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 What began as a child's birthday party ended in a huge fight and the fatal stabbing of one party guest in Galicia, northwestern Spain, in the early hours of Saturday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20160314/kids-birthday-party-ends-in-fatal-stabbing-in-spain Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:41:32 +0100 kids-birthday-party-ends-in-fatal-stabbing-in-spain Roma rights groups are to protest against the decision by Spain's Royal Language Academy (RAE) to include a definition of a 'gypsy' as a 'swindler' in their new official dictionary. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/swindler-gypsies-slam-spanish-language-watchdog Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:08:00 +0100 swindler-gypsies-slam-spanish-language-watchdog Police in southern Spain have brought in reinforcements to try and stop the lynching of a clan of suspected thieves after angry locals torched homes belonging to the group over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20140708/police-lock-down-spanish-town Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:41:00 +0200 police-lock-down-spanish-town Perched on high heels in tight, bright dresses, crowds of girls line up hoping to become Spain's first "Miss Gypsy" in a new pageant aimed at empowering a neglected minority. https://www.thelocal.es/20140511/spain-miss-gypsy-contest-aims-to-empower-minority Sun, 11 May 2014 18:12:41 +0200 spain-miss-gypsy-contest-aims-to-empower-minority Spanish police have broken up a human trafficking ring that exploited disabled Romanian migrants by promising them jobs in Spain and then forcing them to beg and work as prostitutes on the streets of Alicante and Benidorm. https://www.thelocal.es/20140410/gang-forces-disabled-foreigners-into-begging-and-sex-work Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:46:47 +0200 gang-forces-disabled-foreigners-into-begging-and-sex-work Two police officers in Barcelona have been sent to prison for two years for making a knowingly false accusation that a woman had beaten her baby, resulting in an eight-month legal separation between mother and daughter. https://www.thelocal.es/20140205/cops-jailed-for-false-baby-beating-claim Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:54:00 +0100 cops-jailed-for-false-baby-beating-claim Sitting at small green desks, Spanish Roma adults, or gitanos, listen attentively to a teacher as they attend class at their children's school in Spain, in a project that aims to cut the minority's high dropout rate. https://www.thelocal.es/20131213/spains-roma-go-back-to-school Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:51:00 +0100 spains-roma-go-back-to-school An argument between members of two rival Gitano (Spanish Roma) clans at a cemetery in northern Spain has ended in the shooting of a young man. https://www.thelocal.es/20131104/cemetery-spat-sparks-deadly-shooting Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:09:35 +0100 cemetery-spat-sparks-deadly-shooting Highly-acclaimed Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte has coughed up more than €200,000 in damages after he was found guilty of copying a movie script. https://www.thelocal.es/20130717/top-spanish-writer-fined-200k-for-plagiarism Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:36:00 +0200 top-spanish-writer-fined-200k-for-plagiarism Gypsies in the north-eastern city of Zaragoza are up in arms about a town hall ruling which puts a limit on the amount of ornamentation they can place on their loved ones' graves. https://www.thelocal.es/20130607/gypsies-riled-by-cemetery-decor-law Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:29:00 +0200 gypsies-riled-by-cemetery-decor-law