Gov’t doubles summer lunch funding for children at risk
► 15 million euros lets VECA program help 100,000 children at risk of poverty ► 2019 program triples number of children served…
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Supreme Court verdict: ‘La Manada’ rapists, not abusers
► High court reverses lower court rulings, ups jail terms from 9 to 15 years each ► Judges criticize lower courts, say…
PP’s ‘Madrid Central’ U-turn defies EU air-quality norms
► New mayor’s first measure to cancel fines for non-permitted vehicle traffic ► Critics say nixing ‘Madrid Central’ measures risks air-quality conflict…
Ecologistas ‘award’ black flags to 48 Spanish beaches
► Environmentalists say ‘tourism monoculture’ is unsustainable for Spain ► Overbuilding, massive reliance on cruise ships, low-cost airlines cited Spanish environmental NGO…
PSPV-PSOE, Compromís, Podemos seal ‘Botànic II’ pact
► Podemos gets Vice-Presidency, role in climate-change, environment policies ► PSPV’s Puig pledges fairer federal funding for progressive agenda in Valencia Following…
Catalan separatists’ trial enters final sentencing phase
► After 422 witnesses and 62 televised court sessions, trial enters final phase ► Supreme Court verdict, sentencing of separatist leaders expected…
Cáritas says 8.5 million suffer poverty, social exclusion
► 4.1 million Spaniards now living in ‘severe’ social exclusion due to poverty ► Situation worse than before ‘crisis’, Spain’s ‘social mobility…
Socialists offer gov’t of ‘cooperation’ to Unidas Podemos
► Sánchez, Iglesias agree to define ‘joint government’ in the coming days ► Neither party would confirm or deny ministerial roles for…
Podemos reshuffles leadership after elections debacle
► Pablo Iglesias ignores calls for party congress to decide Podemos future ► Remix comes as party to begin talks with PSOE…
WWF protests plastics at Lanzarote underwater museum
► WWF divers call on Spain’s gov’t to take action against single-use plastics ► Protest over negative impact of plastics on world’s…
Spain’s most conscientious recyclers are older women
? 83 percent of all women and nine of 10 women age 55-64 recycle in Spain ? 94% of Spaniards say recycling…
Amnesty España says school bullying persistent problem
► NGO says response to school bullying inadequate, calls for ‘zero tolerance’ ► Gov’t says “900” hotline has received 1,600 reports of…
Supreme Court puts gov’t reburial of Franco on hold
► Court suspends gov’t removal of Franco remains pending review of appeal ► Sánchez gov’t wants to move former dictator’s remains from…
Gender violence top concern among women aged 18-34
► ‘Instituto de la Mujer’ report surveyed 1,500 women of all ages across Spain ► Violence, gender equality, jobs, social inequities, climate…
Most of Spain’s LGBT community still closeted at work
► Nearly 2/3 of Spain’s LGBT community mask their sexuality in the workplace ► Employees in large corporations, specific regions more likely…
PSOE big winner of elections, but Left loses in Madrid
► Socialists win most votes in 10 of 12 regional elections contested Sunday ► PSOE also wins 33pct of Euro Parliament vote…
Left controls Congress ‘Mesa’ for first time in 30 years
► PSOE’s Meritxell Batet elected President of nine-member Mesa Directiva ► PSOE & Unidas Podemos control five-seat majority of crucial committee Left-of-center…
Spain fifth worldwide in number of women in Congress
► Election of 164 women deputies for 46.85 percent of seats in new Congress ► Spaniards elected more women to represent them…
NGOs demand action from Congress on climate change
► Environmental groups join call for comprehensive climate-change legislation ► Groups urge symbolic declaration of international climate-change emergency More than two-dozen leading…
Spain slides in EU ranking of respect for LGBT rights
► Spain falls from ‘Top 10’ list of European countries for first time since 2010 ► From 2nd place in 2011-12, Spain…
Court will let Catalan secessionists take elected seats
► Catalans on trial for rebellion may attend first day of legislative session only ► Congress, Senate to rule whether to suspend…
European Court supports Spain’s push for overtime pay
? Gov’t requirement for accurate logs of hourly work gets backing from ECJ ? 376K Spaniards had been working 2.96mn overtime hours…
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,…
Are bullfights and bull-running on the wane in Spain?
► All events involving bulls fell by 2.1% in 2018, with bullfighting falling 4.7% ► Animal rights activists say 8,400 bulls will…
PSOE, Podemos agree to work toward forming new gov’t
► Pedro Sánchez & Pablo Iglesias met for two hours Tuesday afternoon ► Parties form negotiating teams, first task to agree Congress…
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…
VOX party’s social media bark more than election bite
? Analysts detect sophisticated, coordinated campaign using fake ‘bot’ accounts ? FB, Twitter, Instagram support built with far-right, Islamophobic messages How to…
Courts say fugitive Puigdemont can stand in EP election
► Madrid court rules Catalan leader, colleagues eligible in 26th May elections ► Ruling overturns elections board veto, but no guarantee of…
NGO says poverty hits single mothers, children hardest
► Women heading 82pct of single-parent families at higher risk of poverty ► Save the Children seeks 100 euros/child monthly income for…
Barcelona to convert municipal zoo to animal sanctuary
► 2,000 animals from 300 species await transfer to sanctuaries worldwide ► 11 endangered species to remain at zoo pending release into…
Trade unions seek repeal of Rajoy-era labour ‘reforms’
Spain’s trade-union movement took to the streets Wednesday, marching in more than 70 cities nationwide and demanding that the next government dismantle…