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 Everyone talks about it, but not many know what it entails. The Locals gives you tips to follow if you want to eat like a true Southern European. https://www.thelocal.es/20190404/eat-like-a-spaniard-the-locals-top-ten-tips-for-a-mediterranean-diet Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:25:35 +0200 eat-like-a-spaniard-the-locals-top-ten-tips-for-a-mediterranean-diet A Spanish charity rescue boat was nearing a southern Spanish port Friday morning carrying more than 300 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya a week ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20181228/rescue-vessel-with-300-migrants-on-board-reaches-spain Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:08:44 +0100 rescue-vessel-with-300-migrants-on-board-reaches-spain Eleven migrants stranded in the Mediterranean for 10 days have been taken in by Malta after an appeal by the captain for help, a Spanish aid group said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181202/malta-takes-migrants-rescued-by-spanish-fishermen-aid-group Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:30:22 +0100 malta-takes-migrants-rescued-by-spanish-fishermen-aid-group UPDATED: A Spanish NGO said on Saturday it had rescued 59 migrants as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya and would dock in Spain after Italy and Malta refused access. https://www.thelocal.es/20180630/spain-ngo-ship-saves-59-migrants-italy-refuses-access Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:22:53 +0200 spain-ngo-ship-saves-59-migrants-italy-refuses-access A total of 418 migrants were rescued in three operations off Spain on Saturday, the country's national rescue service said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180623/over-400-migrants-rescued-in-three-operations-off-spain-rescue-service Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:23:13 +0200 over-400-migrants-rescued-in-three-operations-off-spain-rescue-service The Mediterranean could become a "sea of plastic", the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world's worst affected bodies of water. https://www.thelocal.es/20180608/mediterranean-could-become-a-sea-of-plastic-wwf Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:00:40 +0200 mediterranean-could-become-a-sea-of-plastic-wwf A four-year-old migrant boy who reached Spain from Ivory Coast was reunited on Monday with his mother seven months after she arrived on a different boat, a women's charity said. https://www.thelocal.es/20171114/boy-from-ivory-coast-reuinited-with-mother-in-spain-after-seven-months-apart Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:02:50 +0100 boy-from-ivory-coast-reuinited-with-mother-in-spain-after-seven-months-apart Spanish authorities said on Saturday they rescued over 250 migrants, including children, who were making the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20171112/spain-rescues-250-migrants-in-mediterranean Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:07:58 +0100 spain-rescues-250-migrants-in-mediterranean Alfred Milà went missing on Tuesday while kayaking off the coast of the Balearic island of Ibiza. https://www.thelocal.es/20160108/owner-of-spains-biggest-kayak-company-goes-missing-while-kayaking-in-med Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:15:26 +0100 owner-of-spains-biggest-kayak-company-goes-missing-while-kayaking-in-med European leaders agreed on Thursday to triple the funding for the EU's Triton mission in the Mediterranean, but stopped short of providing answers to where rescued boat migrants should be resettled. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/eu-leaders-triple-rescue-mission-funds Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:55:05 +0200 eu-leaders-triple-rescue-mission-funds Spanish politicians are among the prominent Europeans who are urging the EU to go beyond plans made earlier this week for better handling of migrants in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.es/20150423/spaniards-join-call-for-more-action-in-mediterranean Thu, 23 Apr 2015 14:50:52 +0200 spaniards-join-call-for-more-action-in-mediterranean