Madrid panel wants Franco-era honors rescinded
• Commission targets 8 individuals, 5 groups associated with Franco regime • Falange, JONS and military to lose ‘Medal of Honour’, ‘Favourite…
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Groups to highlight refugees with rallies on Monday
• SOS Refugiados rallies, demos planned for 20th June World Refugee Day • Organizers seek to focus election campaigns on plight of…
Amnesty decries Spanish arms sales to Egypt regime
• Spain joins 11 other EU countries violating ban on arms sales to Al Sisi gov’t • Weapons, kit sold to Egypt…
Spain receives more groups of Syrian, Iraqi refugees
• 67 refugees resettled this week from Eritrea, Syria, Iraq, C. African Republic • Nearly 600 expected by end-June, far short of…
POLITIFILE :: A Guide to Spain’s Political Parties
A guide to Spain’s leading political parties from Progressive Spain: NATIONAL :: Left-of-Centre Parties/Coalitions Partido Socialista Obrero Español ~ Spanish Socialist Workers…
Spain receives first of 586 refugees expected by July
• Two groups of refugees from camps in Greece, Italy arrive to Spain this week • Interior Ministry says more groups set…
POLITIFILE :: Izquierda Unida (‘United Left’)
• Izquierda Unida ~ United Left (IU) Izquierda Unida is a left-wing political coalition that was formed in 1986 to unite several…
POLITIFILE :: Partido Popular (PP)
• Partido Popular ~ People’s Party (PP) Spain’s Partido Popular, or PP, is the country’s largest conservative party and was formed in…
#VIDEO: Sánchez debuts 26-J PSOE ‘shadow cabinet’
• Party leader presents lineup of 20 candidates for PSOE cabinet posts • List includes male-female parity, former Ministers & Supreme Court…
Pro-refugee demos to target 26-J election campaign
• NGOs, trade unions & political parties call for demonstrations nationwide • Groups target ‘World Refugee Day’ to make election issue of…
Court orders Franco ‘Valley of Fallen’ exhumations
• Remains of two union members executed in 1936 must be returned to families • First ruling on Franco victims buried alongside…
Embattled PSC avoids primary fight in Catalonia
• Former deputy & PSOE executive committee member to lead PSC election slate • PSOE gives nod to more autonomy, Catalan ‘nation’…
Socialists gird for fight of their lives in 26-J elections
• Socialists say campaign will focus on ousting conservative PP government • Spokesman raps Podemos for leftward shift, ‘obsession’ with surpassing PSOE…
#VIDEO: Pro-refugee ‘okupas’ take over BCN’s Llotja
• Alternative Labour Day march spawns occupation of historic ‘Llotja’ building • Protesters demand building be used to shelter Mid-East refugees and…
‘Manos Limpias’ ultra-right legal agenda unravels
• Leaders of ‘Manos Limpias’ and Ausbanc face charges of extortion, blackmail • Former ultra-right activists targeted politicians, judges & Spain’s Royal…
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…
PSOE, Ciudadanos, Podemos talks off to a bad start
• Pablo Iglesias tells PSOE, Ciudadanos their accord is ‘dead in the water’ • Podemos insists on Catalonia’s ‘right to decide’ on…
Opposition parties, NGOs oppose refugee returns
• NGO to file complaints with EU Commission, courts of Human Rights & Justice • Political parties accuse Rajoy of violating Congressional…
Sánchez and Iglesias agree to meet amidst renewed uncertainty over possible PSOE-Podemos agreement
• Unclear whether or not embattled Podemos now more willing to negotiate • Preliminary talks toward forming a left-of-center, progressive coalition government…
Valencia mayor’s nod to bloodless, Portuguese-style bullfights rejected both by supporters & opponents
• Suggestion by Valencia mayor Joan Ribó of Compromís falls on deaf ears • A suggestion made Monday by Valencia mayor Joan…
Spanish NGOs criticize EU agreement to return all migrants & refugees to Turkey to await processing
• UN High Commission on Refugees says deal violates international norms • Spanish refugee assistance and human rights NGOs have roundly criticized…
One in five women jobless in Spain, comprising nearly 25% of total European female unemployment
• UGT says women suffer multiple disadvantages in Spanish job market • Spain’s female jobless rate is today among the highest in…
Annual EU survey shows Spaniards among most favorable toward increasing EU development aid
• 78% of Spaniards support EU aid, 26% would like to see funding increase • Spaniards are among the greatest supporters within…
Four-party negotiations continue for second day as Socialists up against deadline for investiture accord
• PSOE must submit any deal to membership approval before Congress vote • A second session of negotiations is set to take…
PSOE, Podemos, Compromís & IU to meet: Focus turns to Sánchez investiture, coalition on standby
• Parties’ negotiating teams set to meet at 4:30 pm Monday in Congress • At the initiative of Alberto Garzón, leader of…
Spain’s wage gap of 24% between men and women continues to rise, reaching highest level in six years
• Report release coincides with today’s nationwide ‘Day for Wage Equality’ • Spain continues to lag other European countries that are reducing…
Judge acquits Airbus 8, citing ‘lack of evidence’ of violence on picket line during 2010 general strike
• Unions cite 300 similar cases pending under Franco-era anti-strike law • A Spanish judge has acquitted eight union members of charges…
Debate on Sánchez candidacy to form government on March 2nd, voting rounds set to begin March 3rd
• March 3rd vote requires absolute majority, 2nd-round just simple majority • As Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) struggled Monday to come to…
Andalusia far ahead in solar capacity, already reaches EU’s 2020 target of 20% renewable energy
• Southernmost region boasts 43 percent of total solar production in Spain • Andalusia has become the first region in Spain to…
Podemos, Ciudadanos narrow Sánchez’s room for maneuver, saying ‘no way’ to tripartite coalition
• PSOE leader’s chances to secure enough votes for coalition gov’t dwindling • Efforts by the leader of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE),…
Amnesty files lawsuit in Mexico over rights abuses, ‘crimes against humanity’ during Spanish Civil War
• Lawsuit on behalf of family of Spanish railway worker disappeared in 1936 • Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have…