News Archive for December 2018

Here you can find articles published in December 2018. Return to full archive here

01 December
- Brexit deals bring Spain, Gibraltar closer together
- Madrid launches drastic traffic limits to ease pollution
- Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders start hunger strike
02 December
- Spanish PM faces first ballot box test in Andalusia polls
- Malta takes migrants rescued by Spanish fishermen: aid group
03 December
- Far-right wins seats in Andalusia parliament in first for post-Franco Spain
- Gibraltar: how Brexit could change its sense of British identity
- A peek into Madrid's most exclusive private members' clubs
- Spanish politics rocked by far-right win in Andalusia
- Brits in Spain: How do you feel about Brexit?
04 December
- Two more jailed Catalan separatists join hunger strike
- Had a child in Spain in the last 4 years? You might be due a €1,600 tax rebate
- ANALYSIS: After the elections in Andalusia, expect a lot more Vox in Spanish politics
- Why are so many banks and ATMs disappearing in Catalonia?
- Spanish Word of the Day: Belén
- Four reasons El Ejido has become Spain's most far-right town
05 December
- Madrid orders removal of electric scooters
- Brexit: An open letter from UK ambassador to British nationals in Spain
- Spain PM to refer 2019 budget to parliament in January, risking early elections
- Video: Warship blasts Spanish anthem while sailing through Gibraltar waters
- Spanish court sticks to nine-year sentence for 'Wolf Pack' sexual abusers
- Seven wonders that make a visit to Spain's La Gomera worth it
- Spanish Word of the Day: Abrumador
06 December
- Pensions and healthcare: UK offers assurances to Brits in EU over no-deal Brexit
07 December
- 'It's better than no deal': Do Brits in Europe hope Theresa May wins Brexit vote?
- Banksy show opens in Madrid without artist's consent
- Spanish government's draft policy on prostitution proposes punishing clients
- ANALYSIS: Gains for Spain’s far-right Vox party in Andalusia fuelled by tough opposition to Catalan independence
- Madrid braces for 'maximum security' before Sunday's 'weird' final between Argentinian teams
- Spanish police bust Vietnamese human trafficking ring that smuggled in 730 people
10 December
- Spain pledges €2 billion for tackling youth unemployment
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Lucir'
- Catalan leader slammed for urging 'Slovenian route' to secession
- UK can cancel Brexit before March 29th without EU’s consent, ECJ rules
- RECAP: Brits in Europe vent anger after May postpones Brexit vote
11 December
- Spain starts Brazil extradition bid for gunman in 1977 attack
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Villancicos'
- Madrid threatens to send national police to Catalonia to provide order
- Family launch appeal for 23-year-old Brit missing in Madrid
- ANALYSIS: Are hardline Catalan separatists really going to attempt a violent breakaway?
- Rail workers call Christmas strikes across Spain
12 December
- Spain is about to raise the minimum wage by a whopping 22 percent
- Brexit: New data reveals surge in Brits applying for Spanish citizenship
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Rácano'
- Spanish PM accuses Catalan separatists of 'lying' like Brexiteers
- Madrid temporarily bans 'oldest, most polluting' vehicles in bid to clean air
13 December
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Jaleo'
- FOCUS: Migrants keep crossing Strait of Gibraltar despite bad weather
- How Brexit is fuelling stress and anxiety for vulnerable Brits in Europe
- Spanish man lives with dead mother's body to collect pension
14 December
- Navantia to build five frigates for €4.3 bln and create 7,000 jobs
- Podemos admits it was wrong to praise 'disastrous' Venezuela
- Miss Spain breaking barriers as first transgender Miss Universe hopeful
- Twelve ways to get into the Christmas spirit in Spain
15 December
- Catalan leader on hunger strike taken to hospital: doctor
- Spanish police arrest three for neo-Nazi website
16 December
- Migrants rescued crossing Gibraltar Straits on truck tyre
17 December
- Spain and UK set to give each other's residents post-Brexit voting rights in local elections
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Llorica'
- UK MPs deny Brits will be warned not to book flights in case of a no-deal Brexit
- Spain police break up Moroccan human trafficking ring run like 'travel agency'
- 'It's a bit over the top': Spanish town goes viral with record 40-metre zebra crossing
18 December
- What you need to know about Spain's 2018 rent law changes
- Where to next? Join The Local’s new travel group on Facebook
- 6 in 10 Spaniards think they pay too much tax for what they get back
- IN IMAGES: Eight beautiful Spanish villages to visit when it snows
- Top Spanish court holds first hearing for Catalan separatists
- ANALYSIS: What's likely to happen when Spain's government heads to Barcelona?
19 December
- Interview: Jailed Catalan leader appeals for non-violence at protests
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Chaval'
- IN PICS: Madrid's hostile anti-homeless architecture that you see everyday but don't even notice
- No-deal Brexit: Brits in Europe furious over EU's new contingency plan
- What do Trump, Puigdemont and Freddie Mercury have in common?
20 December
- Protests planned ahead of Spanish government meeting in Barcelona
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Susurrar'
- Twelve migrants found dead in boat off Spain
- Court confirms €1.5 billion compensation for Prestige oil spill
- Jailed Catalan leaders call off hunger strike
- Rafa Nadal donates €1million to help victims of Mallorca floods
- Spanish PM pledges fresh dialogue with Catalan separatists
- Santa analysis: Claus and Europe feel Brexit pinch, as will UK's Christmas
- How a group of Brits took up a struggle for millions of their co-citizens: Part One
21 December
- Protestors clash with police and block roads in Catalonia
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'El Gordo'
- My Spanish Story: 'I was homeless for two years but it felt like a lifetime'
- Get The Local’s app for Europe’s latest news in English
- Travel: How to spend a weekend at the End of the World
23 December
- ‘I’m no Mother Teresa’: Juan Moreno on how he broke Germany’s biggest media scandal
- Messi, Dembele keep Barca three points clear in La Liga
- Spanish PM says he aims to see out parliamentary term
24 December
- Murky money: When Spanish politicians were the lottery kings
- Video: Drugged Brit jumps off 4th floor balcony in Gran Canaria
- Catalan police on manhunt after US sends out Ramblas terror alert
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Atracón'
- Are Spain's hunters becoming extinct?
- Barcelona on alert after US warns of possible Christmas attack
25 December
- Spanish Word of the Day: 'Monada'
- ANALYSIS: King Felipe’s Christmas message suggests national fragility and a failure to adapt
27 December
- Seventy one-year-old man in a barrel aims to drift across Atlantic from Spain
- Spanish PM Sanchez visits troops in Mali as six-year military engagement drags on
- IN PICS: Santa-clad swimmers brace cold for annual Christmas swim in Barcelona
- Right wing parties strike deal in Andalusia as Bosquet elected parliament president
- Real Sociedad sack manager and name local coach as replacement
28 December
- Rescue vessel with 300 migrants on board reaches Spain
- Supreme Court will judge 12 Catalan separatists while six others to face trial in Catalonia
- Madrid government rules out city-centre cathedral as Franco resting place
- Court orders former mayor of Madrid to pay €25 million in price-fixing scandal
- Spanish police capture wanted human trafficker in Niger
- Young Spanish designers reclaiming traditions
- Spanish Christmas lottery winner dies three days after win
29 December
- Ryanair cabin crew in Spain to strike in January
- Spain preparing for no-deal Brexit: PM
30 December
- Spanish 'ghost towns' slowly come to life
- Barcelona confirm interest in Rabiot but deny breaking transfer rules