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 Childless households are the new normal in Spain Spain is in the middle of a never-before-seen demographic shift, as the population gets older and more and more households include no children at all. https://www.thelocal.es/20160722/half-of-homes-in-spain-are-childless Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:26:37 +0200 half-of-homes-in-spain-are-childless This 114-year-old woman is now the oldest Spaniard ever Ana Vela, who lives in a retirement home in Barcelona, has become the oldest person to have ever lived in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160608/ana-vela-becomes-spain-oldest-woman-at-114 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:59:38 +0200 ana-vela-becomes-spain-oldest-woman-at-114 Six things the USA could learn from Spain A US woman living in Spain gives us the lowdown on the things her homeland could learn from her adopted country. https://www.thelocal.es/20160211/six-things-the-usa-could-learn-from-spain Thu, 11 Feb 2016 11:42:00 +0100 six-things-the-usa-could-learn-from-spain Spanish women second longest-living in world Spanish women are close to being world leaders in the longevity stakes, with only their Japanese counterparts living longer, new World Health Organization figures show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140515/spanish-women-second-longest-living-in-world Thu, 15 May 2014 19:04:00 +0200 spanish-women-second-longest-living-in-world