Ciudadanos unblocks PP obstruction of ‘Gag Law’ reform
► Move isolates PP, paves way for repeal of controversial security measures ► After nearly a year of parliamentary delays orchestrated by…
February 2018
Mobile apps win humanitarian awards at MWC 2018
► Cruz Roja awards recognize emergency, volunteering, child-protection apps ► The Cruz Roja Española (Spanish Red Cross) on Tuesday presented the organization’s…
300pct increase in migrants, refugees arriving by boat
► Andalucia surge as migrants reroute from Libya, Eastern Mediterranean ► The number of migrants and asylum seekers arriving by boat to…
Reports say Spain too lax against racism, discrimination
► European agency report calls for independent body on racism, intolerance ► The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has called…
Hunting lobby sways Castilla-La Mancha on greyhounds
â–º Move to exclude hunting dogs from new regional animal-protection law â–º The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha has bowed to the…
PACMA protests ‘Fallas’ bullfights in Valencia #VIDEO
► Activists says Valencia’s coalition government backsliding on animal rights ► Hundreds of animal-rights activists gathered in downtown Valencia Saturday to protest…
Amnesty report criticizes Spain on human rights issues
► Report cites freedom of speech, refugees, evictions, excessive police force ► Amnesty International has criticized the Spanish government’s handling of human…
Are there really ‘political prisoners’ in Spain?
► Jailed Catalan leaders not considered ‘political prisoners’ by Amnesty Intn’l► The president of the executive committee of Catalonia’s Parlament, Rogert Torrent,…
Rajoy gov’t loses another renewables arbitration case
► Panel orders Spain to pay €53mn to NovEnergia over solar energy changes ► The Partido Popular (PP) government of President Mariano…
Legislators want safe wildlife passage across highways
► Drivers hit hundreds of animals each year, 36 Iberian Lynx killed since 2016 ► Spain’s congressional Commission of Road Safety and…
Socialists call for injunction to break Catalonia deadlock
► Court asked to start clock on two-month deadline toward new election ► Catalonia’s regional Socialist party filed a request for an…
Fair-trade group highlights benefits of SPP products
► Small producers label certifies fair-trade, self-managed co-op products ► Spain’s National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council (CECJ, Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo) has…
Congress vote urges end to Hazte Oír special tax status
► Unidos-Podemos resolution says gov’t should rescind ‘public interest’ status ► The Interior Commission of Spain’s Congress of Deputies has called upon…
Labour unions set work stoppages for Int’l Womens’ Day
► Unions plan workplace assemblies to discuss gender inequality on the job ► It’s official: hundreds of thousands of workers affiliated with…
Podemos, Socialists compete on equal-pay legislation
► Parties could merge their proposals in face of opposition from political right ► As Spain’s Congress prepared to begin debate today…
Greenpeace protests Spanish arms sales to Saudi Arabia
► Activists say Saudi coalition uses weapons to target civilians in Yemen war ► Police in the Spanish port city of Bilbao…
Endangered osprey breeding project kicks off on Montgó
► Plan creates breeding area for ‘sea hawks’ migrating from Africa each year ► A dwindling number of ospreys that migrate annually…
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…
New set of PSOE norms consolidates Sánchez leadership
► Limits placed on power of regional ‘barons’ who ousted party leader in 2016 ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) is set to…
Aid NGOs fear negative fallout from Oxfam Haiti scandal
► Widening scandal threatens to undermine humanitarian work of all NGOs ► Spain’s umbrella federation of overseas development aid and humanitarian relief…
#VIDEO: Podemos demands mortgage protection reform
► Unidos Podemos wants total revamp of PP’s proposed mortgage legislation ► ► Party demands more transparency, banks supervision, consumer protection ►…
Torrent puts brakes on Puigdemont plan in Catalonia
► Catalan parliament leader to ask European Court of Human Rights for ruling ► An effort to enable Carles Puigdemont to be…
Unions say women receive 37% less pension than men
► Women receive €500/month less, avg pensions-gap 41% in some regions ► Spain’s leading trade union federations are calling special attention to…
Save the Children urges lowering voting age to 16 years
► NGO says youth need more say on decisions affecting their rights & future ► As Spain’s political parties continue to discuss…
Activists say abused women twice-victimized by courts
► Groups decry lack of counsel, light sentences, scant protection from abusers ► A coalition of Spanish feminist associations have denounced mistreatment…
Compromís sues local councils over Franco-era names
► Party files suits over towns’ refusals to remove Franco-era names, symbols ► Valencia’s regional Compromís party is going to the courts…
Cáritas Spain assigns €1.34mn to migrant resettlement
► Funds for shelter, services to integrate refugees, migrants arriving to Spain ► The challenge of resettling and integrating an increasing number…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency Cáritas Inernational, working within Spain as…
UN calls on Spain to spend more to protect children
► UN committee also calls for ban on under-18 minors witnessing bullfights ► A United Nations committee has issued a report critical…
Podemos, Ciudadanos parley over electoral law reform
► Ideologically divided, Spain’s newest parties agree election reform needed ► Leadership teams of the ideologically opposed Podemos and Ciudadanos political parties…