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 Police were called to the scene after a fight broke out between tourists and a shop owner - only to discover it was over stolen beach towels. https://www.thelocal.es/20160603/german-tourists-arrested-for-violently-stealing-mallorca-beach-towels Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:49:16 +0200 german-tourists-arrested-for-violently-stealing-mallorca-beach-towels The Basque Country is trying to tempt German holidaymakers away from the Costas to visit their region instead with a new targeted tourism campaign. https://www.thelocal.es/20150305/willkommen-to-baskenland Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:44:00 +0100 willkommen-to-baskenland Wages below the legal minimum, contracts in a language they don't understand and blackmail tactics to keep them quiet: just some of the problems a group of Spanish builders in Holland contracted by a German firm have decided to speak out against. https://www.thelocal.es/20140414/spanish-builders-conditions-enslaved-german-employer Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:38:00 +0200 spanish-builders-conditions-enslaved-german-employer 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 German is on its way to surpassing French as the second most in demand language in Spain after English. https://www.thelocal.es/20130903/spaniards-queue-nine-hours-for-german-classes Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:38:00 +0200 spaniards-queue-nine-hours-for-german-classes Spain saw a record number of tourists in June, while overall spending was also up by 6.6 percent for the first half of the year. https://www.thelocal.es/20130726/spain-sees-record-tourist-numbers-in-june Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:12:00 +0200 spain-sees-record-tourist-numbers-in-june Medics in Ibiza were forced to enlist the help of buzz saw-wielding fire-fighters on Wednesday to free a German tourist from the clutches of a steel sex toy. https://www.thelocal.es/20130705/buzzsaw-rescue-for-sex-armour-man Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:53:00 +0200 buzzsaw-rescue-for-sex-armour-man Germany's Bild am Sonntag, the Sunday edition of the world's best-selling newspaper, has made waves in Spain with the publication of a feature that depicts the island of Majorca as a destination in decline, dominated by "swindlers, pickpockets and prostitutes". https://www.thelocal.es/20130624/german-report-slams-mallorcas-crime-and-cheap-sex Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:53:00 +0200 german-report-slams-mallorcas-crime-and-cheap-sex The Spanish consider Germany as the "most arrogant" and "least compassionate" nation in Europe but also the "most trustworthy", a new survey shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20130514/spanish-say-germans-most-arrogant-europeans Tue, 14 May 2013 16:47:00 +0200 spanish-say-germans-most-arrogant-europeans A German couple face up to three years in jail and a massive bill after camping out in a Catalonian hotel for 14 months without paying. https://www.thelocal.es/20130313/german-pair-face-jail-over-132000-hotel-bill Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:48:00 +0100 german-pair-face-jail-over-132000-hotel-bill