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 US director Woody Allen plans to film in Spain's Basque region this summer, the production company Mediapro and a Spanish source told AFP Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190227/woody-allen-returns-to-favourite-spain-for-summer-v Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:16:46 +0100 woody-allen-returns-to-favourite-spain-for-summer-v The northern Spanish city of Oviedo could be about to lose one of its most popular landmarks following calls to remove a life-size statue of the Hollywood director over allegations by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrell. https://www.thelocal.es/20180122/women-demand-woody-allen-statue-removed-in-oviedo-after-sex-assault-allegations Mon, 22 Jan 2018 11:55:39 +0100 women-demand-woody-allen-statue-removed-in-oviedo-after-sex-assault-allegations The northern city of Oviedo in Asturias remains one of the lesser explored of all the country's regional capitals. Here are some very good reasons why that should change. https://www.thelocal.es/20170209/reasons-to-make-oviedo-your-next-city-break Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:24:43 +0100 reasons-to-make-oviedo-your-next-city-break In this week's instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Michael Lee Wolfe, a guitarist born and bred in Pennsylvania, before moving to Oviedo where he has made a name for himself playing Asturian folk music. https://www.thelocal.es/20150914/spain-has-been-a-very-lucky-stop-in-life-for-me Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:25:38 +0200 spain-has-been-a-very-lucky-stop-in-life-for-me Woody Allen claims it as his favourite city in Spain, but the northern city of Oviedo remains one of the lesser explored of all the country's regional capitals. Here are six reasons why that should change. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/six-reasons-to-love-woody-allens-favourite-city Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:17:17 +0200 six-reasons-to-love-woody-allens-favourite-city While the US film director's first love is famously New York City, he chose to holiday this week in his second: the Asturian city of Oviedo. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/woody-allen-holidays-in-his-favourite-spanish-city Fri, 03 Jul 2015 19:02:43 +0200 woody-allen-holidays-in-his-favourite-spanish-city Oviedo in the north has been crowned the cleanest out of Spain's cities but the nation's capital Madrid comes bottom in a new study. https://www.thelocal.es/20150429/madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:11:09 +0200 madrid-shamed-as-dirtiest-city-in-spain Samantha Chappell took a sabbatical from a publishing job in London to spend a summer living in the northern city of Oviedo. She loved it so much that eight years later she is still there and has discovered her vocation. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:04:00 +0100 the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life Police in the northern Spanish city of Oviedo have found three children, abandoned in a house and showing signs of malnourishment, prompting a nationwide search for their mother. https://www.thelocal.es/20141222/three-siblings-found-abandoned-in-northern-spain Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:38:00 +0100 three-siblings-found-abandoned-in-northern-spain A woman in northern Spain died on Thursday after she forgot to engage the vehicle's handbrake while parking her van. https://www.thelocal.es/20140404/woman-runs-herself-over-in-horror-accident-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:23:18 +0200 woman-runs-herself-over-in-horror-accident-2 Residents of Spain's cities are still very happy with where they live despite being less satisfied about local health care and educational facilities than many of their European neighbours, a new EU study shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20131029/spains-city-slickers-satisfied-despite-crisis Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:46:00 +0100 spains-city-slickers-satisfied-despite-crisis Top Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has been ordered to pay over €3 million in compensation after faults were found in the construction of the Oviedo Conference and Exhibition Centre that he designed. https://www.thelocal.es/20130607/calatrava Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:55:00 +0200 calatrava