The Local Spain 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 Could Europe's human rights court kill off Spain's 'anti-protest' law? A group of journalists are calling on the EU's top court to quash Spain's controversial 'gag law', claiming it attacks freedom of speech and information. https://www.thelocal.es/20151214/repeal-spains-gag-law-critics-urge-eu-court-of-human-rights-ley-mordaza Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:13:14 +0100 repeal-spains-gag-law-critics-urge-eu-court-of-human-rights-ley-mordaza Spain bond yields hit record low The yield on 10-year Spanish government bonds fell to record lows on Thursday after the European Central Bank announced it was setting out on a massive bond buying programme. https://www.thelocal.es/20150122/spain-bond-yields-hit-record-low Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:54:00 +0100 spain-bond-yields-hit-record-low Fake Catalan euros stir up independence bid One man's dream of seeing an independent Catalonia in the EU has led him to create the first unofficial euro coins representing the possible future country-to-be. https://www.thelocal.es/20140217/fake-catalan-euros-defy-eu-law Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:55:00 +0100 fake-catalan-euros-defy-eu-law Police arrest eight in Eta raid that nearly failed Spanish police on Wednesday raided a group which supports prisoners from the armed Basque separatist group Eta, despite Spain's interior ministry nearly giving the game away by tweeting about the raid before it actually happened. https://www.thelocal.es/20140109/eight-arreestted Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:23:00 +0100 eight-arreestted One in three Spaniards want pesetas back Almost one in three Spaniards want to leave the Eurozone and go back to using the peseta, a new US study has found. https://www.thelocal.es/20130918/spaniards-look-back-on-pesetas Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:10:00 +0200 spaniards-look-back-on-pesetas Political rivals thrash out joint EU position Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and the leader of the country's opposition Socialist PSOE party, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, are meeting on Thursday to work out the details of an agreement that will see them present a united front in the upcoming European Council summit. https://www.thelocal.es/20130620/political-rivals-meet-to-finalize-european-deal Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:13:00 +0200 political-rivals-meet-to-finalize-european-deal