Anglophone news site The Local has opened an office and accompanying website in Spain, with an Italian branch due to open in April. "If you're moving to a new country you've got really extreme needs that you need to find out all at once," co-founder and managing editor James Savage said, "about housing, about getting a job, or just getting a feeling for the country and having something to talk about with your new Spanish friends. "You want to be able to plug in immediately to what's going on there."