The Local Spain 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 Eleven very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain January 1t5h is Blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year. But there are many reasons to be happy if you're living in Spain... https://www.thelocal.es/20180115/eleven-spanish-reasons-to-be-happy Mon, 15 Jan 2018 12:00:59 +0100 eleven-spanish-reasons-to-be-happy This Spanish 7-year-old can teach the world about fair play Yago Horno Mateo, aged seven, returned the trophy he'd won in a recent golfing championship, after discovering that his score had been wrongly calculated. https://www.thelocal.es/20160317/this-spanish-seven-year-old-teaches-the-world-about-fair-play Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:32:43 +0100 this-spanish-seven-year-old-teaches-the-world-about-fair-play Report: Life in Spain is more miserable than Saudi Arabia Spain has been ranked a lowly 37 in the latest World Happiness Rankings: three places behind Saudi Arabia. https://www.thelocal.es/20160317/spaniards-more-miserable-than-the-saudis-happiness-rankings Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:36:21 +0100 spaniards-more-miserable-than-the-saudis-happiness-rankings Nation of optimists: 8 in 10 Spaniards are happy Despite the heatwave gripping Spain and fears about Grexit, Spaniards are overwhelmingly happy, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.es/20150708/majority-of-spaniards-declare-themselves-happy Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:05:27 +0200 majority-of-spaniards-declare-themselves-happy Younger Spaniards happier than older ones Younger Spaniards are on average more satisfied with their lives than older Spaniards, according to a Eurostat report released to mark International Day of Happiness on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150320/younger-spaniards-happier-than-older Fri, 20 Mar 2015 10:03:03 +0100 younger-spaniards-happier-than-older