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 former US Marine who allegedly took part in an attack on North Korea's embassy in Spain has been ordered by a judge to be held without bail pending extradition. https://www.thelocal.es/20190424/ex-us-marine-held-over-madrids-nkorea-embassy-attack Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:29:18 +0200 ex-us-marine-held-over-madrids-nkorea-embassy-attack North Korea on Sunday described the February raid on its embassy in Madrid by a dissident group as a "grave terrorist attack" and urged an investigation into the perpetrators. https://www.thelocal.es/20190331/madrid-embassy-raid-a-grave-terrorist-attack-north-korea Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:59:33 +0200 madrid-embassy-raid-a-grave-terrorist-attack-north-korea Adrian Hong, who allegedly led an attack on North Korea's embassy in Madrid, is a longtime US-based advocate of regime change in Pyongyang whose sources of financial support are murky. https://www.thelocal.es/20190328/madrids-n-korea-embassy-raid-leader-identified-as-regime-change-advocate Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:11:20 +0100 madrids-n-korea-embassy-raid-leader-identified-as-regime-change-advocate The alleged leader of an armed group that broke into Madrid's North Korean embassy in February, roughing up employees and robbing computers, offered the stolen information to the FBI, a Spanish court said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190326/cia-offered-info-stolen-during-madrids-nkorean-embassy-attack Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:18:02 +0100 cia-offered-info-stolen-during-madrids-nkorean-embassy-attack A shadowy dissident group dedicated to overthrowing Kim Jong Un was behind a raid on Madrid's North Korean embassy last month, the Washington Post has reported, offering the latest explanation for the mysterious event. https://www.thelocal.es/20190316/dissidents-behind-raid-on-nkorea-madrid-embassy-us-report Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:36:51 +0100 dissidents-behind-raid-on-nkorea-madrid-embassy-us-report A week after a break-in at the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spanish authorities were on Friday still trying to shed light on the mysterious theft of computers and office equipment. https://www.thelocal.es/20190302/mystery-still-surrounds-break-in-at-north-korean-embassy-in-madrid Sat, 02 Mar 2019 11:34:12 +0100 mystery-still-surrounds-break-in-at-north-korean-embassy-in-madrid Spain is probing an incident linked to the North Korean embassy in Madrid, the interior ministry and police said Wednesday, which Spanish media described as a break- in by people who stole computers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190228/spain-probes-north-korea-embassy-incident Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:42:29 +0100 spain-probes-north-korea-embassy-incident Spain on Monday ordered North Korea's ambassador to leave the country by September 30th in protest over Pyongyang's nuclear tests, which it has criticised as "a serious threat to peace". https://www.thelocal.es/20170919/spain-expels-north-korea-ambassador-over-nuclear-tests Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:23:46 +0200 spain-expels-north-korea-ambassador-over-nuclear-tests Spain told the North Korean embassy on Thursday to reduce its staff in the country in protest against Pyongyang's repeated missile launches and nuclear weapons tests. https://www.thelocal.es/20170901/spain-tells-north-korean-embassy-to-reduce-staff Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:59:45 +0200 spain-tells-north-korean-embassy-to-reduce-staff North Korea may be isolated in the international community but it now has a modest ally on the Spanish coast -- the Pyongyang Cafe, a small bar founded to support Kim Jong-Un's strongman rule. https://www.thelocal.es/20160807/pyongyang-cafe-a-kim-jong-un-ally-on-the-spanish-coast Sun, 07 Aug 2016 17:53:24 +0200 pyongyang-cafe-a-kim-jong-un-ally-on-the-spanish-coast Alejandro Cao de Benós, the only westerner working for North Korea’s notoriously secretive regime, was arrested for trafficking illegal arms on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160614/spaniard-working-for-north-korea-arrested-for-arms-trafficking Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:52:10 +0200 spaniard-working-for-north-korea-arrested-for-arms-trafficking He is the only westerner to officially work for the nation's notoriously secretive regime and he wants to convince the world that really, North Koreans are a lot like Spaniards. https://www.thelocal.es/20160613/meet-the-only-foreigner-working-for-the-north-korean-regime Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:32:57 +0200 meet-the-only-foreigner-working-for-the-north-korean-regime For the first time ever, a Spanish flamenco troupe has performed in North Korea, delighting its supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. https://www.thelocal.es/20160421/kim-jong-un-reveals-passion-for-flamenco-north-korea-dance Thu, 21 Apr 2016 18:27:53 +0200 kim-jong-un-reveals-passion-for-flamenco-north-korea-dance North Korea has refused a Spanish cameraman entry using for a rare press visit due to Ebola fears, the trip's Dutch organizer said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141028/north-korea-blocks-entry-of-spanish-cameraman-over-ebola-fears Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:05:00 +0100 north-korea-blocks-entry-of-spanish-cameraman-over-ebola-fears North Korea's first ever ambassador to Spain presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos Wednesday as part of a push by the isolated nuclear-armed state to boost its ties with the European Union. https://www.thelocal.es/20140116/spain-welcomes-first-north-korea-first-ambassador-to-spain Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:45:00 +0100 spain-welcomes-first-north-korea-first-ambassador-to-spain The world's most secretive nation is looking for office space in Spain as it prepares to open its seventh embassy in Europe. The Local speaks to North Korea's Spanish delegate about the plans. https://www.thelocal.es/20131115/north-korea-set-to-open-embassy-in-madrid Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:54:00 +0100 north-korea-set-to-open-embassy-in-madrid Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has blasted Spain's threat to impose a €50 ($66) car toll at the border with the tiny British-held territory as North Korean-style "sabre rattling" and a "neanderthal approach". https://www.thelocal.es/20130805/gibraltar-claims-spain-behaving-like-north-korea Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:08:00 +0200 gibraltar-claims-spain-behaving-like-north-korea In this week's Spanish Face of the Week, meet North Korea's secret weapon in its war against the West: the Catalan Alejandro Cao de Benós. https://www.thelocal.es/20130404/alejandro-cao-de-benos Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:02:00 +0200 alejandro-cao-de-benos