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 A councillor from the Spanish town of Tossa de Mar on the Costa Brava is set to flex his muscles in the annual male beauty contest. https://www.thelocal.es/20150505/mr-tossa-local-councillor-competes-in-mr-spain Tue, 05 May 2015 16:27:16 +0200 mr-tossa-local-councillor-competes-in-mr-spain Yet another Spanish politician has bared all on a campaign poster, in a trend that is increasingly sweeping Spanish politics. https://www.thelocal.es/20150424/is-spanish-politics-all-about-stripping-off Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:10:30 +0200 is-spanish-politics-all-about-stripping-off Animal rights activists gathered in Barcelona on Sunday to bare their naked, blood-covered bodies in a protest against the killing of mammals to make fur coats. https://www.thelocal.es/20141209/naked-and-bloody-anti-fur-demo-in-barcelona Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:06:00 +0100 naked-and-bloody-anti-fur-demo-in-barcelona A Spanish tourist startled visitors to Florence's Uffizi gallery on Saturday after stripping naked in front of one of the most famous artworks of the Renaissance. https://www.thelocal.es/20140324/spanish-tourist-strips-in-front-of-botticelli-masterpiece Mon, 24 Mar 2014 11:42:00 +0100 spanish-tourist-strips-in-front-of-botticelli-masterpiece A top local politician in northern Spain caused a stir on Monday when he was caught on camera looking at steamy photos of a transsexual in a magazine during a parliamentary session. https://www.thelocal.es/20140225/politician-busted-browsing-nudie-mag-in-parliament Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:13:00 +0100 politician-busted-browsing-nudie-mag-in-parliament Madrid Metro commuters hoping to break away from mundane daily travel can let loose on Wednesday by taking part in an event which is sure to raise a few eyebrows if not pulses. https://www.thelocal.es/20140108/madrid-metro-gears-up-for-no-trousers-day Wed, 08 Jan 2014 11:58:00 +0100 madrid-metro-gears-up-for-no-trousers-day Animal rights activists gathered in Barcelona on Sunday to bare their naked 'blood-covered' bodies in a protest against the killing of mammals to make fur coats. https://www.thelocal.es/20131202/bloody-protesters-strip-to Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:51:38 +0100 bloody-protesters-strip-to A nude man pranced before Spain's Queen Sofia on Tuesday protesting "secret CIA crimes" just as she was entering a Madrid's hospital where King Juan Carlos was about to undergo hip surgery. https://www.thelocal.es/20130925/video-naked-protester-disrupts-kings-surgery Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:35:00 +0200 video-naked-protester-disrupts-kings-surgery A town in the southeast of Spain has broken the Guinness World Record for the biggest-ever group 'skinny dip' with 729 naked people baring all to get wet in the Mediterranean. https://www.thelocal.es/20130722/spain-smashes-skinny-dip-world-record Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:49:00 +0200 spain-smashes-skinny-dip-world-record A Basque man was arrested last week after offering visitors at Bilbao’s emblematic Guggenheim museum a waist down striptease while singing the left-wing anthem La Internacional. https://www.thelocal.es/20130506/singing-stripper-streaks-at-bilbao-guggenheim Mon, 06 May 2013 12:28:00 +0200 singing-stripper-streaks-at-bilbao-guggenheim