LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Eric Lieberman The Spanish government reportedly fined Facebook $1.4 million for collecting data on people’s religious beliefs and ideology. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (DPA) says Facebook has been violating the country’s privacy rules, which forbids the stockpiling of certain personal information without explicit consent, according to TechCrunch. The social media company…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jacob Bojesson A knife-wielding man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) tried to attack Spanish police Tuesday moments before an officer knocked him out with a plastic road barrier. The failed attack took place in the Spanish territory of Melilla, which makes up one of two land borders between the European…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield In Spain, the region of Catalonia has been breeding a strain of separatism which is looking to become independent of the larger nation. And it now looks like they may get a vote to do just that. It was announced on Friday, that Catalonia will be holding…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jacob Bojesson The looming Brexit has sparked a diplomatic feud between the United Kingdom and Spain over the tiny territory of Gibraltar. Former Conservative leader Michael Howard said Prime Minister Theresa May is ready to go to war to defend Gibraltar’s sovereignty, similar to how Margret Thatcher battled Argentine forces on the Falkland…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen More people died last in Spain than were born, so the government has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to encourage citizens to make babies. The new sex tsar will draft a national strategy for the country to deal with the rapidly declining birthrate, UK newspaper The Independent reports. Spain’s…
By Amber Randall A sex store in Spain faced outrage from protesters after displaying dildos with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus painted on them. The store’s owner, Héctor Valdivielso, ordered ceramic sex toys to be painted with the images of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. He featured them in a window display. Approximately a dozen people…
JP Carroll In Spain’s general election Sunday, the Conservative People’s Party (PP) won enough seats to lead a coalition government. However, Spain’s Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) will deny conservatives the right to form a government by voting against them. Since the death of Francisco Franco and the restoration of democracy in Spain in the 70s,…
JP Carroll A teenager punched Spain’s conservative prime minister in the head Wednesday at a campaign event, later telling police he did it because the president “earns two salaries.” The 17-year-old man identified as Andrés V. F. approached Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as he was walking through a crowd of people at the campaign event….