The Local Spain 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 pays €300m each year in pensions… to dead people Almost 30,000 Spaniards continue to receive a state pension despite the fact that they have died. https://www.thelocal.es/20160722/spain-pays-300m-each-year-in-pensions-to-dead-people Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:30:00 +0200 spain-pays-300m-each-year-in-pensions-to-dead-people Spain's migrant workers send $10 billion home Migrant workers in Spain sent $9.6 billion (€8.6 billion) back to their families in their home countries last year, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.es/20150615/migrant-workers-send-nearly-10-billion-back-home Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:45:35 +0200 migrant-workers-send-nearly-10-billion-back-home