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 Thousands of people rallied in cities across Spain on Sunday to denounce violence against women and the Middle East war sparked by US-Israeli strikes. https://www.thelocal.es/20260308/thousands-rally-across-spain-for-womens-rights-peace-in-the-middle-east Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:02:38 +0100 thousands-rally-across-spain-for-womens-rights-peace-in-the-middle-east On Saturday January 31st and Sunday February 1st, hundreds of people and their dogs will take part in peaceful protests across the UK, demanding an end to the abuse, abandonment and killing of up to 100,000 hunting dogs each year in Spain, campaigners explain. https://www.thelocal.es/20260121/spains-filthy-secret-uk-protests-demand-end-to-spanish-hunting-dog-cruelty Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:59:48 +0100 spains-filthy-secret-uk-protests-demand-end-to-spanish-hunting-dog-cruelty Hundreds of Spanish fascists marched through Madrid on Friday, a day after the country marked the 50th anniversary of divisive right-wing former dictator Francisco Franco's death. https://www.thelocal.es/20251122/spanish-fascists-march-in-madrid-after-franco-death-anniversary Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:40:46 +0100 spanish-fascists-march-in-madrid-after-franco-death-anniversary Protesters flooded Spain's southern city of Seville on Sunday as public outrage grows over failings that led to hundreds of women not receiving the results of breast cancer screenings. https://www.thelocal.es/20251026/thousands-protest-breast-cancer-screening-scandal-in-spain Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:38:32 +0100 thousands-protest-breast-cancer-screening-scandal-in-spain Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Spain's eastern city of Valencia on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of floods that killed 229 people, and to denounce the handling of the disaster. https://www.thelocal.es/20251026/tens-of-thousands-protest-on-anniversary-of-deadly-spain-flood Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:23:01 +0100 tens-of-thousands-protest-on-anniversary-of-deadly-spain-flood Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. https://www.thelocal.es/20251005/in-pictures-hundreds-of-thousands-turn-out-at-pro-palestinian-marches-in-europe Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:24:44 +0200 in-pictures-hundreds-of-thousands-turn-out-at-pro-palestinian-marches-in-europe Thousands of people marched through the streets of Barcelona and other Spanish cities on Thursday to denounce Israel’s interception of a pro-Palestinian aid flotilla bound for Gaza. https://www.thelocal.es/20251003/thousands-protest-in-spain-against-gaza-flotilla-interception Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:36:22 +0200 thousands-protest-in-spain-against-gaza-flotilla-interception Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday reiterated his "deep admiration" for pro-Palestinian protesters who forced the final stage of one of the most important international cycling races to be abandoned at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20250915/spains-pm-stresses-deep-admiration-for-pro-palestinian-protesters Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:48:45 +0200 spains-pm-stresses-deep-admiration-for-pro-palestinian-protesters Spain's political class are clashing over chaotic pro-Palestinian protests in Madrid that brought the Vuelta to a premature end on Sunday, with the opposition accusing the leftist government of permitting an "international embarrassment". https://www.thelocal.es/20250915/left-and-right-clash-in-spain-over-vueltas-pro-palestine-protests Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:23:03 +0200 left-and-right-clash-in-spain-over-vueltas-pro-palestine-protests Cycling's Vuelta a Espana organisers cut the route of the race's 21st and final stage by eight kilometres (five miles) on Saturday, with large pro-Palestinian protests expected for the Madrid finale. https://www.thelocal.es/20250913/spains-vuelta-final-stage-shortened-amid-palestine-protest-fears Sat, 13 Sep 2025 16:45:12 +0200 spains-vuelta-final-stage-shortened-amid-palestine-protest-fears Climate activists daubed Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica with red and black paint on Sunday to express outrage at summer forest fires that have ravaged swaths of Spain, the Futuro Vegetal activist group said. https://www.thelocal.es/20250831/activists-throw-paint-on-barcelonas-sagrada-familia-over-spain-fires Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:02:40 +0200 activists-throw-paint-on-barcelonas-sagrada-familia-over-spain-fires Spain officially kicked off a second summer of overtourism protests on Sunday, as demonstrators took to the streets in cities across the country with slogans such as "boycott Airbnb" and "rich foreign property buyers go to hell". https://www.thelocal.es/20250616/in-pics-cities-in-spain-kick-off-second-summer-of-overtourism-protests Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:52:58 +0200 in-pics-cities-in-spain-kick-off-second-summer-of-overtourism-protests Demonstrators are set to hit the streets of the Catalan capital this weekend with instructions to bring their water pistols with which to spray holidaymakers, as part of a day of mass tourism protests in Spain and other southern European countries. https://www.thelocal.es/20250613/bring-your-water-pistols-barcelona-braces-for-tourism-demo Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:31:02 +0200 bring-your-water-pistols-barcelona-braces-for-tourism-demo Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday in an opposition-organised demonstration in Madrid accusing the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of corruption. https://www.thelocal.es/20250608/in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-join-anti-government-protest-in-madrid Sun, 08 Jun 2025 20:38:25 +0200 in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-join-anti-government-protest-in-madrid On Saturday April 5th, tens of thousands of citizens across 40 cities in Spain will take to the streets to demand more effective measures to combat the country’s housing crisis. https://www.thelocal.es/20250401/40-cities-in-spain-brace-for-mass-housing-protests-on-saturday Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:38:42 +0200 40-cities-in-spain-brace-for-mass-housing-protests-on-saturday Americans in Spain are set to take to the streets this weekend to hold anti-Trump protests in five cities across the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20250328/americans-in-spain-to-hold-anti-trump-protests-in-five-cities Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:13:41 +0100 americans-in-spain-to-hold-anti-trump-protests-in-five-cities Some 100,000 people marched on Saturday to protest against the authorities' handling of Spain's floods in Valencia, whose eastern region bore the brunt of the tragedy's 230 deaths. https://www.thelocal.es/20241201/angry-at-spains-flood-response-100000-rally-in-valencia Sun, 01 Dec 2024 08:21:41 +0100 angry-at-spains-flood-response-100000-rally-in-valencia French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the Spanish border after an expression of support from Prime Minister Michel Barnier - although other farmer protests across France continued. https://www.thelocal.es/20241120/french-farmers-lift-spanish-border-blockade-after-talks-with-pm Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:09:28 +0100 french-farmers-lift-spanish-border-blockade-after-talks-with-pm Thousands of flag-waving demonstrators hit the streets across Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday to demand restrictions to the mass tourism they say is overwhelming their Atlantic archipelago. https://www.thelocal.es/20241020/thousands-protest-in-spains-canary-islands-against-mass-tourism Sun, 20 Oct 2024 18:47:30 +0200 thousands-protest-in-spains-canary-islands-against-mass-tourism Thousands of people packed a Madrid square on Sunday to protest against Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's government and demand an early election, at a rally backed by right-wing parties. https://www.thelocal.es/20241020/thousands-join-right-wing-rally-against-spanish-government Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:10:21 +0200 thousands-join-right-wing-rally-against-spanish-government