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 girlfriend of Spain goalkeeper David De Gea has broken the silence maintained since sex abuse allegations emerged on Friday and shown she is supporting her man. https://www.thelocal.es/20160613/edurne-stands-by-her-man-david-de-gea Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:32:48 +0200 edurne-stands-by-her-man-david-de-gea Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea's proposed transfer to Real Madrid appeared to be scuppered on Monday night as the move was not listed in the transfers registered by the Spanish Professional League. https://www.thelocal.es/20150901/de-gea-move-to-real-madrid-could-be-scuppered Tue, 01 Sep 2015 11:11:28 +0200 de-gea-move-to-real-madrid-could-be-scuppered With only a day to go before the Eurovision final in Vienna, The Local caught up with Peter Huber, the Austrian ambassador to Madrid to hear his views on the world’s most prestigious singing competition. https://www.thelocal.es/20150522/eurovision-song-contest-interview Fri, 22 May 2015 12:56:47 +0200 eurovision-song-contest-interview She is hoping to take the Eurovision crown for Spain this Saturday but who is the sultry pop star representing Spain in this year’s competition? Let us introduce you to Edurne. https://www.thelocal.es/20150519/can-edurne-bring-eurovision-home-to-spain Tue, 19 May 2015 12:43:34 +0200 can-edurne-bring-eurovision-home-to-spain The Spanish entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest has been urged to cut scenes that include live tigers from the video for her single, Daybreak. https://www.thelocal.es/20150512/eurovision-entry-slammed-for-using-real-tiger-in-video Tue, 12 May 2015 18:21:02 +0200 eurovision-entry-slammed-for-using-real-tiger-in-video Could this be the year Spain wins Eurovision for only the third time since the contest began? Spain's fate rests with Edurne, the blonde bombshell who is hoping to enrapture Europe with her pop power ballad, Amanecer. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/face-of-the-week-edurne Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:35:10 +0200 face-of-the-week-edurne Spain's entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest has released a video introducing herself to Europe in English. https://www.thelocal.es/20150409/hello-everybody-meet-spains-eurovision-entry Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:56:49 +0200 hello-everybody-meet-spains-eurovision-entry In a vicious war of words, "ugly" Manchester has been pitted against "miserable" Madrid. Who will be victorious in the battle of the cities? The Local finds out... https://www.thelocal.es/20150317/madrid-vs-manchester Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:22:45 +0100 madrid-vs-manchester Following Edurne's slur on the city of Manchester, the Manchester Evening News printed an editorial calling Madrid "miserable" and "one of the worst cities" ever visited. https://www.thelocal.es/20150316/madrid-slammed-as-worst-city-ever-in-edurne-row Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:41:11 +0100 madrid-slammed-as-worst-city-ever-in-edurne-row A Manchester councillor has offered to show Spain's Eurovision entry, Edurne, around the city after she called it "uglier than the back of a fridge". https://www.thelocal.es/20150316/eurovision-hopeful-slams-manchester Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:27:14 +0100 eurovision-hopeful-slams-manchester Spainsh pop singer Edurne will represent Spain the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, it was announced on Wednesday, in a press conference that had to be brought forward because the news was leaked online — by none other than the singer herself. https://www.thelocal.es/20150114/spains-eurovision-enty-is-revealed-edurne-2015 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:34:00 +0100 spains-eurovision-enty-is-revealed-edurne-2015