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 Spanish lawmakers on Thursday defeated a decree that would deregulate the hiring of dock workers at the county's ports, in a blow to conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's minority government. https://www.thelocal.es/20170316/spanish-parliament-defeats-government-plan-to-deregulate-hiring-of-dock-worker Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:23:26 +0100 spanish-parliament-defeats-government-plan-to-deregulate-hiring-of-dock-worker A Picasso owned by the Santander Botín family and considered a cultural treasure by Spanish authorities who had barred it from being exported was seized from a boat docked at Corsica, French authorities said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150804/picasso-national-treasure-seized-in-corsica Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:32:40 +0200 picasso-national-treasure-seized-in-corsica Spain's trade deficit jumped by more than a third in February compared to the almost 20-year low it hit a year earlier, official data released on Wednesday shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20140416/spains-trade-deficit-jumps-in-february Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:22:20 +0200 spains-trade-deficit-jumps-in-february In their fields of vines in deepest Spain, the winemakers at the Jesús del Perdón cooperative smiled last August: the blend of rain and sun promised a bumper grape crop. They just didn't realize how big it would be. https://www.thelocal.es/20140319/sober-spaniards-bank-on-booming-wine-exports Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:10:00 +0100 sober-spaniards-bank-on-booming-wine-exports Spain recorded a current account surplus in January-June this year for the first time on record as exports and investor confidence in the recession-hit country strengthened, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130830/spain-bags-rare-current-account-surplus Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:54:49 +0200 spain-bags-rare-current-account-surplus