids-four-skyscrapers-to-become-five After six tough years, Spain's ailing building sector is finally coming back to life, with public sector projects fuelling a lot of the new growth. https://www.thelocal.es/20141210/spain-starts-to-build-again Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:54:03 +0100 spain-starts-to-build-again Spain's building sector grew seven percent in the second quarter of 2014 making it the top performer in the European Union, welcome news for the sector that was left battered and bruised by Spain's economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20140821/spains-building-sector-fastest-growing-in-eu Thu, 21 Aug 2014 17:45:00 +0200 spains-building-sector-fastest-growing-in-eu Wages below the legal minimum, contracts in a language they don't understand and blackmail tactics to keep them quiet: just some of the problems a group of Spanish builders in Holland contracted by a German firm have decided to speak out against. https://www.thelocal.es/20140414/spanish-builders-conditions-enslaved-german-employer Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:38:00 +0200 spanish-builders-conditions-enslaved-german-employer Spanish toll-road operators on the brink of going bust have been offered a lifeline in the form of a nationalization package that would see the state take on €2.4 billion ($3.3 billion) of the €4.6 billion that the companies owe to creditors. https://www.thelocal.es/20140328/24-billion-bailout-for-spains-bankrupt-motorways Fri, 28 Mar 2014 12:19:00 +0100 24-billion-bailout-for-spains-bankrupt-motorways Europe has over 11 million empty properties, 3.4 million of which are in Spain, which is more than enough to house the continent’s homeless population of 4.1 million, a UK newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/spain-worst-in-europe-for-empty-properties Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:29:00 +0100 spain-worst-in-europe-for-empty-properties Panama has reached partial agreements with Spanish construction company Sacyr that halted work to expand the Panama Canal in a dispute over a huge cost overrun, its administrator said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/spanish-company-back-in-panama-canal-deal Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:35:00 +0100 spanish-company-back-in-panama-canal-deal Bankruptcy filings soared to a record high in Spain in 2013, official data showed on Thursday, with the construction industry in particular still reeling five years after a property market crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20140206/spanish-bankruptcies-hit-the-roof-in-2013 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:14:54 +0100 spanish-bankruptcies-hit-the-roof-in-2013 Negotiations over who should pay for extra costs for upgrading the Panama Canal have collapsed, putting the project and up to 10,000 jobs at risk, Spanish group Sacyr said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140205/panama-canal-upgrade-at-risk-after-talks-collapse Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:32:00 +0100 panama-canal-upgrade-at-risk-after-talks-collapse The builders of a 9.4km (5.8 mile) toll road designed to absorb the bulk of the traffic between Madrid and Barajas airport have declared a debt of €550 million ($744 million) as a result of runaway construction costs and the unforeseen preference of motorists for using the free road that runs alongside. https://www.thelocal.es/20140131/madrids-550m-road-to-ruin-tops-fiasco-list Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:18:00 +0100 madrids-550m-road-to-ruin-tops-fiasco-list French builders claim Spanish companies are stealing work from them, paying lower wages and cutting corners to win construction contracts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140122/spaniards-are-taking-our-job-french-builders Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:17:00 +0100 spaniards-are-taking-our-job-french-builders Panama canal officials and an international consortium tasked with expanding the major waterway made rival offers on Tuesday aimed at ending a $1.6 billion dispute that threatens to paralyze the project. https://www.thelocal.es/20140108/sacyr-closes-in-on-panama-canal-deal Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:35:00 +0100 sacyr-closes-in-on-panama-canal-deal Spain's government said on Friday it was in talks with Panama and Spanish builder Sacyr to try an hammer out a solution to a row over a $1.6 billion (€1.17 billion) cost overrun on expansion work on the Panama Canal. https://www.thelocal.es/20140103/spain-seeks-solution-for-stalled-panama-canal-project Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:57:00 +0100 spain-seeks-solution-for-stalled-panama-canal-project Panama's president warned on Thursday he would visit Europe to force a Spanish-led consortium to drop a threat to suspend expansion work on the Panama Canal, as a row over a $1.6 billion (€1.17 billion) cost overrun escalated. https://www.thelocal.es/20140103/panama-president-steps-up-row-over-canl Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:53:00 +0100 panama-president-steps-up-row-over-canl A Spanish-led consortium threatened on Thursday to halt a massive, $5.3 billion (€3.9-billion) expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles five percent of world maritime trade, because of a row over cost overruns. https://www.thelocal.es/20140102/spanish-firms-stall-panama-canal-work Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:57:00 +0100 spanish-firms-stall-panama-canal-work The Spanish government said Friday that it would invest €2.4 billion over the next three years to help the poor gain access to rental housing and renovate buildings to boost the stricken construction sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20130406/spain-drafts-2-4bn-euro-plan-for-housing Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:41:00 +0200 spain-drafts-2-4bn-euro-plan-for-housing