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 said on Friday it would not extradite a German-Turkish author accused by Turkey of "terrorism", weeks after freeing a journalist wanted by Ankara. https://www.thelocal.es/20171014/spain-refuses-to-extradite-author-to-turkey Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:25:30 +0200 spain-refuses-to-extradite-author-to-turkey Swedish-Turkish author and journalist Hamza Yalcin, who was arrested in Spain in early August on Turkey's orders, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided not to extradite him to Turkey. https://www.thelocal.es/20171006/swedish-author-held-in-spain-returns-home-to-sweden Fri, 06 Oct 2017 08:30:04 +0200 swedish-author-held-in-spain-returns-home-to-sweden Swedish author and journalist Hamza Yalcin will not be extradited to Turkey, following a decision made by the government in Spain, where he was being held, on Friday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.es/20170929/spain-says-swedish-turkish-writer-will-not-be-extradited-to-turkey Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:24:23 +0200 spain-says-swedish-turkish-writer-will-not-be-extradited-to-turkey A Spanish judge has granted the provisional release without bail of a Swedish-Turkish journalist who has been detained in Barcelona since August following a controversial international arrest warrant requested by Turkey. https://www.thelocal.es/20170928/spain-releases-swedish-turkish-writer-wanted-by-turkey Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:59:13 +0200 spain-releases-swedish-turkish-writer-wanted-by-turkey Nine Swedish members of the European Parliament have written to Spain's prime minister and justice minister, demanding the release of Swedish-Turkish journalist Hamza Yalcin. https://www.thelocal.es/20170921/swedish-meps-urge-spain-to-release-swedish-turkish-writer-hamza-yalcin Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:11:12 +0200 swedish-meps-urge-spain-to-release-swedish-turkish-writer-hamza-yalcin A Turkish-born German writer facing extradition from Spain to Turkey, which accuses him of "terrorism", on Wednesday urged Madrid not to send him to a country that is "slipping towards fascism". https://www.thelocal.es/20170831/erdogan-critic-urges-spain-to-block-his-extradition-to-turkey Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:00:56 +0200 erdogan-critic-urges-spain-to-block-his-extradition-to-turkey A Spanish court on Sunday ordered the conditional release of German-Turkish writer Dogan Akhanli a day after police had arrested him at Ankara's request, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170820/german-turkish-writer-held-in-spain-on-turkeys-order-2 Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:14:47 +0200 german-turkish-writer-held-in-spain-on-turkeys-order-2 Spain faces growing calls to release a Swedish-Turkish writer being held in Barcelona on Turkey's warrant. https://www.thelocal.es/20170811/spain-urged-to-free-swedish-turkish-writer-hamza-yalcin Fri, 11 Aug 2017 17:55:11 +0200 spain-urged-to-free-swedish-turkish-writer-hamza-yalcin Sweden said on Tuesday that it was working to assist a Swedish-Turkish journalist detained in Spain after Ankara issued an international arrest warrant, as alarm over press freedom in Turkey grows. https://www.thelocal.es/20170809/sweden-aids-journalist-held-in-spain-on-turkey-warrant Wed, 09 Aug 2017 09:18:50 +0200 sweden-aids-journalist-held-in-spain-on-turkey-warrant Swedish-Turkish writer Hamza Yalcin, 59, was arrested while holidaying in Spain, after Turkey accused him of plotting terror acts against the country, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.es/20170807/swedish-writer-wanted-by-turkey-arrested-in-spain Mon, 07 Aug 2017 19:38:45 +0200 swedish-writer-wanted-by-turkey-arrested-in-spain Spaniards across the country have organized groups to welcome refugees into the culture, but the actual number of people Spain has taken in is strikingly low - just 18 in the past six months. https://www.thelocal.es/20160407/refugees-welcome-in-spain-but-where-are-they Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:00:29 +0200 refugees-welcome-in-spain-but-where-are-they A fiesta that involves hurling a turkey from a church bell tower is set to go ahead in Spain after animal rights campaigners lost an appeal to stop the "cruel" practice. https://www.thelocal.es/20160203/protesters-lose-fight-to-stop-turkey-throwing-fest Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:34:53 +0100 protesters-lose-fight-to-stop-turkey-throwing-fest Spain will deploy 130 soldiers and anti-ballistic missiles to Turkey's southern border but won't take part in any actual fighting against terror group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the country's Defence Minister announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140918/spain-to-deploy-soldiers-and-missiles-in-anti-jihadi-fight-turkey-syria-iraq Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:46:00 +0200 spain-to-deploy-soldiers-and-missiles-in-anti-jihadi-fight-turkey-syria-iraq Spain's tourist numbers could be boosted this summer by holidaymakers avoiding the conflict in Turkey and opting for a safer stay in Spain instead. https://www.thelocal.es/20130611/turkeys-troubles-to-boost-spanish-tourism Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:55:00 +0200 turkeys-troubles-to-boost-spanish-tourism