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 Ever wondered why Madrid has a square named after British conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? Alan McGuire finds out. https://www.thelocal.es/20200227/why-does-madrid-have-a-plaza-named-after-margaret-thatcher Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:05:34 +0100 why-does-madrid-have-a-plaza-named-after-margaret-thatcher Manuela Carmena, the new left-wing mayor of Madrid, has proposed changing the name of a Madrid square named after the Iron Lady. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/madrid-mayor-to-rename-margaret-thatcher-square Fri, 03 Jul 2015 11:58:34 +0200 madrid-mayor-to-rename-margaret-thatcher-square Madrid's newly baptized Margaret Thatcher Square was unofficially renamed on Tuesday after protesters placed a sticker over official signage rechristening it "Exiled Youth Square". https://www.thelocal.es/20140924/madrid-thatcher-square-gets-new-name-brain-drain-spain Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:48:00 +0200 madrid-thatcher-square-gets-new-name-brain-drain-spain The Spanish capital became the first city in the world to name a square after Margaret Thatcher, the controversial former British Prime Minister whose political legacy still divides opinion. https://www.thelocal.es/20140916/madrid-unveils-plaza-margaret-thatcher-to-mixed-reactions Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:03:00 +0200 madrid-unveils-plaza-margaret-thatcher-to-mixed-reactions Madrid authorities have given the green light to the creation of a new state school named after the recently-deceased former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. https://www.thelocal.es/20130621/class-war-erupts-over-margaret-thatcher-school Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:23:00 +0200 class-war-erupts-over-margaret-thatcher-school Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister José Manuel García-Margallo will head up the official Spanish delegation at the funeral of ex-British Prime Minister Lady Thatcher to be held in London on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130416/spains-foreign-affairs-chief-to-attend-thatcher-send-off Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:07:00 +0200 spains-foreign-affairs-chief-to-attend-thatcher-send-off A Madrid Town Hall proposal to name a street after the late Baroness Thatcher has been snubbed by Spain's left. https://www.thelocal.es/20130412/madrids-left-shuns-thatcher-street-idea Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:41:00 +0200 madrids-left-shuns-thatcher-street-idea The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has led to British Prime Minister David Cameron cancelling a press conference he planned to hold with his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy. https://www.thelocal.es/20130408/british-pm-cuts-short-spain-trip-after-thatcher-dies Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:41:00 +0200 british-pm-cuts-short-spain-trip-after-thatcher-dies