Spain signs up to global ‘climate emergency’ movement
In its Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Spain’s new coalition government agreed to issue a formal Declaration of Climate and…
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Gov’t greenlights 2% pay rise for public sector workers
The new coalition government’s weekly Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting has approved an immediate 2 percent hike in salaries for public employees…
Coalition gov’t creates new animal welfare directorate
Spain’s new PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition government has created a new animal protection directorate, coordinating jurisdictions over the protection of the welfare of…
Andalucian Socialist first female Guardia Civil director
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has named an Andalucian Socialist and longtime government administrator, María Gámez, to become the first woman ever to…
Gov’t vows court challenge to VOX ‘parental PIN’ plan
Spain’s government has vowed to challenge the regional government of Murcia in court if it proceeds with a plan that allows parents…
Minister says migrants key to pension system solvency
In an unusual pitch that runs counter-current to the fear-mongering, anti-immigrant rhetoric of nationalist parties across Europe in recent years, Spain’s new…
Clock ticking on Puigdemont EU parliament immunity
The European Parliament (EP) announced last week that it has begun proceedings that could result in the withdrawal of parliamentary immunity from…
Robles unceremoniously sacks military chief of staff
Just one day after the first Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting of the new coalition government of President Pedro Sánchez, Defense Minister…
Activists urge end to Catalan ‘correbous’ bull-taunting
Nine animal-rights groups on Wednesday launched a new platform in Barcelona to stop bull-running events in Spain’s northwest region of Catalonia, releasing…
COPADE doubles innovative fair-trade programs in 2019
Spanish fair-trade foundation COPADE last year doubled the number of projects sponsored in Spain and abroad aimed at promoting the use of…
LGBT activists land key posts in new Equality ministry
Spain’s new Equality Minister, Irene Montero of Unidas Podemos, has named two longtime LGBT activists and former presidents of the National Federation…
Marlaska sacks officials, launching police reorganization
In his first act since being reconfirmed as Spain’s Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska has initiated an anticipated shakeup of Spain’s national police…
New coalition cabinet approves 0.9% rise to pensions
► Spain’s first coalition cabinet since 1936 ‘Frente Popular’ government ► First time a gov’t ministerial cabinet has had four Vice-Presidencies ►…
Euro Parliament withdraws immunity from Junqueras
The European Parliament announced on Friday that it was reversing its decision to decision to recognize jailed Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras…
Fourth V-P to push transition toward green economy
Incoming President Pedro Sánchez revealed on Thursday that the cabinet of his new progressive coalition government will be headlined by four vice-presidencies,…
Gender equality prioritized to ministry level in new gov’t
Equality among the sexes will assume top-line ministerial priority in the formation of the new progressive coalition government between the Socialist party…
Supercopa protest focuses on Saudi women’s rights
Women activists from Amnistía Internacional España have focused on the lack of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia in protesting the participation of…
How does your supermarket rate on reducing plastics?
Amid growing consumer pressure and a government push for reduction of single-use plastics so as to meet ambitious EU recycling targets for…
Iglesias to coordinate ‘Agenda 2030’ for coalition gov’t
In one of the final interventions of the congressional debate Tuesday that saw Socialist party general secretary Pedro Sánchez re-elected to a…
Greenalia opens first of five Galicia wind-energy parks
Spanish wind energy producer Greenalia has brought online the first of five wind-energy parks it expects to build this year in Galicia,…
Sánchez wins bid to form progressive coalition gov’t
► Socialist leader wins Congress vote 167-165, with 18 abstentions ► ‘YES’ votes (167): PSOE, Unidas Podemos, PNV, Mas País, Compromís, Nueva…
POLITIFILE :: ‘Who’s Who’ among Spain’s political parties
Confused by the ABC’s of Spain’s political parties? That’s understandable, given that the Spanish political landscape is now more fragmented that at…
After bruising debate, Sánchez key vote set for Tuesday
After a grueling two-day investiture debate in Spain’s Congress that lasted all of Saturday and into Sunday morning, acting President Pedro Sánchez…
ERC-PSOE accord gives green light to Sánchez election
After weeks of negotiations, the national executive council of the Catalan separatist party Esquerra Republicana (ERC) has approved a pact with the…
What does the EU court ruling on Junqueras mean?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Strasbourg has issued a far-reaching and unprecedented ruling that overturns a widely accepted norm as…