https://www.thelocal.es/ Spain's news in English en-us editor@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Generator Several members of Spain's opera community have leapt to Spanish tenor Placido Domingo's defence after other performers accused him of sexual harassment. https://www.thelocal.es/20190815/spanish-opera-community-jumps-to-placido-domingos-defense-in-sexual-harassment-allegations Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:45:17 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190815/spanish-opera-community-jumps-to-placido-domingos-defense-in-sexual-harassment-allegations QPR have called for UEFA to take the "strongest possible action" after the Championship club's Under-18 players walked off the pitch during a friendly in Spain following alleged racist abuse. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/qpr-call-for-uefa-action-after-alleged-racist-abuse-in-spain Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:29:01 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/qpr-call-for-uefa-action-after-alleged-racist-abuse-in-spain Unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Spain have announced plans to hold 10 days of strikes in September unless the airline changes its plans to close several bases in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/ryanair-cabin-crew-in-spain-threaten-10-days-of-strikes-in-september Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:10:44 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/ryanair-cabin-crew-in-spain-threaten-10-days-of-strikes-in-september A group of friends have all chipped in their savings to buy up an entire abandoned village in Galicia to fulfil their retirement dreams. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/group-of-friends-buy-entire-abandoned-spanish-village-to-fulfil-retirement-dream Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:48 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/group-of-friends-buy-entire-abandoned-spanish-village-to-fulfil-retirement-dream French mountain rescue crews have described the miraculous survival of a hiker lost for two days without food or equipment during a storm in the Pyrenees. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/miraculous-survival-of-hiker-lost-for-two-days-in-storm-in-french-mountains Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:52:00 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/miraculous-survival-of-hiker-lost-for-two-days-in-storm-in-french-mountains This Wednesday sees the second day of planned stoppages by Renfe workers, called to coincide with one of the busiest travel days of the summer. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/rail-strike-325-trains-cancelled-across-spain Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:29:23 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/rail-strike-325-trains-cancelled-across-spain Spain on Tuesday refused to consider a request from a Spanish rescue boat that it grant asylum to 31 minors stuck aboard the ship, arguing the demand was not valid. https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/why-is-spain-ignoring-calls-to-take-in-child-refugees Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:14:10 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/why-is-spain-ignoring-calls-to-take-in-child-refugees Today's word of the day in Spanish is 'comecocos' a compound noun or adjective which has a literal meaning of "eat coconuts". https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/spanish-word-of-the-day-comecocos Wed, 14 Aug 2019 08:42:11 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190814/spanish-word-of-the-day-comecocos A hillside village in one of Spain’s forgotten corners is hoping to transform itself into a tourist destination with the opening of what it claims to be the longest zip wire ride in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/spanish-village-opens-europes-longest-zip-wire Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:51:41 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/spanish-village-opens-europes-longest-zip-wire Spain has a law to provide at least one payphone for every 3,000 inhabitants, even though an average of one call a day is made from them. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:39:47 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/there-are-still-16000-public-telephones-in-spain Firefighters have managed to contain a fire raging on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria which sparked the evacuation of hundreds of people, local officials said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/firefighters-contain-blaze-on-gran-canaria Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:25:22 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/firefighters-contain-blaze-on-gran-canaria Today’s word of the day is picar and means to chop, grind or mince in a culinary sense. https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/spanish-word-of-the-day-picar Tue, 13 Aug 2019 08:33:23 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190813/spanish-word-of-the-day-picar From beautiful beaches to glamourous rooftop terraces, gastronomic delights and erm...rotting fruit. The Local gives you ten wonderfully romantic things to do on a summer date in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/top-ten-things-to-do-on-a-summer-date-in-spain Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:37:15 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/top-ten-things-to-do-on-a-summer-date-in-spain A fierce storm swept through parts of coastal Catalonia during the night, bringing strong winds, hailstones and torrential rain and leaving felled trees and flooding in its wake. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/reaction-after-storms-hit-catalan-coast-it-was-like-a-hurricane Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:55:25 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/reaction-after-storms-hit-catalan-coast-it-was-like-a-hurricane Look up to the night skies as this year’s Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. Here’s everything you need to know for a night of stargazing in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/stargazing-when-and-where-to-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-spain Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:36:53 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/stargazing-when-and-where-to-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-spain Sue Wilson of Bremain in Spain reveals what she loves about living in a small seaside village in Valencia and how looking at it through tourist eyes brings a new perspective. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/opinion-through-tourist-eyes Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:15:29 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/opinion-through-tourist-eyes With today's word of the day we start a series of words referring to cooking processes that could mean various things in Spanish. https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/spanish-word-of-the-day-asar Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:47:14 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190812/spanish-word-of-the-day-asar A huge fire raging on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria has sparked the evacuation of hundreds of people and seen the arrest of a man suspected of lighting the blaze, authorities said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190811/huge-gran-canaria-fire-sparks-mass-evacuation Sun, 11 Aug 2019 18:50:36 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190811/huge-gran-canaria-fire-sparks-mass-evacuation The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded. https://www.thelocal.es/20190810/rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight Sat, 10 Aug 2019 09:27:47 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190810/rescue-ship-plucks-85-from-the-sea-as-richard-gere-shines-light-on-migrant-plight Five French teenagers accused of gang raping a Norwegian woman in a holiday apartment in the popular Spanish resort of Benidorm have been charged with sexual abuse, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190809/five-french-teens-charged-in-benidorm-gang-rape-case Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:01:16 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190809/five-french-teens-charged-in-benidorm-gang-rape-case