The Local - Es media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Local - Es as leaning left. We have seen it on 14 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Local - Es biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Local - Es as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Local - Es left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places The Local - Es as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Local - Es reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Local - Es are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Local - Es has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Local - Es’s own report linked underneath.
Ursula von der Leyen plans to propose a European Security Council to coordinate responses to growing threats. The body would include EU member states alongside the UK, Canada, Norway, and Ukraine, and feature a consultation mechanism inspired by NATO's Article 4.
The Local - Es reported it asEU chief calls for 'emergency' migration tool amid crisis in Spain's Ceuta (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
The European Commission plans to propose a ban on social media for children under 13. Those aged 13 to 15 would have restricted access, potentially via parent-supervised 'mini-accounts'. The legislation is to be known as the 'EU Kids Act'.
The Local - Es reported it as'Europe has power to act': EU to ban social media for under 13s (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Calls for action against smart glasses are growing in Europe due to privacy concerns over covert recording. Norway is considering a ban or stricter regulations, while Oslo has already banned the devices in schools.
The Local - Es reported it asEurope eyes battle over 'pervert' AI glasses (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Denmark expects to be ready by the end of 2027 to send migrants without legal residency to a return hub outside the European Union. Five EU countries are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the establishment and practical functioning of these deportation centres.
The Local - Es reported it asFive EU countries aim to send rejected migrants to 'return hubs' by 2027 (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
As Europe grapples with severe heatwaves, attention turns to whether EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will prioritise climate change in her upcoming policy speech. Environmental advocates are pushing for concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels, while some lawmakers suggest defence and industry concerns have overshadowed climate goals.
The Local - Es reported it asWill the European Union take up the climate fight after brutal heatwaves? (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
A police report sent to Spain’s National High Court alleges Moroccan gendarmes coordinated the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta on 30 to 31 July 2026. The government has not confirmed the document, but opposition parties and police unions are demanding resignations from the interior minister and police chief.
The Local - Es reported it asSpain's PM insists no 'solid proof' Morocco planned Ceuta migrant rush (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has denied his government received extraordinary warnings before the mass entry of approximately 72,000 migrants into Ceuta from Morocco. While acknowledging intelligence failures, he dismissed claims of prior specific alerts about the scale of the influx.
The Local - Es reported it asSpain's PM insists no 'solid proof' Morocco planned Ceuta migrant rush (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Ryanair lowered its fiscal 2027 passenger target from 216 million to 214 million, citing high fuel costs. It hedged 80% of its fuel needs at $67 a barrel but warned that persistently high oil prices could push up European airfares and strain less-hedged rivals.
The Local - Es reported it asRyanair to cut winter flights in Europe to save on fuel costs (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Left-rated outlets in seven EU countries reported on national stories including a drone attack linked to Russia, a fatal crash study on winter tyres, a school explosion in Denmark, and a tree-planting plan in Spain. No centre- or right-rated outlet carried any of the stories.
The Local - Es reported it asToday in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Twelve migrants have been arrested in Ceuta following an incident where a military patrol was attacked with stones. Four soldiers sustained injuries during the early morning assault in the Benzú neighbourhood. The number of attackers is estimated to be between 30 and 40 individuals.
The Local - Es reported it asFour migrants arrested in Ceuta for throwing stones at Spanish soldiers (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Twelve migrants have been arrested in Ceuta following an incident where a military patrol was attacked with stones. Four soldiers sustained injuries during the early morning assault in the Benzú neighbourhood. The number of attackers is estimated to be between 30 and 40 individuals.
The Local - Es reported it as'We feel abandoned': Clashes in Spain's Ceuta as locals grow tired of migrant crisis (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Dozens of Ceuta residents blocked Red Cross trucks delivering food to migrants, with some protesters damaging and burning part of a migrant camp. Police deployed riot control units and fired warning shots.
The Local - Es reported it as'We feel abandoned': Clashes in Spain's Ceuta as locals grow tired of migrant crisis (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Thieves stole more than 50 gold objects from the Treasure of Villena, a Bronze Age collection, in a raid lasting approximately four minutes. The estimated value of the gold alone is €1.7 million.
The Local - Es reported it as'Super-fast' raid on bronze age gold treasure in Spanish museum (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court has upheld the withdrawal of Swiss citizenship from a 36-year-old man convicted in France for planning ISIS attacks. The man, born in Bosnia-Herzegovina, was naturalised in Switzerland in 2000 and sentenced to 15 years in prison in January 2021.
The Local - Es reported it asToday in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Six European Union countries have formally requested the introduction of an EU-wide tax on exceptional profits made by oil companies. The ministers argue that these companies are experiencing profit margins that outpace the rise in crude oil prices, exacerbated by the Middle East conflict.
The Local - Es reported it asSix EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms (opens The Local - Es in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanLeftCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- The Local Europe ABIndependentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Official site
- thelocal.es
- Seen publishing on
- thelocal.es
- Access
- Metered: some articles are readable, some are not
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 14
- Reports listed
- 15
- We could read
- 2
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
13 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 2 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 6 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Local - Es ran the story anyway.
Across the 14 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Local - Es: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 21 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 21 September 2026. Ratings pulled 7 September 2026.
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