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 has been shock and outrage since it emerged that Spain's government will reduce jail sentences for terrorists who worked and killed for Basque separatist group ETA. https://www.thelocal.es/20241021/why-spain-is-reducing-jail-time-for-some-eta-terrorists Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:10:13 +0200 why-spain-is-reducing-jail-time-for-some-eta-terrorists Two jailed former militants of armed Basque separatist group ETA who are in a romantic relationship have been allowed to share a prison cell in Spain, angering victims' groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20240327/anger-in-spain-over-eta-couple-sharing-prison-cell Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:46:01 +0100 anger-in-spain-over-eta-couple-sharing-prison-cell Following reports from Spain's security council about an increased terror threat and reinforcement measures put in place during Semana Santa celebrations, is Spain facing a heightened terror threat? https://www.thelocal.es/20240326/is-spain-facing-a-heightened-threat-from-terror-attacks Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:13:16 +0100 is-spain-facing-a-heightened-threat-from-terror-attacks Amid rising tensions and conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere around the world, a meeting by Spain's National Security Council has identified several threats to national security, some pre-existing and some new. https://www.thelocal.es/20240321/spain-sees-heightened-terror-risk-amid-global-conflicts Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:44:57 +0100 spain-sees-heightened-terror-risk-amid-global-conflicts Spain and the European Union paid homage on Monday to the 192 victims of the March 11th 2004 Madrid train bombings that marked the start of mass Islamist attacks in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20240311/in-images-spain-and-eu-honour-madrid-train-bombing-victims Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:24:25 +0100 in-images-spain-and-eu-honour-madrid-train-bombing-victims Twenty years after Ángeles Pedraza lost her daughter during the carnage of the Madrid train bombings that killed nearly 200 people, she still doesn't understand why. https://www.thelocal.es/20240311/ill-never-forgive-them-how-the-suffering-from-madrids-2004-bombings-lingers Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:20:07 +0100 ill-never-forgive-them-how-the-suffering-from-madrids-2004-bombings-lingers Today March 11th marks two decades since 10 bombs exploded nearly simultaneously on four commuter trains in Madrid during the morning rush hour, killing 192 people and injuring almost 2,000. https://www.thelocal.es/20240310/20-years-since-the-deadliest-terror-attacks-in-spains-history Sun, 10 Mar 2024 09:15:31 +0100 20-years-since-the-deadliest-terror-attacks-in-spains-history Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position "to radicalise minors" and recruit possible Islamic State (IS) members. https://www.thelocal.es/20231207/madrid-imam-arabic-teacher-arrested-for-radicalising-minors Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:54:22 +0100 madrid-imam-arabic-teacher-arrested-for-radicalising-minors Spanish police said Friday that they had arrested a man suspected of having links with an Islamist gunman who killed two Swedish football fans in Brussels this month. https://www.thelocal.es/20231027/spanish-police-detain-man-suspected-of-role-in-brussels-terror-attack Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:18:46 +0200 spanish-police-detain-man-suspected-of-role-in-brussels-terror-attack Spain’s Interior Ministry has raised the country’s terror alert following the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris and amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas. These are the measures that will be introduced. https://www.thelocal.es/20231018/spain-raises-terror-alert-after-france-and-belgium-attacks Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:00:57 +0200 spain-raises-terror-alert-after-france-and-belgium-attacks EH Bildu's decision to run 44 convicted ETA members or associates (including seven imprisoned for murder) as candidates in local elections in the Basque Country has caused uproar across Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20230511/shock-as-44-convicted-eta-terrorists-to-run-in-elections-in-spains-basque-country Thu, 11 May 2023 11:07:56 +0200 shock-as-44-convicted-eta-terrorists-to-run-in-elections-in-spains-basque-country The Moroccan suspect held in connection with a machete attack on two Spanish churches, killing a verger and badly injuring a priest, will undergo psychiatric testing, a court said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20230131/spain-church-attack-suspect-to-undergo-psychiatric-testing Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:59:18 +0100 spain-church-attack-suspect-to-undergo-psychiatric-testing A Spanish court ordered Monday a Moroccan man accused of storming two churches with a machete to be remanded in custody without bail on murder and terrorism charges. https://www.thelocal.es/20230131/spain-court-remands-church-attack-suspect-for-terrorism Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:19:27 +0100 spain-court-remands-church-attack-suspect-for-terrorism The deadly church attack in Algeciras has rekindled Spanish concerns about the jihadist threat, which experts say is still present although the country has been relatively spared from attacks in recent years. https://www.thelocal.es/20230127/in-spain-jihadist-attacks-a-dormant-but-real-threat Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:42:10 +0100 in-spain-jihadist-attacks-a-dormant-but-real-threat Mikel Irastorza, long suspected of having been a top operative with Basque separatist group ETA, went on trial in Paris Thursday accused of terrorist association between 2012 and 2016. https://www.thelocal.es/20230106/alleged-eta-top-operative-irastorza-on-trial-in-paris Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:59:30 +0100 alleged-eta-top-operative-irastorza-on-trial-in-paris Spain has decided to repatriate several Spanish wives and children of Islamic State fighters from jihadist detention camps in Syria, the government said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221122/spain-to-repatriate-women-and-children-of-is-fighters-from-syria Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:53:51 +0100 spain-to-repatriate-women-and-children-of-is-fighters-from-syria Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20221005/spain-arrests-11-suspected-jihadists-in-melilla-and-granada Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:14:33 +0200 spain-arrests-11-suspected-jihadists-in-melilla-and-granada A Spanish court on Thursday handed jail terms of up to 53 years to three men who helped the jihadists behind the 2017 Barcelona attacks that killed 16 people. https://www.thelocal.es/20210527/spain-hands-stiff-prison-sentences-to-abettors-who-aided-2017-barcelona-terrorist-attackers Thu, 27 May 2021 19:58:50 +0200 spain-hands-stiff-prison-sentences-to-abettors-who-aided-2017-barcelona-terrorist-attackers A court in Spain on Monday remanded in custody three suspected members of Islamic State arrested last week in Barcelona, including an Algerian man who had fought for the Islamist group in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.es/20210112/three-suspected-jihadists-held-in-barcelona Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:38:13 +0100 three-suspected-jihadists-held-in-barcelona Three men went on trial Tuesday for helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people and left 140 wounded. https://www.thelocal.es/20201111/three-on-trial-over-2017-barcelona-terrorist-attack Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00:03 +0100 three-on-trial-over-2017-barcelona-terrorist-attack