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's foreign minister on Wednesday accused Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont of "trickery" after he suspended his declaration of independence, warning that his actions would trigger economic and social unrest. https://www.thelocal.es/20171011/spain-accuses-puigdemont-of-trickery-and-ruses Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:11:19 +0200 spain-accuses-puigdemont-of-trickery-and-ruses Spain's government prepared to hold crisis talks on Wednesday after Catalan leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for negotiations with Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20171011/spain-to-hold-crisis-talks-after-catalan-leader-signs-suspended-independence-declaration Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:01:29 +0200 spain-to-hold-crisis-talks-after-catalan-leader-signs-suspended-independence-declaration The eyes of the world are on Catalonia with regional president Carles Puigdemont set to reveal his next move in the push for independence, with many predicting he will make a unilateral declaration of independence. So what would the consequences of such a declaration be? The Local consulted international and Spanish constitutional law experts for their analysis. https://www.thelocal.es/20171010/this-is-what-could-happen-if-catalonia-declares-independence Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:17:23 +0200 this-is-what-could-happen-if-catalonia-declares-independence Pupils at 169 schools across Spain’s Atlantic archipelago will be offered free fruit in a new initiative by the regional government to tackle the burgeoning obesity epidemic. https://www.thelocal.es/20160405/canary-island-schools-offer-kids-free-fruit-to-combat-obesity Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:19:55 +0200 canary-island-schools-offer-kids-free-fruit-to-combat-obesity Just hours before her death the aristorcrat married a much younger woman and cut her children out of her will. Now they are battling for their inheritance https://www.thelocal.es/20151009/children-of-spains-red-duchess-do-battle-over-estate Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:51:03 +0200 children-of-spains-red-duchess-do-battle-over-estate Two Spanish motorbike riders were involved in a multi-bike crash during the MotoAmerica superbike race in Laguna Seca, central California, on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150720/two-spanish-racers-die-in-us-motorbike-horror-crash Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:20:18 +0200 two-spanish-racers-die-in-us-motorbike-horror-crash A group of Moroccan NGOs has called on Spain and Morocco to end "widespread violence" against illegal immigrants, in a letter to Spain's ambassador, after 12 people drowned trying to cross their common border. https://www.thelocal.es/20140215/spain-must-end-widespread-violence-against-migrants Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:55:00 +0100 spain-must-end-widespread-violence-against-migrants A Spanish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of five bankers in a fraud investigation into failed bank CAM, a casualty of the near-collapse of Spain's finance sector, an official said. https://www.thelocal.es/20131106/five-bankers-ordered-arrested-in-spanish-fraud-probe Wed, 06 Nov 2013 15:55:00 +0100 five-bankers-ordered-arrested-in-spanish-fraud-probe Spanish police said on Monday they had arrested a notorious British drug dealer, Brian Charrington, whom they accused of running an international trafficking racket involving cocaine from Venezuela. https://www.thelocal.es/20130716/uk-coke-king-busted-in-benidorm Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 uk-coke-king-busted-in-benidorm