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 Iran has released a Spanish woman, Ana Baneira, who had been in detention since November, Spain's foreign minister said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20230226/iran-frees-spanish-woman-detained-since-end-2022-madrid Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:24:32 +0100 iran-frees-spanish-woman-detained-since-end-2022-madrid Spain will host the next Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, marking the first time the star-studded event is held outside the United States, officials said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20230223/spain-to-host-first-latin-grammys-held-outside-us Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:54:23 +0100 spain-to-host-first-latin-grammys-held-outside-us Relatives and friends of Spanish football fan Santiago Sánchez, arrested in Iran on his way to the Qatar World Cup, demanded his release during a rally outside Tehran's embassy in Madrid on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221219/supporters-call-on-iran-to-release-spanish-football-fan Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:56:57 +0100 supporters-call-on-iran-to-release-spanish-football-fan An American student who disappeared in November from his university in eastern France has made contact with his parents from Spain, a French prosecutor said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221216/us-student-who-went-missing-in-france-in-november-located-in-spain Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:27:33 +0100 us-student-who-went-missing-in-france-in-november-located-in-spain A Spanish woman is being held in Iran following the arrest of a Spanish football fan who set out to walk to the World Cup in Qatar, a diplomatic source said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221110/iran-arrests-spanish-woman-taking-part-in-protests Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:19:24 +0100 iran-arrests-spanish-woman-taking-part-in-protests Former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea on Sunday accused Spain, France and the United States of "interference" in its presidential and legislative elections scheduled for November 20th. https://www.thelocal.es/20221107/equatorial-guinea-accuses-spain-of-election-interference Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:59:34 +0100 equatorial-guinea-accuses-spain-of-election-interference A Spanish football fan who set out to walk to Qatar to watch the World Cup has been arrested in Iran, his mother said after he dropped out of contact for several weeks. https://www.thelocal.es/20221028/iran-arrests-spanish-hiker-walking-to-qatar-world-cup Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:14:36 +0200 iran-arrests-spanish-hiker-walking-to-qatar-world-cup A summit grouping nine southern European countries that was due to take place in Alicante on Friday has been postponed because Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has continued to test positive for Covid-19, his office said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220929/spain-postpones-its-euromed-summit-as-pm-still-has-covid Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:32:43 +0200 spain-postpones-its-euromed-summit-as-pm-still-has-covid Spain summoned the Iranian ambassador Wednesday to express its opposition to the heavy-handed crackdown on mass demonstrations across Iran that have claimed dozens of lives, a diplomatic source said. https://www.thelocal.es/20220928/spain-summons-iran-ambassador-over-protests-crackdown Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:19:40 +0200 spain-summons-iran-ambassador-over-protests-crackdown Madrid was turned into a high-security zone on Tuesday, with thousands of police guarding venues where over 40 world leaders will gather for a Nato summit focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.es/20220628/spains-capital-ramps-up-security-to-host-nato-summit Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:24:10 +0200 spains-capital-ramps-up-security-to-host-nato-summit The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remained at a morgue in Spain Thursday a year after his death as a legal case filed by his family, who do not believe he committed suicide, is yet to be resolved. https://www.thelocal.es/20220624/a-year-after-his-death-mcafees-corpse-still-in-spanish-morgue Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:17:42 +0200 a-year-after-his-death-mcafees-corpse-still-in-spanish-morgue Spain said Friday it had evacuated about 100 of its nationals from Ukraine, including its ambassador to the country and remaining diplomatic staff due to Russia's military invasion. https://www.thelocal.es/20220225/spain-evacuates-diplomats-and-spanish-nationals-from-ukraine Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:26:54 +0100 spain-evacuates-diplomats-and-spanish-nationals-from-ukraine Lebanon’s transport minister has said that Spain will finance a plan to revive the railway network that has been out of service since the start of the 1975-1990 civil war. https://www.thelocal.es/20220225/spain-to-help-rebuild-lebanons-forgotten-railway-network Fri, 25 Feb 2022 10:11:46 +0100 spain-to-help-rebuild-lebanons-forgotten-railway-network Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday could have a considerable impact on Spain's economy, with the price and supply of energy and certain food products already affected.   https://www.thelocal.es/20220224/how-spain-could-be-impacted-by-russias-invasion-of-ukraine Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:45:30 +0100 how-spain-could-be-impacted-by-russias-invasion-of-ukraine Relatives of the 12 crew members missing when a Spanish trawler sank in stormy waters off Canada, begged Thursday for the search to continue after officials ended the hunt for survivors. https://www.thelocal.es/20220217/please-keep-looking-families-beg-as-hunt-for-spanish-shipwreck-ends Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:31:02 +0100 please-keep-looking-families-beg-as-hunt-for-spanish-shipwreck-ends Spain was in mourning on Wednesday a day after one of its fishing trawlers sank off eastern Canada, leaving 10 dead and 11 missing in its worst fishing tragedy in almost 40 years. https://www.thelocal.es/20220216/spain-mourns-fishing-trawler-deaths-as-canada-hunts-for-survivors Wed, 16 Feb 2022 18:03:18 +0100 spain-mourns-fishing-trawler-deaths-as-canada-hunts-for-survivors A Spanish fishing trawler sank off Canada's east coast overnight on Monday, killing at least ten people and leaving 11 missing, Spain's transport ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20220215/four-dead-15-missing-as-spanish-trawler-sinks-off-canada Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:33:50 +0100 four-dead-15-missing-as-spanish-trawler-sinks-off-canada Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador called Wednesday for a “pause” in relations with former colonial ruler Spain, amid frictions with Spanish companies that he accuses of corruption. https://www.thelocal.es/20220210/mexico-president-wants-pause-in-relations-with-conquistador-spain Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:57:03 +0100 mexico-president-wants-pause-in-relations-with-conquistador-spain Controversial Republican US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself the object of online ridicule on Wednesday after accusing Democratic leaders of "gazpacho" tactics on Capitol Hill, apparently conflating Nazi secret police with the Spanish soup. https://www.thelocal.es/20220210/pro-trump-lawmaker-mocked-after-confusing-spanish-gazpacho-for-gestapo Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:12:49 +0100 pro-trump-lawmaker-mocked-after-confusing-spanish-gazpacho-for-gestapo Spain was on Monday evacuating via Pakistan Afghan helpers left behind when western forces quit Kabul, a government source confirmed on condition of anonymity. https://www.thelocal.es/20211011/spain-starts-evacuating-afghan-employees-via-pakistan Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:58:38 +0200 spain-starts-evacuating-afghan-employees-via-pakistan