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 Despite lockdowns and mobility restrictions, 10,000 driving fines were handed out in Spain on a daily basis during 2020. These are the main reasons why drivers were penalised and the regions were most fines were handed out. https://www.thelocal.es/20210329/what-are-the-main-reasons-drivers-in-spain-got-fined-in-2021 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:46:54 +0200 what-are-the-main-reasons-drivers-in-spain-got-fined-in-2021 The southern Spanish city of Seville has come under fire for raising the fine for people who trawl through rubbish containers to €750 ($950), a move opponents have described as like "shooting flies with cannon balls". https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/seville-sets-750-fine-for-rubbish-rummagers Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:19:20 +0100 seville-sets-750-fine-for-rubbish-rummagers Barcelona City Hall has slapped fines totalling €155,000 ($211,000) on an unemployed, wiowed father-of-two for putting up 364 advertisements for his furniture-removals service. https://www.thelocal.es/20140130/bill-posting-pensioner-gets-stuck-with-155000-fine Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:15:00 +0100 bill-posting-pensioner-gets-stuck-with-155000-fine A man in Spain has been fined €90 ($122) for looking at a painting that had been left on the street. https://www.thelocal.es/20131204/man-fined-90-for-looking-at-painting Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:12:00 +0100 man-fined-90-for-looking-at-painting Commissions of 30 percent of fines from radars and cameras at red lights in the Catalan town of Montgat have been revealed to be going to a private company, enraging local residents who claim that the cameras are unnecessary. https://www.thelocal.es/20130816/residents-see-red-over-traffic-light-commissions Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:00:00 +0200 residents-see-red-over-traffic-light-commissions