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 As Europe continues to tweak the opening of its external borders to, it seems that visitors from America will have to wait a little longer. Here's what is happening with Spain's travel rules for Americans. https://www.thelocal.es/20200720/whats-the-latest-on-when-americans-will-be-able-to-travel-to-spain-from-the-us Mon, 20 Jul 2020 17:34:20 +0200 whats-the-latest-on-when-americans-will-be-able-to-travel-to-spain-from-the-us EU countries have finally agreed to reopen their external borders on July 1st to visitors from 15 countries but American tourists will still not be allowed to travel to Europe because the US is still considered a risk due to the high number of Covid-19 cases. https://www.thelocal.es/20200629/eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:17:02 +0200 eu-to-allow-visitors-from-14-safe-countries-but-not-the-us "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.es/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu American travellers look set to be denied entry to the EU when the bloc reopens its borders on July 1st, according to reports. While those from Australia and New Zealand will likely to be allowed to return. https://www.thelocal.es/20200623/will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:28:46 +0200 will-americans-be-barred-from-travel-to-europe A Twitter thread listing the many advantages Spain has over the United States has struck a chord online. See whether you agree with the analysis. https://www.thelocal.es/20190718/the-reasons-why-spain-is-better-than-the-united-states-in-one-twitter-thread Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:27:37 +0200 the-reasons-why-spain-is-better-than-the-united-states-in-one-twitter-thread The European Union on Monday said it would launch proceedings at the World Trade Organization against US import duties on Spanish olives. https://www.thelocal.es/20190129/olive-oil-war Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:50:12 +0100 olive-oil-war After years of searching, the United States has returned to Spain a rare copy of a 1493 letter from Christopher Columbus, which had been stolen from a national archive in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20180608/us-returns-stolen-copy-of-christopher-columbus-letter-to-spain Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:42:17 +0200 us-returns-stolen-copy-of-christopher-columbus-letter-to-spain Billions of euros will change hands over Black Friday weekend sales across Europe, but despite increasingly accepting the US import, the promotions will be marked by strikes, protests and concerns about over-consumption. https://www.thelocal.es/20171125/europe-embraces-black-friday-sales-with-some-reservations Sat, 25 Nov 2017 10:21:16 +0100 europe-embraces-black-friday-sales-with-some-reservations The United States on Tuesday imposed import duties on ripe Spanish olives, saying preliminary findings indicated they were subject to unfair subsidies that harmed producers in California. https://www.thelocal.es/20171122/trump-hits-spanish-olives-with-us-import-duty Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:57:57 +0100 trump-hits-spanish-olives-with-us-import-duty A Russian under arrest in Spain has been slapped with an indictment in the United States, accused of controlling one of the world's top generators of spam and online exortion, officials said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170422/us-indicts-russian-suspect-in-huge-botnet-takedown Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:52:29 +0200 us-indicts-russian-suspect-in-huge-botnet-takedown Barack Obama will be the first US president to make an official visit to Spain in 15 years when Air Force One touches down in Seville on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160707/spanish-king-preps-to-meet-obama-in-seville-for-long-awaited-visit Thu, 07 Jul 2016 11:15:41 +0200 spanish-king-preps-to-meet-obama-in-seville-for-long-awaited-visit Six Greenpeace activists scaled 80 metres up a skyscraper on Tuesday to hang a sign protesting the controversial TTIP trade deal between the EU and US. https://www.thelocal.es/20160518/activists-scale-80-metre-skyscraper-to-protest-us-trade-deal-ttip Wed, 18 May 2016 13:18:09 +0200 activists-scale-80-metre-skyscraper-to-protest-us-trade-deal-ttip Bucking the trend back in the homeland, American Democrats in Spain voted strongly for Bernie Sanders. But some still fear the impact of "the rise of Trump". https://www.thelocal.es/20160302/american-expats-in-spain-vote-sanders-in-super-tuesday-global-primary Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:09:18 +0100 american-expats-in-spain-vote-sanders-in-super-tuesday-global-primary The Spanish government approved an accord granting the US military a larger presence at the Morón de la Frontera base in Cadiz as a center for a rapid reaction force to deal with crises in Africa. https://www.thelocal.es/20150529/us-to-boost-military-presence-in-spain Fri, 29 May 2015 17:49:05 +0200 us-to-boost-military-presence-in-spain Photographic archivists from the US Navy have discovered a box of 150 original glass plate photographs, unseen by the public for over 100 years, from the 1898 Spanish-American War that ended Spain's colonialist era. https://www.thelocal.es/20140212/us-finds-lost-photos-from-spains-end-of-empire Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:57:00 +0100 us-finds-lost-photos-from-spains-end-of-empire With Madrid two days into a rubbish strike and the city having received plenty of negative press in recent times, what do US exchange students think of the much-maligned capital? Benjamin Fang from New York's Syracuse University found out. https://www.thelocal.es/20131106/madrid-dirty-us-perspective Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:00:00 +0100 madrid-dirty-us-perspective A week after the Wall Street Journal ran a piece on how Spain's austerity project is working, The Washington Post has published a front page human interest piece on how Spanish families are still struggling to get by. https://www.thelocal.es/20130813/washington-post-highlights-spains-unemployment-woes Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:59:00 +0200 washington-post-highlights-spains-unemployment-woes