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 Google announced Wednesday the reopening of its news service in Spain next year after the country amended a law that imposed fees on aggregators such as the US tech giant for using publishers’ content. https://www.thelocal.es/20211104/google-news-to-return-to-spain-after-seven-year-spat Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:15:20 +0100 google-news-to-return-to-spain-after-seven-year-spat Spain's socialist government on Friday approved a new tax on big internet companies as part of its 2019 budget, hoping to raise up to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) next year. https://www.thelocal.es/20181020/spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:51:07 +0200 spain-backs-new-tax-on-internet-giants-in-budget-plan Fame came at a price for a Spanish boy who mistakenly racked up €100,000 ($112,000) in advertising fees with Google as he attempted to make his brass band famous online. https://www.thelocal.es/20161006/spanish-boy-12-racks-up-100k-bill-in-bid-for-you Thu, 06 Oct 2016 11:14:50 +0200 spanish-boy-12-racks-up-100k-bill-in-bid-for-you Google CEO Sundar Pichai hit back Sunday at accusations that the global internet giant failed to pay enough taxes in Europe, and warned of the potential fallout from Britain leaving the EU. https://www.thelocal.es/20160717/google-ceo-defends-europe-tax-practices Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:20:46 +0200 google-ceo-defends-europe-tax-practices Google's offices in Madrid were being searched in a tax probe Thursday, an internal source said, just over a month after police raided the Internet giant in Paris in a similar investigation. https://www.thelocal.es/20160630/googles-madrid-offices-raided-in-tax-probe Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:35:26 +0200 googles-madrid-offices-raided-in-tax-probe Ever wondered just what questions Spaniards most want answering? In an election year and with Catalonia independence crisis looming, is the nation gripped by burning political issues? The results might surprise you. https://www.thelocal.es/20151216/what-did-spaniards-google-the-most-in-2015 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:59:13 +0100 what-did-spaniards-google-the-most-in-2015 Spain is the European country that has seen the fourth largest number of requests to remove search engine results as 33,000 Spaniards exercise their "right to be forgotten". https://www.thelocal.es/20151126/spain-google-right-to-be-forgotten Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:15:54 +0100 spain-google-right-to-be-forgotten Ciudadanos has proposed that Spain adopt a Swedish-style paternity leave policy that would allow give fathers to equally share time off with mothers after a new born baby. https://www.thelocal.es/20151120/spain-would-adopt-swedish-style-parental-leave-under-ciudadanos Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:15:01 +0100 spain-would-adopt-swedish-style-parental-leave-under-ciudadanos The Local chats with Uptodown creator Luis Hernández about how a company started by two university friends became Google Play's biggest worldwide competitor. https://www.thelocal.es/20151008/the-spanish-startup-playing-google-at-its-own-game Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:33:42 +0200 the-spanish-startup-playing-google-at-its-own-game Google Street View thought it would be a good idea to drive one of their state of the art cars smack bang into the middle of Spain's La Tomatina festival to record the tomato pelting battle for all the world to see. https://www.thelocal.es/20150827/this-is-what-happens-when-you-drive-through-the-worlds-biggest-food-fight Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:29:35 +0200 this-is-what-happens-when-you-drive-through-the-worlds-biggest-food-fight Wednesday marks 70 years since the first tomato fight - considered the worlds biggest food fight - in Buñol, eastern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20150826/squelch-google-doodle-celebrates-70-years-of-la-tomatina Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:39:14 +0200 squelch-google-doodle-celebrates-70-years-of-la-tomatina Google Streetview has launched a new project which allows people to explore "the world's most dangerous footpath" in southern Spain from the comfort of home. https://www.thelocal.es/20150720/walk-worlds-most-dangerous-footpath-online Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:14:44 +0200 walk-worlds-most-dangerous-footpath-online A controversial Spanish former magistrate has tackled Google over its handing of data from Wikileaks, the secrets-spilling website, to the FBI. https://www.thelocal.es/20150127/wikileaks-accuses-google-of-attack-on-journalism Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:47:00 +0100 wikileaks-accuses-google-of-attack-on-journalism How to vote, how to make bracelets and how to be 'swag': a new Google list reveals what advice Spaniards have been searching for online in 2014 and provides a fascinating insight into the country’s obsessions over the last 12 months. https://www.thelocal.es/20141216/spaniards-go-online-in-search-of-swag Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:49:00 +0100 spaniards-go-online-in-search-of-swag Spain's main web-surfers' association warned Friday that national media will lose huge internet traffic when Google shuts its Google News operation next week in protest at being made to pay for content, while newspapers called for talks to prevent the closure. https://www.thelocal.es/20141213/google-news-closure-worries-media-groups Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:44:00 +0100 google-news-closure-worries-media-groups The tech giant has been hit with thousands of Spanish demands to be deleted from search results after losing a landmark 'right to be forgotten' EU legal battle and introducing a 'removal request' service. https://www.thelocal.es/20141013/13429-spaniards-demand-to-be-forgotten-by-google-spain Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:42:00 +0200 13429-spaniards-demand-to-be-forgotten-by-google-spain The US tech giant will set up a new Google Campus in the Spanish capital in 2015 in a bid to help budding entrepreneurs launch their very own tech start-ups. https://www.thelocal.es/20141007/google-to-launch-startup-campus-in-madrid Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:22:00 +0200 google-to-launch-startup-campus-in-madrid Online bulletin-board service Pinterest on Wednesday announced it was buying out Spanish start-up Icebergs, specializing in helping creative people collaborate on projects. https://www.thelocal.es/20140731/pininterest-gobbles-up-hot-barcelona-start-up-icebergs Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:51:00 +0200 pininterest-gobbles-up-hot-barcelona-start-up-icebergs Google must delete sensitive information about people from its search results if asked to do so, the European Union announced on Tuesday, a ruling that comes after Spain's data protection agency took on the tech giant over privacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20140513/eu-backs-spain-over-right-to-be-forgotten Tue, 13 May 2014 15:07:00 +0200 eu-backs-spain-over-right-to-be-forgotten Cyber activists hacked the website of a major Spanish media industry body on Monday after the group came out in favour of a new draft law which would see websites like Google having to pay media outlets to post their content. https://www.thelocal.es/20140218/cyber-group-attack-spain-over-google-tax Tue, 18 Feb 2014 18:18:00 +0100 cyber-group-attack-spain-over-google-tax