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 An overwhelming majority of Spaniards are still living at home with mum and dad - and this number seems to be increasing, according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.es/20160301/80-of-spanish-young-adults-live-at-home-with-parents Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:36:48 +0100 80-of-spanish-young-adults-live-at-home-with-parents Spain's youngsters have come to terms with the fact that their lives are going to be harder than that of their parents, a new study reveals. https://www.thelocal.es/20141010/dream-small-young-spaniards-eye-low-cost-life Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:52:00 +0200 dream-small-young-spaniards-eye-low-cost-life After nearly three years trailing Greece in the European Union's youth unemployment rankings, Spain is once again the country with the highest rate of under 25s without a job, accounting for a worrying quarter of all jobless youths in the Eurozone. https://www.thelocal.es/20140829/spain-back-on-top-of-eu-youth-unemployment-tables Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:52:34 +0200 spain-back-on-top-of-eu-youth-unemployment-tables The crisis is hitting young Spaniards hard with nearly half of all people aged 25—29 still living in the family home, a new study shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20140701/half-of-spaniards-aged-2529-live-with-parents Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:54:50 +0200 half-of-spaniards-aged-2529-live-with-parents Pope Francis on Tuesday criticized an "inhumane" system which causes a youth unemployment rate of "50 percent" in Spain and "60 percent" in Andalusia in the wake of recent European elections. https://www.thelocal.es/20140527/pope-takes-aim-at-spanish-unemployment Tue, 27 May 2014 12:12:00 +0200 pope-takes-aim-at-spanish-unemployment A total of 44,119 people left Spain for Germany in 2013, 19 percent more than the previous year, stats from Germany's official stats body show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140526/immigration-spain-germany-stats Mon, 26 May 2014 15:18:00 +0200 immigration-spain-germany-stats UPDATED: Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declared on Tuesday that a job-wrecking trend had been snapped after new figures showed a record slump in the jobless queue in April. https://www.thelocal.es/20140506/unemployment-queues-shrink-by-jobless-ine-epa Tue, 06 May 2014 12:03:00 +0200 unemployment-queues-shrink-by-jobless-ine-epa Almost half of all Spaniards aged 16 to 29 receive neither a salary nor government benefits while only one in five can afford to fly the family coop, the startling results from a new study reveal. https://www.thelocal.es/20140505/homebound-you Mon, 05 May 2014 20:11:59 +0200 homebound-you Some 36.3 percent of people are out of work in Spain's Andalusia's region: that's the most in Europe and 14 times higher than in Germany's Upper Bavaria, which has the lowest jobless rate in the EU, figures released on Tuesday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20140415/one-in-three Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:04:00 +0200 one-in-three Despite Spain's reputation for being a family-oriented nation, new official figures have revealed some surprising facts about how Spanish society is becoming increasingly fragmented. https://www.thelocal.es/20140411/44-million-spaniards-live-alone-home-household Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:18:52 +0200 44-million-spaniards-live-alone-home-household Spain's government on Tuesday hailed a wafer-thin cut in the nation's jobless queues in February, a result it says is a fresh sign the labour market is stabilizing after the loss of millions of jobs since 2008. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/unemployment-dips-slightly-in-february Tue, 04 Mar 2014 10:25:00 +0100 unemployment-dips-slightly-in-february UPDATED: Spain's unemployment figures saw a record monthly fall in December with 107,570 fewer people visiting the country's employment offices, while 64,097 people found work in the same period. https://www.thelocal.es/20140103/jobless-figures-drop Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:17:00 +0100 jobless-figures-drop The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned on Tuesday that Spain's unemployment level won't be coming down in the next 18 months. https://www.thelocal.es/20130716/spains-jobless-rate-will-rise-in-2014-oecd Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:04:00 +0200 spains-jobless-rate-will-rise-in-2014-oecd Spain, Italy, France and Germany sent their economy and labour ministers to Rome on Friday to look at ways to bring down the high levels of youth unemployment blighting the lives of millions across Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20130614/eu-heavyweights-tackle-jobless-youth-crisis Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:02:00 +0200 eu-heavyweights-tackle-jobless-youth-crisis A top official from Spain's ruling Popular Party argued on Sunday that young Spaniards working within the European Union are "at home" and that now is the time to develop a genuine European patriotism. https://www.thelocal.es/20130603/if-you-are-working-in-the-eu-you-are-at-home Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:59:58 +0200 if-you-are-working-in-the-eu-you-are-at-home Germany has agreed to provide vocational training and jobs for young Spaniards starved of opportunities in their crisis-hit home country. https://www.thelocal.es/20130522/spain-and-germany-fight-youth-employment Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:00 +0200 spain-and-germany-fight-youth-employment Recession-hit Spain and Portugal said on Monday that they welcomed "any plan" to fight youth unemployment, after reports that European powers planned to invest billions in getting young people back to work. https://www.thelocal.es/20130514/spain-welcomes-new-eu-jobs-deal Tue, 14 May 2013 11:20:00 +0200 spain-welcomes-new-eu-jobs-deal Almost a million young Spaniards have given up looking for work since the crisis started, a new report shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20130404/young-spaniards-throw-in-the-job-hunt-towel Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:52:00 +0200 young-spaniards-throw-in-the-job-hunt-towel