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 Here's everything you need to know about the current rules for travel between France and Spain over the festive season, from the documents required to the tests you may need to get. https://www.thelocal.es/20211216/what-are-the-rules-for-travel-between-spain-and-france-this-christmas Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:29:07 +0100 what-are-the-rules-for-travel-between-spain-and-france-this-christmas Travelling between Spain and the UK during the pandemic has been very difficult due to border closures, cancelled flights and quarantines, but what is the situation like now? Is it possible to drive between Spain and the UK via France? https://www.thelocal.es/20210521/is-it-possible-to-drive-between-spain-and-the-uk Fri, 21 May 2021 11:32:27 +0200 is-it-possible-to-drive-between-spain-and-the-uk Tapas bars in Barcelona called 'champanillos' could see off a legal challenge from France's Champagne region if the European Court of Justice follows a legal opinion published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210430/tapas-bars-could-put-cork-in-champagne-name-challenge Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:13:44 +0200 tapas-bars-could-put-cork-in-champagne-name-challenge With bars and restaurants open and its 11pm curfew, Madrid has become a highly-prized haven for hoards of leisure-starved Europeans in a reality that has rankled residents who remain restricted from leaving the region. https://www.thelocal.es/20210327/in-pics-madrid-haven-for-fun-starved-europeans-but-locals-cant-leave Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:42:08 +0100 in-pics-madrid-haven-for-fun-starved-europeans-but-locals-cant-leave Young people in France have been flocking to Madrid for the weekend in order to skip restrictions and weekend lockdowns that have been imposed in some areas of their own country, according to a report by Madrid's TV channel TeleMadrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20210306/french-youth-are-skipping-lockdowns-to-spend-weekend-in-madrid Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:33:30 +0100 french-youth-are-skipping-lockdowns-to-spend-weekend-in-madrid With flight cancellations and travel restrictions, many of our readers have been asking if it's possible to drive between Spain and the UK, going via France. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20210218/reader-question-can-i-travel-between-spain-and-the-uk-via-france Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:49:11 +0100 reader-question-can-i-travel-between-spain-and-the-uk-via-france Airbnb is restricting many under-25s in Spain from renting entire homes via its platform. https://www.thelocal.es/20200814/airbnb-restricts-under-25s-in-spain-in-a-bid-to-put-a-stop-to-parties Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:10:14 +0200 airbnb-restricts-under-25s-in-spain-in-a-bid-to-put-a-stop-to-parties With the end of ETA, the struggle for independence in Spain's Basque Country falls to left-wing separatist parties which have not yet fully distanced themselves from its bloody legacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180505/eta-legacy-haunts-leftist-basque-separatist-parties Sat, 05 May 2018 12:10:58 +0200 eta-legacy-haunts-leftist-basque-separatist-parties In this week's podcast we look at how Austria's government could soon include an ex-Nazi party. How right wing could it get? https://www.thelocal.es/20171020/listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:51:29 +0200 listen-austria-venice-referendum-france-weinstein A Spanish woman whose husband died in France last year won the right on Tuesday to use his frozen sperm and continue the in vitro treatment the couple had started before he died. https://www.thelocal.es/20160601/spanish-woman-can-use-dead-husbands-sperm-french-court Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:05:22 +0200 spanish-woman-can-use-dead-husbands-sperm-french-court King Felipe VI will make his first state visit as king on Tuesday, speaking at France's National Assembly where he will pay tribute to the Spanish Republicans who liberated Paris after the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.es/20150324/felipe-to-honour-republicans-on-french-state-visit Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:09:53 +0100 felipe-to-honour-republicans-on-french-state-visit The dead bodies of two young Zaragoza-based students from France reported missing by their families recently have been found in the car they were driving. https://www.thelocal.es/20141212/bodies-of-french-students-found-in-pyrenees Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:47:00 +0100 bodies-of-french-students-found-in-pyrenees The 34-year-old school teacher who was stabbed to death in front her students in France on Friday was killed by the Spanish mother of a pupil, Spanish press are reporting. https://www.thelocal.es/20140704/spanish-mum-kills Fri, 04 Jul 2014 18:18:00 +0200 spanish-mum-kills An off-the-cuff remark by Spanish movie star Javier Bardem, in which he let slip private comments by a French ambassador, has sparked a high-level diplomatic crisis between France and Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20140226/spanish-stars-joke-starts-france-morocco-diplomatic-row Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:43:00 +0100 spanish-stars-joke-starts-france-morocco-diplomatic-row French builders claim Spanish companies are stealing work from them, paying lower wages and cutting corners to win construction contracts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140122/spaniards-are-taking-our-job-french-builders Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:17:00 +0100 spaniards-are-taking-our-job-french-builders A Spanish plan to tighten abortion laws will take women back to the Stone Age, French Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine said on Tuesday https://www.thelocal.es/20140122/french-ministers-slams-spains-stone-age-abortion-law Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:27:00 +0100 french-ministers-slams-spains-stone-age-abortion-law Thousands of anti-abortionists took to the streets of the French capital on Sunday calling for France to adopt similar pro-life legislation to that drafted by the Spanish government last month. https://www.thelocal.es/20140120/viva-espaa-paris-pro-lifers-want-spains-abortion-law Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:56:00 +0100 viva-espaa-paris-pro-lifers-want-spains-abortion-law For the first time in nearly five years, the Spanish economy is outperforming that of France, official French figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20131114/spains-economy-outperforming-stagnant-france Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:02:00 +0100 spains-economy-outperforming-stagnant-france 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 Drivers of vehicles with Spanish number plates will no longer be able to get away with not paying a speeding fine they picked up in France. https://www.thelocal.es/20130730/impunity-ends-for-spanish-drivers-speeding-in-france Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:40:00 +0200 impunity-ends-for-spanish-drivers-speeding-in-france