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 In Spain, cutting "jamon" is a fully-fledged job that brings prestige and money, a man's world which women are only just starting to take on. https://www.thelocal.es/20190203/women-enter-the-select-male-world-of-spanish-ham-cutters Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:53:58 +0100 women-enter-the-select-male-world-of-spanish-ham-cutters Spain is being forced to consider the environmental impact of its most famous product as figures show there are now more pigs in Spain than people. https://www.thelocal.es/20180820/spain-records-more-pigs-than-people-for-first-time-ever Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:15:30 +0200 spain-records-more-pigs-than-people-for-first-time-ever The aroma is so extraordinary it's like "a punch in your mouth" says Luqi Wu, one of several Chinese businessmen standing in a cellar in southwestern Spain surrounded by thousands of hanging ham legs. https://www.thelocal.es/20170611/spains-jamon-conquers-china Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:15:00 +0200 spains-jamon-conquers-china A Spanish jamon has been recognised as the best in the world with only 80 ham legs are sold every year...for a staggering €4,100 each. https://www.thelocal.es/20160307/its-official-worlds-most-expensive-ham-is-spanish Mon, 07 Mar 2016 11:14:16 +0100 its-official-worlds-most-expensive-ham-is-spanish A dopey thief led his victims straight to his front door after allegedly stealing seven legs of Iberico ham and leaving a trail of fat as he dragged them along the ground. https://www.thelocal.es/20160225/hapless-ham-thief-leads-cops-to-door-with-trail-of-fat Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:22:50 +0100 hapless-ham-thief-leads-cops-to-door-with-trail-of-fat While pig breeders elsewhere suffer the crippling Russian embargo, Spain's have stayed afloat thanks to a system where they work for a company rather than for themselves. https://www.thelocal.es/20160131/spains-pig-farmers-thrive-in-face-of-russian-ban Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:26:58 +0100 spains-pig-farmers-thrive-in-face-of-russian-ban Will Spaniards cut down on their ham consumption after the WHO warning that it could cause cancer? The Local’s editor Fiona Govan believes the nation is being pig-headed about its pork. https://www.thelocal.es/20151030/is-spain-ready-to-give-up-jamon-pigs-will-fly-first Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:16:35 +0100 is-spain-ready-to-give-up-jamon-pigs-will-fly-first It is the de facto national dish of Spain, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO) jamón is as dangerous to one’s health as tobacco. https://www.thelocal.es/20151026/cancer-warning-issued-over-spanish-jamon Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:38:53 +0100 cancer-warning-issued-over-spanish-jamon The town of Sierra de Yeguas, in Malaga, hogged the limelight on Sunday when it smashed the world record for the most people cutting ham legs at once. https://www.thelocal.es/20150921/hamazing-spanish-town-breaks-world-record-for-ham-cutting Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:26:19 +0200 hamazing-spanish-town-breaks-world-record-for-ham-cutting The CEO of Facebook was in Barcelona this week attending the Mobile World Congress. If he had written us a postcard it might have read something like this... https://www.thelocal.es/20150306/postcard-frommark-zuckerberg Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:32:07 +0100 postcard-frommark-zuckerberg A 27-year-old Spanish man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay €7,960 ($10,237) compensation for stealing a cured ham worth €640 ($823) then assaulting two police officers. https://www.thelocal.es/20140919/spanish-thief-jailed-for-640-ham-heist Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:43:00 +0200 spanish-thief-jailed-for-640-ham-heist Spain's government is hoping to protect the global reputation of its prized cured ham, the exquisite ruby-red "jamon iberico", with simpler labels and tighter quality controls. https://www.thelocal.es/20140113/spain Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:28:00 +0100 spain A young Spanish cortador, or ham slicer, broke all records on Monday when he spent more than 25 hours at the knife. https://www.thelocal.es/20131126/ham-slicer-cuts-through-guinness-records Tue, 26 Nov 2013 18:38:00 +0100 ham-slicer-cuts-through-guinness-records