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 With banners and slogans against sexism and related crimes, thousands protested in Spanish cities on Sunday to mark international day for the elimination of violence against women. https://www.thelocal.es/20181125/thousand-protest-against-sexual-violence-in-spain Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:55:23 +0100 thousand-protest-against-sexual-violence-in-spain Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane and his Barcelona counterpart Ernesto Valverde on Friday strongly condemned the violence which led to a police officer dying before a Europa League game in Spain between Athletic Bilbao and Spartak Moscow. https://www.thelocal.es/20180224/zidane-valverde-condemn-violence-after-policeman-killed-in-bilbao-trouble Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:42:57 +0100 zidane-valverde-condemn-violence-after-policeman-killed-in-bilbao-trouble A Basque police officer died Thursday as security forces clashed with fans of Russian club Spartak Moscow in the Spanish city of Bilbao where a Europa League match was taking place. https://www.thelocal.es/20180223/police-officer-dies-as-violence-mars-bilbao-v-spartak-clash Fri, 23 Feb 2018 10:35:09 +0100 police-officer-dies-as-violence-mars-bilbao-v-spartak-clash The Basque separatist group Eta's pledge to fully lay down its arms after decades of violence will not "be subject to any negotiations", French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170319/france-tells-eta-disarmament-must-be-unconditional Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:51:10 +0100 france-tells-eta-disarmament-must-be-unconditional Around 220 African migrants forced their way through a fence between Morocco and the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, clashing with police in an incident that injured 35, officials said. https://www.thelocal.es/20161101/over-200-migrants-storm-border-in-spains-ceuta Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:02:54 +0100 over-200-migrants-storm-border-in-spains-ceuta Madrid has rallied behind bus driver Miguel Ángel after he tried to stop a group of young men harassing women, only to become their target instead. https://www.thelocal.es/20160229/bus-driver-attacked-after-defending-women-from-sexual-harassers Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:25:00 +0100 bus-driver-attacked-after-defending-women-from-sexual-harassers A man has been jailed for three years in the north of Spain after branding his initial on to his girlfriend's back while she slept. https://www.thelocal.es/20150409/man-jailed-for-branding-lover-with-cattle-iron Thu, 09 Apr 2015 21:04:29 +0200 man-jailed-for-branding-lover-with-cattle-iron A soldier and a policeman are among 41 people arrested in Spain over a football riot last month in which a Deportivo La Coruña fan died after being thrown into a river, officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141218/football-soldier-policeman-held-over-deadly-spain-riot-madrid Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:12:00 +0100 football-soldier-policeman-held-over-deadly-spain-riot-madrid The EU has warned Spain it can not use violence to stop migrants from trying to enter the country after video footage emerged of a young African being beaten by Spanish border guards recently. https://www.thelocal.es/20141021/eu-warns-spain-over-border-use-of-force-immigration-melilla-ceuta Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:53:00 +0200 eu-warns-spain-over-border-use-of-force-immigration-melilla-ceuta A councillor for Spain's ruling Popular Party in the town of Aranjuez has been accused of calling a political opponent "an arsehole and a shit" before throwing a glass of water and slapping him, according to witnesses. https://www.thelocal.es/20140617/spanish-politician-threw-water-and-slapped-opponent Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:29:00 +0200 spanish-politician-threw-water-and-slapped-opponent A video of police wearing riot gear but no ID badges initiating what appears to be an unprovoked attack on a group of photojournalists on Saturday at a small-scale protest in the Spanish capital has been uploaded to social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20140331/video-riot-cops-hit-reporters-at-madrid-demo Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:39:00 +0200 video-riot-cops-hit-reporters-at-madrid-demo Footage showing police striking unarmed women with batons before arresting them in Madrid on Friday after a protest against abortion reforms has been widely shared on the internet. https://www.thelocal.es/20131223/spanish-cops-bash-women-video-goes-viral Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:14:00 +0100 spanish-cops-bash-women-video-goes-viral Two Spanish hardware companies will offer round-the-clock free door lock replacements to women who are the victims of physical and verbal abuse by their partners. https://www.thelocal.es/20130927/spanish-locksmiths-leave-wife-beaters-out-in-the-cold Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:30:00 +0200 spanish-locksmiths-leave-wife-beaters-out-in-the-cold A group of eight 'neo-Nazis' attacked three youths in the Spanish city of Valladolid, breaking a bottle over one person's head before kicking him on the ground. https://www.thelocal.es/20130520/neo-nazi-gang-bloodies-victim-in-brutal-bottle-attack Mon, 20 May 2013 13:13:00 +0200 neo-nazi-gang-bloodies-victim-in-brutal-bottle-attack More than half of all children in Spain say they have taken part in a fight in the last year but bullying remains a taboo topic for the country's school pupils. https://www.thelocal.es/20130425/fighting-spanish-kids-top-school-violence-table Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:14:00 +0200 fighting-spanish-kids-top-school-violence-table