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 Five young Frenchmen and two foreign restaurant workers were killed on Saturday when two cars collided on a highway near Figueres in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20160402/seven-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:19:07 +0200 seven-killed-in-catalonia-car-crash Spain's roads are getting more dangerous, new data shows, with the number of road deaths in January up 42 per cent on last year. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/road-deaths-in-january-reach-three-year-high Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:31:00 +0100 road-deaths-in-january-reach-three-year-high Spanish road authorities have reduced the speed margin on cameras without warning drivers in a bid to meet their target of pocketing a staggering €384 million ($496M) in fines by the end of 2014. https://www.thelocal.es/20140911/spains-road-lords-play-dirty-to-cash-in-1m-a-day-dgt-fine Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:05:00 +0200 spains-road-lords-play-dirty-to-cash-in-1m-a-day-dgt-fine Spaniards are in their usual rush to take their summer holidays as official sources estimate 2.7 million vehicles will hit the road in the first 24 hours of August’s “operation exodus”. https://www.thelocal.es/20130731/traffic-jams-expected-as-holiday-exodus-kicks-off Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:50:28 +0200 traffic-jams-expected-as-holiday-exodus-kicks-off