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 Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Thursday made his first visit to China, meeting with top officials in Beijing on a trip aimed at expanding trade with the Asian giant. https://www.thelocal.es/20140925/spanish-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-makes-first-china-trip-spain Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:05:00 +0200 spanish-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-makes-first-china-trip-spain Eight Egyptian drug smugglers who were caught on a boat in international waters with 10 tonnes of hashish have been freed after Spain introduced controversial new legal rules which stop the country's judges from trying crimes committed overseas. https://www.thelocal.es/20140408/spains-new-trial-laws-see-drug-suspects-go-free-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:19:00 +0200 spains-new-trial-laws-see-drug-suspects-go-free-2 A judge in Spain drew criticism on Wednesday for defying the government by pushing on with an investigation into the 2003 killing of a Spanish journalist by US fire in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.es/20140319/spain-tries-to-rein-in-defiant-judge Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:59:14 +0100 spain-tries-to-rein-in-defiant-judge Spain's controversial decision to shelve several high profile international human rights cases received its first test on Monday after a judge refused to close the file on the death of a Spanish cameraman during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. https://www.thelocal.es/20140317/judge-universal-law Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:04:00 +0100 judge-universal-law Lawmakers in Spain voted on Thursday in favour of a bill that will reduce the capacity of the country's courts to pursue cases of human rights abuses committed abroad. https://www.thelocal.es/20140227/spain-votes-to-scrap Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:13:00 +0100 spain-votes-to-scrap The Spanish Government on Thursday defied opposition pressure and voted to shelve high profile international investigations into crimes including alleged Chinese genocide in Tibet and possible torture in the US prison facility of Guantanamo Bay. https://www.thelocal.es/20140221/spain-votes-to-shelve-tibet-genocide-case Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:28:51 +0100 spain-votes-to-shelve-tibet-genocide-case A Tibetan monk who pushed a human rights case against former Chinese leaders through Spanish courts accused China on Tuesday of pressuring Madrid to change the law that made the complaint possible. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/spain-is Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:54:00 +0100 spain-is Beijing expressed anger on Tuesday after a Spanish judge sought arrest warrants for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin and four other senior officials as part of a probe into alleged genocide in Tibet. https://www.thelocal.es/20140211/china-furious-over-s Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:55:00 +0100 china-furious-over-s A Spanish judge on Monday sought international arrest warrants for former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and four other top Chinese officials as part of a probe into alleged genocide in Tibet. https://www.thelocal.es/20140211/spain-orders-arrest-of-former-china-head Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:22:38 +0100 spain-orders-arrest-of-former-china-head Planned changes to Spain's judicial system could see the country's judges closing the files on cases including alleged Chinese genocide in Tibet and possible torture in the US prison facility of Guantanamo Bay. https://www.thelocal.es/20140127/spain-could-close-files-on-guantanamo-torture-cases Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:50:00 +0100 spain-could-close-files-on-guantanamo-torture-cases China is demanding a "clarification" from Madrid after a Spanish court issued an international arrest warrant for former Chinese president Jiang Zemin over alleged genocide in Tibet, Beijing said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131120/china-grills-spain-over-tibet-genocide-probe Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:15:00 +0100 china-grills-spain-over-tibet-genocide-probe Spain’s National Court authorized on Tuesday the arrest of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin and four of his officials as part of an investigation into the alleged genocide of Tibetans in the 1980s and 1990s. https://www.thelocal.es/20131119/spain-orders-arrest-of-chinas-former-president Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:10:00 +0100 spain-orders-arrest-of-chinas-former-president