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 UN committee has ordered Spain to compensate a single mother and her six children who were forcibly evicted during a housing crisis that saw tens of thousands forced from their homes. https://www.thelocal.es/20191031/un-watchdog-faults-spain-over-forced-eviction Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:33:33 +0100 un-watchdog-faults-spain-over-forced-eviction The United Nations has apologized to Spain for having mistakenly attributed the devastating 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica to Spanish Republican forces, a spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190917/un-apologizes-for-attributing-guernica-bombing-to-spanish-republicans Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:17:19 +0200 un-apologizes-for-attributing-guernica-bombing-to-spanish-republicans United Nations experts on the right to freedom of expression and the promotion of democratic order have urged Spain to make sure measures they are taking ahead of the referendum in Catalonia do not hamper fundamental rights. https://www.thelocal.es/20170929/spanish-measures-in-response-to-catalan-referendum-appear-to-violate-fundamental-rights-un-experts Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:15:54 +0200 spanish-measures-in-response-to-catalan-referendum-appear-to-violate-fundamental-rights-un-experts The United Nations does not view Spain's separatist-ruled Catalonia region as having the right to self-determination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in an interview published Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151031/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-catalonia-has-no-right-to-claim-self-determination Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:22:26 +0100 un-chief-ban-ki-moon-catalonia-has-no-right-to-claim-self-determination A confidential Spanish military report on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper in Israeli shelling in Lebanon said he was manning a post that appeared to have been targeted, a newspaper reported Sunday https://www.thelocal.es/20150406/israel-targeted-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-report Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:46:05 +0200 israel-targeted-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-report Libya's request for UN approval to buy fighter jets, tanks and other weaponry to fight Islamic State militants has been put on hold at the request of seven Security Council members led by Spain, diplomats said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150310/led-by-spain-un-puts-libya-request-for-weapons-on-hold Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:36:38 +0100 led-by-spain-un-puts-libya-request-for-weapons-on-hold Spain and Israel have agreed to carry out a joint investigation on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper who was killed in Lebanon during Israeli shelling near the border, Madrid said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150130/spain-and-israel-agree-probe-into-peacekeepers-death Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:24:00 +0100 spain-and-israel-agree-probe-into-peacekeepers-death Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are the main security threats to Spain, the country's foreign minister has said, as Spain takes its seat as a non-permanent member of the UN's security council. https://www.thelocal.es/20150102/spanish-foreign-minister-stresses-isis-danger Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:19:00 +0100 spanish-foreign-minister-stresses-isis-danger In an apparent change of tune on immigration, the government has announced that it will make it easier for refugees to ask for asylum in Spain's North African enclaves. https://www.thelocal.es/20141106/spain-to-build-asylum-offices-on-african-border Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:46:00 +0100 spain-to-build-asylum-offices-on-african-border The United Nations has criticized Spain over a recent incident which saw a Cameroonian man dumped back inside Morocco after video footage showed him being assaulted by Spanish border police. https://www.thelocal.es/20141020/un-slams-spanish-border-beating-of-migrant Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0200 un-slams-spanish-border-beating-of-migrant Spain beat out Turkey to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations' "top table" on Thursday night after three tense rounds of voting among delegates of the 193 countries in the UN General Assembly. https://www.thelocal.es/20141017/spain-wins-un-security-council-seat-margallo-united-nations Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:49:00 +0200 spain-wins-un-security-council-seat-margallo-united-nations Fancy getting your hands on an oil painting, several tennis club memberships, or even a box of 50 bras? All of these items and many more are being auctioned off by Spain's cash-strapped tax office. https://www.thelocal.es/20140410/spanish-tax-office-sells-bras-for-extra-cash Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:32:00 +0200 spanish-tax-office-sells-bras-for-extra-cash Spain is considering taking its row over the disputed territory of Gibraltar to global bodies such as the United Nations and International Court of Justice at The Hague, a foreign ministry spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.es/20130812/spain-mulls-taking-gibraltar-issue-to-un Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:57:00 +0200 spain-mulls-taking-gibraltar-issue-to-un Ecologists have urged government action to tackle the 'alarming' crisis of 'biodiversity destruction' in Spain as data reveals that the country is the most vulnerable in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20130521/most-fragile-spain-tops-endangered-species-list Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:00 +0200 most-fragile-spain-tops-endangered-species-list