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 The European Commission presented a plan for making the internet and digital content more ‘border-free’ on Wednesday, suggesting ways to loosen up restrictions that often see music, movies and other services blocked when users travel across countries. But could such a plan succeed? https://www.thelocal.es/20150506/could-europe-have-border-less-internet Wed, 06 May 2015 18:11:42 +0200 could-europe-have-border-less-internet Spain's main web-surfers' association warned Friday that national media will lose huge internet traffic when Google shuts its Google News operation next week in protest at being made to pay for content, while newspapers called for talks to prevent the closure. https://www.thelocal.es/20141213/google-news-closure-worries-media-groups Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:44:00 +0100 google-news-closure-worries-media-groups A new report has revealed that although Spain lags behind the rest of Europe in overall internet use, its citizens are the continent's most enthusiastic fans of services like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. https://www.thelocal.es/20130711/spain-tops-charts-for-online-chat Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:05:00 +0200 spain-tops-charts-for-online-chat