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 Spanish navy patrol boat sent to Lampedusa to pick up 15 migrants from the charity rescue ship Open Arms arrived Friday off the southern Italian island, the Spanish government said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190823/spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:13:05 +0200 spanish-naval-ship-arrives-in-italy-to-take-in-15-rescued-migrants Spain was Tuesday set to deploy a naval patrol boat to Italy's Lampedusa island to take migrants off a charity rescue vessel that has been stuck at sea for days as Italy refuses it access. https://www.thelocal.es/20190820/spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:20:02 +0200 spanish-armada-sets-sail-to-save-migrants-stuck-off-italy Spain's state-owned shipbuilder Navantia will build five frigates for the country's navy in a 4.3-billion-euro agreement that will create around 7,000 jobs, the ministry for regional affairs said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181214/navantia-to-build-five-frigates-for-43-bln-and-create-7000-jobs Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:02:26 +0100 navantia-to-build-five-frigates-for-43-bln-and-create-7000-jobs A Spanish navy commander travelling on board an oceanographic research ship in the icy waters of Antarctica fell overboard and died, the defence ministry announced on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180303/spanish-navy-commander-dies-in-antarctica-waters Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:03:51 +0100 spanish-navy-commander-dies-in-antarctica-waters Spanish defence companies failed to make passing grades in an analysis of ethics and corruption standards released by Transparency International UK on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150427/transparency-spanish-arms-firms-fail-to-meet-mark-defence-corruption Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:35:27 +0200 transparency-spanish-arms-firms-fail-to-meet-mark-defence-corruption Spanish police have found 127 kilograms (280 pounds) of cocaine stashed away on board a boat used by the Spanish navy as a training vessel, just weeks after three of its crew were arrested for drug trafficking. https://www.thelocal.es/20140806/massive-cocaine-stash-found-on-navy-training-boat-juan-sebastian-elcano-spain Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:25:00 +0200 massive-cocaine-stash-found-on-navy-training-boat-juan-sebastian-elcano-spain Spanish authorities on Friday called in the British Ambassador to Spain in retaliation for a similar move by UK authorities a day earlier, after a Spanish naval vessel allegedly blocked two commercial UK ships from entering Gibraltar. https://www.thelocal.es/20140718/spain-calls-in-uk-envoy-in-latest-gibraltar-row Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:40:00 +0200 spain-calls-in-uk-envoy-in-latest-gibraltar-row A powerful lobby group pushing for independence for Catalonia from the rest of Spain has revealed plans for how the defence forces of the hypothetical country might look. https://www.thelocal.es/20140702/lobby-group-unveils-plans-for-new-catalan-army Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:09:00 +0200 lobby-group-unveils-plans-for-new-catalan-army 330 Marines on the guided missile destroyer 'USS Donald Cook', due to dock at the US military base in Rota, Andalusia, on Tuesday have been given tips to help them integrate in Spain, including advice against eating while walking and prior notice that beds are likely to be much smaller than those they are used to. https://www.thelocal.es/20140211/us-navy-issues-how-to-live-in-spain-book Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:31:00 +0100 us-navy-issues-how-to-live-in-spain-book Britain said Wednesday it was reviewing its military presence off Gibraltar following a lengthy stand-off between the Royal Navy and a Spanish ship, but denied it was resorting to "gunboat diplomacy". https://www.thelocal.es/20131121/this-is-not-gunboat-diplomacy-uk-on-gibrltar Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:53:00 +0100 this-is-not-gunboat-diplomacy-uk-on-gibrltar Gibraltar's chief minister said on Wednesday he had urged Britain to deploy heavyweight navy assets to deter Spanish ships from incursions into its territorial waters. https://www.thelocal.es/20131120/gibraltar-backs-uk-navy-deterrent-in-ship-row Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:43:09 +0100 gibraltar-backs-uk-navy-deterrent-in-ship-row Spanish Defence minister Pedro Morenés has laid out plans for new arms programmes that will include unmanned drone aircraft despite the Armed Forces' €29.5 billion ($32.5 billion) debt . https://www.thelocal.es/20130820/spain-plans-to-build-drone-aircraft-in-2015 Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:00:00 +0200 spain-plans-to-build-drone-aircraft-in-2015 The Spanish navy is auctioning off one its retired patrol boats — for just €27,000. https://www.thelocal.es/20130315/spanish-navy-sells-off-ship-for-a-song Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:58:00 +0100 spanish-navy-sells-off-ship-for-a-song The Spanish and Dutch navies on Tuesday detained nine alleged pirates off the Somali coast, Holland's defence ministry said in a statement. https://www.thelocal.es/20130220/spanish-navy-stymies-somali-pirate-plans Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:02:00 +0100 spanish-navy-stymies-somali-pirate-plans