Rajoy digs in, ties pensions rise to budget negotiations
After weeks of street protests across Spain to demand an increase in retirement pensions and a revamp of the way in which…
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More women report violence, driving spike in 2017 stats
A sharp increase in reports of domestic violence incidents and victims in Spain last year appears to be the result of more…
Scout movement to go dark for WWF’s Earth Hour 2018
The Scouting movement in Spain has pledged its more than 35,000 boy and girl members to work to raise awareness about global…
Amnesty: Spain’s anti-terror laws curbing free speech
A new report from Amnistía Internacional España, the Spanish section of the global human-rights campaigning organization Amnesty International, has warned that free…
Gov’t nixes universal access funding for disabled, elderly
The Spanish government announced Monday it is vetoeing legislation proposed in Congress by the Socialist party (PSOE) that would have created a…
Animal-rights party calls rally in support of ‘Ley Cero’
Spain’s Partido Animalista, known by the initials PACMA (Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal), has convened a protest rally for Thursday in…
After 8-M: Is Spanish society ‘machista’ or ‘feminista’?
Following work stoppages and massive rallies across the country on Thursday that denounced gender violence and the pay gap between men and…
Hundreds of thousands march on women’s day in Spain
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
Unidos Podemos follows PSOE in education pact walkout
► Unidos Podemos says PP stalling education reforms, calls for street protests ► Following the lead of the Socialist party (PSOE) one…
PSOE, Podemos, C’s join forces on party finance reform
► Surprise move angers PP, also mandates party primaries in all elections ► In a surprise move on Wednesday, representatives of the…
Women to strike Thursday for equal pay, gender equality
► 82pct of Spaniards support strike demands of equal pay, gender quality ► Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of women throughout…
Education pact wobbles after Socialists stage walkout
► Congress subcommittee work halted after PP, Ciudadanos ignore demands ► Education reform in Spain hit a snag on Tuesday after Socialist…
PSOE to call Rajoy’s hand on gender-violence funding
► Measures would force extraordinary decree to free up 200mn euros funding ► In an effort to force the hand of President…
Online Islamophobia jumps sharply in 2017, says report
► Anti-Islamic incidents, including ‘fake news’ & harassment, up 111 percent ► Online dissemination of false news reports and harassment against Muslims…
Groups urge rural women to support 8-M feminist strike
► Rural women in Spain face even greater inequalities at workplace, in home ► Associations representing women in agricultural areas of Spain…
Catalonia: CUP torpedoes Puigdemont stand-in Sánchez
► Far-left party sends pro-independence coalition back to drawing board ► True to form, Catalonia’s far-left Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) party on…
Women’s strike gets Catholic archbishop’s ‘imprimatur’
► Work stoppages, rallies, marches set for national Women’s Strike Thursday ► The national 8-M Huelga Feminina women’s strike scheduled for International…
Supreme Court acquits Twitterer of extolling terrorism
► Tweets on 1973 ETA bombing of Franco minister did not incite to violence ► Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) issued a…
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POLITIFILE: Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) ~ United People’s Candidacy
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PP gov’t advances overseas aid plan rejected by NGOs
► Government to hold 2018 foreign aid spending to lowest levels since 1980s ► Spain’s governing Partido Popular (PP) has relied on…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras
Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors Without Borders,” is an international non-governmental organization that since…
Oxfam Intermón to open new charity shops in Spain
• Spanish affiliate of global NGO to open shops in Madrid, Barcelona this week • NGO drive to increase funding sees 50…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras ~ Doctors Without Borders
• Médicos Sin Fronteras ~ Doctors Without Borders • Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors…