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 Spanish judge wants to visit Israel to quiz the CEO of an Israeli firm behind the Pegasus spyware over a hacking scandal involving the Spanish premier's phone, a court said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220607/spanish-judge-seeks-to-quiz-israeli-ceo-over-spyware-scandal Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:44:33 +0200 spanish-judge-seeks-to-quiz-israeli-ceo-over-spyware-scandal Spain's second biggest bank BBVA has been charged with corruption for alleged corporate spying involving a disgraced former police chief. https://www.thelocal.es/20190730/spanish-bank-bbva-charged-with-corruption Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:32:16 +0200 spanish-bank-bbva-charged-with-corruption Spain's second-largest bank BBVA is suspected of having used a disgraced former police chief to illegally tap the phones of journalists, politicians and businesspeople to push back an unwanted shareholder, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.es/20190111/spanish-bank-bbva-accused-of-corporate-spying-reports Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:05:13 +0100 spanish-bank-bbva-accused-of-corporate-spying-reports Next time you are tempted to browse through your significant other’s emails or texts, be warned – you could end up being banged up in prison for breach of privacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20151020/woman-sentenced-to-two-and-a-half-years-for-reading-husbands-emails Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:36:57 +0200 woman-sentenced-to-two-and-a-half-years-for-reading-husbands-emails US President Barack Obama praised Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for stablizing the country's economy during a low-profile meeting at the White House on Monday, but said there was a still a lot of work to do. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/spain-still-has-plenty-of-work-to-do-obama Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:35:00 +0100 spain-still-has-plenty-of-work-to-do-obama Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday after meeting with US President Barack Obama that Spain had received a "satisfactory" explanation of reports that American spies bugged European leaders' phones. https://www.thelocal.es/20140114/spain-satisfied-with-obamas-answers-in-sp Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:16:00 +0100 spain-satisfied-with-obamas-answers-in-sp Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is set to visit US President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday in what some in the Spanish media have called a long overdue meeting. https://www.thelocal.es/20140113/rajoy-and-obama-to-meet Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:43:00 +0100 rajoy-and-obama-to-meet President Barack Obama will welcome Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to the White House on January 13, in the wake of US spying allegations that have rattled Washington's relations with Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20131213/obama-invites-spanish-pm-to-white-house Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:26:16 +0100 obama-invites-spanish-pm-to-white-house 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's public prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation on Tuesday into reported mass US eavesdropping on millions of telephone calls to determine if a crime was committed. https://www.thelocal.es/20131029/spain-eyes-criminal-probe-into-us-spying Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:54:05 +0100 spain-eyes-criminal-probe-into-us-spying Spain has denounced newly reported mass US eavesdropping on its citizens' telephone calls, calling it "inappropriate and unacceptable" as outrage spread over the worldwide espionage programme. https://www.thelocal.es/20131028/spain-enraged-by-uss-unacceptable-phone-taps Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:44:00 +0100 spain-enraged-by-uss-unacceptable-phone-taps Spain demanded on Monday details of reported mass US eavesdropping on its citizens, denouncing the alleged surveillance as "inappropriate and unacceptable" as outrage spread over the worldwide espionage programme. https://www.thelocal.es/20131028/spain-demands-details-of-mass-us-eavesdropping Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:17:40 +0100 spain-demands-details-of-mass-us-eavesdropping