#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…
Catalonia
Socialists to join Colau government in Barcelona
• Accord would see PSC’s Collboni become Mayor Ada Colau’s second lieutenant • Socialists lost Barcelona mayor’s seat in 2011 after governing…
Catalonia: Just 21% favor fast-track independence
• Public opinion against Catalan Parlament’s fast-track independence roadmap • Artur Mas’s CDC party falls to fourth place, behind ERC, Ciudadanos, PSC-PSOE…
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’…
Catalan ‘Mossos’ get first transsexual police agent
• Police expert on jihadist document falsification completes gender transition • Maria Reina cites ‘unconditional support’ from police colleagues, superiors A Catalan…
#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…
#VIDEO: Activists attacked while filming ‘Correbous’
• Two women assaulted, cameras smashed by crowd at Correbous event • Second incident in 15 days against AnimaNaturalis activists in Ebro…
#VIDEO: Unions avow general strike over labour law
• Tens of thousands in ‘May Day’ marches in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities • Leadership threatens general strike if 2012 labour…
PSC-PSOE’s Chacón won’t seek June re-election
• Catalan party stalwart won’t lead June slate, leaves Congress after 16 years • Chacón not leaving politics completely, stays in PSOE’s…
PSOE’s Chacón faces primary challenge in Catalonia
• Ex-Senator Carles Martí throws hat into ring to lead PSC list on June ballot • Chacon-led PSC ticket won 335k fewer…
Meet Spain’s new far-right, anti-immigrant party
• Three ultra-right parties form ‘Respeto’ to defend Spain against immigrants • German anti-Islamic ‘Pegida’ party leader lends support at ‘Respeto’ Congress…
NGOs demand action on marine migration corredor
• Ecologistas, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife, FOE & WWF press gov’t for action • Seek to end Mediterranean oil-gas drilling to protect migratory marine…
Barcelona mayor’s Tweets backpedal on criticism of Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias in just-released book
• Ada Colau critical of Iglesias’ ‘arrogance’ in Catalan journalist’s new book • Barcelona mayor Ada Colau quickly used her Twitter account…
Catalanistas or fascists? Study says stereotypes skewing Catalan voters’ views of parties’ ideologies
• New study says voter perception of Catalanismo as left-wing is distorted • A new study of voter perceptions in Spain’s northeast…
Constitutional Court suspends Catalonia’s Foreign Ministry while hearing government’s legal challenge
• Ruling annuls Catalan ministry’s creation, activities for up to five months• Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended all activity by Catalonia’s newly…
Sánchez to offer ‘olive branch’ to Catalans via talks on 23 economic, social issues rejected by PP’s Rajoy
• PSOE leader will reiterate rejection of Catalan independence from Spain • The leader of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, will…
January employment figures buoyed by short-term contracts, unions say labour market still precarious
• Low increase in unemployed in January, but Spain’s jobless rate still 20.8% • Relatively positive unemployment figures for January released by…
Catalan secessionists move forward with creation of three new laws in challenge to Constitutional Court
• Laws stem from pro-independence resolution declared ‘unconstitutional’ • Members of the Catalonia’s small anti-capitalist CUP party voted with the pro-independence Junts…
Barcelona-based NGO launches mobile application to help locate, assist homeless sleeping on streets
• Arrels foundation helped more than 600 homeless find shelter during 2015 • Barcelona-based Fundación Arrels has launched a mobile app for…
Podemos struggles to avoid rift with three regional coalition partners over Congressional caucus groups
• Podemos faces deadline Tuesday to sort situation with coalition partners • New-left, anti-austerity party Podemos is struggling against a deadline today…
En Comú Podem’s Colau slams PSOE for ceding Senate seats to Catalan pro-independence parties
• Barcelona mayor criticizes Socialists for ‘cynicism’ of the ‘old politics’ • Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau has excorciated Spain’s Socialist party…
#VIDEO: AnimaNaturalis footage of mistreatment of bulls during Correbous festivals popular in Catalonia
• Animal-rights NGO video show cruelty to bulls in Terre del Ebro region • Bulls mistreated as part of popular Correbous festivals…
PAH anti-eviction activists call on new Congress to tackle housing crisis through emergency measures
• Group wants anti-eviction, pro-housing commitment in government talks • The nationwide anti-eviction activist Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (Platform of…
#VIDEO: Podemos Press Conf – Pablo Iglesias and Regional Coalition Representatives [in Spanish]
• Podemos, Compromís, Marea Gallega, En Comú Podem press conference • Iglesias & coalition leaders speak on need for four parliamentary groups…
Catalan Parliament selects new president, setting stage for showdown with Madrid over independence
• Artur Mas steps aside in last-minute deal with anti-capitalist CUP party • After cliffhanger negotiations terminating in a last-minute deal late…
Podemos request for four-way split of 69 Congress seats would quadruple stipend, presence in debates
• Unprecedented request widely opposed, could stall new Congress formation • Anti-austerity party Podemos has announced it wants its 69 Congressional seats…
Homelessness up 6 percent in Barcelona in 2015, with as many as 900 sleeping on streets every night
• Fundación Arrels assisted 1,700 homeless last year, up from 1,600 in 2014 • The number of homeless people in Spain’s second-largest…
Colau’s BComú movement nixes talk of her leading broad-left coalition in re-run of Catalan regional vote
• Hints that Colau could lead En Comú Podem to Generalitat victory dismissed • Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau has seemingly scuppered…
CUP refuses to vote for Artur Mas presidency, sets stage for new Catalan regional elections in March
• Anti-capitalist party leadership votes 36-30 against Mas bid for presidency • Independence momentum stalls, parliamentary elections rerun almost certain Catalonia’s small…
CUP assembly deadlocks, party leadership now to decide approval of Artur Mas as Catalan president
• Ballot deadlock after three rounds of voting sends issue to party leadership • If no decision before Jan. 10th, new regional…
Spain to protect marine mammals by restricting exploratory drilling within Mediterranean corridor
• Ibiza-based Alianza Mar Blava says gov’t to set aside coastal areas • Move will halt planned drilling activities by three international…