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 When she posted jokes on Twitter about a 1973 assassination committed by Spain's Basque separatist group ETA, Cassandra Vera never for one moment thought they would land her a one-year jail sentence. https://www.thelocal.es/20170416/spanish-woman-jailed-over-twitter-terrorism-jokes Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:50:28 +0200 spanish-woman-jailed-over-twitter-terrorism-jokes The Spanish city of Palma de Mallorca on Tuesday approved fines of €600 ($820) for people daring to go shirtless in the city centre. To honour the occasion, The Local has rounded up some of the strangest laws in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140514/top-10-spains-weirdest-laws Wed, 14 May 2014 19:44:00 +0200 top-10-spains-weirdest-laws