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 second division match in Spain between Rayo Vallecano and Albacete was suspended at half-time on Sunday after Rayo fans sang songs calling Albacete's Roman Zozulya a "Nazi". https://www.thelocal.es/20191216/spanish-football-game-suspended-amid-nazi-chanting Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:19:39 +0100 spanish-football-game-suspended-amid-nazi-chanting Secret files released in Britain Wednesday shed new light on how a Spaniard dubbed the greatest double agent of World War II tricked Germany with false intelligence about the D-Day Normandy landings. https://www.thelocal.es/20160928/uk-files-show-how-double-agent-tricked-germans-over-d-day-2 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:15:19 +0200 uk-files-show-how-double-agent-tricked-germans-over-d-day-2 One of the last surviving veterans of Spain's 1936-39 civil war has died at the age of 102, his family said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160708/spanish-civil-war-veteran-nazi-concentration-camp-survivor-dies-at-102 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:09:18 +0200 spanish-civil-war-veteran-nazi-concentration-camp-survivor-dies-at-102 Berlin is still honouring an agreement struck by dictator Francisco Franco to pay pensions to fascist volunteers who signed up to fight for Hitler, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.es/20151105/outrage-over-berlins-continued-pensions-for-spains-nazi-volunteers Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:00:06 +0100 outrage-over-berlins-continued-pensions-for-spains-nazi-volunteers The Catalonian town of Navás has installed Spain’s first stolpersteine - stones commemorating victims of the Holocaust. https://www.thelocal.es/20150410/spain-gets-first-memorial-stones-nazi-victims Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:08:35 +0200 spain-gets-first-memorial-stones-nazi-victims A discussion featuring pro-independence groups from Spain's Catalonia region in Madrid on Monday was disrupted by around 30 right-wing activists who shouted fascist slogans and jostled participants. https://www.thelocal.es/20141104/madrid-nazis-storm-catalan-discussion Tue, 04 Nov 2014 11:59:00 +0100 madrid-nazis-storm-catalan-discussion Spanish fashion giant Mango has been slammed in Germany for selling a shirt the design of which contains motifs that some claim look like the insignia of the Nazi's secret police, the SS. https://www.thelocal.es/20141017/mango-under-fire-for-nazi-shirt-germany-fashion Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:33:00 +0200 mango-under-fire-for-nazi-shirt-germany-fashion Police in Spain's Catalonia region have arrested four members of a neo-Nazi gang who beat up one of their neighbours to extort up to €2,500 ($3,400) from him, money that would later go to pay for the defence of ten of their associates standing trial for violent crimes. https://www.thelocal.es/20140715/neo-nazis-extort-neighbour-to-pay-for-court-case Tue, 15 Jul 2014 13:45:00 +0200 neo-nazis-extort-neighbour-to-pay-for-court-case The controversial former leader of Germany's far-right National Democratic Party has made a new life for himself by opening a pub on the Spanish holiday island of Majorca with his wife, a local paper reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140521/ex-nazi-leader-running-bar-in-majorca-reports Wed, 21 May 2014 19:30:00 +0200 ex-nazi-leader-running-bar-in-majorca-reports Cristiano Ronaldo can set a new record for goals scored in a Champions League group stage when already-qualified Real Madrid visit FC Copenhagen on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131210/ronaldo-targets-new-goal-record-in-copenhagen Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:26:00 +0100 ronaldo-targets-new-goal-record-in-copenhagen Real Madrid's president plans to kick out extreme-right 'Ultra Sur' fans from its stadium and replace them with younger, better-behaved supporters. https://www.thelocal.es/20131204/real-madrid-swaps-neo-nazi-fans-for-kids Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:45:00 +0100 real-madrid-swaps-neo-nazi-fans-for-kids A Nazi and fascist memorabilia market held at a school gym on the outskirts of Madrid has led Spaniards to call into question the country's ruling party's far right roots. https://www.thelocal.es/20131001/nazi-flea-market-held-at-school-shocks-spain Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:44:00 +0200 nazi-flea-market-held-at-school-shocks-spain Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) will kick out members who display fascist symbols or perform nazi-style salutes, the party announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130829/government-slams-door-on-facebook-fascists Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:38:52 +0200 government-slams-door-on-facebook-fascists The youth wing of Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) has opened an internal investigation after several of its members were photographed performing Nazi-style salutes and posing with fascist flags. https://www.thelocal.es/20130821/facebook-fascists-pics-spark-pp-inquiry Wed, 21 Aug 2013 13:23:00 +0200 facebook-fascists-pics-spark-pp-inquiry The Spanish government has refused to remove an emblematic shield of the Franco dictatorship from a Bank of Spain window in Alicante because of its 'artistic value'. https://www.thelocal.es/20130619/artistic-value-saves-franco-symbol-from-scrapheap Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:12:00 +0200 artistic-value-saves-franco-symbol-from-scrapheap Footage of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco appeared on a live news debate programme on Madrid-based TV channel Telemadrid while an outspoken journalist spoke about former right-wing Prime Minister José María Aznar. https://www.thelocal.es/20130611/fascist-footage-blooper-shocks-tv-journalist Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:47:00 +0200 fascist-footage-blooper-shocks-tv-journalist A young Spanish skinhead is the principal suspect of the murder of the 18-year-old left-wing activist Clement Meric in Paris, Spanish media are reporting. https://www.thelocal.es/20130607/spanish-skinhead-suspected-in-murder-of-french-teen Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:59:00 +0200 spanish-skinhead-suspected-in-murder-of-french-teen British Intelligence service MI6 bribed senior Spanish officials to stop Spain from becoming Hitler’s ally during World War II, declassified military documents released on Thursday revealed. They spent the present day equivalent of €179 million ($232 million). https://www.thelocal.es/20130524/mi6-kept-spain-from-hitler-with-bribes Fri, 24 May 2013 18:35:00 +0200 mi6-kept-spain-from-hitler-with-bribes The Local's Spanish Face of the Week is none other than formerly-moustachioed ex-Prime Minister José María Aznar, who has managed to bypass insinuations of links to corruption to publicly criticize his successor and hint at a return to the political fray. https://www.thelocal.es/20130523/jose-maria-aznar-profile Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:00 +0200 jose-maria-aznar-profile The Spanish Interior Minister has justified an awards ceremony earlier this month to honour Francoist volunteers who fought for Hitler's 'Blue Division' in World War II. https://www.thelocal.es/20130522/spanish-government-defends-tribute-to-nazi-volunteers Wed, 22 May 2013 15:12:00 +0200 spanish-government-defends-tribute-to-nazi-volunteers