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Iberian lynx reintroduced into Castilla-La Mancha wild
Regional government officials in Castilla-La Mancha have announced the release of an 11-month-old Iberian lynx into the Montes de Toledo, bringing to…
Ecologistas say protected Iberian lynx killed by hunters
► Four animals re-introduced into wild killed by hunters in Montes de Toledo ► Environmental NGO calls on Castilla-La Mancha region to…
Ecologistas say water diversion plan threatens habitat
Environmentalists in Spain warn that following winter rains and snow that increased the capture of runoff in reservoirs in some areas of…
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…
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…
Podemos bases approve Castilla-LM coalition with PSOE
• Podemos members vote 78-22% in favor of entering coalition with Socialists • Anti-austerity party expected to hold 2 cabinet seats, control…
Castilla-La Mancha mining halted to save bird species
• Regional environment ministry calls for precious metals mining to be blocked • Activists collect 14K local signatures to stop project, save…
PSOE Castilla-La Mancha kills ‘Historic Memory’ law
• Socialists knock back Podemos proposal for regional ‘Democratic Memory’ law • Castilla-La Mancha PSOE at odds with Podemos since withdrawal of…
Susana Díaz leads charge against PSOE’s Sánchez
• Andalucian party leader says if necessary she’ll challenge Sánchez leadership • Sánchez won’t resign, even if opponents block leadership vote, party…
Podemos breaks pacts with PSOE regional ‘barons’
• Podemos breaks with Socialists in Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura • Back-to-back moves undercut PSOE regional ‘Barons’ critical of Pedro Sánchez The…
Greenpeace calls on political parties, Congress to halt approval of La Garoña nuclear plant re-opening
• Facility closed since 2013, regulator considering approval of re-opening • Greenpeace Spain has called on the Mesa Directiva of Spain’s new…
Excavation team begins Spain’s first court-ordered exhumation of Franco-era mass grave in Guadalajara
• Timoteo Mendieta believed buried at a 1939 mass gravesite in Guadalajara • It took an Argentine court order and the cooperation…
Archbishop of Toledo stirs outrage with sermon implying women are the cause of domestic violence
• Catholic leader says women’s refusal to submit to men at root of violence • Outraged women across Spain hit back at…
Ciudad Real to discuss renaming city street in honor of last Republican general to surrender in Civil War
• Proposal to rename street in honor of Republican general causes controversy • City to begin name changes in keeping with Spain’s…