Leftwing, regional parties split on Franco-era measures
• Catalans, Basques fail to join PSOE, Podemos to halt ‘Valley of Fallen’ funding • PSOE balks at supporting Podemos-backed challenge to…
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Spain releases millions in funding for Catalan NGOs
• Central gov’t says NGOs to receive 10.2 mn in frozen social services funding • Funds part of Catalan gov’t budget said…
Spain ready for new climate law, more emissions curbs
• Climate change official sees new law in 2018, backs greater EU restrictions • More renewable energy possible, pending regional, bilateral electricity…
Catalan ‘political prisoners’ claims untrue, says Amnesty
• Neither jailed activists nor former Catalan ministers are ‘political prisoners’ • Secessionists, supporters continue making claim, despite Amnesty clarification Despite claims…
Activists laud jail term over pet shelter exterminations
• More than 2,000 healthy dogs, cats died agonizing deaths to cut costs • Jail sentence first of its kind under Spain’s…
Truth vs post-Truth in Catalonia’s referendum debate
In the morass of charges and counter-charges flying over the push toward secession from Spain being fomented by the leadership of the…
Police move against Catalan gov’t over referendum
• Judges order searches, detentions of officials linked to independence vote • More than 6mn ballots confiscated, 14 officials arrested in coordinated…
Podemos internal democracy crisis over statute changes
• Crisis over statute changes aiming to limit debate, increase central control • Dispute pits Iglesias and allies vs Democratic Guarantees ombudswoman…
Oxfam files suit against Spain in Brussels over refugees
• Oxfam Intermón asks EC to make Spain comply with refugee commitment • NGO says Spanish gov’t has resettled just 13.7% of…
Number of migrants reaching Spain not seen since 2008
• Rescues of migrants at sea have already topped total rescues for 2016 • Recovering Spanish economy, good weather conditions said to…
WWF urges Asturias to halt ‘open season’ on wolves
• WWF España calls on Asturias’ Socialist president to halt wolf hunting • NGO will appeal to EU over ‘disproportionate, clearly illegal’…
Madrid set for annual ‘Misión Abolición’ bullfight protest
• Protest march Saturday 5pm from ‘Puerta del Sol’ to Congress of Deputies • Support from Sara Sálamo, Clara Lago, Alexandra Jiménez,…
Annual Caixa drive nets 1.2 mn litres of milk for needy
• Annual drive ensures 25,014 families get basic milk supply through year-end • Caixa says 350,000 children in Spain regularly go without…
Catalans change rules to enable ‘express’ independence
• Pro-independence parties can now rubber stamp referendum, secession laws • ‘Guardia Civil’ adds sedition to criminal charges against top Catalan officials…
Rajoy claims ignorance of kickbacks while PP chief
• President says he was ‘unaware’ of corruption while head of party in 2003-04 • Opposition reaction, from ‘not very credible’ to…
Parties agree to spend €1billion against gender violence
• ‘Pacto contra la Violencia de Género’ passes first key congressional hurdle • Accord to spend €1bn, implement 200 measures to curb…
More Catalans anti-independence as gov’t ups pressure
• 49.4% ‘No’ vs 41.1% ‘Yes’ to independence, says official Catalan gov’t survey • Central gov’t to review Catalan accounts weekly to…
ROUNDUP: What’s the latest on Catalan independence?
In the high-stakes game of political chess taking place between Spain’s central government and the Catalan regional Generalitat over the push toward…
Sevilla wants Quiepo remains removed from basilica
• City’s mayor asks church, families to remove remains of ‘Franquista’ general • Quiepo responsible for slaughter of thousands of civilians in…
#VIDEO: Bank evictions & the loss of health, jobs, homes
• Homeowners tell how mortgage woes led to health & job loss, then eviction • Bank evictions continue at rate of 185…
PSOE, Podemos agree to parliamentary working group
• Parties pledge to undo PP austerity measures, legislation of last Congress • Divergence on censure motion against Rajoy, Catalan independence vote…
Pilar Bardem honored with ‘Film, Aid & Solidarity’ award
• ‘Academia de Cine’ cites decades of combining activism with TV, film career • Goya winner Bardem is also mother of actors…
Sánchez says Trump impetus to renewed multilateralism
• PSOE leader re-elected to Socialist Internat’l VP post during meeting at UN • Sees rights, equality, environment as key to multilateral…
New Valencia law to unearth Civil War victims’ remains
• New law to budget 9.5mn euros to recover remains from 300 common graves • 11,000 killed during war, aftermath said buried…
PSOE to move ahead without Rajoy on Catalan question
• Socialists slated to meet in Barcelona to discuss measures to avert crisis • PSOE to introduce Constitutional reform measures, other initiatives…
Greenpeace calls for coastal ‘protection at all costs’
• NGO says 53 Spanish coastline areas under threat from renewed construction • Coastal construction across Spain up 57% since 1993, 150%…
#VIDEO: Macaco’s ‘Red Alerta’ highlights refugee plight
• Music video features Macaco, Tote King, Green Valley’s Ander & Aziza Brahim • Video response to drowning deaths of refugees trying…
NGOs urge Spain to do more to stop migrant drownings
• Drownings of 49 migrants off Spain’s coast boosts first-half 2017 total to 109 • Across Mediterranean, 2,000 have died so far…
#VIDEO: Activists protest bullfights in Pamplona
• AnimaNaturalis, PETA protest in Pamplona against city’s San Fermín bullfights • Activists say majority Spaniards reject bullfights, but gov’t subsidies continue…
Catalans say simple ‘Yes’ majority will trigger secession
• Junts pel Sí says Constitution trumped by new ‘supreme’ independence law • Simple ‘Yes’ majority vote would trigger secession from Spain…
Republican trade unionist killed in 1939 now laid to rest
• Timoteo Mendieta, dragged from home and executed at end of Civil War • First court-ordered exhumation of Franco victim since dictator’s…