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 The bizarre story of a spy for Germany's domestic secret service who was revealed to be an Islamist got even stranger when media reported on Wednesday that he was also once a gay porn star. https://www.thelocal.es/20161130/german-islamist-spy-was-spanish-gay-porn-actor-report Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:52:46 +0100 german-islamist-spy-was-spanish-gay-porn-actor-report The young man installed spy software on his girlfriend’s mobile phone to keep tabs on her while they were apart. https://www.thelocal.es/20150720/spying-spaniard-arrested-for-tapping-girlfriends-phone Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:17:28 +0200 spying-spaniard-arrested-for-tapping-girlfriends-phone A British ballet dancer performing in neutral Spain during World War One was one of numerous females spies working for the Germans, a new book claims. https://www.thelocal.es/20140314/uk-ballet-star-exposed-as-wwi-spy-in-spain Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:24:00 +0100 uk-ballet-star-exposed-as-wwi-spy-in-spain A 'self-destructing' smartphone made by airplane makers Boeing for the the U.S. defence and intelligence communities underwent its rigorous testing process at a lab in the Spanish city of Malaga. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/self-destructing-spy-phone-tested-in-spain Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:44:00 +0100 self-destructing-spy-phone-tested-in-spain A Spanish policeman who claimed to be a secret agent and offered potential recruits jobs in exchange for sex has been found guilty in court. https://www.thelocal.es/20140219/fake-spy-fined-in-sex-for-jobs-scandal Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:56:26 +0100 fake-spy-fined-in-sex-for-jobs-scandal Spanish secret services regularly share large amounts of intercepted data with their US counterparts, including details of telephone calls, a newspaper reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131031/spain-shares-phone-data-with-us-report Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:59:00 +0100 spain-shares-phone-data-with-us-report Spain summoned the US ambassador on Monday to denounce newly reported mass US eavesdropping on its citizens' telephone calls as "inappropriate and unacceptable" while Spain's foreign minister said the scandal could rupture the climate of trust between the two allies. https://www.thelocal.es/20131029/spying-could-ruin-our-trust-in-us-spain Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:35:00 +0100 spying-could-ruin-our-trust-in-us-spain Spain's security services believe the US systematically spied on the country as in France or Germany, Spanish media reported on Tuesday. Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden is expected to leak secret information on Spain shortly. https://www.thelocal.es/20131022/snowden-spain-leaks Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:46:00 +0200 snowden-spain-leaks A Valencia man who posed as a secret agent managed to convince his budding recruits they could join the service in return for sexual favours, money and jewellery. https://www.thelocal.es/20130814/spains-fake-james-bond-offers-jobs-for-sex Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:53:00 +0200 spains-fake-james-bond-offers-jobs-for-sex The recent pardoning of a Spanish paedophile by Morocco's King Mohamad VI came in the wake of requests from Spain's secret services, Moroccan and Spanish media have reported. https://www.thelocal.es/20130803/spanish-paedophile-was-probably-spy-reports Sat, 03 Aug 2013 11:43:00 +0200 spanish-paedophile-was-probably-spy-reports Online newspaper El Confidencial reports that Barça's ex manager Pep Guardiola hired private detectives to spy on key defender Gerard Piqué at the beginning of his romance with superstar Shakira. https://www.thelocal.es/20130226/pep-put-detective-on-piques-heels Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:49:00 +0100 pep-put-detective-on-piques-heels