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 The boyfriend of a 19-year-old French tourist found dead in a Barcelona hotel room has been arrested on suspicion of homicide. https://www.thelocal.es/20141119/barcelona-hotel-murder-boyfriend-arrested Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:19:00 +0100 barcelona-hotel-murder-boyfriend-arrested Police on the Spanish island of Majorca say a dead woman found floating dead in the sea on July 10th was a French tourist and have refused to rule out murder or suicide as possible causes of her death. https://www.thelocal.es/20140904/police-body-found-in-majorca-was-french-tourist Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:14:00 +0200 police-body-found-in-majorca-was-french-tourist Six out of ten Spaniards never actually get to try out the languages they are supposed to need in their job, a new study shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20131004/i-never-use-my-second-language-at-work Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:18:00 +0200 i-never-use-my-second-language-at-work English-speaking politicians are few and far between in Spain, but should Spanish MPs' lack of language skills be a reason for national concern? The Local looks at why Spain's political class has struggled to pick up the world's lingua franca. https://www.thelocal.es/20130409/spanish-pm-rajoy-i-cant-talk-to-obama-yet Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:26:00 +0200 spanish-pm-rajoy-i-cant-talk-to-obama-yet Frenchman Jonathan Hivert has won the first stage of the Tour de Andalucia, a 164-kilometre ride from San Fernando to Ubrique. https://www.thelocal.es/20130219/frenchman-clinches-first-tour-de-andalucia-stage Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:20:00 +0100 frenchman-clinches-first-tour-de-andalucia-stage