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 number of people using Spain’s long-distance trains jumped 7.5 percent in 2013 but the overall rate of public transport use is still sliding in the crisis-hit country. https://www.thelocal.es/20140812/spaniards-jump-on-board-trains-renfe-privatize-railway-operator Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:04:00 +0200 spaniards-jump-on-board-trains-renfe-privatize-railway-operator Madrid's regional government has scrapped highly controversial plans to privatize six public hospitals after a Spanish court ruled against the project. https://www.thelocal.es/20140128/madrid-forced-to-abandon-hospital-privatisations Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:50:00 +0100 madrid-forced-to-abandon-hospital-privatisations More than a million people in Spain's capital will have their health put in the hands of three private companies from September onwards. https://www.thelocal.es/20130819/madrid-shuns-private-healthcare-takeover Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:43:55 +0200 madrid-shuns-private-healthcare-takeover