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 There is a new food craze in Madrid’s Chueca. It’s sweet, it’s sticky and it’s shaped like a giant penis. https://www.thelocal.es/20191212/madrid-goes-bonkers-for-waffles-willies Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:57:37 +0100 madrid-goes-bonkers-for-waffles-willies Spain will launch a campaign to urge young people to "always carry a condom on them" as the number of sexually transmitted infections (STI) surges, the government said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190613/spain-launches-safe-sex-campaign-as-std-rates-soar Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:11:44 +0200 spain-launches-safe-sex-campaign-as-std-rates-soar With a non-stop two-hour orgy shot from every imaginable angle, Albert Serra's "Freedom" is the most shockingly explicit film at this year's Cannes film festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20190522/catalan-director-shocks-with-two-hour-orgy-of Wed, 22 May 2019 11:07:40 +0200 catalan-director-shocks-with-two-hour-orgy-of Police arrested two men and a woman after receiving complaints that they were involved in a sex session during broad daylight near a children’s playground. https://www.thelocal.es/20170628/police-make-arrests-over-lunchtime-threesome-at-madrid-park Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:01:26 +0200 police-make-arrests-over-lunchtime-threesome-at-madrid-park Office parties can get a little out of hand, but council workers in Alcalá de Henares have found themselves in hot water after calling in a stripper to perform at a party for a retiring colleague. https://www.thelocal.es/20170315/outrage-in-alcal-over-striptease-at-town-hall-retirement-party Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:44:40 +0100 outrage-in-alcal-over-striptease-at-town-hall-retirement-party A new brothel has opened in Barcelona that offers men the chance to fulfil all their fantasies – as long as their fantasies involve hyper-realistic silicone dolls. https://www.thelocal.es/20170227/barcelona-opens-first-sex-doll-brothel-in-europe Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:03:30 +0100 barcelona-opens-first-sex-doll-brothel-in-europe Spain’s government has created a new post to encourage procreation to counter the nation’s plummeting birth rate. https://www.thelocal.es/20170227/spain-appoints-sex-tsar-to-boost-baby-making-and-reverse-population-decline Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:57:06 +0100 spain-appoints-sex-tsar-to-boost-baby-making-and-reverse-population-decline Family feuds are nothing new, but one Spaniard has taken things a bit far by publishing sex adverts with the telephone number of his ex-sister-in-law. https://www.thelocal.es/20160503/man-arrested-for-putting-sister-in-laws-number-on-sex-ads Tue, 03 May 2016 14:15:10 +0200 man-arrested-for-putting-sister-in-laws-number-on-sex-ads Metro workers in Barcelona are striking on Tuesday, causing disruption to travel for thousands of commuters. https://www.thelocal.es/20160426/metro-strike-causes-chaos-in-barcelona Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:16:18 +0200 metro-strike-causes-chaos-in-barcelona Barcelona Metro are looking for a couple who got a little bit too frisky while waiting for a metro on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.es/20160425/couple-get-frisky-on-spanish-metro-platform Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:36:19 +0200 couple-get-frisky-on-spanish-metro-platform Fitness devices are all the rage nowadays, but one Spanish startup is taking the trend from the gym to the bedroom. https://www.thelocal.es/20151015/spanish-company-launches-watch-that-measures-sexual-performance Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:26:53 +0200 spanish-company-launches-watch-that-measures-sexual-performance A travel agency is encouraging Danish tourists to come to Spain to make a baby...and to get wannabe grandmothers to pay for it. https://www.thelocal.es/20151005/danish-tourists-encouraged-to-come-to-spain-to-fornicate Mon, 05 Oct 2015 18:46:59 +0200 danish-tourists-encouraged-to-come-to-spain-to-fornicate A bullfighter has been voted the man unfaithful wives in Spain would most like to have an affair with, beating Hollywood actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt. https://www.thelocal.es/20150205/fancy-an-affair-matador-is-cheaters-choice Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:08:00 +0100 fancy-an-affair-matador-is-cheaters-choice A judge in Granada has charged ten Roman Catholic priests and two lay people with sex abuse in a case that came to light after a former altar boy petitioned the Pope. https://www.thelocal.es/20150128/priests-charged-in-granada-sex-abuse-case Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:44:00 +0100 priests-charged-in-granada-sex-abuse-case Police in Spain have detained two leaders of a sect accused of sexual abuse and taking money from up to 400 followers, a court said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141213/cult-leaders-detained-on-sex-abuse-charges Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:54:00 +0100 cult-leaders-detained-on-sex-abuse-charges Three married Swiss couples who were having sex in a van when their driver was stopped by Ibiza policemen have been fined for not wearing their seatbelts. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/swiss-sex-tourists-get-seatbelt-fine Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:53:00 +0200 swiss-sex-tourists-get-seatbelt-fine Perplexed partygoers in the Spanish city of Oviedo stopped to take a peek and a selfie of a couple having frantic sex in a 24 hour ATM lobby with glass doors. Even police couldn't break up their lovemaking. https://www.thelocal.es/20140515/lovers-caught-having-sex-in-bank-lobby Thu, 15 May 2014 12:52:00 +0200 lovers-caught-having-sex-in-bank-lobby Firefighters in a city in central Spain were called to rescue a half-naked, 21-year-old woman on Friday who was suffering from shock and hypothermia after falling into a 15-metre deep waterwheel well shaft while having sex. https://www.thelocal.es/20140331/woman-falls-into-15m-well-while-having-sex Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:29:00 +0200 woman-falls-into-15m-well-while-having-sex Researchers in Barcelona have taken a peek at the sexual habits of Spaniards from different economic backgrounds and concluded that money does matter, but not in the way you might think. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/richer-women-have-better-sex-study Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:00:00 +0100 richer-women-have-better-sex-study Dating agency Victoria Milan is advertising its services with an image of Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy kissing Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel under the slogan “100 percent discretion guaranteed. Even if you are cheating on a whole country”. https://www.thelocal.es/20131119/dating-agency-sells-sex-with-merkel-rajoy-kiss Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:42:00 +0100 dating-agency-sells-sex-with-merkel-rajoy-kiss