Bullfighting on the wane in Spain, as youth no longer identify with once-national pastime
• Younger generations of Spaniards are largely disinterested in bullfighting • Local and regional bans on the spectacle are growing throughout Spain…
Carme Chacón re-asserts leadership in Cataluña as head of PSOE-PSC regional list for Dec . 20 vote
• Former PSOE Defense Minister emerges as party leader in general elections • Chacón loyalists comprise majority of PSOE-PSC candidates on Catalan…
#VIDEO: LGBT activists’ march in Madrid to demand end to transgender discrimination in Spain
• March organizers demand transgender orientation not be treated as illness • Protest will call on lawmakers to legislate equality for transgender…
Podemos falls to fourth place in opinion polls, following poor showing in Catalan elections
• Latest opinion polls show Spain’s newest left-wing party losing steam • Party image dogged by Venezuela ties, poor showings in regional…
Barcelona-based Worldreader e-literacy program wins 2015 Meffy Awards for mobile innovation
• Awards for ‘Innovation in Education’ & ‘Mobile First’ technology • Worldreader promotes e-literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa & worldwide The London-based Mobile…
Massive Andasol solar plant in Andalusia provides power to half a million Spaniards
• Solar plant in mountains near Granada supplies power to 600,000 homes • More than 620,000 mirrors span an area the size…
Church agency sees poverty becoming chronic in capital of Cataluña
• Cáritas sees 24% jump in people seeking assistance in 2015 • Year-on-year recurrence among six of every 10 people seeking aid…
Congress to decide transfer to mainland of 1,500 refugees
• Left parties press for ‘urgent & immediate’ access for refugees • Gov’t critics say right to asylum being denied those held…