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 The latest G20 Leaders' Summit will take place in Brazil next week. Although Spain isn't a member, its Prime Minister is often invited. https://www.thelocal.es/20241114/why-is-spain-not-in-the-g20-but-always-invited Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:14:09 +0100 why-is-spain-not-in-the-g20-but-always-invited Spain is the 51st largest country in the world in terms of landmass but Spanish authorities are now stating their case with the United Nations claiming the country is actually 500,000 km2 bigger than what it’s currently registered as. https://www.thelocal.es/20221214/why-spain-is-fighting-the-un-to-double-in-size Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:51:55 +0100 why-spain-is-fighting-the-un-to-double-in-size Former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea on Sunday accused Spain, France and the United States of "interference" in its presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November 20th. https://www.thelocal.es/20221107/equatorial-guinea-accuses-spain-of-election-interference Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:59:34 +0100 equatorial-guinea-accuses-spain-of-election-interference A summit grouping nine southern European countries that was due to take place in Alicante on Friday has been postponed because Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has continued to test positive for Covid-19, his office said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220929/spain-postpones-its-euromed-summit-as-pm-still-has-covid Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:32:43 +0200 spain-postpones-its-euromed-summit-as-pm-still-has-covid Spain summoned the Iranian ambassador Wednesday to express its opposition to the heavy-handed crackdown on mass demonstrations across Iran that have claimed dozens of lives, a diplomatic source said. https://www.thelocal.es/20220928/spain-summons-iran-ambassador-over-protests-crackdown Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:19:40 +0200 spain-summons-iran-ambassador-over-protests-crackdown Spain said on Friday that it has ended its evacuations out of Kabul, just over a week after it began airlifting its citizens in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. https://www.thelocal.es/20210827/spain-ends-evacuations-from-kabul-of-afghan-collaborators-and-their-families Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:48:53 +0200 spain-ends-evacuations-from-kabul-of-afghan-collaborators-and-their-families As captain of Afghanistan's wheelchair basketball team and a women's rights activist, Nilofar Bayat fled for her life when the Taliban took over, seeking safety in Spain where she hopes to soon be back on the court. https://www.thelocal.es/20210824/safe-in-spain-afghan-womens-basketball-star-hopes-to-play-again Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:16:10 +0200 safe-in-spain-afghan-womens-basketball-star-hopes-to-play-again Spain will not be able to rescue all Afghans who served Spanish missions in Afghanistan because of the "dramatic" situation on the ground, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210824/time-is-running-out-spain-warns-it-will-have-to-leave-people-behind-in-afghanistan Tue, 24 Aug 2021 15:01:43 +0200 time-is-running-out-spain-warns-it-will-have-to-leave-people-behind-in-afghanistan Venezuela on Thursday declared Spain's ambassador to Caracas "persona non grata," accusing Madrid of committing "continuous aggressions" against the Socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. https://www.thelocal.es/20180126/venezuela-expels-spanish-ambassador Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:07:20 +0100 venezuela-expels-spanish-ambassador Spain on Monday ordered North Korea's ambassador to leave the country by September 30th in protest over Pyongyang's nuclear tests, which it has criticised as "a serious threat to peace". https://www.thelocal.es/20170919/spain-expels-north-korea-ambassador-over-nuclear-tests Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:23:46 +0200 spain-expels-north-korea-ambassador-over-nuclear-tests Barack Obama met Spain's King Felipe in Madrid on Sunday, during a symbolic but abbreviated first presidential trip to Spain in the wake of America's latest spasm of violence. https://www.thelocal.es/20160710/obama-meets-spanish-king-on-symbolic-but-curtailed-trip Sun, 10 Jul 2016 19:10:29 +0200 obama-meets-spanish-king-on-symbolic-but-curtailed-trip Spain beat out Turkey to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations' "top table" on Thursday night after three tense rounds of voting among delegates of the 193 countries in the UN General Assembly. https://www.thelocal.es/20141017/spain-wins-un-security-council-seat-margallo-united-nations Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:49:00 +0200 spain-wins-un-security-council-seat-margallo-united-nations A diplomatic spat between Spain and Britain over a fresh "incursion" by Spanish vessels into waters off Gibraltar went up a notch on Wednesday with Spain making an official complaint of harassment against the British navy. https://www.thelocal.es/20140403/uk-navy-harassed-boat-off-gibraltar-spain-great-britain-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:51:00 +0200 uk-navy-harassed-boat-off-gibraltar-spain-great-britain-2 A Spanish television station has been left with egg on its face after misplacing several European countries on a map used in a report on Ukraine's crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20140306/madrid-map-fail Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:52:36 +0100 madrid-map-fail Spain's foreign minister on Wednesday urged his Russian counterpart to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity after Russia said it has no authority over pro-Moscow forces that have taken control of the Crimean Peninsula. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/madrid-backs-sanctions-in-ukraine-crisis Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:36:00 +0100 madrid-backs-sanctions-in-ukraine-crisis EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held "useful" talks in Madrid with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday over the spiralling crisis in Ukraine, a European source said. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/ukraine-crisis-talks-in-madrid-useful-eu Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:03:50 +0100 ukraine-crisis-talks-in-madrid-useful-eu Spain's foreign minister said on Monday the political crisis in the Ukraine would have no affect on the country's gas supply and criticized the European Union for not looking at alternative supplies in northern Africa. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/ukraine-crisis-wont-affect-spains-gas-supply Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:33:00 +0100 ukraine-crisis-wont-affect-spains-gas-supply Israel has accused Spain, Britain, France and Italy of being pro-Palestinian after they summoned their Israeli ambassadors in a row over plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank. https://www.thelocal.es/20140117/israel-slams-spain-for-pro-palestine-bias Fri, 17 Jan 2014 17:55:00 +0100 israel-slams-spain-for-pro-palestine-bias Britain has made a formal protest to Madrid after Spanish officials opened British diplomatic bags on the border with Gibraltar in a "serious infringement" of the Vienna Convention, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131126/britain Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:49:00 +0100 britain