Open Arms ship arrives with 60 migrants rescued at sea
After a four-day voyage across the Mediterranean, a rescue vessel operated by non-governmental organization Proactiva Open Arms docked in Barcelona on Wednesday…
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Catalan prisoners transferred to jails closer to home
After eight months in preventive detention awaiting trial on multiple charges that include rebellion and misuse of public funds in relation to…
Spain gets more EU funding to handle migrant influx
The governments of Spain, Greece and Germany have reached a special trilateral agreement that will free up 25.6 million euros in funding…
Gov’t doubles summer food budget for children in need
Spain’s new government announced it is doubling the existing budget for a summer food program for children of families facing economic need…
Ecologistas give ‘black flag’ to 48 beaches across Spain
Spanish environmental NGO Ecologistas en Acción has given the ‘thumbs down’ to a list of 48 beaches across Spain this summer, saying…
Spain fetes LGBTI Pride 2018 with marches, activities
Spain has joined the international LGBTI community’s celebration of Pride Month during June, kicking off a slate of celebrations and activities Thursday…
Labour, business leaders agree minimum wage rise
Leaders of Spanish labour and business federations on Monday signed a long-awaited accord that if confirmed by the membership of their respective…
PSOE wants euthanasia covered by national healthcare
The new government of President Pedro Sánchez will take the debate over euthanasia in Spain one step further on Tuesday, with Sánchez’s…
Thousands protest bail for convicted ‘La Manada’ rapists
Thousands of protesters spilled onto streets across Spain on Friday to protest the release on bail of convicted defendants in Spain’s high-profile…
Deliveroo use of ‘autonomos’ to be challenged by gov’t
The Spanish government agency that oversees work conditions and compliance with social security legislation is preparing to take the Deliveroo food delivery…
Gov’t to remove Franco remains from ‘Valley of Fallen’
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez vowed Tuesday that his government will oversee the transfer of the remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco…
Spain loses internat’l arbitration in legacy solar dispute
The World Bank’s arbitration court has ruled against Spain in a dispute over the renewable energy policies of the previous administration of…
Sánchez gov’t pledges return to universal healthcare
The new Socialist party (PSOE) government of Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has pledged to reinstate universal healthcare in Spain within the next…
PSOE lifts Rajoy veto of Podemos legislative initiatives
In the first real sign of a possible thaw in relations between Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) and leftwing rival Podemos , the…
Valencia receives 629 Aquarius migrants rescued at sea
Three ships bearing 629 migrants rescued at sea last week were welcomed at the port of Valencia at the weekend, delivering into…
Sánchez showcases progressive centre-Left government
► New cabinet includes 11 women, 6 men and first openly gay ministers ► ► Sánchez restructures ministries, brings 5 independents onto…
Socialists oust Rajoy gov’t with ‘no confidence’ vote
► Socialist leader Sánchez to be formally sworn in as President on Monday ► ► Censure vote on heels of Gürtel corruption…
Catalan nationalism divides Spain’s labour movement
The issue of Catalonia’s independence from Spain appears to be dividing the country’s labour movement, both nationwide and at the regional level…
LABOURFILE :: Intersindical – CSC
Intersindical-CSC is a Catalonia-based labour union that claims to be both independent and class-based, with a presence throughout the Paisos Catalans, defined…
Uge Sangil takes reigns of national LGBT federation
Spain’s National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGBT) on Sunday elected Eugenia “Uge” Sangil to a three year-term as president…
Spanish electric motosharing service eyes U.S. market
Spain’s electric motorscooter sharing service Muving, currently operating in 11 cities nationwide, is following up an expansive first year of operation with…
NGOs protest Spanish arms sales on eve of Saudi visit
A coalition of peace, human rights and development NGOs has called on Spain’s monarchy and government not to authorize an estimated 2-billion-euro…
InfoCircos petitions for EU-wide ban on circus animals
InfoCircos, a coalition of organizations working to stop the use of wild animals in circuses in Spain and across Europe, is going…
SEO/Birdlife volunteers embark on annual bird count
Spanish ornithological association SEO/Birdlife is mobilizing more than 1,000 volunteers this month to help count bird populations across Spain, part of the…
Spain readying appeal of Germany’s Puigdemont ruling
Spanish Supreme Court Judge Pablo Llarena is studying an appeal to the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), after…
Gov’t cuts budget commitment to fight gender violence
Leftwing opposition parties and leading feminist associations have charged the governing Partido Popular (PP) of President Marian Rajoy with abandoning Spain’s National…
Expert energy panel urges more renewables, tax on CO2
A 14-member expert panel set up by Spain’s government at the behest of Congress to advise on energy policies has issued a…
Ombudsman: economic recovery fueling social demands
Spain’s Defensor del Pueblo ombudsman has sounded a warning to the government and Spain’s political parties that continued adherence to austerity policies…
Circuses shift blame over elephant’s highway death
An association of circus operators in Spain has tried to shift the blame to animal-rights activists for Monday’s death of an elephant…
PSOE takes fight against Franco foundation to Senate
The Socialist party has called on the executive committee of Spain’s Senate to investigate whether or not the Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco,…
Polls confirm Ciudadanos’ rise at expense of PP, PSOE
As the country’s political parties begin to jockey for position in the run-up to next year’s European Parliament and Spanish municipal elections…