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 A wooden coastal walkway connecting two cliffs outside the northern Spanish city of Santander collapsed on Tuesday killing five young people and leaving one missing, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20260304/five-students-die-in-spain-after-coastal-path-collapse Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:55:15 +0100 five-students-die-in-spain-after-coastal-path-collapse An explosion early Saturday caused a building to collapse in the northern Spanish city of Santander, killing three people, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20241026/explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:17:41 +0200 explosion-in-spanish-building-kills-three Two people drowned and another was missing at sea after a fishing boat with 10 people on board was wrecked off Spain's northern coast on Monday, regional authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20230403/two-dead-one-missing-after-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:51:05 +0200 two-dead-one-missing-after-spanish-fishing-boat-sinks Santander is to shut almost one fifth of its British branches following a surge in online banking, the Spanish group said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190123/spains-santander-to-shut-uk-branches-as-online-banking-surges Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:48:27 +0100 spains-santander-to-shut-uk-branches-as-online-banking-surges Spain's Banco Santander, the eurozone's biggest lender, will slash 1,100 jobs as part of a restructuring following its purchase of smaller rival Banco Popular, unions said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20171213/santander-to-axe-1100-jobs-after-takeover-of-banco-popular Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:46:11 +0100 santander-to-axe-1100-jobs-after-takeover-of-banco-popular Spanish banking giant Santander said Wednesday its net profit rose 4.0 percent in 2016 to €6.2 billion euros ($6.7 billion), but Brexit had knocked earnings in Britain by nearly 15 percent. https://www.thelocal.es/20170125/brexit-bashes-spanish-banking-giants-santander-british-earnings Wed, 25 Jan 2017 12:50:05 +0100 brexit-bashes-spanish-banking-giants-santander-british-earnings The northern Spanish city of Santander has become the testing ground for "smart cities" around the world. https://www.thelocal.es/20160409/spains-santander-becomes-global-pioneering-smart-city Sat, 09 Apr 2016 12:00:00 +0200 spains-santander-becomes-global-pioneering-smart-city Spain's Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank, said Wednesday during a meeting with unions that it plans to slash up to 1,200 jobs in its Spanish home market. https://www.thelocal.es/20160406/santander-bank-plans-to-slash-up-to-1200-jobs-in-spain Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:40:58 +0200 santander-bank-plans-to-slash-up-to-1200-jobs-in-spain Santander, Europe's biggest bank by capitalisation, said on Wednesday its net profit edged up three percent last year to €5.97 billion ($6.5 billion), held back by provisions. https://www.thelocal.es/20160127/provisions-trim-santander-2015-net-profit-gain-to-3 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:02:10 +0100 provisions-trim-santander-2015-net-profit-gain-to-3 Ana Botín, the Executive Chairman of Banco Santander, has been appointed an honorary Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE), by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for services to the British financial services sector. https://www.thelocal.es/20151204/arise-dame-ana-botin-santander-chief-awarded-honours-by-queen Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:11:28 +0100 arise-dame-ana-botin-santander-chief-awarded-honours-by-queen Santander, Europe's biggest bank by capitalisation, has posted a 4.7 percent rise in third-quarter profit as growth in Spain offset the impact of a drop in the Brazilian real. https://www.thelocal.es/20151029/santander-bank-rides-high-on-the-spanish-recovery Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:11:01 +0100 santander-bank-rides-high-on-the-spanish-recovery The Spanish bank was fined €1m ($1.1m) for breaching laws against money laundering and terrorism financing and tried to delay authorities from reporting the sanction. https://www.thelocal.es/20151008/santander-tried-to-delay-news-of-serious-fine-court Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:04:19 +0200 santander-tried-to-delay-news-of-serious-fine-court Spanish Santander chief Ana Botín will sit on David Cameron’s new economic advisory council, the only representative from a foreign company to do so, the British government has announced. https://www.thelocal.es/20150728/british-pm-names-ana-botn-as-economic-advisor Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:20:19 +0200 british-pm-names-ana-botn-as-economic-advisor She speaks an impressive five languages, studied at Harvard Business School, became CEO of a major UK bank by age 50, she's a mum and she managed to outrank Queen Elizabeth II. Meet Ana Patricia Botín: the Spaniard who made it into the top 20 of Forbes magazine's most powerful women list. https://www.thelocal.es/20150527/ana-botn-one-of-forbes-most-powerful-women Wed, 27 May 2015 12:15:44 +0200 ana-botn-one-of-forbes-most-powerful-women The eurozone's biggest bank, Spain's Santander, said on Tuesday its first quarter net profit jumped 32 percent as strengthening economic recovery in its home market boosted revenue. https://www.thelocal.es/20150428/santanders-profits-jump-as-spanish-economy-recovery Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:42:31 +0200 santanders-profits-jump-as-spanish-economy-recovery Spain's Santander, the biggest bank in Europe by market value, on Tuesday named José Antonio Álvarez its new chief executive in a reshuffle after longtime chairman Emilio Botín died. https://www.thelocal.es/20141125/santander-names Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:01:13 +0100 santander-names Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank by market value, said Tuesday its profits jumped by 52.1 percent in the third quarter due to higher earnings in its main markets and lower costs. https://www.thelocal.es/20141104/santander-posts-52-per-cent-jump-in-third-quarter-profit Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:34:00 +0100 santander-posts-52-per-cent-jump-in-third-quarter-profit The EU's anti-trust regulator ordered Madrid on Wednesday to recover tax breaks given to some of Spain's biggest companies to spur foreign acquisitions. https://www.thelocal.es/20141015/eu-tells-spain-take-back-company-tax-breaks Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:05:00 +0200 eu-tells-spain-take-back-company-tax-breaks Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank by market value, said on Thursday its profits jumped by more than a third in the second quarter as its ratio of risky assets eased. https://www.thelocal.es/20140731/santander-profits-jump-more-nearly-40-percent Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:01:00 +0200 santander-profits-jump-more-nearly-40-percent Spain has sold the country's 'failed' Catalunya Bank for just €1.2 billion ($1.62 billion), racking up nearly €12 billion losses in the deal, or around the same figure as that saved by the government with its austerity cuts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140722/spain-loses-12-billion-in-sale-of-rescued-bank Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:27:00 +0200 spain-loses-12-billion-in-sale-of-rescued-bank