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 Syrian civil war reporters launch Spain's first refugee-led news site Before arriving in Madrid, Muhammed, Ayham, Okba and Moussa honed their skills as journalists during Syria’s bloody civil war and now they have opened Spain’s first refugee-led digital magazine. https://www.thelocal.es/20210415/syrian-civil-war-reporters-launch-spains-first-refugee-led-news-site Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:59:59 +0200 syrian-civil-war-reporters-launch-spains-first-refugee-led-news-site History fail: Paper runs WWI satire story as fact Spain's national ABC newpaper has been mocked after it used a fake 'historical' front page from the satirical US website The Onion to illustrate a recent feature on the beginnings of World War 1. https://www.thelocal.es/20140707/spanish-daily-reprints-satire-story-as-truth-onion-abc Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:15:00 +0200 spanish-daily-reprints-satire-story-as-truth-onion-abc 'Find a job before you come to Spain' What's it like swapping a career in Germany for a job on the holiday isle of Majorca? The Local's George Mills spoke to Alexandra Wilms at the German-language newspaper Mallorca Zeitung to find out. https://www.thelocal.es/20140701/majorca-is-a-world-under-itself-mallorca-zeitung Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:05:00 +0200 majorca-is-a-world-under-itself-mallorca-zeitung Rebels capture Spanish journalists in Syria A radical group linked to Al-Qaeda kidnapped two Spanish journalists reporting in Syria in September and is holding them captive, El Mundo newspaper reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131210/rebels-capture-spanish-journalists-in-syria Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:32:00 +0100 rebels-capture-spanish-journalists-in-syria 'Making mistakes is the only way to learn' In the latest edition of My Spanish Career, The Local speaks to Madrid-based journalist Ann Bateson about how she ended up producing her own radio show in Spain, the importance of professional risks, and why she once interviewed a flamenco star in a toilet. https://www.thelocal.es/20131007/making-mistakes-is-the-only-way-to-learn Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:57:00 +0200 making-mistakes-is-the-only-way-to-learn Spanish journalist taken hostage in Syria A special correspondent in Syria for the Spanish newspaper El Periodico has been kidnapped in the war-torn country, the paper announced late on Monday in its online edition. https://www.thelocal.es/20130924/spanish-journalist-taken-hostage-in-syria Tue, 24 Sep 2013 10:49:00 +0200 spanish-journalist-taken-hostage-in-syria