Colau unveils plan to cut Barcelona vehicle emissions
► Barcelona mayor says new measures to cut CO2 by 20 tonnes annually ► Announcement same day as EU request that Spain…
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Gov’t alleges fraud in 1941 ‘purchase’ of Franco estate
► Sánchez gov’t says Franco concocted 1941 purchase to mask coerced sale ► Lawsuit questions Franco family ownership of Pazo de Meirás…
Ciudadanos leaders ousted from Madrid pride parade
► Centre-right party blocked by protesters, chants of No Pasaran! at pride event ► Critics complain of Ciudadanos alliances with far-right, anti-LGBT…
Protesters stage die-in at Pamplona San Fermín festival
► Spain’s AnimaNaturalis & international PETA group protest killing of bulls ► Activists target bull-running, deaths of 54 animals in bullring during…
Judge blocks changes to Madrid anti-pollution plan
► Court will hear environmentalist lawsuit, halts proposed changes to plan ► Motorists again face fines for circulating downtown without required permits…
Sánchez sets timeline for Congress vote on candidacy
► Congress debate to kick off Monday 22nd July, first vote to take place next day ► Unidas Podemos votes crucial, but…
Diplomatic tension over Vatican envoy’s Franco remarks
► Outgoing envoy took parting shot at Sánchez gov’t over Franco reburial plans ► Spain to file formal protest, review tax status…
Madrileños protest changes to city’s air-pollution plan
► Thousands march through capital to protest changes to ‘Madrid Central’ plan ► Critics say Mayor aims to dismantle program to combat…
Open Arms ready to risk jail in rescuing migrants at sea
► ‘Better to be jailed than complicit’ says migrant rescue NGO’s founder ► Group will no longer abide by accord to desist…
NGO report says 32% of Spaniards breathe polluted air
► Nearly 1/3 of people breath foul air, below EU & Spanish air-quality standards ► By WHO air-quality standards, nearly 98% of…
The baby rattle and the Franquista firing squad
► 83-year-old man recovers baby rattle buried with mother executed in 1936 ► Catalina Muñoz Arranz tried on trumped-up charges, executed by…
Gov’t doubles summer lunch funding for children at risk
► 15 million euros lets VECA program help 100,000 children at risk of poverty ► 2019 program triples number of children served…
Supreme Court verdict: ‘La Manada’ rapists, not abusers
► High court reverses lower court rulings, ups jail terms from 9 to 15 years each ► Judges criticize lower courts, say…
PP’s ‘Madrid Central’ U-turn defies EU air-quality norms
► New mayor’s first measure to cancel fines for non-permitted vehicle traffic ► Critics say nixing ‘Madrid Central’ measures risks air-quality conflict…
Ecologistas ‘award’ black flags to 48 Spanish beaches
► Environmentalists say ‘tourism monoculture’ is unsustainable for Spain ► Overbuilding, massive reliance on cruise ships, low-cost airlines cited Spanish environmental NGO…
PSPV-PSOE, Compromís, Podemos seal ‘Botànic II’ pact
► Podemos gets Vice-Presidency, role in climate-change, environment policies ► PSPV’s Puig pledges fairer federal funding for progressive agenda in Valencia Following…
Catalan separatists’ trial enters final sentencing phase
► After 422 witnesses and 62 televised court sessions, trial enters final phase ► Supreme Court verdict, sentencing of separatist leaders expected…
Cáritas says 8.5 million suffer poverty, social exclusion
► 4.1 million Spaniards now living in ‘severe’ social exclusion due to poverty ► Situation worse than before ‘crisis’, Spain’s ‘social mobility…
Socialists offer gov’t of ‘cooperation’ to Unidas Podemos
► Sánchez, Iglesias agree to define ‘joint government’ in the coming days ► Neither party would confirm or deny ministerial roles for…
Podemos reshuffles leadership after elections debacle
► Pablo Iglesias ignores calls for party congress to decide Podemos future ► Remix comes as party to begin talks with PSOE…
WWF protests plastics at Lanzarote underwater museum
► WWF divers call on Spain’s gov’t to take action against single-use plastics ► Protest over negative impact of plastics on world’s…
Spain’s most conscientious recyclers are older women
► 83 percent of all women and nine of 10 women age 55-64 recycle in Spain ► 94% of Spaniards say recycling…
Amnesty España says school bullying persistent problem
► NGO says response to school bullying inadequate, calls for ‘zero tolerance’ ► Gov’t says “900” hotline has received 1,600 reports of…
Supreme Court puts gov’t reburial of Franco on hold
► Court suspends gov’t removal of Franco remains pending review of appeal ► Sánchez gov’t wants to move former dictator’s remains from…
Gender violence top concern among women aged 18-34
► ‘Instituto de la Mujer’ report surveyed 1,500 women of all ages across Spain ► Violence, gender equality, jobs, social inequities, climate…