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 A Spanish man has been caught using a fake police ID with the photograph of Oscar-winning Hollywood actor, Adrien Brody. https://www.thelocal.es/20150724/fake-policeman-used-hollywood-actor-id Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:51:13 +0200 fake-policeman-used-hollywood-actor-id A Spanish politician has requested that the nation’s parliament stop all sales of Coca Cola until the company reinstates workers in a bottling plant in the capital. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/coca-cola-boycott-for-spanish-parliament Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:31:00 +0100 coca-cola-boycott-for-spanish-parliament Two drivers with the government of Spain's Castilla-La Mancha region who were told by SMS that they no longer had a job have been awarded €120,000 ($150,000) in unfair dismissal compensation. https://www.thelocal.es/20141111/workers-sacked-by-sms-win-120k-compensation Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:27:00 +0100 workers-sacked-by-sms-win-120k-compensation Bargain hunters visiting the Spanish portal of auction site ebay on Monday were startled to find that one of Spain's regional governments was up for sale at a rock-bottom price. https://www.thelocal.es/20131119/joke-ebay-ad-sells-spanish-parliament-for Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:58:00 +0100 joke-ebay-ad-sells-spanish-parliament-for Gibraltar is pleased that Spain is "at last" thinking of taking its longstanding dispute over the sovereignty of the British outpost to international courts, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said in an interview on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130815/gibraltar-happy-spain-plans-to-take-row-to-court Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:06:02 +0200 gibraltar-happy-spain-plans-to-take-row-to-court The head of Spanish frozen fish giant Pescanova admitted on Thursday that he may have made bad decisions after an auditor's report said the group deliberately fabricated deals and financial results to disguise a €3.28 billion ($4.3 billion) debt. https://www.thelocal.es/20130711/fish-boss-says-bad-decisions-were-made-in-good-faith Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:41:00 +0200 fish-boss-says-bad-decisions-were-made-in-good-faith The traditional glass olive oil dispensers, or 'drizzlers', seen in Spanish restaurants could soon be a thing of the past as the Spanish government draws up new rules banning the use of refillable bottles, despite a recent EU veto of similar moves. https://www.thelocal.es/20130709/spain-revives-plan-to-ban-oil-drizzlers Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:05:00 +0200 spain-revives-plan-to-ban-oil-drizzlers