Barberá ousted from PP amid Supreme Court probe
• Partido Popular co-founder, former Valencia mayor forced to resign from party • Refuses to relinquish Senate seat and impunity from lower…
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NGOFILE :: WWF España
• WWF España ~ WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for Nature • WWF España (WWF Spain – World Wildlife Fund for…
Judge upholds Carmena approach to Franco-era past
• Judge says Carmena gov’t can’t be accused of ‘inactivity’ on Historic Memory • Formation of commission, deliberative approach conforms to law,…
#VIDEO: UN warns Spain over Ceuta migrant policies
• Asylum seekers returned to Morocco before being properly ID’d, processed • UHNCR says mass rejection of asylum seekers violates international accords…
NGOFILE :: Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality
• Igualdad Animal ~ Animal Equality • Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) is a Spain-based, international organization advocating to prevent cruelty toward and…
Sánchez outreach to Ciudadanos, Podemos spurned
• Socialist leader continues to urge Ciudadanos, Podemos to find consensus • Majority PSOE voters favor leader’s refusal to enable new Rajoy…
Group gives mixed reviews to regional healthcare
• Navarre, Aragon, Basque Country top list of best regions for public healthcare • Valencia again finishes last in points-based ranking of…
Madrid animal-rights march vows end to bullfighting
• March from Puerta del Sol to Congress is largest anti-bullfighting protest yet • Animal-rights party PACMA pledges to fight until cruelty…
Pro-Errejón group emerges within Podemos Madrid
• ‘Proceso Adelante’ launches in runup to Podemos Madrid leadership contest • Former Iglesias partisans join Errejónistas in bid for control of…
Catalan gov’t to identify Civil War victims using DNA
• DNA samples to be taken from relatives of 4,700 victims of ‘Franquismo’ • Samples to be tested by forensic experts against…
Spain celebrates global humanitarian aid workers
• Since 2006, Spain’s ‘Dia del Cooperante’ celebrates overseas aid workers • Despite cuts, Spanish NGOs still provide humanitarian aid in 110…
Sánchez, Iglesias explore options to block Rajoy
• PSOE, Podemos leaders to keep dialogue open toward forming new gov’t • Iglesias sees two viable options: Ciudadanos abstention or nationalist…
NGOFILE :: CONGDE ~ Coordinating Council of Development NGOs of Spain
• Coordinadora de ONG para el Desarrollo de España (CONGDE) ~ Coordinating Council of Development NGOs of Spain • The Coordinadora de…
PACMA calls for national anti-bullfighting protest
• Partido Animalista hopes for largest anti-bullfight protest ever in Spain • Protest march called in wake of outcry over killing of…
Activists say healthcare restrictions violate treaties
• REDER network cites 338 incidents of healthcare denial from April-July • Group monitors healthcare denial to migrants, chronically ill, unemployed An…
#VIDEO: Sánchez revives hope for ‘gov’t of change’
• Rajoy investiture bid failed Friday in second 170-180 vote in Congress • Sánchez called for consensus among ‘forces of change’ to…
Telefonica launches ‘OpenSpain’ to assist refugees
• OpenSpain project provides online assistance to refugees arriving to Spain • Web portal provides information on work, housing, transport & legal…
NGOFILE :: ACCEM ~ Spanish Catholic Committee on Immigration
• Asociación Comisión Católica Española de Migraciones (ACCEM) ~ Spanish Catholic Committee on Immigration • The Asociación Comisión Católica Española de Migraciones…
Regional nationalisms stumbling block for PP, PSOE
• Basque leader Aitor Esteban says investiture deal with PP’s Rajoy ‘impossible’ • Homs says PDC would support Sánchez if PSOE agrees…
NGOFILE :: Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth
• Amigos de la Tierra España ~ Friends of the Earth • Amigos de la Tierra España (Friends of the Earth Spain)…
#VIDEO: Socialists block Rajoy on first-round vote
• Socialists hold fast to their veto of acting-Prime Minister’s candidacy • PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez tears into Rajoy over corruption, social…
#VIDEO: Iglesias stakes out Left flank for Podemos
• Unidos Podemos leader mixes coquettish accolades, sharp criticism of Rajoy • Iglesias calls on Socialists to again attempt formation of a…
NGOFILE :: Defender a quien defiende
• Defender a quien defiende ~ To Defend Those Who Defend • Defender a quien defiende is a coalition of Spanish human…
Rajoy speech to Congress opens investiture debate
• Rajoy tells parties only he can unify Spain, avert economic and political crisis • Cold reception from parties tanks investiture hopes…
Women, youth, over-45s still struggling to find work
• Red Cross says nearly a third of workers aged 45-plus still unable to find jobs • Long-term unemployed have benefited least…
Madrid LGBT activists target ongoing homophobia
• Activists cite 155 homophobic attacks in 2016, most recently in Chueca area • Arcópoli uses new Madrid law to denounce pseudo…
Rajoy asks for more time to form new government
• PP leader said he accepts charge of forming gov’t, but lacks support to do so • No investiture date, Rajoy saying…
#VIDEO: Pedro Sánchez press conference 28th July
• Socialist leader reaffirms definitive ‘No’ on Rajoy investiture vote in Congress • Sánchez evades clarifying whether he’ll be candidate or not…
#VIDEO: Pablo Iglesias press conference 28th July
• Unidos Podemos leader sees Rajoy investiture ‘unlikely’ without PSOE support • Iglesias says ‘progressive’ coalition alternative still possible, but improbable ►…
#VIDEO: Albert Rivera press conference 27th July
• Rivera sees only ‘Grand Coalition’ without Rajoy or Partido Popular minority • Ciudadanos leader suggests all parties abstain to let Rajoy…
Socialists say Rajoy must try to form government
• Party leader Sánchez will not fill breach if Rajoy again declines to form gov’t • PSOE says Rajoy must attempt to…