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 The EU is giving more than 500 Spanish municipalities free internet for its public spaces. Find out if your village, town or city in Spain has been selected. https://www.thelocal.es/20190519/have-a-home-in-a-spanish-village-you-could-be-getting-free-wifi Sun, 19 May 2019 19:09:08 +0200 have-a-home-in-a-spanish-village-you-could-be-getting-free-wifi At long last Spain’s high speed rail network will provide passengers with onboard WiFi starting with the route between Madrid and Seville next month. https://www.thelocal.es/20161104/spains-high-speed-trains-introduce-high-speed-wifi Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:26:28 +0100 spains-high-speed-trains-introduce-high-speed-wifi Surf the waves and surf the web this summer in Barcelona as city officials roll out plans to offer free Wifi along the city's Mediterranean shore. https://www.thelocal.es/20150605/free-wifi-2 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 19:07:54 +0200 free-wifi-2 All of Spain's 46 airports will soon have limitless free Wi-Fi, Spain's airport authority AENA announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150515/unlimited-free-wifi-coming-to-spains-airports Fri, 15 May 2015 15:22:47 +0200 unlimited-free-wifi-coming-to-spains-airports Nestled among the trendy cafes and shops of Madrid's Chueca neighbourhood is a church like no other, where you can browse the internet, confess via your iPad and bring along your pet poodle. Is San Anton the coolest church in the world? https://www.thelocal.es/20150427/is-this-the-worlds-coolest-church Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:52:32 +0200 is-this-the-worlds-coolest-church Anyone needing internet access in Barcelona will soon get a boost with the city planning to extend its free public Wi-Fi network to include locations including public buses and metro stations. https://www.thelocal.es/20141027/barcelona-buses-set-for-free-wi-fi Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:40:00 +0100 barcelona-buses-set-for-free-wi-fi Just weeks ago, the head of Spanish Wi-Fi firm Let's Gowex was being hailed as a business visionary. Now he's facing court after it emerged he cooked the company books. Meet the disgraced founder of Let's Gowex Jenaro García. https://www.thelocal.es/20140710/from-hero-to-zero-tech-boss-fall-from-grace Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:20:00 +0200 from-hero-to-zero-tech-boss-fall-from-grace Spanish free Wi-Fi provider Let's Gowex revealed Sunday its accounts have been falsified for at least four years and said it is filing for bankruptcy protection. https://www.thelocal.es/20140707/broke-wi-fi-provider-lets-gowex-admits-to-cooking-books Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:45:00 +0200 broke-wi-fi-provider-lets-gowex-admits-to-cooking-books Spanish market authorities have halted trading in Let's Gowex, the Spanish Wi-Fi provider which has lost over $1 billion in market value in just two days after a mystery report said shares in the company were worthless. https://www.thelocal.es/20140703/madrid-trading-suspended-in-lets-gowex-after-share-price-tumble Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:52:00 +0200 madrid-trading-suspended-in-lets-gowex-after-share-price-tumble A 23-year-old man has fallen to his death from a second-storey balcony in Spain while trying to find WiFi coverage on his mobile phone. https://www.thelocal.es/20130826/wifi-seeking-man-dies-in-balcony-plunge Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:26:00 +0200 wifi-seeking-man-dies-in-balcony-plunge A Spanish hotel chain is offering a free service which allows guests to access the internet when they are out and about in Spain, and not just while they are on hotel premises. https://www.thelocal.es/20130703/spanish-hotel-chain-offers-free-wi-fi-on-the-go Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:09:00 +0200 spanish-hotel-chain-offers-free-wi-fi-on-the-go Spain is near the bottom of European tables for access to the internet in rural communities, low-income groups and the elderly, a new report shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20130624/most-spanish-over-55s-have-never-used-internet Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:29:00 +0200 most-spanish-over-55s-have-never-used-internet A Zaragoza man who hacked into hundreds of his neighbours’ computers to watch them undressing and having sexual intercourse has been able to move neighbourhood while he awaits trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20130503/wifi-peeping-tom-preys-on-neighbours Fri, 03 May 2013 14:28:00 +0200 wifi-peeping-tom-preys-on-neighbours The smallest of the Canary Islands, famed in recent years for its underwater volcanic eruptions, became on Tuesday the first island on the planet with full, free Wi-Fi coverage. https://www.thelocal.es/20130319/el-hierro-unveiled-as-worlds-first-smart-island Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:26:00 +0100 el-hierro-unveiled-as-worlds-first-smart-island Granada's San José cemetery moved into the 21st century when it became a Wi-Fi zone on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20130312/spanish-cemetery-switches-on-free-wifi Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:17:00 +0100 spanish-cemetery-switches-on-free-wifi