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 Foreigners moving to Barcelona often ask whether they should learn Spanish or Catalan in preparation for living in the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20241028/is-it-more-important-to-learn-spanish-or-catalan-if-you-live-in-barcelona Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:17:43 +0100 is-it-more-important-to-learn-spanish-or-catalan-if-you-live-in-barcelona If you speak Spanish or you’re learning the language, you’ll know that the B and the V are pronounced exactly the same, making it really hard to know which one to use when writing. Here are some tips. https://www.thelocal.es/20200709/to-b-or-not-to-v-how-to-know-which-one-to-use-in-spanish Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:12:09 +0200 to-b-or-not-to-v-how-to-know-which-one-to-use-in-spanish Do the Spanish have certain habits you just can't work out? Here Spanish author Alberto Letona lists a number of typical national traits or customs that leave his foreign friends bemused...or if queuing is involved, even enraged. https://www.thelocal.es/20180227/my-spanish-habits-that-foreigners-just-dont-get Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:44:31 +0100 my-spanish-habits-that-foreigners-just-dont-get Two Spanish skiers were killed on Saturday when an avalanche hit a group skiing off-piste on a mountain in southwestern France, rescue services said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180304/two-spanish-skiers-killed-in-pyrenees-avalanche Sun, 04 Mar 2018 09:10:40 +0100 two-spanish-skiers-killed-in-pyrenees-avalanche Ever wondered where the words 'mosquito' or 'cannibal' came from? That's right: they're Spanish. The Local looks at ten fantastic words the English language 'borrowed' from Spanish — and won't be giving back. https://www.thelocal.es/20160822/top-ten-words-english-stole-from-spanish Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:00:00 +0200 top-ten-words-english-stole-from-spanish Looking for somewhere to spend your gap year? The Local explores the wealth of experiences Spain has to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20160818/eight-reasons-gap-year-spain Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:13:29 +0200 eight-reasons-gap-year-spain Hundreds of people in Spain and Germany took part in anniversary vigils on Wednesday to mark the loss of the Germanwings airliner which a suicidal pilot crashed into an alpine mountain, killing all 150 on board. https://www.thelocal.es/20160323/germanwings-victims-honoured-in-spain-on-eve-of-anniversary Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:13:27 +0100 germanwings-victims-honoured-in-spain-on-eve-of-anniversary A TV reporter has caused a stir by being a bit too chummy with his royal highness, referring to him with the informal "tu". https://www.thelocal.es/20150921/reporter-shocks-spanish-propriety-by-referring-to-king-as-informal-you Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:14:20 +0200 reporter-shocks-spanish-propriety-by-referring-to-king-as-informal-you A Swedish man in his forties has been arrested by Spanish police on suspicion of murdering a woman near the town of Calella, north of Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20150713/swedish-man-held-over-womans-death-in-spain Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:24:39 +0200 swedish-man-held-over-womans-death-in-spain Spain’s King Felipe VI announced this week that at long last a globally recognized Spanish language certificate had been developed to test the proficiency across all Spanish speaking countries. https://www.thelocal.es/20150702/spanish-proficiency-test-launched-at-last Thu, 02 Jul 2015 16:19:47 +0200 spanish-proficiency-test-launched-at-last The remains of Spanish victims of the Germanwings were being flown back to Barcelona on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150615/germanwings-crash-victims-bodies-returned-to-spain Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:57:47 +0200 germanwings-crash-victims-bodies-returned-to-spain Over 1,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service to the victims of Germanwings flight 9525 in Barcelona’s iconic cathedral on Monday evening, just over a month after the disaster. https://www.thelocal.es/20150427/sagrada-familia-memorial-to-germanwings-victims Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:43:04 +0200 sagrada-familia-memorial-to-germanwings-victims Spain's foreign minister was joined by his French and German counterparts on Monday for a memorial to the victims of Germanwings flight 4U9525. https://www.thelocal.es/20150413/memorial-held-for-germanwings-victims-in-barcelona Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:37:42 +0200 memorial-held-for-germanwings-victims-in-barcelona The Germanwings co-pilot who crashed his Airbus into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, hid a serious illness from the airline, prosecutors said Friday amid reports he was severely depressed. https://www.thelocal.es/20150327/germanwings-crash-co-pilot-hid-illness-from-airline Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:08:39 +0100 germanwings-crash-co-pilot-hid-illness-from-airline A "magnificent" father of three with a baby on the way, two renowned opera singers and a mother on her way back to Manchester with her baby are just some of the victims of Tuesday's Germanwings crash. https://www.thelocal.es/20150325/first-victims-named Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:30:05 +0100 first-victims-named The Spanish government has pledged over €10 million to protect the country’s coastline from climate change, the first of such measures Spain has taken to reduce environmental damage in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20150312/gov-pledges-over-10-million-for-climate-change Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:32:36 +0100 gov-pledges-over-10-million-for-climate-change The invented life of a Spanish actress has been revealed after Spanish media discovered she had not actually attended the Oscars, but used Photoshop to place herself on the red carpet. https://www.thelocal.es/20150302/spanish-actress-faked-oscar-red-carpet-photo Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:28:00 +0100 spanish-actress-faked-oscar-red-carpet-photo Spanish factories boosted production in the year to June for the eighth month in a row, official data showed Monday, as a hesitant economic recovery gathered strength. https://www.thelocal.es/20140807/spanish-industry-economy-production-crisis Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:31:00 +0200 spanish-industry-economy-production-crisis A fascinating language map lets readers compare words across 30 different European languages at the same time. See if you can find out what words are unique to Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20140116/language-map Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:20:00 +0100 language-map Spanish socialist party PSOE is calling for the remains of Spain’s fascist dictator Francisco Franco to be exhumed from the Valley of the Fallen claiming that "the perpetrator of a totalitarian regime" should not be kept in a basilica. https://www.thelocal.es/20131030/dig-up-dictator-franco-spanish-socialists Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:51:00 +0100 dig-up-dictator-franco-spanish-socialists