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 Trying to decide to if you want to move to Spain or Portugal? Want to know which country is better for taxes, which one has a cheaper cost of living and which offers more diverse culture and landscapes? Here's everything you need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20220411/spain-vs-portugal-which-is-better-to-move-to Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:21:21 +0200 spain-vs-portugal-which-is-better-to-move-to Portugal has announced that it has changed its entry requirements for Spain this December, so if you are planning on visiting before or during the Christmas period, these are the new rules you need to know about. https://www.thelocal.es/20211201/what-are-the-travel-rules-between-spain-and-portugal-this-december Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:24:25 +0100 what-are-the-travel-rules-between-spain-and-portugal-this-december Police checks at the border between Spain and Portugal will continue until at least April 17th in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus, with only those with a justified cause allowed to cross. https://www.thelocal.es/20210405/spain-portugal-border-closure-extended-until-mid-april Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:43:47 +0200 spain-portugal-border-closure-extended-until-mid-april Police checks at the border between Spain and Portugal will continue until at least March 1st, the government confirmed on Tuesday, in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus with only those with justified cause allowed to cross. https://www.thelocal.es/20210209/spain-portugal-border-closure-extended-until-march-1 Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:11:22 +0100 spain-portugal-border-closure-extended-until-march-1 Portugal has announced it will close land borders with Spain from Friday for a period of at least two weeks as it attempts to contain virus. https://www.thelocal.es/20210128/portugal-closes-land-border-with-spain-as-virus-cases-soar Thu, 28 Jan 2021 19:04:19 +0100 portugal-closes-land-border-with-spain-as-virus-cases-soar Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday that he had pitched the idea of a joint bid between his country, Portugal and Morocco to host the 2030 World Cup. https://www.thelocal.es/20181120/spain-pm-wants-2030-world-cup-bid-with-morocco-and-portugal Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:09:17 +0100 spain-pm-wants-2030-world-cup-bid-with-morocco-and-portugal Spanish firefighters and water-dumping aircraft have bolstered Portuguese efforts to gain control of forest fires raging in the centre of the country, the European Commission said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170814/spain-rushes-to-portugals-aid-as-forest-fires-rage Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:20:38 +0200 spain-rushes-to-portugals-aid-as-forest-fires-rage Spain dispatched two water-bombing planes on Sunday morning to aid the Portuguese fire service on the ground after a huge forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 58 people and injured 59 others. https://www.thelocal.es/20170618/spain-dispatches-help-to-portugal-after-deadly-forest-fire Sun, 18 Jun 2017 16:49:50 +0200 spain-dispatches-help-to-portugal-after-deadly-forest-fire Excessive speed is the most likely cause of a train crash in northwestern Spain which killed four people, the mayor of the local town suggested on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160911/excessive-speed-blamed-for-train-crash Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:57:49 +0200 excessive-speed-blamed-for-train-crash There was an unusual finish to Tuesday's stage of the Tour of Portugal cycle race when a Spanish and a Danish cyclist began punching each other wildly on the finish line. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/cyclists-tour-portugal-fight Thu, 07 Aug 2014 14:25:00 +0200 cyclists-tour-portugal-fight Police have smashed Spain's largest counterfeit clothing ring, arresting 99 people, including two imams, over the sale of 235 tonnes of fake designer clothes and shoes, the government said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131229/spanish-police-smash-counterfeit-clothing-ring Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:51:00 +0100 spanish-police-smash-counterfeit-clothing-ring Air passengers travelling to and from Portugal will see their travel disrupted for a second day running on Monday with an anti-austerity strike by border police resulting in long queues and delayed international flights, a union spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.es/20131125/anti-austerity-protests-fire-up-spain-disrupt-portugal-travel Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:05:00 +0100 anti-austerity-protests-fire-up-spain-disrupt-portugal-travel The tiny British outpost of Gibraltar imported a shipment of 2,700 tonnes of rock from Portugal by sea on Thursday, sidestepping a block on construction materials imposed by Spain at the land border. https://www.thelocal.es/20131025/gibraltar-sidesteps-illegal-spanish-building-ban Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:57:00 +0200 gibraltar-sidesteps-illegal-spanish-building-ban Spain's medium-term borrowing costs rose in a debt auction on Thursday amid concern over political turmoil in neighbouring Portugal. https://www.thelocal.es/20130704/spain-pays-price-for-portuguese-political-storm Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:34:00 +0200 spain-pays-price-for-portuguese-political-storm