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May 26, 2015
Election results
Manuela Carmena of Ahora Madrid will likely become mayor after seeking an alliance with socialists. Photo: Pedro Almestre / AFP
Spain ushers in new era of political pact making
Sunday's election result has forced political parties to seek pacts and coalitions in order to govern. READ
Football focus
Real Madrid has fired its coach Carlo Ancelotti. Photo: Gerard Julien/AFP
Ancelotti fired after poor season for Real Madrid
Real Madrid fired their coach Carlo Ancelotti on Monday as the popular Italian paid for a disappointing season without a major trophy.READ
Park Güell in Barcelona. Photo: Cesar Rangel/AFP
Barca man banned from showing pals round park
Barcelona’s struggle with tourists has been well publicized recently, but now residents are getting told off for showing their own friends around some of the city's biggest sites. READ 2 comments
Spanish olive groves. Photo: Jorge Guerrero
Could olive 'ebola' wipe out crop in Spain?
Spanish olive groves are under threat from a bacteria that has made its way from America and is currently blighting Italian olive groves.READ
My Spanish Career
Amy Elliott acts in a production of Jack and The Beanstalk. Photo: Steppingonstage.com
'Americans laugh louder, Spaniards are reserved'
In the latest instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Amy Elliott, an American born and raised in Pennington, New Jersey who has managed to combine a passion for theatre with Spain’s ever growing thirst for English learning. READ 2 comments
Brexit
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who has announced that UK citizens living abroad for less than 15 years will be allowed to vote in the EU referendum. Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP
Brits abroad will get to vote in EU referendum
British nationals who have been living abroad for less than 15 years will be allowed to vote in the EU referendum, while EU citizens in the UK will have no say on whether the UK stays in the European Union.READ 11 comments
Election results
Ada Colau, Barcelona's new 'indignada' protest mayor. Photo: Quique Garcia/AFP
Ada Colau, Barcelona's 'Indignada' protest mayor
A career spent pounding the streets in anti-austerity campaigns has brought Ada Colau close to leading one of Spain's most powerful and most visited cities, Barcelona. READ
Elections results
Esperanza Aguirre and Manuela Carmena during a TV debate last week. Photo: Screenshot TeleMadrid
Blonde grans locked in battle to be Madrid mayor
Esperanza Aguirre just wins most votes in City Hall but protest candiadate Manuela Carmena could forge an alliance with socialists to take the City Hall. READ
Election results
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias celebrates after results on Sunday. Photo: Pedro Armestre /AFP
Protest movement deals PP an historic battering
Sunday's election saw a dramatic shake-up of Spanish politics. In Madrid the ruling PP saw their majority shattered, while in Barcelona, a 41-year-old "indignado" won the most votes toppling CiU's grip on City Hall. READ
Opinion
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at a PP rally in Valencia. Photo: Jose Jordan / AFP
Elections will be critical test for fractured system
You have to be either foolish or very brave to try and predict the outcome of Sunday’s local elections in Spain. READ
Features
Opinion
2.2 million Brits live in another EU country. 2.3 million people from elsewhere in the EU live in the UK. Photo: Charles Clegg.
Give us a vote: we've got most to lose if UK quits
Brits in the rest of the EU should all be given a vote in the country’s upcoming referendum - as should Europeans who live in the UK. We’re the ones with most to lose, argues The Local's managing editor James Savage. READ 2 comments
My Spanish Career
Darren was a professional player before coaching the Spanish Rugby League team
'Have fun, smile and let's play some rugby'
In the latest installment of My Spanish career, The Local talks to Darren Fisher, an English rugby league player turned coach who came to Spain to establish the Spanish rugby league. Quite a task in a country where football is the national obsession. READ
The Local list
Photo: Peter Zuco/Flickr
7 reasons why Spain's the best place on earth
Don't get us wrong, Spain isn't perfect. It has struggled out of a crippling economic crisis as well as having high pollution levels and a perpetually corrupt political system. But despite all that, it is still the best place to live in the world. And here is why: READ 7 comments
The Local list
HAT terrace, one of Madrid's newest rooftop bars. Photo: Jessica Jones/The Local
Top ten: Madrid's best rooftop bars
As the temperatures rise in the Spanish capital, Madrileños look upwards, heading to one of the city’s rooftop bars in the hope of catching some of that elusive breeze. Here's our pick of the very best.READ
An independent book shop in Barcelona. Photo: Lluis Gene / AFP
Happy book day! Top ten Spanish literary gifts
To mark Spanish book day, The Local gives you the ultimate list of Spain-related books that make excellent gifts. READ
More News
'Patsy' Adams and his wife Constance could be on the run in Spain. Photo: Metropolitan Police
Police manhunt: Have you seen this couple?
Police believe the notorious north London gangster Patrick Adams and his wife may have fled to Spain where they have previous links to Torremolinos. READ
Gallery
Photo: Iberian Lynx Exsitu Conservation Programme / Wikimedia Commons.
