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 50-year-old climber Beatriz Flamini on Friday evening left an underground cave in Motril, southern Spain, where she spent 500 days in total seclusion as part of an experiment on the effects of isolation on the human body. https://www.thelocal.es/20230415/spanish-climber-emerges-from-cave-after-500-days-in-isolation Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:17:35 +0200 spanish-climber-emerges-from-cave-after-500-days-in-isolation A famous French physicist has apologised after he shared an image of a Spanish chorizo slice against a black background and referred to it as “the closest star to the sun”. Unfortunately, those unfamiliar with Spain's cold meats didn't realise it was a joke. https://www.thelocal.es/20220804/gastronomy-prank-goes-wrong-as-twitter-users-fall-for-chorizo-star Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:16:14 +0200 gastronomy-prank-goes-wrong-as-twitter-users-fall-for-chorizo-star A British man said he was left open-mouthed after Spanish authorities returned the false teeth he lost on a boozy night out in Benidorm 11 years ago, the BBC reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220210/uk-man-reunited-with-dentures-lost-in-spain-11-years-ago Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:06:12 +0100 uk-man-reunited-with-dentures-lost-in-spain-11-years-ago Eight camels and a llama took to the streets of Madrid overnight after escaping from a nearby circus, Spanish police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20211106/madrid-police-end-escaped-camels-night-on-the-town Sat, 06 Nov 2021 10:35:36 +0100 madrid-police-end-escaped-camels-night-on-the-town What’s in a few cm? Well the difference between being free and being locked up in a detention centre for one lucky Moroccan man. https://www.thelocal.es/20160915/man-freed-after-french-police-stop-him-10cm-inside-spain Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:37:15 +0200 man-freed-after-french-police-stop-him-10cm-inside-spain It’s one of the world’s most mysterious books, a centuries-old manuscript written in an unknown or coded language that no one — not even the best cryptographers — has cracked. https://www.thelocal.es/20160821/tiny-spanish-publisher-clones-worlds-most-mysterious-book Sun, 21 Aug 2016 14:16:32 +0200 tiny-spanish-publisher-clones-worlds-most-mysterious-book 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 A couple in western Germany proved that some people will stop at nothing to earn their little piece of paradise when they tried to extort the discounter using pipe bombs. https://www.thelocal.es/20160721/couple-plant-bomb-at-lidl-to-earn-place-in-the-sun Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:48:16 +0200 couple-plant-bomb-at-lidl-to-earn-place-in-the-sun If you fancy taking home a more out of the ordinary souvenir this summer, how about some fresh air from Spain’s holiday isle? https://www.thelocal.es/20160706/businessman-sells-bottled-ibiza-air Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:53:49 +0200 businessman-sells-bottled-ibiza-air A couple in Madrid were forced to marry inside of an ambulance after the groom started to feel a bit faint at the weekend wedding, according to city officials. https://www.thelocal.es/20160704/couple-gets-married-in-ambulance-after-groom-passes-out Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:00:21 +0200 couple-gets-married-in-ambulance-after-groom-passes-out Police and firefighters were left scratching their heads when they found a car a bit out of place in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. https://www.thelocal.es/20160301/police-baffled-by-car-parked-on-top-of-house-in-island-town Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:18:42 +0100 police-baffled-by-car-parked-on-top-of-house-in-island-town Two puppeteers were detained in Madrid on Saturday after staging a children’s show during which they allegedly praised terrorism, judicial sources told AFP. https://www.thelocal.es/20160207/two-puppeteers-held-for-glorifying-terrorism-in-madrid-show Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:17:54 +0100 two-puppeteers-held-for-glorifying-terrorism-in-madrid-show The central Spanish city of Guadalajara is working on a unique plan to crack down on pet owners who don't pick up poo. https://www.thelocal.es/20160202/guadalajara-to-keep-dna-database-of-naughty-poo-dropping-pet-owners Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:04:00 +0100 guadalajara-to-keep-dna-database-of-naughty-poo-dropping-pet-owners A farmer in Castellón cut off his right hand and staged a car accident to rake in the insurance money. https://www.thelocal.es/20160114/spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:15:48 +0100 spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam Three young Spaniards in wetsuits plunge into the sea to harvest a culinary delicacy that promises them a way out of troubled financial waters: seaweed. https://www.thelocal.es/20140810/crisis-hit-spaniards-seek-seaweed-riches Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:04:11 +0200 crisis-hit-spaniards-seek-seaweed-riches OK, the joke’s over. It’s time for us to reveal which of our The Local’s stories across our network today were red herrings, or April fish as they say in France and Italy. https://www.thelocal.es/20140401/april-fool-the-locals-day-in-gags-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:53:00 +0200 april-fool-the-locals-day-in-gags-2 A group of nuns in Spain got a New Year surprise when they checked their answerphone machine to discover they had missed a call from the Pope, who left a message asking why they didn't pick up. https://www.thelocal.es/20140104/nuns-in-spain-red-faced-after-missing-call-from-pope Sat, 04 Jan 2014 10:43:00 +0100 nuns-in-spain-red-faced-after-missing-call-from-pope Pope Francis was caught with his chasuble rolled up at the waist in the latest batch of Spain's "caganers", holiday season figurines which depict bare-bottom celebrities defecating. https://www.thelocal.es/20131116/bale-pope-francis-fall-victim-to-catalan-shitter-tradition Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:43:00 +0100 bale-pope-francis-fall-victim-to-catalan-shitter-tradition Thousands of Spaniards in the depressed southern region of Andalusia are queueing up to play the role of slaves in film-maker Ridley Scott's Biblical epic "Exodus", hoping for a way out of unemployment. https://www.thelocal.es/20130817/jobless-spaniards-flood-in-for-slave-wages-in-exodus Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:31:00 +0200 jobless-spaniards-flood-in-for-slave-wages-in-exodus Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito on Friday honoured a 17th-century samurai who established the first ties between his country and Spain 400 years ago, in a small town where to this day hundreds of local Spaniards bear the name "Japon". https://www.thelocal.es/20130615/japan-prince-honours-spains-samurai-past Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:15:00 +0200 japan-prince-honours-spains-samurai-past