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 Supreme Court in Madrid on Thursday handed down a definitive ruling that the Spanish state be paid €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) in damages over the 2002 Prestige oil spill, one of Europe's worst environmental disasters. https://www.thelocal.es/20181220/15-billion-prestige-spill-compensation Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:42:06 +0100 15-billion-prestige-spill-compensation Political upstarts Ciudadanos would overtake Spain’s socialist party to become a close second to the ruling Popular Party (PP) if the general election was held today, according to the latest opinion poll. https://www.thelocal.es/20151102/spain-poll-general-election-ciudadanos-close-second Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:45:12 +0100 spain-poll-general-election-ciudadanos-close-second Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged Spanish politicians to keep Venezuela out of their election campaigns, joking that he is in the news so much, he might as well run for office there himself. https://www.thelocal.es/20150304/keep-us-out-of-it-venezuela-tells-spain Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:52:00 +0100 keep-us-out-of-it-venezuela-tells-spain Police in Madrid have caught four pickpocketing pests who preyed on sleeping underground passengers and threatened them with machetes when challenged. https://www.thelocal.es/20130327/machete-thieves-target-dozing-metro-users Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:11:00 +0100 machete-thieves-target-dozing-metro-users