Seven adorable animals facing extinction in Spain
To mark International Day for Biodiversity, The Local takes a look at some of the Spanish animals most at risk of extinction. READ
British tourists on a night out in Puente Ballena last summer. Photo: Jaime Reina / AFP
Magaluf bans drunk badly-behaved tourists
Bare chests, sex parties, falling down drunk in the streets and balconing will no longer be tolerated in Magaluf under new bylaws.READ 3 comments
La Monumental bull ring in Barcelona. Photo: Netraam/Wikimedia
10 brilliant alternatives for Barcelona's bullring
Since Barcelona banned bullfighting there has been much debate over what should be done with the city's famous bullring, La Monumental. Here's The Local's pick of alternative uses for Barcelona's iconic venue. READ
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Man posts sex ads to get revenge against clients
Police have arrested a man in Castellón for allegedly seeking to get revenge against former clients by posting ads offering "free sex" with their phone numbers after the women did not renew services with his company. READ
Eurovision Song Contest
Austrian Ambassador Peter Huber with Edurne at a Eurovision event in April Photo: Austrian Embassy
'Eurovision promotes peace and tolerance'
With only a day to go before the Eurovision final in Vienna, The Local caught up with Peter Huber, the Austrian ambassador to Madrid to hear his views on the world’s most prestigious singing competition.READ
Elections
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at a PP rally in Valencia. Photo: Jose Jordan / AFP
Traditional parties on the ropes ahead of vote
Spain's indignado movement are out to conquer city halls and regional governments across Spain in elections on Sunday. READ 2 comments
Left: Sean Hepburn Ferrer with his mother, Audrey Hepburn. Right: Sean Hepburn Ferrer at a UNICEF Audrey Hepburn Society Ball. Photo: Ho / Bob Levey / Getty Images North America / AFP.
Hepburn's son wed 'illegally' at the Alhambra
Sean Hepburn, son of the Breakfast at Tiffany's star, is in trouble with authorities at the Alhambra in Granada after he threw an 'illegal' wedding celebration at the scenic location. READ
Photo: Gerard Julien / AFP.
Gap widens between Spain's rich and poor
The gap between the rich and poor of Spain has widened during the economic crisis, a new report on income inequality has confirmed.READ
Adou was discovered during a luggage scan at the Tarajal border crossing. Photo: Spain's Interior Ministry
Suitcase boy can stay with parents in Spain
Adou, the eight-year-old boy who was discovered curled up inside a suitcase during a security scan, has been granted permission to stay in Spain. READ 2 comments
From our other editions:
Photo: Andrew Nash/Wikimedia
Man dead after fatal shooting on Vienna tram
One man was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting on a tram car in Vienna on Sunday evening. READ
Photo: Sempachseetri
Four Swiss bathing areas 'unfit' for swimmers
Three beaches in Lausanne by the shores of Lake Geneva and an area of the Rhine River in Kaiseraugst in the canton of Aargau have water unfit for swimming, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) study says. READ
Photo: Polizei Bayern
Police seize tiny lamb from Munich brothel
Police in Munich raided a brothel after it was reported that a prostitute there possessed contraband. During their search they found marijuana, other narcotics... and a three-week-old lamb. READ
The Local List
Their love of bikes and the Danish flag make the list, but what else? Photo: Colourbox
My Danish habits that foreigners just don't get
Do you find the Danes a bit weird? The Local's Nick Bojesen Jensen, who has just returned to Denmark after years abroad, lists ten Danish traits that leave his foreign friends bemused. READ
It's not quite free but drug dealers in Marseille are rewarding their regular cannabis customers. Photo: Dave H/Flickr
French drug dealers offer customer loyalty cards
Drug dealers in southern France have turned heads after handing out loyalty cards for their customers. But not everyone is amused. READ
The attack at Tunisia's Bardo Museum left 21 people dead. Photo: AFP
Tunisia attack suspect 'came to Italy by boat'
UPDATED: A Moroccan man suspected of being involved in the March attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, which killed 21 tourists, arrived in Italy by boat, police said on Wednesday. READ
A bumlebee lands on an Echinacea flower. Photo: Swallowtail Garden Seeds/Flickr
Oslo builds world's first bumblebee highway
The Norwegian capital has inaugurated the world's first 'bumble bee highway', a corridor through the city pollen stations every 250 meters.READ
Interview
The problem is not confined to Sweden. Here Severine Ali Mehenni holds pictures of her daughter Sahra who left France to join jihadists. Photo: AP/TT
Why Swedish girls are leaving home for Isis
More girls and women than ever before are leaving Sweden to fight with terrorist groups like Isis. The Local speaks to terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp from the Swedish Defence University about what’s luring them to leave one of the safest countries in the world to wage jihad. READ
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