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 opposition Popular Party in the Catalan city of Tarragona wants to introduce measures to "protect traditional businesses", claiming the growing number of kebab, phone and pound shops risks turning whole areas into "ghettos". https://www.thelocal.es/20150120/spanish-town-eyes-limit-on-kebab-shops Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:26:00 +0100 spanish-town-eyes-limit-on-kebab-shops A councillor for Spain's ruling Popular Party in the town of Aranjuez has been accused of calling a political opponent "an arsehole and a shit" before throwing a glass of water and slapping him, according to witnesses. https://www.thelocal.es/20140617/spanish-politician-threw-water-and-slapped-opponent Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:29:00 +0200 spanish-politician-threw-water-and-slapped-opponent Eight Greenpeace activists have been arrested after they climbed up to the top of the Spanish Congress, or national parliament, on Thursday morning in protest against a new law that will, in some cases, reduce the protection belt for building along Spain’s coastline from 100 to 20 metres. https://www.thelocal.es/20130509/greenpeace-activists-climb-congress Thu, 09 May 2013 16:41:00 +0200 greenpeace-activists-climb-congress The Spanish parliament on Tuesday voted against a proposal which looked at depenalizing the consumption, distribution and production of cannabis as a way of filling states coffers with some much-needed cash. https://www.thelocal.es/20130313/politicians-turn-up-noses-at-legal-cannabis Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:03:00 +0100 politicians-turn-up-noses-at-legal-cannabis