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 US President Barack Obama praised Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for stablizing the country's economy during a low-profile meeting at the White House on Monday, but said there was a still a lot of work to do. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/spain-still-has-plenty-of-work-to-do-obama Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:35:00 +0100 spain-still-has-plenty-of-work-to-do-obama Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday after meeting with US President Barack Obama that Spain had received a "satisfactory" explanation of reports that American spies bugged European leaders' phones. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/spain-satisfied-with-obamas-answers-in-sp Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:16:00 +0100 spain-satisfied-with-obamas-answers-in-sp Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to visit US President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday in what some in the Spanish media have called a long overdue meeting. https://www.thelocal.es/20140113/rajoy-and-obama-to-meet Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:43:00 +0100 rajoy-and-obama-to-meet Spanish secret services regularly share large amounts of intercepted data with their US counterparts, including details of telephone calls, a newspaper reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131031/spain-shares-phone-data-with-us-report Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:59:00 +0100 spain-shares-phone-data-with-us-report The head of Spain's intelligence services will address parliament over reports of US telephone-spying in Europe that have tested relations with Washington, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131030/spains-intel-boss-to-speak-on-us-spy-scandal Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:52:00 +0100 spains-intel-boss-to-speak-on-us-spy-scandal The international row over US spying took a 180-degree turn on Tuesday when the head of the US spy agency the NSA stated that tracking of Spanish and French phone records was carried out by those countries' intelligence services and not by his organization, as European media reports had earlier suggested. https://www.thelocal.es/20131030/spain-spied-for-the-us-nsa-boss Wed, 30 Oct 2013 10:28:00 +0100 spain-spied-for-the-us-nsa-boss Spain's public prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into reported mass US eavesdropping on millions of telephone calls to determine if a crime was committed. https://www.thelocal.es/20131029/spain-eyes-criminal-probe-into-us-spying Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:54:05 +0100 spain-eyes-criminal-probe-into-us-spying Spain summoned the US ambassador on Monday to denounce newly reported mass US eavesdropping on its citizens' telephone calls as "inappropriate and unacceptable" while Spain's foreign minister said the scandal could rupture the climate of trust between the two allies. https://www.thelocal.es/20131029/spying-could-ruin-our-trust-in-us-spain Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:35:00 +0100 spying-could-ruin-our-trust-in-us-spain US security services tracked 60.5 million telephone calls in Spain in a single month, according to a leaked document published on Monday in a leading Spanish newspaper. https://www.thelocal.es/20131028/us-tracked-60-million-spanish-phone-calls Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:23:00 +0100 us-tracked-60-million-spanish-phone-calls Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday he would call in the US ambassador to Madrid to explain reports of US spying on the country, a close ally of Washington. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/spain-to-calls-in-us-ambassador-in-spy-row Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:06:00 +0200 spain-to-calls-in-us-ambassador-in-spy-row The US spied on members of Spain's government, Spain's largest national newspaper said on Friday, citing sources claiming to be familiar with the documents leaked by National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/us-spied-on-spanish-leaders-reports Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:09:00 +0200 us-spied-on-spanish-leaders-reports Spain's security services believe the US systematically spied on the country as in France or Germany, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden is expected to leak secret information on Spain shortly. https://www.thelocal.es/20131022/snowden-spain-leaks Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:46:00 +0200 snowden-spain-leaks Brazil-based US reporter Glenn Greenwald said on Wednesday he would publish documents from intelligence leaker Edward Snowden focused on France and Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20131010/i-will-publish-snowden-leaks-on-spain-journalist Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:01:00 +0200 i-will-publish-snowden-leaks-on-spain-journalist Spain on Monday voiced regret at its diplomatic row with Bolivia, sparked when President Evo Morales' plane was blocked from Spanish airspace over suspicions US fugitive and intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was on the jet. https://www.thelocal.es/20130716/spain-apologizes-to-bolivia-over-snowden-flight Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:13:00 +0200 spain-apologizes-to-bolivia-over-snowden-flight Spain on Friday tried to defuse a diplomatic row ignited when Bolivian President Evo Morales's plane was diverted because of suspicions that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was aboard. https://www.thelocal.es/20130705/they-told-us-snowden-was-in-the-plane-spain Fri, 05 Jul 2013 14:25:00 +0200 they-told-us-snowden-was-in-the-plane-spain The aircraft carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home to Bolivia has landed in Gran Canaria airport for its scheduled pit stop. Spain earlier gave the plane permission to use Spanish airspace after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Vienna amid rumours US intelligencer leaker Edward Snowden was on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20130703/spain-opens-airspace-to-bolivia-in-snowden-saga Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:48:00 +0200 spain-opens-airspace-to-bolivia-in-snowden-saga Spain's Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo on Tuesday ruled out the idea that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden could be granted asylum in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130702/spanish-slams-door-on-snowden-asylum-claim Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:20:00 +0200 spanish-slams-door-on-snowden-asylum-claim Spain's renowned former human rights 'superjudge' Baltasar Garzón announced on Wednesday that his firm has declined to represent US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. https://www.thelocal.es/20130626/spanish-superjudge-shuns-fleeing-it-spy Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +0200 spanish-superjudge-shuns-fleeing-it-spy