The Local Spain 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 Spain's suicide rate jumps to record high in economic crisis The suicide rate in Spain has risen 20 percent since the start of the economic crisis and now causes more than twice the number of deaths than from road traffic accidents. https://www.thelocal.es/20160331/suicide-rate-in-spain-reaches-new-record Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:46:54 +0200 suicide-rate-in-spain-reaches-new-record Mother commits suicide after throwing daughters from 13th floor Spanish police are investigating the death of a woman and her two daughters who plunged from the 13th floor of a building in the northeastern city of Girona in a suspected murder suicide. https://www.thelocal.es/20151211/mother-and-two-daughters-plunge-to-their-death-from-13th-floor-in-suspected-murder-suicide Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:03:48 +0100 mother-and-two-daughters-plunge-to-their-death-from-13th-floor-in-suspected-murder-suicide Woman's attempted suicide jump kills pensioner seated on bench A man died on Wednesday after a woman who seemed to be attempting suicide by jumping from a seventh floor balcony in Alicante landed on top of him. The woman survived. https://www.thelocal.es/20151203/pensioner-dies-after-woman-allegedly-attempting-suicide-falls-on-top-of-him Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:09:30 +0100 pensioner-dies-after-woman-allegedly-attempting-suicide-falls-on-top-of-him Want to know the secret to long life? Live in Spain Spain was once again ranked highly worldwide for its residents' long life expectancy. The Local looks at Spaniards' secrets for what keeps them kicking longer than others. https://www.thelocal.es/20151105/what-makes-spaniards-live-so-long Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:19:20 +0100 what-makes-spaniards-live-so-long Police suicide: Spanish force tackles taboo topic Agents with Spain's Civil Guard police are killing themselves at a rate of one a month but suicide remains a "hidden problem" within the force, a new study argues. https://www.thelocal.es/20140626/suicide-spanish-polices-hidden-problem Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:52:00 +0200 suicide-spanish-polices-hidden-problem Policeman kills parents before taking own life A policeman in Spain's northern Basque region on Sunday allegedly killed his eldery parents before taking his own life in a murder-suicide that the local mayor has described as "absolutely inexplicable". https://www.thelocal.es/20140609/bilbao-policeman-kills-parents-before-committing-suicide-spain Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:57:00 +0200 bilbao-policeman-kills-parents-before-committing-suicide-spain Spain's best long jumper found dead at 36 Former Spanish long jumper Yago Lamela, who was the 1999 world championship silver medallist, was found dead at his home on Thursday. He was 36. https://www.thelocal.es/20140509/spains-most-prolific-long-jumper-found-dead-at-36 Fri, 09 May 2014 11:46:01 +0200 spains-most-prolific-long-jumper-found-dead-at-36 Man signs up as organ donor then kills himself A man in the Spanish city of Valencia shot himself in the head on Monday just moments after he'd asked two nurses at a local hospital to sign him up as an organ donor. https://www.thelocal.es/20140415/man-signs-up-as-organ-donor-then-shoots-himself Tue, 15 Apr 2014 18:28:00 +0200 man-signs-up-as-organ-donor-then-shoots-himself Spain's suicide rate highest in eight years Figures from Spain's National Institute of Statistics (INE) show a surge in the suicide rate but heart attacks remain the leading cause of death. https://www.thelocal.es/20140131/spanish-suicides-leap-113-to-highest-since-2005 Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:01:00 +0100 spanish-suicides-leap-113-to-highest-since-2005 Dutch politician's death in Spain 'a mystery' The mysterious suicide of a successful Dutch politician in Spain on Monday has left and family and colleagues searching for answers. https://www.thelocal.es/20131022/mystery-surrounds-suicide-of-dutch-politician-in-spain Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:05:00 +0200 mystery-surrounds-suicide-of-dutch-politician-in-spain British man dies in failed murder–suicide A British man has been found dead after allegedly attacking his ex-partner in the southern Spanish town of Mijas, an assault he believed ended in the woman's death. https://www.thelocal.es/20130814/british-man-dies-in-failed-murder-suicide Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:49:05 +0200 british-man-dies-in-failed-murder-suicide Elderly British twins in mystery Malaga suicide Spanish police have found the bodies of 83-year-old twins George and James Chalkley in their home in the Andalusian town of Fuengirola, near Malaga. https://www.thelocal.es/20130523/elderly-british-twins-commit-mystery-suicide-in-malaga Thu, 23 May 2013 11:45:00 +0200 elderly-british-twins-commit-mystery-suicide-in-malaga Pensioners' suicides shake up Spanish eviction vote A retired couple in Spain killed themselves on Tuesday because they faced eviction, police have said, as lawmakers considered legislation to save ruined homeowners from being thrown into the street. https://www.thelocal.es/20130213/pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:13:00 +0100 pensioners-suicides-shake-up-spanish-eviction-vote