Podemos’ poor Andalucía showing widens rifts in party
While the poor showing of the governing Socialist party (PSOE) was a focus of Spanish and international news coverage of Sunday’s regional…
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PSOE dealt blow in shock Andalucía election results
Low voter turnout overall in Spain’s southernmost region of Andalucía combined with a favorable response to anti-immigrant and nationalist campaign rhetoric in…
PSOE set to win vote, govern in coalition in Andalucía
With less than one week to go before crucial 2nd December elections in Spain’s southernmost region of Andalucía, voter preference polls are…
PACMA to defend animal rights in Andalucía elections
Spain’s PACMA animal-rights party has announced its slate of candidates for 2nd December regional elections in Andalucía, saying the party is campaigning…
Andalucía gender-equality law debuts amid criticism
A long-awaited regional gender-equality law took effect in Andalucía on Tuesday amid criticism that it fails to resolve many issues surrounding inequality…
Early Andalucia balloting to set stage for 2019 elections
Andalucian President Susana Díaz announced Monday that Spain’s southernmost region will hold early elections the first week of December, moving forward the…
Andalucia takes legal action to stop Doñana gas drilling
The regional government of Andalucia said Tuesday said it is filing legal action and requesting a court injunction to halt natural gas…
Andalucia’s new LGBTI law set for unanimous approval
► Law to protect LGBTI families from discrimination, provides for sanctions ► In its last legislative session of 2017, Andalucia’s regional Parliament…
Andalucía tops local gov’t spending on social services
► Study ranks 25 best and 41 worst municipalities on social-services spending ► A newly released study on the provision of social…
Andalucia steps up efforts to identify Civil War victims
• 12,000 executed by firing squads believed buried in Sevilla, Cordoba & Huelva • Forensics teams to unearth mass graves across 17…
‘Anticaps’ challenge Podemos in Catalonia, Andalucia
• Podemos ‘Anticapitalistas’ support for Catalan plebiscite breaks with party line • In Andalucia, ‘Anticaps’ push for statutes, more autonomy from national…
Susana Díaz faces trouble in Andalucia following defeat
• Elections showed more anti-Díaz feeling within regional party than anticipated • Tenuous regional gov’t pact with Ciudadanos complicated by election results…
Sánchez sees path to PSOE victory through Andalucia
• Socialist leadership candidate hopes to convert Patxi López voters in Andalucia • Sánchez campaign says 10 pct increase in regional vote…
Andalucia law tries again to stem foreclosures, evictions
• Previous law expropriating bank-owned properties ruled ‘unconstitutional’ • Second attempt gives gov’t right to buy foreclosed homes to avoid evictions The…
Ciudadanos resignation weakens PSOE-Andalucia gov’t
• PSOE-Ciudadanos parliamentary alliance just one vote short of losing majority • Potential trouble for Susana Díaz, in midst of bid for…
Greenpeace blockades Fenosa gas plant in Andalucía
• Activists’ early-morning direct action blockades gas production, storage plant • Protesters say plant threatens Doñana wetlands, UNESCO World Heritage Site Some…
Andalucian Socialist leader Díaz makes her move
• Andalucian president says could serve as PSOE Gen Secretary simultaneously • Brussels trip seen as part of effort to improve image…
Andalucian NGOs shine light on ‘Invisible Poverty’
• NGO network raises awareness of multiple forms of poverty in Andalucia • A network of non-governmental organisations in collaboration with print…
Animal-rights activists call April 18 protest in Sevilla over ‘multi-million’ Andalucía bullfighting subsidies
• PACMA calls for ‘end to torture’ and festivals ‘without cruelty’ toward bulls • Spain’s Partido Animalista (PACMA) has called a demonstration…
Andalucia legislature passes “appropriate sanctions” resolution against LGBT-phobic crimes
• Nearly 40% of LGBT-phobic crimes nationwide occur in southern region • Resolution paves wave for to sanctions similar to those approved…
Once-endangered Iberian lynx now thriving in Spain
► Native species’ population has grown from 94 in 2004 to 686 across Spain ► 100mn euros from EU funded successful breeding,…
Spain set to celebrate World Fair Trade Day on Saturday
► More than 50 events, festivities planned at local, regional levels across Spain ►’We Are Fair Trade’ campaign to raise public awareness…
Feminists say women’s vote key to PSOE election victory
Spain’s feminist organizations have lauded the participation of women in rallies and demonstrations in the months leading up to the 28th April…
Researchers deploy robots, drones in renewables project
Spanish teams at universities and research labs in Andalucía and the Basque Country are joining with other researchers in France, Ireland, Portugal…
Marlaska defends LGBT rights against VOX machismo
Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska has called for Spaniards to defend the rights of the LGBT community in Spain, lashing out against those…