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 Authorities in the Balearic Islands, home to the party resorts of Ibiza and Magaluf, on Wednesday asked Spain and the European Union to ban alcohol on flights and in airports as they battle "anti-social tourism". https://www.thelocal.es/20170713/spanish-party-islands-call-for-ban-on-booze-on-flights Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:27:57 +0200 spanish-party-islands-call-for-ban-on-booze-on-flights A French tourist has been detained on the Spanish island of Mallorca after she hit and killed a policeman cycling with his son while four times over the drink drive limit, authorities said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160916/drink-driving-tourist-held-in-spain-after-killing-policeman Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:35:58 +0200 drink-driving-tourist-held-in-spain-after-killing-policeman A man has been arrested after making a fake bomb threat when he was refused beer on a Ryanair flight in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160506/man-issues-bomb-threat-after-being-refused-beer-on-flight-in-spain Fri, 06 May 2016 13:27:43 +0200 man-issues-bomb-threat-after-being-refused-beer-on-flight-in-spain A flight from Liverpool to Alicante was forced to land in France on Thursday after two drunken British nationals began fighting on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20160428/drunk-liverpool-fans-booted-off-ryanair-flight-to-alicante Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:41:27 +0200 drunk-liverpool-fans-booted-off-ryanair-flight-to-alicante A bus driver with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit had to be stopped by his own passengers, who feared for their lives along the highway to Barcelona's airport. https://www.thelocal.es/20150928/passengers-force-drunk-coach-driver-to-stop-zig-zagging-bus-headed-for-airport Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:16:52 +0200 passengers-force-drunk-coach-driver-to-stop-zig-zagging-bus-headed-for-airport The holiday airline will take a new "hardline" against any disruptive or inappropriate behavior from passengers on its flights following a rise in drunken incidents on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20150601/jet2-announces-zero-tolerance-on-flights Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:26:00 +0200 jet2-announces-zero-tolerance-on-flights The British are polite, prudish and have poor personal hygiene, to say nothing of their binge drinking culture and tendency to hooliganism, according to a new book by Spanish author. https://www.thelocal.es/20150304/polite-prudish-and-poor-personal-hygiene Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:50:00 +0100 polite-prudish-and-poor-personal-hygiene The Spanish government has presented an anti-alcoholism draft bill which would impose €300 ($430) fines on the parents of under-18s who knowingly allow their children to get drunk. https://www.thelocal.es/20140611/spain-fine-parents-of-drunken-teen Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:41:00 +0200 spain-fine-parents-of-drunken-teen A teenage girl has apologized "for being silly" after being caught on camera pretending to be drunk during a religious Easter week procession in the southern Spanish city of Malaga. https://www.thelocal.es/20140425/video-easter-antics-land-drunk-teen-in-trouble Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:44:00 +0200 video-easter-antics-land-drunk-teen-in-trouble Spanish Police had to board a plane at Ibiza airport on Saturday after 30 drunken men terrorized passengers and crew during a three-hour flight from Glasgow Prestwick. https://www.thelocal.es/20130808/hooligans-run-riot-on-ryanair-ibiza-flight Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:24:00 +0200 hooligans-run-riot-on-ryanair-ibiza-flight Majorca police have arrested a drunken thief who broke into a bar and then fell asleep on the job. https://www.thelocal.es/20130418/drunk-thief-takes-nap-at-crime-scene Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:47:00 +0200 drunk-thief-takes-nap-at-crime-scene The Catalan tourist town of Salou is battening down the hatches in preparation for the arrival of 10,000 drunk and disorderly British youngsters on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130326/saloufest-brits-behaving-badly Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:03:00 +0100 saloufest-brits-behaving-badly