https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Europe's news in English en-us editor@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Generator Having a baby is an exciting experience, but it can also be daunting with many unknowns. Even if you’ve given birth before, having a baby in a new country where the language and customs are not your own, can be difficult. Here's everything you need to know about what it's like to give birth in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/readers-reveal-what-its-really-like-to-give-birth-in-spain Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:12:11 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/readers-reveal-what-its-really-like-to-give-birth-in-spain Catalonia's public health secretary Josep Maria Argimon has said that everybody in Catalonia is entitled to receive the vaccine, regardless of nationality and migration status. Here's everything we know so far about how the Catalan authorities are planning to vaccinate its 114,000 foreign residents.  https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/what-foreign-residents-in-catalonia-need-to-know-about-getting-the-covid-vaccine Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:28:23 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/what-foreign-residents-in-catalonia-need-to-know-about-getting-the-covid-vaccine People decide to move to Spain for a variety of reasons – the great weather, the culture, the food and the low cost of living among others. While it’s not necessarily true that everything in Spain is cheaper than the UK and other EU countries, these are the things that you definitely will find less costly. https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/whats-cheaper-about-moving-to-spain-than-other-countries Fri, 02 Apr 2021 10:00:50 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210402/whats-cheaper-about-moving-to-spain-than-other-countries The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:48:39 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge The data from Spain's Health Ministry has been showing a steady increase in coronavirus cases since mid-March, however Health Emergency Chief Fernando Simón has said that infections could be contained as a “small wave”. https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/spain-sees-rise-in-covid-19-cases-before-easter Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:16:06 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/spain-sees-rise-in-covid-19-cases-before-easter Many of our readers in Spain want to know when they’ll be called up to get their Covid-19 vaccine. This is what Spain’s Health Ministry has announced so far. https://www.thelocal.es/20210303/spains-covid-19-vaccine-calendar-when-will-i-get-it Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:26:36 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210303/spains-covid-19-vaccine-calendar-when-will-i-get-it On March 30th, the Spanish government announced a new law requiring people to wear masks outdoors at all times, including on the beaches and walking in the countryside, even if a safe distance is kept. Over the past few days, however, there has been a backlash from both residents and scientists. Here is how Spain’s autonomous communities and its epidemiologists have been reacting. https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/how-spains-regions-and-epidemiologists-have-been-reacting-to-the-new-mask-law Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:21:41 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210401/how-spains-regions-and-epidemiologists-have-been-reacting-to-the-new-mask-law Each region in Spain is deciding how it incorporates foreign residents into its Covid vaccine strategy, including those who don’t have access to public healthcare. Here we look at how Murcia authorities are planning to offer the inoculation to its approximately 222,000 foreign residents.  https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/what-foreigners-in-spains-murcia-region-need-to-know-about-getting-the-covid-vaccine Wed, 31 Mar 2021 17:57:08 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/what-foreigners-in-spains-murcia-region-need-to-know-about-getting-the-covid-vaccine Tourists could be forgiven for gasping in horror at first sight of the white hoods marching towards them at one of Spain's Easter processions. https://www.thelocal.es/20190408/capirotes-are-a-symbol-of-penance-not-of-right-wing-extremism Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:09:15 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20190408/capirotes-are-a-symbol-of-penance-not-of-right-wing-extremism The month of April 2021 in Spain brings with it changes to Covid measures, high expectations for the vaccine campaign, tax deadlines and different rates for electricity bills, among other changes. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/what-changes-about-life-in-spain-in-april Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:19:35 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/what-changes-about-life-in-spain-in-april The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a special fund to exhume graves at the Valley of the Fallen, where thousands of victims of the Spanish Civil War and dictator Francisco Franco are buried. https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/spain-to-exhume-bodies-of-civil-war-victims-at-valley-of-the-fallen Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:13:01 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/spain-to-exhume-bodies-of-civil-war-victims-at-valley-of-the-fallen Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reshuffled his government Tuesday, in a move that will see the majority of government posts handed to women. https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/female-ministers-are-now-the-majority-as-spanish-pm-reshuffles-cabinet Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:58:16 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/female-ministers-are-now-the-majority-as-spanish-pm-reshuffles-cabinet There have been a lot of Brexit deadlines over the last four years - many of them missed - but March 31st is an important one for some UK nationals if they don't want to end up in trouble with immigration authorities. https://www.thelocal.es/20210324/why-some-britons-will-have-to-leave-their-eu-countries-by-march-31st Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:53:21 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210324/why-some-britons-will-have-to-leave-their-eu-countries-by-march-31st Spain's health ministry announced Tuesday that it was extending the roll-out of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to the over-65s, after recent scientific reassurances about its safety. https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/spain-extends-astrazeneca-vaccine-jabs-to-over-65s Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:47:56 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/spain-extends-astrazeneca-vaccine-jabs-to-over-65s Tanya Buscher said she felt "a little bit" guilty when she booked a plane ticket to Majorca -- her first holiday since the pandemic struck -- but her remorse did not last long once faced with the Spanish island's turquoise waters. https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/lockdown-weary-germans-find-freedom-on-spanish-island-of-majorca Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:50:18 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/lockdown-weary-germans-find-freedom-on-spanish-island-of-majorca The Spanish government has passed a controversial law which makes face masks mandatory in all outdoor settings, including beaches, swimmings and in nature where previously masks weren’t always obligatory. But what does the new regulation mean for people living in Spain and those visiting from overseas? https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/explained-how-spains-new-face-mask-law-will-affect-you Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:51:05 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/explained-how-spains-new-face-mask-law-will-affect-you The Spanish government announced a new law on Tuesday that will require people to wear face masks outdoors at all times including on beaches. https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/breaking-spain-to-require-public-to-wear-face-masks-outdoors-at-all-times Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:38:44 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/breaking-spain-to-require-public-to-wear-face-masks-outdoors-at-all-times While travel is again possible in some contexts, both Spain and the UK impose compulsory Covid tests on travellers and the combined cost of these can be pretty expensive. Here's a look at what you can expect to pay. https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/how-much-will-covid-tests-cost-for-a-trip-between-spain-and-the-uk Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:27:37 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/how-much-will-covid-tests-cost-for-a-trip-between-spain-and-the-uk Images of drunk foreign tourists shouting in the streets and police raiding illegal parties in Madrid at a time when locals are not allowed to travel between Spain's regions have left many Spaniards up in arms. https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/alcohol-tourism-footage-of-drunk-foreign-tourists-in-spain-riles-locked-down-locals Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:55:42 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210330/alcohol-tourism-footage-of-drunk-foreign-tourists-in-spain-riles-locked-down-locals Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it would start delivering its single-shot Covid vaccine to Europe on April 19th, giving the continent a boost as it struggles to speed up its vaccination drive. https://www.thelocal.es/20210329/eu-countries-to-receive-johnson-johnson-vaccines-from-mid-april Mon, 29 Mar 2021 21:39:37 +0200 https://www.thelocal.es/20210329/eu-countries-to-receive-johnson-johnson-vaccines-from-mid-april